United States Navy - USS WEST VIRGINIA.

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Newspaper clippings concerning the administration of the 16th Governor of West Virginia, the launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia, and the building of present Executive Mansion

Scope and Contents Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of...

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Battleship USS West Virginia commemorative book entitled "Crossed the Equator Again" documenting a tradition performed on the ship when it crosses the equator. Includes photographs, cartoons, and humorous text.

Scope and Contents Materials concerning the dedication of the bell of the armored cruiser U.S.S. West Virginia, December 7, 1967. Items include program, invitation, diagram of proceedings, and newspaper clippings of dedication. Second accession: Mimeographed copy of essay about dedication. 1968 Oct 31: Xerox copy of 1 loose-leaf notebook containing the material created for the dedication services of the bell from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia. The project was initiated by WVU's...

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One folder of letters, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to the arrangements to bring the mast of the USS West Virginia to the WVU Campus

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Photographs of William Wright and other members of the crew of the USS West Virginia. Also includes photographs taken of the ship itself. All photographs in this collection are reproductions. Wright was a Radio Technician 2nd Class. He served on the ship from 1944 until 1945 and saw action at Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.