Education
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
American Legion, Mountaineer Post No. 127, Morgantown Records
Official records of the American Legion post established at West Virginia University in 1945.
Appalachia Educational Laboratory Papers
The by-laws, policies and administrative regulations of a non-profit corporation whose goal was to improve educational programs and add to the knowledge of the educative process for West Virginia and parts of the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. There is also a listing of some staff members as well as inclusion of officer's vitas.
Barns Family, Diary of Bernie Hodges and Other Material
Berlin B. Chapman, Compiler, Scrapbook
Microfilmed copy of a scrapbook outlining the history of college debating in West Virginia, 1933-1941. The scrapbook was prepared by Dr. Chapman and the Fairmont State College debate teams. Original is in the Fairmont State College Library.
Bessie Jane Reed Papers
Correspondence, poems, and clippings of a secondary and normal school librarian in Fairmont and West Liberty, West Virginia. Subjects include the West Virginia Library Association. There is one letter each from Mary Meek Atkeson and Waitman Barbe.
Blacksville High School, Yearbook "The Tattler"
Blacksville High School yearbook "The Tattler" (1919). Includes "large" photographs of faculty, students, and student groups; class history; humor; and other material. The town of Blacksville is located in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Booker T. Washington, Commemorative Articles and Other Miscellaneous Items
Commemorative articles about Tuskegee Institute and its founder, the educator, Booker T. Washington. Also copies of a few articles by this renowned turn of the century leader of Afro-Americans and a copy of his autobiography, Up From Slavery. Also includes photographs of Washington and his family and facsimiles of his passport application and death certificate. This material reflects Washington's philosophy of economic self help for African-Americans.
Bradford Laidley Papers
Papers and volumes collected by Bradford Laidley pertaining to him and his family. Includes records of the Morgantown Presbyterian and Protestant Episcopal Church, genealogical information on the Rogers and Laidleys, a pioneer school book of Anne McKinnon, and a personal letter book of L. Wilcox of Kanawha Salines. Also includes three receipts for slaves purchased in Richmond, Virginia by Major W.A. Bradford(e).
Bradford Noyes (b.1860) Typed Document
Various subjects discussed include Indian attacks, turnpikes and taverns, the first telegraph system, natural gas illumination, Civil War manufacture of saltpeter, schools and economy in post-Civil War Charleston, salt and chemical industries, carrier pigeons, steamboats on the Kanawha River, and the coming of the railroad to Charleston. Persons mentioned include M.F. Maury, Jr., J.P. Hale, and J.Q. Dickinson.