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Wheeling (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1815
Scope and Contents The collection includes 57 letters (1795-1871) to or from Benjamin H., Henry, James G., James O., Rebecca D., and Thomas Watson; 3 land grants on sheep-skin (1787-1798) Monongalia County; 25 articles of agreement (1812-1875), manuscript; 4 manuscript wills or copies of wills (1852-1862); 32 surveys, maps, and plats of coal fields (1798-1892); 99 tax receipts (1807-1865), manuscript and printed forms; 44 receipts for clerking fees (1815-1845) manuscript and printed forms; 79 receipts, bills,...
Dates: 1798-1902
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1949
Scope and Contents The collection includes manuscript materials (correspondence, land warrant, accounts, receipts, petition and will) and printed and typescript materials (invitations, broadside, newspaper and magazine clippings). Subjects of the various items include sale and survey of land; schools, churches, estates, comment on and description of agriculture, social and economic conditions in Kentucky, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, California, Morgantown, Fairmont, and...
Dates: 1694; 1783-1878; 1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Independence Hall, Blueprints

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2730
Overview

Blueprint floor plans and elevations for the restoration of the West Virginia Independence Hall in Wheeling.

Dates: ca. 1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Sheet Music

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0723
Overview

Collection of sheet music of mostly songs about West Virginia or written by West Virginians. Also includes Civil War era editions of songs by George F. Root, including "The Battle Cry of Freedom", "Just Before The Battle, Mother", "On, On, On, The Boys Came Marching!", "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp", and "The Vacant Chair". See Scope and Content Note for contents list.

Dates: 1850-1977
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Statehood Sesquicentennial Commemorative Coin

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3967
Overview

Commemorative coin for the sesquicentennial of West Virginia statehood, which was commissioned by the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation (WNHAC). The coin is gold in color. One face shows Francis H. Pierpont, the (West) Virginia politician who served as governor of the Restored State of Virginia and is considered the "father of West Virginia"; the other face shows Independence Hall in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Dates: 2013
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, College of Arts and Sciences, Centennial History, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 3121
Overview

A collection assembled on behalf of the WVU College of Arts and Sciences by Dr. Barbara Howe, WVU Department of History, for the Centennial History Project. Most of the records relate to the Humanities program at West Virginia University. Includes mostly copies of materials from former students, as well as transcriptions of interviews with former faculty or their spouses.

Dates: 1924-1992
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wheeling Custom House / West Virginia Independence Hall

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Collection Number: A&M 2014
Overview A documented interpretation of the architectural and physical history of the West Virginia Independence Hall touching upon those persons who have had an impact upon its design, construction, maintenance, and preservation. Most prominent of these are two architects: its original designer, Ammi B. Young, and the man primarily responsible for its restoration, Tracy R. Stephens. Included are floor plans, section views, photographs, and specifications of the building itself and of other similarly...
Dates: 1986
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wheeling High School, Commencement Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4392
Content Description A book of photographs and other material commemorating the Wheeling High School Class of 1911, similar to a modern yearbook. Members of the class are documented by photo portraits and short biographical sketches. There are also photographs of student groups and a class history. The book also includes photographs of the school building and classrooms with related descriptions. The photographs were taken by George J. Kossuth, who had a studio in Wheeling, and the book was printed by the...
Dates: 1911
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wheeling Potteries Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3154
Overview

Copies of typescript history of Wheeling pottery industry and newspaper article "The Beauty Survives" by Monroe Worthington.

Dates: 1965-1992
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wheeling Steel Corporation, Histories

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2948
Overview

Includes typescripts "The History of Principio and Iron Hill", clippings on J.J. Holloway, Earl Oglebay, Alexander Glass, Josiah Fox, and the iron and steel industry of the Wheeling area. Also includes sheet music for the theme song of the Wheeling Musical Steelmakers titled "Got a Feeling, I'll Be Stealing Back to Wheeling, West Virginia" by Bob Ellsworth. Also contains an issue of Time Magazine with an advertisement for Wheeling Steel's COP-R-LOY pipe on p. 41 (1928).

Dates: 1928-1980
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center