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Universities and colleges

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 102 Collections and/or Records:

Clarence L. Musgrave Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1238
Scope and Contents The papers of Clarence L. Musgrave, Fairmont mortician and editor, include family correspondence (1861-1936); photographs; account books of his father, Eli, and his grandfather Zebulon Musgrave; record books and correspondence pertaining to the operation of the Eli Musgrave & Sons funeral home and the "Fairmont Republican" (ca.1895-1898). Other materials include a ledger of the John Carlin Camp, No.8, Sons of Veterans, United States Army (1887-1894); a record book of the Ladies Aid...
Dates: 1839-1937

Clark Family Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 0680
Overview The correspondence of Clark family members, mainly that of Frank Wells Clark and Friend E. Clark. Frank Wells Clark was a student at West Virginia University and Harvard Law School and later established a law practice at New Martinsville. Friend E. Clark was a student at West Virginia University and Johns Hopkins University and later taught chemistry at State College, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia University. Included are the letters of Friend Clark when he traveled to Europe where in 1908...
Dates: 1885-1939

Cloyd Goodnight, Biography of Robert Richardson (1806-1876), Manuscript

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Collection Number: A&M 1247
Overview

Biography by Cloyd Goodnight of Robert Richardson, a Disciples of Christ minister, educator, writer, physician, agriculturalist, and member of the Bethany College faculty. The manuscript contains long extracts from Richardson's correspondence and daybook. Correspondence and daybook.

Dates: ca. 1930

David Dale Johnson (1875-1954) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1236
Overview

The papers of a member of the English faculty of West Virginia University, 1902-1946, including: his notes and essays written while a student at Marietta College; lecture notes, outlines, and bibliographies used in his English courses; addresses given at various clubs and civic organizations; religious talks; departmental reports; and notes and papers regarding his estate. There is a detailed index to the papers prepared by Professor Johnson.

Dates: 1891-1954

DeWitt Clinton Gallaher (1845-1926) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1790
Scope and Contents Manuscripts diary of Mr. D. C. Gallaher, a young Virginian who went to Berlin to study law and German in 1869-1870. From August 1 to August 14, 1869 he was in various parts of New York. From August 25 to September 12 he toured Ireland, England, and Scotland. From September 12 to April 5, 1870 he was in Germany, most of the time in Berlin, attended law lectures and studying German. The diary was finished from a note book in Munich on August 1, 1870. Most of the 110 pages are taken up with...
Dates: 1869-1870

DeWitt Clinton Gallaher (1845-1926) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1853
Scope and Contents

Notebook of D. C. Gallaher, used for German study in Berlin, 1869.

Dates: 1869

Dr. William H. Waddell, Veterinarian and Author, Records

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Collection Number: A&M 0300
Overview Correspondence, book reviews, certificates and pictures of Waddell, a pioneering black veterinarian and author. His books (People Are The Funniest Animals, The Black Man in Veterinary Medicine, Universal Veterinarianism, and Historical Facts of the Black Veterinarian) document the little known contributions of African-Americans from antebellum times to the...
Dates: 1938-1987

Education in West Virginia, Scrapbooks

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Collection Number: A&M 1668
Overview

These scrapbooks which were collected or compiled by B.B. Chapman concern Webster Springs High School, Fairmont State College, Glenville State College, and West Virginia University. Included are correspondence, faculty contracts, diplomas, teaching certificates, report cards, class lists, and other similar materials.

Dates: 1910-1960

Enoch Rector (1804-1898) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1902
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Enoch Rector, a Baptist minister in Ohio and in Wood and Wirt counties, West Virginia. Subjects include land sales, Western Virginia Education Society, Rector College, family affairs, and Rev. Joshua Bradley's work. There are pamphlets and typescripts on Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Wood County.

Dates: 1824-1853, 1916, 1966

Erbie Claire Albright (d. 1964) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1991
Overview Correspondence, business papers, educational records of a home economics teacher and supervisor who graduated from West Virginia University, attended Chicago and Columbia universities, taught home economics at Morgantown High School, and was supervisor of home economics for the Monongalia County School System. The papers cover: family affairs; schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York; West Virginia Home Economics Association; National Education Association department of...
Dates: 1915-1943