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Morgantown (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 187 Collections and/or Records:

Sanford McBee, "A Detailed Report of the Jones Raid in the Civil War of 1861"

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1771
Overview

Typescript entitled "A Detailed Report of the Jones Raid in the Civil War of 1861" by Sanford McBee.

Dates: 1964

Sarah Jane Lough, Civil War Letter regarding Confederate Activity in Morgantown

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Collection Number: A&M 0672
Overview Letter dated 3 May 1863, written by Sarah Jane Lough of Morgantown, (West) Virginia to her brother Elza T. Lough, a private in the 3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment. Lough reports the entry of Confederate troops into Morgantown on 27 April 1863 and the Confederates' activities in the Morgantown and Fairmont areas during the following week. Subjects of note include the taking of horses and other property; a skirmish at Fairmont; spies passing through the town; and detailed accounts of...
Dates: 1863

Schools, Morgantown, Miscellany

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Collection Number: A&M 1984
Overview

School records of Daisie Fleming, including grade reports, commencement programs, photographs, and Parent-Teachers Association materials. Most pertains to Morgantown High School.

Dates: 1889-1931

Scott Gibson, Photographer, Glass Plate Negatives

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Collection Number: A&M 4023
Scope and Contents This collection includes glass plate negatives and film negatives of photographs taken by Scott Gibson of Valley Point, Preston County, West Virginia. These photographs feature a variety of outdoor and indoor scenes, as well as family and individual portraits, mainly in Monongalia and Preston Counties. Original accession (collection circa 1900-1920, undated) includes over 1,500 glass plate negatives. Subjects of the photographs include portraits of individuals (including infants...
Dates: circa 1880-1960; undated

Scott Gibson, Photographer, Prints and Nitrate Negatives

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Collection Number: A&M 4000
Scope and Contents Prints and nitrate negatives of photographs taken by Scott Gibson. The first nine boxes contain nitrate negatives, which are numbered and have been organized by subject. Nitrate negative subjects include West Virginia University Athletics, Buildings, Military, etc.; highway markers; historical houses; Monongalia County views; local organizations and businesses; Morgantown buildings and other features; and portraits. Boxes 10-20 include prints, which are not in numerical order or organized...
Dates: 1897-circa 1950

Scott Lumber Company Ledger

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Collection Number: A&M 1096
Overview

Ledger containing financial statements and reports of the company's operations in Morgantown and Follansbee, and records of a subsidiary, the Cecil Lumber and Hardware Company of Elm Grove, in Ohio County, West Virginia.

Dates: 1911-1929

Seneca Glass Company Records

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Collection Number: A&M 2964
Overview Catalogs, reports, contracts, correspondence, blueprints, drawings, certificates, deeds and photographs of a Morgantown glass manufacturer noted for its production of handmade lead crystal glassware. The materials of this collection give insight into some of the daily activities of the company and its union such as determination of wages, settling of labor grievances, plans for expansion and modernization, productivity statistics and stock inventories. Specifically noteworthy are the...
Dates: 1891-1985

Sigma Nu Home Association, Contracts and Other Records

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Collection Number: A&M 5160
Overview

Records of the Sigma Nu Home Association documenting the acquisition of properties for the Sigma Nu fraternity at West Virginia University (WVU). Includes by-laws of the organization, contracts, and other material. Some of the records regard properties in the Fifth Ward district of Morgantown, West Virginia, in the vicinity of Union and Vernon Avenues, and also downtown properties on Spruce and Walnut Streets. George and Elizabeth Price, and George Price, were vendors.

Dates: 1911-1926

Socialist Workers Party Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2709
Overview Materials from several political campaigns are among the papers, including those of Rosalinda Flint's 1978 campaign for the U.S. Senate; Brian Williams' 1978 campaign for West Virginia House of Delegates, 27th District; Tom Moriarty's 1980 campaign for West Virginia Governor; and the 1980 campaign to elect Andrew Pulley and Mathilde Zimmermann as President and Vice-President, respectively, of the United States. The campaign papers address such issues as occupational health and safety,...
Dates: 1978-1980

Stagers and Mackey, Teamsters, Account Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2996
Overview

Accounts of a partnership of teamsters whose firm was headquartered in Morgantown. Accounts show supplies of food and materials such as lumber and stone hauled to construction sites throughout the region of Monongalia and Ohio counties.

Dates: 1849-76