World War, 1914-1918
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
Sallie Bennett Papers regarding World War I Flying Ace Louis Bennett, Jr.
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1590
Overview
Personal correspondence, legal and financial papers, diary, and newspaper clippings of Mrs. Sallie Maxwell Bennett of Weston, wife of Louis Bennett, Sr., the Democratic gubernatorial candidate in 1908. The collection concerns the career of her son, Louis Bennett, Jr., particularly his student days at Yale, his pioneer efforts to organize the West Virginia Flying Corps, his service in the Royal Air Force [RAF], and his subsequent death in World War I. Additional topics include Mrs. Bennett's...
Dates:
1873-2009; Majority of material found within 1904-1926
Scrapbook of World War I Newspaper Clippings
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0962
Overview
A scrapbook of newspaper clippings concerning World War I. There are a few scattered items on other subjects including a list of postmasters in Morgantown post office from 1795 to 1912 and list of post office employees currently employed at date of printing; also, an article on a proposed special levy in Monongalia County to raise funds to be expanded for buildings at WVU. Book plates inside front cover states this scrapbook was donated to the library by the Douthat family in 1926.
Dates:
1912-1918
Shahan Family, Photographs of Richard and Harry Shahan of Preston County
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3842
Overview
Two large oval portrait photographs, one of Richard Shahan (1841-1906) and the other of his son Harry Shahan (1896-1994), both residents of Preston County, West Virginia. Biographical data regarding both men has been attached to the backs of the photographs, including information regarding their service in the Civil War and World War I respectively. These portraits may be examples of a type of photograph known as a "crayon enlargement", a photographic print that has been enhanced with...
Dates:
ca. 1890-1918
Shephard Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3147
Overview
Isaiah Shephard of Ritchie and Wood counties was the progenitor of this family which frequently corresponded with one another. Many of the letters were received by Roxie Shephard, as a young woman, from her friends and suitors. Much of the collection deals with Hiram W. Shepherd including correspondence while he was in World War I. Pvt. Shephard served in France attached to the A.E.F. General Headquarters 1st Army Motor section as a chauffeur. While a soldier he comments much about his...
Dates:
1874-1926
Storer College, Administrative and Operational Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1322
Scope and Contents
Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. This collection contains mainly administrative and operational records of the college. Types of records include annual reports, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, and other material. This collection includes material regarding John Brown's Fort.The collection is organized into eighteen series, including:Series 1. Correspondence; 1865-1953; boxes...
Dates:
1865-1960; Majority of material found within 1930s-1950s
Storer College Correspondence, Business Papers and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2621
Overview
Records of Storer College, West Virginia's first African American institution of higher learning, located in Harpers Ferry. Types of records include correspondence, business papers, photographs, memorabilia, issues of the Storer Record (the Storer College newspaper), financial records, scrapbooks, bulletins, minute books, newspaper and magazine clippings, diaries, motion pictures, and miscellaneous material. Includes records regarding the early years of the...
Dates:
1854-1964
USS West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2005
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...
Dates:
1967-1988
USS West Virginia Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2026
Scope and Contents
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
Dates:
1963
West Virginia Adjutant General, Burial and Cemetery Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3137
Overview
West Virginia Adjutant General burial and cemetery records including cemetery maps. The records consists of forms containing name; residence at death (city, county, state); cemetery name and location including town and county; date of burial; type of grave marker; information on grave marker including additional identification; date and place of birth; date, place, and cause of death; next of kin and their address; dates enlisted and discharged; serial number; rank; race; service branch; war...
Dates:
1825-1939
West Virginia University in World War I Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0389
Scope and Contents
Contemporary manuscripts containing list of alumni and students who served in U.S. forces, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, with rank, branch etc. Also comment written ten years after war; a memorial address by President Frank B. Trotter; tribute to alumni in war by John Harrington Cox, C. R. Jones, Robert A. Armstrong, O. P. Chitwood, C. W. Waggoner, C. Edmund Neil, et al.
Dates:
1917-1927