Broadsides.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph C. Jefferds, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1983
Overview
Correspondence, sketches, records, charts, broadsides, newspapers, pamphlets, books, and one West Virginia University cadet uniform of 1898. There are typescript carbon copies of county court records from Bath County, Virginia, and Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, West Virginia; list of scholars attending Lewisburg Academy 1883-1885; and genealogical material on Arbuckle, Beard, Bell, Boone, Bright, Burger, Burr, Cooley, Cunningham-Gudgell, Dickinson, Feamster, Gillilan, Gilmore,...
Dates:
1896-1965
Joseph Ozanic, Labor Leader, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2482
Overview
Joe Ozanic went to work in the coal mines of Mt. Olive, joining in 1909, UMW Local 728. After serving briefly in the army during World War I, Ozanic returned to work in the mines at Mt. Olive. In 1932, Ozanic joined the Progressive Mine Workers of America, a rival organization to the United Mine Workers, serving both as president of PMWA District 1 and as national president. During the 1940s, Ozanic was an organizer for the American Federation of Labor. These papers reflect Ozanic's...
Dates:
1932-1974
Kanawha County Book Protest, Miscellaneous Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2624
Overview
Articles, broadsides, and other materials concerning selection of textbooks for the public schools of Kanawha County, West Virginia. The controversy involved confrontation between Christian fundamentalists and liberals over educational policy.
Dates:
1975
Latin American Solidarity Project, Letter and Broadside
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2779
Overview
Photo static copy of an open letter to "friends," introducing the Latin American Solidarity Project, of Morgantown, WV, and asking for support; Broadside advertising film "Women in Arms: the Nicaraguan Case".
Dates:
1981
Margaret B. Ballard, Compiler, Monroe County Historical Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2537
Overview
Papers of Dr. Margaret Byrnside Ballard (1900-1991), regarding the history of Monroe County, West Virginia, and the Ballard family. As a genealogist and author of local history, she was an avid collector of the historical materials contained in this collection, most of which relate to her family and Monroe County. The collection includes personal papers, business records, historical and genealogical research material, scrapbooks, bibles, memorabilia, artifacts, photographs, broadsides,...
Dates:
1783-1991, 2021, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1910-1970
Max Mathers Collection Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2386
Overview
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical...
Dates:
1821-1957
M.H. Ross, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2617
Scope and Contents
Broadsides, pamphlets, contracts, publications, ledgers, and letters on union activities and radical movements. Subjects included are mine safety, union organizing, and social justice.
Dates:
1930-1974
Monongahela Alliance for Community Protection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2738
Overview
Broadsides produced by the Monongahela Alliance for Community Protection in 1980 to inform the local community (Monongalia County, West Virginia) about the proposed synthetic fuels production project, SRC-II, near Morgantown, West Virginia.
Dates:
1980
Reverend William Duke (1757-1840) Travel Journal
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2931
Overview
Written by Reverend William Duke (1757-1840), a Protestant Episcopal minister, as a record of his journey from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to Randolph County, (West) Virginia, to inspect a parcel of land that he had acquired. Documents early West Virginia travel, accommodations, and religious practices. Specifically mentioned are Georgetown, Frederick Town, Harpers Ferry, Potomac River, Old Town, Fort Cumberland, Allegheny River, Morgantown, and Bath. Subjects include: Methodism, Baptists, the...
Dates:
1789
T.B. Camden Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0623
Overview
Original appraisement and account book pertaining to the estate of John S. Camden, 1862-1881. There are two ledgers of T.B. Camden, a physician, covering his medical practice in sixteen counties, listing private accounts, cost of medical care, insurance claims, and statements of Camden's income, 1865-1907. There is a scrapbook of clippings, numerous broadsides, and correspondence on professional and political activities of Camden including letters from friends regarding his dismissal as...
Dates:
1862-1907