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Education

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 115 Collections and/or Records:

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0630
Scope and Contents Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont...
Dates: 1869-1953

West Virginia and Regional History Center, Video Recording of West Virginia Day Program

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5187
Scope and Contents Unedited video recording, on DVD and original digital footage, of the West Virginia Day Program presented by the West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries' West Virginia & Regional History Center on June 20, 2014. The program, titled "Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Education in Morgantown," included three speakers, all WVU faculty: Dr. Barbara J. Howe, Dr. Lillian J. Waugh, and Dr. Connie P. Rice. The speakers were introduced by Dr. John Cuthbert, Director and Curator of the...
Dates: 2014

West Virginia Association for the Humanities, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2878
Overview

Newsletters, correspondence, minutes, and financial records of an organization to promote the study of the humanities as a part of the curriculum of all WV school systems and to obtain funding for the humanities oriented research projects of its membership.

Dates: 1979-83

West Virginia Historical Education Foundation, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3387
Scope and Contents

Records of the West Virginia Historical Education Foundation. Includes correspondence, minutes with sound recordings, and subject files regarding West Virginia. Also includes books about West Virginia, many of which are textbooks published by or with the assistance of the Foundation. There is also a collection of the West Virginia Review for the 1920s-1940s.

This collection is minimally processed.

Dates: 1924-1992

West Virginia University, 125th Anniversary, Resolution No. 17

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3119
Overview

Original copy of West Virginia Senate Resolution # 17, adopted February 7, 1992, honoring West Virginia University on its 125th anniversary. The document is signed by all 34 state senators. Included is a memorandum entrusting the document to the West Virginia Collection which came to it via Edwin F. Flowers of WVU Office of Institutional Advancement.

Dates: 1992

West Virginia University, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Education in East Africa, Papers and Photos

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Collection Number: A&M 0277
Overview An agricultural education program sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development administered through the West Virginia University Office of International Programs in cooperation with the West Virginia University College of Agriculture and Forestry. Reports and publicity releases on projects undertaken by the WVU College of Agriculture in East Africa to help the nations of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to develop agricultural educational programs on the secondary and...
Dates: 1960-1970

West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Clifford Brown, Music Professor, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2820
Overview

Newspaper clippings, photos, brochures, and programs concerning the career of Cliff Brown, WVU music professor and bandmaster, and the conducting of musical education and programs at WVU. Noteworthy is a program for the dedication of the "E" flag, a military designated award for excellence in war production, to the Morgantown Ordinance Works during World War II.

Dates: ca. 1940-60

West Virginia University, College of Human Resources and Education, Speeches and Papers by Dean William G. Monahan

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Collection Number: A&M 5183
Overview Speeches and papers of William G. Monahan, who served as the dean of the College of Human Resources and Education at West Virginia University beginning in 1972. He retired as Professor Emeritus of Higher Education after serving as dean for a decade. Speeches and papers include typed copies of speeches given by Monahan, with an index of speeches, as well as notes for speeches, articles, and other material. Topics of writings mostly regard higher education. Also includes a digital copy of...
Dates: 1972-2011; Majority of material found within 1972-1987

West Virginia University, Cooperative Extension Service, J.O. Knapp, Director, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3081
Overview

Photographs, correspondence and documents of J. O. Knapp, a director of the West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service. Knapp was a founder of the West Virginia 4-H Club, and he was recognized nationally and internationally for his work in rural education to both youth and adults. He was also instrumental in promoting programs for rural electrification in West Virginia.

Dates: 1938-1969

West Virginia University, Medical Education History, Research Notes

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Collection Number: A&M 0222
Overview

Typed drafts of Medical Education In West Virginia University by Gideon S. Dodds and Edward J. Van Liere. This eighteen volume draft set of research notes was compiled (1953-64) by WVU Physiology professor, Van Liere and WVU Embryology professor and Medical Faculty Committee officer, Dodds. There are also two volumes of scholarship statistics on WVU Medical students, 1932-64.

Dates: 1869-1964