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Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown"],"unitdate_ssm":["1784-circa 2010s","circa 1880s-2010"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["circa 1880s-2010"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1784-circa 2010s"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3950","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5377"],"text":["A\u0026M 3950","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5377","Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown","Cheat Lake (W. Va.)","Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Real property","Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Vaughn L. Kiger  is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026 Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.","Kiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.","Kiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.","Vaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John.","Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B. \nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9. \nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14. \nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15. \nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16. \nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20. \nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22. \nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27. \nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders. \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2. \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items. \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87. \nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100. \nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane). \nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104. \nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105. \nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.","This series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated)."," Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document."," The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.","This series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts."," Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service."," Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos."," Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books."," The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information."," See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.","This series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject."," Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players."," Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown."," Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated)."," Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects."," Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects."," Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.","This series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers."," The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau."," The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.","This series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.","This series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of  The Athenaeum  (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).","This series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.","This series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.","This series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:"," Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23.  \n Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25.  \n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026 Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet.  \n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1.  \n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2.  \n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.","This subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs."," Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include:  \n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911);  \n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904);  \n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated);  \n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947);  \n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I;  \n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker);  \n Deering Day parade (undated); and  \n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated)."," Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include:  \n the Brewer family (1927, undated);  \n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated);  \n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated);  \n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated);  \n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and  \n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects."," Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982)."," Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.","This subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.","This subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.","This subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the  New Dominion , the  Post-Chronicle , and the  Dominion Post ;  Dominion Post  articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical  The Better Way . Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).","This addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.","This addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.","This addendum is minimally processed.","Box 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.","Boxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.","The last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).","Boxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the  Allerli , and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.","Box 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.","Box 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).","Includes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.","Two bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.","Two programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"","Two programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"","Titles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.","Includes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.","Includes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.","Program and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.","\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"","Includes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026 Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.","Includes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.","Two identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"","Most includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.","Subjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.","Images on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.","Five postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.","Prints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.","Prints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.","Includes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"","Published by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.","Includes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.","Includes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,  West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings ,  WVU - an early portrait , and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.","Includes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a  Democrats in Convention 1972  book.","Two volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, one from 1927 and one from 1927 with corrections to the 1950s, have been separated to A\u0026M 1307.","Phi Sigma Kappa materials separated to A\u0026M 3917 as addendum of 2014/06/17.","A book on Revolutionary Pensions of Monongalia County was separated to the book collection at the History Center. ","The following were separated to the printed ephemera collection:","\"Women's Edition of the New Dominion, Morgantown, W. Va.\", 1896","West Virginia University Football Schedule, 1934","Foot Ball Program, Morgantown High vs. Masontown High, 1934","Announcement for Town Meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller, Morgantown, W. Va., undated","\"Tales From the Tower: If Woodburn Hall Could Speak\" by Barbara Howe, 1997.","\"When Tidewater Invaded the Valley\" by Lucy Johnston Ambler, 1934 (regarding John Brown)","\"The Story of Kenmore\" by Vivian Fleming, 1924 (regarding George Washington and a Fredericksburg plantation)","\"Wakefield, Birthplace of George Washington\" by Charles Moore, 1932","\"The Washington Manor House\" by Ethel Armes, 1922 (home of George Washington's ancestors)","The following were separated to the main book collection:","Byrd, Robert C.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 3, Classic Speeches, 1830-1993 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1994.","Byrd, Robert C. and Wendy Wolff.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 4, Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1993.","Butcher, Bernard L., and James M. Callahan.  Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher: With an Account of the Resources and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary Region . New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.","One copy of the WVU student handbook, 1915.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others. See Historical Note for more information on Vaughn L. Kiger.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Morgantown High School  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","West Virginia Mountaineers (Football team)","West Virginia University","Geiger family","Lemley family","Lee family","Robinson family","Kiger, Vaughn L.","Lemley, Samuel Newton","English \n.    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"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eVaughn L. Kiger\u003c/emph\u003e is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026amp; Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Vaughn L. Kiger  is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026 Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.","Kiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.","Kiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.","Vaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown, A\u0026amp;M 3950, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown, A\u0026M 3950, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHistorical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane).\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026amp;M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of \u003cemph\u003eThe Athenaeum\u003c/emph\u003e (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Artwork \u0026amp; Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026amp; Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Deering Day parade (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Brewer family (1927, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the \u003cemph\u003eNew Dominion\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph\u003ePost-Chronicle\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph\u003eDominion Post\u003c/emph\u003e; \u003cemph\u003eDominion Post\u003c/emph\u003e articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical \u003cemph\u003eThe Better Way\u003c/emph\u003e. Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026amp; Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum is minimally processed.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAllerli\u003c/emph\u003e, and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026amp; Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026amp;K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWVU - an early portrait\u003c/emph\u003e, and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDemocrats in Convention 1972\u003c/emph\u003e book.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B. \nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9. \nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14. \nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15. \nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16. \nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20. \nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22. \nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27. \nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders. \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2. \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items. \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87. \nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100. \nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane). \nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104. \nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105. \nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.","This series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated)."," Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document."," The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.","This series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts."," Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service."," Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos."," Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books."," The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information."," See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.","This series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject."," Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players."," Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown."," Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated)."," Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects."," Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects."," Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.","This series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers."," The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau."," The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.","This series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.","This series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of  The Athenaeum  (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).","This series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.","This series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.","This series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:"," Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23.  \n Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25.  \n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026 Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet.  \n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1.  \n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2.  \n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.","This subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs."," Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include:  \n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911);  \n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904);  \n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated);  \n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947);  \n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I;  \n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker);  \n Deering Day parade (undated); and  \n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated)."," Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include:  \n the Brewer family (1927, undated);  \n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated);  \n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated);  \n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated);  \n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and  \n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects."," Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982)."," Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.","This subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.","This subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.","This subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the  New Dominion , the  Post-Chronicle , and the  Dominion Post ;  Dominion Post  articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical  The Better Way . Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).","This addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.","This addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.","This addendum is minimally processed.","Box 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.","Boxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.","The last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).","Boxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the  Allerli , and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.","Box 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.","Box 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).","Includes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.","Two bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.","Two programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"","Two programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"","Titles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.","Includes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.","Includes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.","Program and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.","\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"","Includes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026 Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.","Includes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.","Two identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"","Most includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.","Subjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.","Images on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.","Five postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.","Prints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.","Prints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.","Includes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"","Published by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.","Includes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.","Includes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,  West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings ,  WVU - an early portrait , and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.","Includes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a  Democrats in Convention 1972  book."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, one from 1927 and one from 1927 with corrections to the 1950s, have been separated to A\u0026amp;M 1307.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhi Sigma Kappa materials separated to A\u0026amp;M 3917 as addendum of 2014/06/17.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA book on Revolutionary Pensions of Monongalia County was separated to the book collection at the History Center. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe following were separated to the printed ephemera collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Women's Edition of the New Dominion, Morgantown, W. Va.\", 1896\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWest Virginia University Football Schedule, 1934\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFoot Ball Program, Morgantown High vs. Masontown High, 1934\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAnnouncement for Town Meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller, Morgantown, W. Va., undated\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Tales From the Tower: If Woodburn Hall Could Speak\" by Barbara Howe, 1997.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"When Tidewater Invaded the Valley\" by Lucy Johnston Ambler, 1934 (regarding John Brown)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"The Story of Kenmore\" by Vivian Fleming, 1924 (regarding George Washington and a Fredericksburg plantation)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Wakefield, Birthplace of George Washington\" by Charles Moore, 1932\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"The Washington Manor House\" by Ethel Armes, 1922 (home of George Washington's ancestors)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe following were separated to the main book collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eByrd, Robert C. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 3, Classic Speeches, 1830-1993\u003c/title\u003e. Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1994.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eByrd, Robert C. and Wendy Wolff. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 4, Historical Statistics, 1789-1992\u003c/title\u003e. Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1993.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eButcher, Bernard L., and James M. Callahan. \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eGenealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher: With an Account of the Resources and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary Region\u003c/title\u003e. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eOne copy of the WVU student handbook, 1915.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Two volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, one from 1927 and one from 1927 with corrections to the 1950s, have been separated to A\u0026M 1307.","Phi Sigma Kappa materials separated to A\u0026M 3917 as addendum of 2014/06/17.","A book on Revolutionary Pensions of Monongalia County was separated to the book collection at the History Center. ","The following were separated to the printed ephemera collection:","\"Women's Edition of the New Dominion, Morgantown, W. Va.\", 1896","West Virginia University Football Schedule, 1934","Foot Ball Program, Morgantown High vs. Masontown High, 1934","Announcement for Town Meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller, Morgantown, W. Va., undated","\"Tales From the Tower: If Woodburn Hall Could Speak\" by Barbara Howe, 1997.","\"When Tidewater Invaded the Valley\" by Lucy Johnston Ambler, 1934 (regarding John Brown)","\"The Story of Kenmore\" by Vivian Fleming, 1924 (regarding George Washington and a Fredericksburg plantation)","\"Wakefield, Birthplace of George Washington\" by Charles Moore, 1932","\"The Washington Manor House\" by Ethel Armes, 1922 (home of George Washington's ancestors)","The following were separated to the main book collection:","Byrd, Robert C.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 3, Classic Speeches, 1830-1993 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1994.","Byrd, Robert C. and Wendy Wolff.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 4, Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1993.","Butcher, Bernard L., and James M. Callahan.  Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher: With an Account of the Resources and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary Region . New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.","One copy of the WVU student handbook, 1915."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_08276c4957793d665b33dc791c14ce5f\"\u003eHistorical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others. See Historical Note for more information on Vaughn L. Kiger.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others. See Historical Note for more information on Vaughn L. Kiger."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_d81499d27dc9e8f3170a674f2b31b32b\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/"],"names_coll_ssim":["Morgantown High School  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","West Virginia Mountaineers (Football team)","West Virginia University","Geiger family","Lemley family","Lee family","Robinson family","Robinson family","Kiger, Vaughn L.","Lemley, Samuel Newton"],"names_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Morgantown High School  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","West Virginia Mountaineers (Football team)","West Virginia University","Geiger family","Lemley family","Lee family","Robinson family","Kiger, Vaughn L.","Lemley, Samuel Newton"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","Morgantown High School  (Morgantown, W. 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Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown"],"unitdate_ssm":["1784-circa 2010s","circa 1880s-2010"],"unitdate_bulk_ssim":["circa 1880s-2010"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1784-circa 2010s"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 3950","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5377"],"text":["A\u0026M 3950","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/5377","Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown","Cheat Lake (W. Va.)","Monongalia County (W. Va.)","Morgantown (W. Va.)","Real property","Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Vaughn L. Kiger  is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026 Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.","Kiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.","Kiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.","Vaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John.","Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B. \nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9. \nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14. \nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15. \nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16. \nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20. \nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22. \nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27. \nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders. \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2. \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items. \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87. \nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100. \nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane). \nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104. \nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105. \nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.","This series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated)."," Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document."," The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.","This series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts."," Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service."," Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos."," Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books."," The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information."," See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.","This series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject."," Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players."," Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown."," Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated)."," Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects."," Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects."," Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.","This series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers."," The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau."," The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.","This series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.","This series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of  The Athenaeum  (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).","This series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.","This series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.","This series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:"," Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23.  \n Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25.  \n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026 Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet.  \n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1.  \n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2.  \n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.","This subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs."," Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include:  \n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911);  \n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904);  \n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated);  \n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947);  \n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I;  \n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker);  \n Deering Day parade (undated); and  \n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated)."," Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include:  \n the Brewer family (1927, undated);  \n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated);  \n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated);  \n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated);  \n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and  \n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects."," Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982)."," Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.","This subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.","This subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.","This subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the  New Dominion , the  Post-Chronicle , and the  Dominion Post ;  Dominion Post  articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical  The Better Way . Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).","This addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.","This addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.","This addendum is minimally processed.","Box 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.","Boxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.","The last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).","Boxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the  Allerli , and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.","Box 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.","Box 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).","Includes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.","Two bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.","Two programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"","Two programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"","Titles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.","Includes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.","Includes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.","Program and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.","\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"","Includes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026 Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.","Includes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.","Two identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"","Most includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.","Subjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.","Images on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.","Five postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.","Prints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.","Prints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.","Includes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"","Published by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.","Includes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.","Includes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,  West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings ,  WVU - an early portrait , and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.","Includes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a  Democrats in Convention 1972  book.","Two volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, one from 1927 and one from 1927 with corrections to the 1950s, have been separated to A\u0026M 1307.","Phi Sigma Kappa materials separated to A\u0026M 3917 as addendum of 2014/06/17.","A book on Revolutionary Pensions of Monongalia County was separated to the book collection at the History Center. ","The following were separated to the printed ephemera collection:","\"Women's Edition of the New Dominion, Morgantown, W. Va.\", 1896","West Virginia University Football Schedule, 1934","Foot Ball Program, Morgantown High vs. Masontown High, 1934","Announcement for Town Meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller, Morgantown, W. Va., undated","\"Tales From the Tower: If Woodburn Hall Could Speak\" by Barbara Howe, 1997.","\"When Tidewater Invaded the Valley\" by Lucy Johnston Ambler, 1934 (regarding John Brown)","\"The Story of Kenmore\" by Vivian Fleming, 1924 (regarding George Washington and a Fredericksburg plantation)","\"Wakefield, Birthplace of George Washington\" by Charles Moore, 1932","\"The Washington Manor House\" by Ethel Armes, 1922 (home of George Washington's ancestors)","The following were separated to the main book collection:","Byrd, Robert C.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 3, Classic Speeches, 1830-1993 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1994.","Byrd, Robert C. and Wendy Wolff.  The Senate, 1789-1989: Vol. 4, Historical Statistics, 1789-1992 . Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1993.","Butcher, Bernard L., and James M. Callahan.  Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Under the Editorial Supervision of Bernard L. Butcher: With an Account of the Resources and Industries of the Upper Monongahela Valley and the Tributary Region . New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912.","One copy of the WVU student handbook, 1915.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others. See Historical Note for more information on Vaughn L. Kiger.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Morgantown High School  (Morgantown, W. Va.)","West Virginia Mountaineers (Football team)","West Virginia University","Geiger family","Lemley family","Lee family","Robinson family","Kiger, Vaughn L.","Lemley, Samuel Newton","English \n.    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"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eVaughn L. Kiger\u003c/emph\u003e is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026amp; Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eVaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Vaughn L. Kiger  is a realtor from Morgantown, West Virginia. He and his wife, Meredith, both attended West Virginia University. He graduated from the WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1966, where he also joined the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. He later attended the University of Virginia and completed the Graduate REALTORS Institute program. He joined the firm Dorsey \u0026 Kiger Realtors (then J. Dorsey Real Estate) in 1967, and became its president in 1979. He is also past president of the Morgantown Branch of Old Colony REALTORS. He has served in various leadership positions in the field of real estate, including president of the Morgantown Board of REALTORS, chairman of the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, and president of the West Virginia Association of REALTORS. He also has ties in the banking industry.","Kiger has also served his alma mater in various capacities. He served six years on the WVU Alumni Council (now WVU Alumni Board of Directors), serving one year as president; six years on the WVU Board of Advisors, serving one year as chairman; five years on the WVU Board of Governors, serving one year as chairman; and has served as a committee member of the WVU Alumni Association's Loyalty Permanent Endowment Fund Trust.","Kiger has received numerous awards, including REALTOR of the Year (1987), Phi Sigma Kappa Outstanding Alumnus (1991), Distinguished West Virginian (1984 and 1994), WVU Alumni Association's Outstanding Alumnus (2002), and Order of Vandalia (2006)--WVU's highest award for outstanding service.","Vaughn L. Kiger is first cousins once removed with Samuel N. Lemley. Icie Lemley (nee Kiger) was Vaughn's great aunt and a sister of Vaughn's grandfather, Arvel Kiger Sr. Arvel and Icie's parents were Isaac N. Kiger and Elizabeth J. John."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown, A\u0026amp;M 3950, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Vaughn L. Kiger, Collector, Historical Photographs and Records regarding Morgantown, A\u0026M 3950, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHistorical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries include:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane).\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026amp;M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of \u003cemph\u003eThe Athenaeum\u003c/emph\u003e (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Artwork \u0026amp; Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026amp; Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I; \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n Deering Day parade (undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include: \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n the Brewer family (1927, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated); \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the \u003cemph\u003eNew Dominion\u003c/emph\u003e, the \u003cemph\u003ePost-Chronicle\u003c/emph\u003e, and the \u003cemph\u003eDominion Post\u003c/emph\u003e; \u003cemph\u003eDominion Post\u003c/emph\u003e articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical \u003cemph\u003eThe Better Way\u003c/emph\u003e. Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026amp; Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum is minimally processed.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBoxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAllerli\u003c/emph\u003e, and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBox 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTitles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProgram and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026amp; Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMost includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSubjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePostcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eImages on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFive postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026amp;K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePublished by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003e West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings\u003c/emph\u003e, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWVU - an early portrait\u003c/emph\u003e, and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDemocrats in Convention 1972\u003c/emph\u003e book.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Historical and contemporary photographs and records collected by Vaughn L. Kiger, resident of Morgantown. The bulk of the collection pertains to Morgantown, West Virginia and the surrounding area. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, scrapbooks, artwork, architectural drawings, maps, broadsides, and other materials. Subjects include the history of businesses and individuals in Morgantown and the surrounding area, including the Lemley, Ley, and Robison/Robinson families; West Virginia University (WVU) history; Kiger's real estate career; political campaigns; and Morgantown High School, among others.","Series include: \nSeries 1. Correspondence; 1784, 1850-1890s, ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated; boxes 1-3B. \nSeries 2. Lemley Family Material; 1861, ca. 1928-1970s, undated; boxes 4-9. \nSeries 3. Photographs; 1870s-1960s, 1998-2002, undated; boxes 10-14. \nSeries 4. Ley Family Material; 1856-1956, undated; box 15. \nSeries 5. Subjects; 2003-2004, undated; box 16. \nSeries 6. Printed Material; 1867, 1902-2005, undated; boxes 17-20. \nSeries 7. Ephemera; 1854-1959, undated; boxes 21-22. \nSeries 8. Artifacts; ca. 1914-1920, ca. 2006, undated; boxes 23-24. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks; ca. 1880s-1988; boxes 25-27. \nSeries 10. Oversize; 1785-1829, 1871-2010s, undated (bulk 1880-1940); boxes 28-64, items 1-26, and map cabinet folders. \nSeries 11. Addendum of 2014/07/28; 1798-1853, 1896, undated; box 64 folders 1-2. \nSeries 12. Addendum of 2016/08/16; ca. 1838-2012; boxes 65-77, and two unboxed items. \nSeries 13. Addendum of 2017/07/19; 1859-1992, undated; boxes 77-87. \nSeries 14. Addendum of 2017/11/09; 1878-1990, undated; boxes 88-100. \nSeries 15. Addendum of 2017/12/12; 1903-1992, undated; boxes 101-102, and one unboxed item (fraternity cane). \nSeries 16. Addendum of 2018/07/02; 1903-2002; boxes 103-104. \nSeries 17. Addendum of 2018/07/09; 1879-1927; box 105. \nSeries 18. Addendum of 2018/09/13, 1886, 1971-1983, undated; box 105-106.","This series includes material pertaining to the history of Morgantown (box 1, folders 1-5 and 10 and box 2, folders 1-2; 1784, 1850-1890s, undated) as well as material pertaining to the life and work of Vaughn L. Kiger (box 1, folders 6-9 and box 2, folder 3 - box 3B; ca. 1925-1928, 1950s-2005, undated)."," Subjects of the Morgantown history material include the lives of individuals and West Virginia University (WVU) history. The Morgantown history material includes a 1784 Monongalia County survey with plat; there are also a manuscript journal and diary, manuscript court document, ledger, letter, stationery, survey, and financial document."," The Kiger material includes letters, printed material, clippings, photographs, and other materials. Subjects of the Kiger material include Kiger's real estate career, the West Virginia Real Estate Commission, historic preservation, and political campaigns.","This series contains material pertaining to the Lemley family of Monongalia County, West Virginia, including correspondence, photographs, clippings, ephemera, printed material, a bible, and various artifacts."," Correspondence includes letters, greeting cards, postcards, and other material, much of it addressed to Samuel Newton Lemley (1917-1981) and his mother, Ica (also called Icie or Icy) Myrtle Lemley (nee Kiger; 1885-1970). Icie Lemley's correspondence includes 19 letters from her nephew Michael Dimmick, a U.S. Army soldier serving in the Vietnam War. Dimmick's letters are dated April 1968 through January 1970, with topics including descriptions of some of the fighting, Dimmick's non-combat work (e.g., road building), politics, and home life. He was stationed near Qui Nhon, Vietnam in the 84th Engineer Battalion (Construction) for at least part of his service."," Photographs include photos taken after the end of World War II in occupied Japan, family photos, portraits, negatives, and framed photos."," Printed material includes programs and other items from Samuel Lemley's youth and his activities in the Hi-Y Club (the high school YMCA club, of which Samuel was president), Morgantown High School and University High School, and WVU. Also included are the family's World War II ration books."," The bible was given by Icie to her husband, mechanic William Lawrence Lemley (1882-1962). It includes genealogical information."," See also Series 10. Oversize--Miscellaneous for a framed lithograph marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger, as well as elementary and high school diplomas of Samuel Newton Lemley.","This series includes cabinet cards, mounted photographs, prints, framed prints, cyanotypes, negatives, photo postcards, stereo cards, scrapbook pages, printed material, and other material documenting the history of the Morgantown area. Photos are generally sorted by type, then by subject."," Cabinet cards (ca. 1870-1890, undated) include mostly unidentified portraits from Morgantown photography studios, as well as identified photos of WVU football players."," Subjects of the mounted photographs (ca. 1900-1930, undated) include group portraits, Morgantown shops and buildings, Monongahela River views, James Pietro's construction company, Cheat Lake views, WVU football players, and other subjects. Group portraits include World War I draftees from Morgantown."," Subjects of the prints (ca. 1910s-1950s, 1999, undated) include scenery of the Cheat Lake area and Monongahela River; buildings and streets, especially in Morgantown; group portraits; WVU locations and life, such as Mountaineer Field and students on campus; WVU football players (1920s-1940s, undated); and other subjects. Group portraits include the Morgantown baseball league (1930s), Junior Order United American Mechanics Band, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks Band (both undated)."," Subjects of the framed prints (ca. 1887-1930, 2001 or 2002, undated) include WVU buildings, such as the Agricultural Experiment Station; various houses in Morgantown; group portraits of Morgantown Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Members (1918) and WVU football players (1891); WVU Board of Governors (2001 or 2002); and other subjects."," Subjects of photo postcards (ca. 1900s-1920s, undated) include individual portraits, group portraits, special events, Morgantown bridges and buildings, WVU buildings, WVU-affiliated groups, and other subjects."," Additional photographs can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Photographs.","This series includes correspondence, financial material, photographs, printed material, ephemera, and other materials pertaining to the Ley family and descendants. Christian S. Ley (ca. 1825-1899) and his son William C. Ley (ca. 1865-1941) owned a boarding house or campground on the Cheat River at Laurel Iron Works/Uneva in the 1880s-1890s. In 1891, Christian Ley's daughter, Lillie C. Ley (ca. 1861-1942), married George W. Robison/Robinson (ca. 1855-1923). In 1895, the couple built Mont Chateau Hotel on the Cheat River at Uneva, and also resided at or near Cheat Haven, PA. They had a daughter, Mrs. Hugh M. Blosser (nee Eleanor Mary Robison, born ca. 1896). More on the history of Lillie and the hotel can be found in box 15, folder 1. Additional material can be found in A\u0026M 3328, the Ley, Robison, and Blosser Family Papers."," The Ley correspondence includes mostly requests for accommodations. The Robison/Robinson correspondence includes requests for accommodation (the location is called Robinson House, Robinson Hotel, and Mont Chateau) and financial matters. Blosser papers include photographs, printed material, and correspondence regarding Blosser Boat Docks and Mont Chateau."," The album material in box 15, folder 19 includes material related to the Cheat River and George Robison/Robinson, as well as local history.","This series includes a drawing, photo, and photocopies of book pages pertaining to Woodburn Seminary, as well as printed materials, correspondence, and a photo related to the Mountain Honorary.","This series includes books, pamphlets, ephemera, and correspondence. Highlights include material from Morgantown schools, including Morgantown High School yearbooks and event programs; pamphlets and booklets about Morgantown and programs of local events; and WVU material, including the West Virginia Agricultural College Inaugural Address of Reverend Dr. Alexander Martin (1867), three issues of  The Athenaeum  (1902), and a WVU football program (1922).","This series includes ephemera related to Monongalia County businesses and organizations. Creators include insurance companies, Morgantown Country Club, and stores on Morgantown's High Street. Types of ephemera include booklets, business cards, calendars, event tickets, membership cards, advertisements, and other materials. Also included are ephemera from WVU, such as a dance card, football schedules, and student activity books. For more ephemera, see also Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This series includes holiday ornaments, a product display box, pay roll cards, advertisements, and campaign items. The ornaments depict various WVU and Morgantown buildings and the WV state flag. The advertisements include pocket mirrors from O.B. Fawley Music Company and a paper puzzle from O.J. Morrison Company.","This series contains four scrapbooks, which include photographs, clippings, correspondence, ephemera, printed material, artifacts, and other material. The scrapbooks were created by Virginia Esther Cole (Morgantown High School student), Eleanor Bolyard, Eva Coffman, and Colonel Thomas M. Davies (WVU student). Subjects include Morgantown High School (MHS) in the early 1920s, MHS graduates' military service and marriages in the 1940s (class of 1942), WVU, Cheat Lake, Cooper's Rock, and more.","This series includes oversize material in various formats regarding the history of the Morgantown area. The series contains 6 subseries:"," Oversize--Photographs; ca. 1880s - 2010s, undated (bulk 1900-1930, undated); box 28 - box 50 folder 4, box 51, two items in map cabinet, and items 1-23.  \n Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints; 1871, 1900 - ca. 1929, 1965-1998, undated; box 50 folders 5-11, box 52-56, and items 24-25.  \n Oversize--Architectural Drawings \u0026 Maps; 1915-1924, 1972 - ca. 2007, undated; box 57 and items in map cabinet.  \n Oversize--Historical Manuscripts; 1785-1829; box 58 unfoldered item and box 59 folder 1.  \n Oversize--Printed Material; 1892-1921, 1976-2005, undated; box 59 folder 2 - box 60 folder 2.  \n Oversize--Miscellaneous; 1891-1948, 1975-1996, undated; box 58 folder 1, box 60 folder 3 - box 64, and item 26.","This subseries is sorted into categories: cabinet cards, framed photographs, mounted photographs, print photographs, and framed and unframed panoramic photographs."," Framed photographs are in boxes 29 through 47. (Note that framed panoramic photos are in a separate subseries). These include:  \n group portraits of Morgantown High School sports teams and graduating classes (1907-1911);  \n the Wesley United Methodist Church Board of Trustees (1904);  \n the Morgantown, WV Lions Club (1934, undated);  \n WVU groups, including the ROTC Band (undated), football team (1939, 1975), and basketball team (ca. 1946-1947);  \n composite photographs of WV judges, real estate commissioners, and lawyers who served in the military during World War I;  \n portraits of George C. Baker and Charles George Baker (Monongalia County Judge from 1928-1936 and 1944-1952; son of George C. Baker);  \n Deering Day parade (undated); and  \n buildings of Morgantown (ca. 1909-1910, undated)."," Mounted photographs are in boxes 47 through 49, with two additional items in map cabinets. Most of the mounted photos are group or individual portraits. Subjects include:  \n the Brewer family (1927, undated);  \n WVU athletic teams, with a focus on football (1891-1928, undated);  \n portraits of Frank M. and Gaylord Hess Dent, proprietors of McVicker's Drug Store (undated);  \n exhibit photos of outdoor scenes filed with the deposition of A.L. Woodfill in Monongalia County (undated);  \n outdoor photos of the Cheat Lake area (1922?, undated); and  \n additional group portraits related to WVU (1904-1919, undated), among other subjects."," Print photographs are in box 50. These include photos of Lake Lynn and dam (undated), aerial views of Morgantown (ca. 1950s?), a color photo of WVU's Old Mountaineer Field football stadium (pre-1979), and composite photos of West Virginia Real Estate Commissioners (ca. 1982)."," Panoramic (or Cirkut) photographs are in box 51, with an additional 23 framed photos that are unboxed. Subjects include WVU groups and buildings, groups of enlisted men or soldiers in the World War I era, church groups, scenic photos of Morgantown, and other subjects.","This subseries includes original artworks and prints of artwork. Types of artwork include watercolors, other types of painting, sketches, lithographs, and more. Subjects include WVU campus buildings, buildings in Morgantown, Waitman T. Willey and his wife Elizabeth Evans Willey (nee Ray), Thomas J. \"Stonewall\" Jackson, and Robert E. Lee. Photocopies of John Leech illustrations from an unknown book can be found in Series 10, Oversize--Printed Material. Additional lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes architectural drawings, plats, and maps. Subjects include various buildings and developments in Morgantown, as well as a plat of the Mont Chateau area, and a district map of Monongalia County.","This subseries includes a framed land grant signed by Patrick Henry (1785), a survey (1785), and three indentures (1795-1829). Locations referenced in the materials include Monongalia, Yohogania, Ohio, and Harrison Counties in (West) Virginia, and Allegany County, Maryland. Named individuals include Lewis Criss, Richard Philan, John Shisler, Lamar Moore, and others.","This subseries includes photocopies of illustrations by John Leech, a 19th century English caricaturist, as well as original printed material. Original material includes various supplements to and special editions of the  New Dominion , the  Post-Chronicle , and the  Dominion Post ;  Dominion Post  articles pertaining to WVU; and a damaged issue of the Cincinnati spiritualist periodical  The Better Way . Picture prints and lithographs can be found in the Series 10, Oversize--Artwork \u0026 Picture Prints and Series 10, Oversize--Miscellaneous.","This subseries includes ephemera, certificates, broadsides, framed lithographs, and diplomas. Ephemera includes advertisements from Morgantown businesses and sample ballots. Broadsides include signs related to WVU sports, a theatrical production, political campaign signs for Jay Rockefeller and Gaston Caperton, and other subjects. The framed lithographs include two memorial lithographs for deceased members of the Kiger and John families, as well as a marriage certificate for William Lawrence Lemley and Icy Myrtle Kiger (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material). Diplomas include a Cornell University diploma for William Earle Rumsey, as well as elementary and high school diplomas for Samuel Newton Lemley (see also Series 2, Lemley Family Material).","This addendum includes manuscript letters, invoices, and two mounted photographs. One invoice (1798-1800) concerns material purchased by postmaster and tavern operator Hugh McNeely from Michael Kern, who built Kern's Fort and was perhaps the first permanent settler of Morgantown. Five letters and one invoice (1823-1853, undated) concern John Rogers, a prominent Morgantown landowner and business leader in the early to mid-1800s. Both photos depict students of WVU.","This addendum includes manuscripts, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts regarding primarily the history of West Virginia University and Morgantown, West Virginia. For example, there is a manuscript of a Morgantown tailor, Samuel Pickenpaugh (1838); there are also group portraits of WVU students (ca. 1890-1960), a Mountaineer Field button (ca. 1920s), and a wide array of WVU pennants (undated), among much other material. This series is minimally processed.","This addendum is minimally processed.","Box 77 includes a \"WVU 1966\" flag on a short stick, various other WVU artifacts such as pins, and a purple pennant that says \"West Virginia\" on it.","Boxes 78-81 include WVU publications (various issues of the Monticola from 1896 to 1965); other WVU printed material such as commencement programs, football programs, and a pamphlet titled \"Laws of West Virginia Agricultural College\" (1867); WVU ephemera; a WVU-related scrapbook (ca. 1929-1933); and an undated candy box with WVU on the label.","The last four folders of box 81 include photographs related to Vaughn Kiger, his work, and political campaigns (1970-1976).","Boxes 82-85 include books and pamphlets related to Morgantown, West Virginia in general, other cities, and local special interest groups. Also includes ephemera, photographs, scrapbooks, postcards, audio recordings, and more. Additional topics include local schools, politics (including Jay Rockefeller), genealogy, local history, and more. One of the scrapbooks is from the Rogers family of Morgantown (ca. 1920s). The audio recordings are two identical records of Phi Sigma Kappa songs from 1910.  Additional highlights include Morgantown High School yearbooks, issues of the  Allerli , and items from the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute.","Box 86 includes scrapbooks and an artifact.  The artifact is a decorative glass plate commemorating the Morgantown Bicentennial in 1985. The two scrapbooks are from Samuel Newton Lemley of Morgantown (ca. 1940-1946); Lemley served in WWII in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan, and was a cousin of Vaughn Kiger. They include mostly photographs with a few clippings and ephemera.","Box 87 includes books, clippings, a framed photograph of Vaughn Kiger and Judge Robert E. Maxwell, and artifacts, including a few from Morgantown High School (ca. 1903-1992).  Pamphlets include a U.S. Navy Flight Training Manual (1943) and a \"Historical Sketch of the University of Virginia\" by Thomas Abernethy (1948).","Includes: Spring Quarter Convocation, March 29, 1904; WVU Fourth Piano Recital by pupils of Miss Emily Jenks Bray, March 19, 1904; WVU Historical Pageant Official Program, June 8, 1925 (two copies); Postcard from the McCrew House; 125th Anniversary of Woodburn Hall Celebration Reception, February 23, 2001.","Two bulletins: \"Greater West Virginia Weekend,\" May 1953 and \"An Issue Containing Dedication Proceedings of the Mineral Industries Building,\" September 1944.","Two programs: \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Football Banquet, 1962\" and \"The Touchdown Club of Morgantown Basketball Banquet, 1963\"","Two programs: \"West Virginia University Ninety-Seventh Commencement, 1966\" and \"Rededication of Woodburn Cirle and Order of Vandalia Ceremony, 1979\"","Titles include: \"The System of Awards of Phi Sigma Kappa,\" \"By These Things We Stand,\" and \"Pledge Manual of Phi Sigma Kappa\" inscribed by Vaugh Kiger.","Includes Student Directories for 1946-1947 and 1947-1948. Also Freshman Handbook from 1938-1939, with \"Guide 1938\" ribbon and newspaper clipping announcing wedding of Catherine Fortney to Sergt. James Sigwart.","Includes two copies of \"The First Presbyterian Church of Morgantown, West Virginia: Short Biographical Sketches\" (1938) by James R. Moreland an one copy of \"Morgantown Rotary: The First Fifty Years 1918-1968\" (1968) by Frederick Carspecken.","Program and menu for dinner featuring The Honorable Herbert Hoover (secretary of commerce), Senator Guy D. Goff, The Honorable Franck L. Bowman, The Honorable Howard M. Gore (governor of West Virginia), Mr. Kent Cooper, Mr. Edward McKernon, Mr. R.H. Pritchard, Mr. Thurman Miller, Professor Frank Butler Trotter (president West Virginia University), Senator D.M. Willis, Judge I.G. Lazelle, and Dr. William E. Brooks as guests of honor. Program included entertainment by Al Mabey's Old Gold and Blue Orchestra.","\"Wheeling Rediscovered: A Bicentennial Project of Ohio County's Public, Private and Parochial Schools\"","Includes program from Order of Elks Memorial Service for Absent Brothers at Morgantown Lodge No. 411, on December 7, 1941. Also includes \"Bonds of Friendship, Love \u0026 Truth: Letters form Sallie Little Holmes to Anna Kennedy Davis, 1857-879\" published in 1987 with Christmas card that explains the family significance of the book to the recipient (unidentified). The letters were originally written by Sallie Little Holmes, a missionary to China in the mid-nineteenth century.","Includes correspondence, reciepts from Blosser's Boat Dock, hotel license for George Robison, and documents relating to a West Virginia Power and Transmission Company dam on the Cheat River and a contract for the moving of the Robison house. Also includes publication on Camp Rhododendron at Cooper's Rock State Forest by the Monongalia Historical Society, among other items.","Two identical cardboard signs that read \"Exchange Club Minstrel Tickets on sale here\"","Most includes postcards bearing early WVU buildings, but also contains one postcard of a crowd at a football game, one of the 1906 Mandolin Club and the 1906 Glee Club, and one with a group photo of the Delta Tau Delta brothers, undated. Many are black but some contain writing.","Subjects of the postcards include WVU buildings, aerial views of the campus, and images of the football stadium, among others. Some contain writing, others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings and includes a \"Souvenir Folder of Morgantown, W. Va.\" containing colored images of Morgantown scenes published by Stenger's News Stand. Some of the postcards contain writing and others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Several depict the Women's Hall and Woodburn Circle. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Postcards mostly contain images of WVU buildings. Also includes three photograph postcards, one with a group picture of \"The Mountain, Spring of 1919 Initiates,\" one with a group picture of a literature class of 1909, and one that appears to be a photo of an early marching band on the footbll field.","Images on the postcards include downtown Morgantown buildins and street scenes, aerial views of the city, scenes along the Cheat River, and a group picture of Star City glass workers. Some contain writing while others are blank.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Hotel Madera, the R.R. Passenger and Freight Station, the Sinclair Service Station, and the Morgantown Country Club House, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Mississippi Glass Factory, Richard's Restaurant, Weil's storefront, and the Hotel Morgan among others. One postcard from 1925, featuring an image labeled \"Business section and bridge across Monongahela River,\" remarks on the steepness of Morgantown hills.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including Mont Chateau, Morgantown High School, an Oak Park Roller Coaster, and the Morgantown Suspension Bridge, among others.","Images on postcards depict buildings and scenes in and around Morgantown, including the Cooper's Rock overlook, the Vincent Pallotti Hospital, and the Morgantown Post Office, among others.","Five postcards include images of The People's Temple, Fairmont, W. Va.; the Clarksburg Courthouse; the two versions of the old State Capitol in Charleston; and one depicting the new Charleston State Capitol.","Prints of old photographs include many city scenes from Morgantown and WVU buildings. Also includes several images of parades and aerial views of the city.","Prints of old postcards include images of WVU buildings, M\u0026K trains and station, Oak Grove Cemetery, and a scene titled \"Bathing in Cheat River,\" among other subjects.","Includes photograph of the staff of the Morgantown Printing and Binding Company (ca. 1900), portrait of Forest P. Coombs in cadet uniform (ca. 1900), print of Soldiers and Sailors Monument (undated), photo of West Penn Beach (1958), portrait of unidentified man (ca. 1920), photo of four men on the front of a postcard labeled \"Pleasant St. Morgantown.\"","Published by the Monongalia Historical Society, edited by Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark.  Three copies, two with inscriptions.  One contains inscriptions on the inside front cover, including the signatures of Mrs. Rudolph S. Stoyer, Lloyd Felden, Vaughn L. Kiger, Ernest J. Nesius, Earl L. Core, Ray Swick, Bradford Laidley, and Virginia M. Gaston.","Includes two issues of the Monticola yearbook of WVU (1913 and 1927); a 1915-1916 issue of WVU Student Handbook; autograph book of Morgantown resident Gertie Hayes (ca. 1879-1883); and the 1892 diary of F.E. Delbridge, likely a telegraph operator in Shinnston.","Includes a WVU annual catalog from 1885-1886,  West Virginia University and its Picturesque Surroundings ,  WVU - an early portrait , and a WVU Foundation report for the fiscal year ending in 1981.","Includes a Congressional pictorial directory (1983) and a  Democrats in Convention 1972  book."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTwo volumes of Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, one from 1927 and one from 1927 with corrections to the 1950s, have been separated to A\u0026amp;M 1307.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePhi Sigma Kappa materials separated to A\u0026amp;M 3917 as addendum of 2014/06/17.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA book on Revolutionary Pensions of Monongalia County was separated to the book collection at the History Center. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe following were separated to the printed ephemera collection:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\"Women's Edition of the New Dominion, Morgantown, W. 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