William D. Barns, Collector, Papers

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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia University

P.O. Box 6069

1549 University Avenue

Morgantown, WV 26506

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Phone: (304) 293-3536

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William D. Barns, Collector, Papers, A&M 3279, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:

306.1 Linear Feet 306 ft. 1 1/4 in. (224 record cartons, 15 in. each); (56 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (3 flat large storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)

Creator:

Barns, William D. and Barns, Doretha Mae, 1917-1997

Abstract:

Dr. William D. Barns (1917-1991) was a professor of history at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1985. His fields of specialization were American agriculture and labor history, West Virginia and regional history, American economic history, and the United States since 1860. The material has been divided into three main sections of archives, books, and periodicals, and described to the box level. The contents of this collection were created or collected by Dr. William D. Barns and Mrs. Doretha Barns from the 1920s to 1995. The majority of the material pertains to the academic career of Dr. Barns. Mrs. Barns continued to collect material until 1995. Two large series that relate specifically to Mrs. Barns are the League of Women Voters and Mrs. Doretha Barns. In addition, she contributed to the series on the Federal Government, Miscellaneous, Pacifism, and Society of Friends.

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William D. Barns, Collector, Papers, A&M 3279, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The material has been divided into three main sections of archives, books, and periodicals, and described to the box level. The contents of this collection were created or collected by Dr. William D. Barns and Mrs. Doretha Barns from the 1920s to 1995. The majority of the material pertains to the academic career of Dr. Barns. Mrs. Barns continued to collect material until 1995. Two large series that relate specifically to Mrs. Barns are the League of Women Voters and Mrs. Doretha Barns. In addition, she contributed to the series on the Federal Government, Miscellaneous, Pacifism, and Society of Friends.

The archival material in the collection reflects the personal and professional interests of Dr. Barns. Significant series related to his personal interests include the Morgantown "Society of Friends" meeting house; "Pacifism"; "Newspaper Clippings" of local, state, and national events; and "West Virginia Government." Large series related to his professional career include "West Virginia University"; "Professional Career" (which includes his research notes, articles, and the book he wrote); "Professional Organizations" (which he participated in); and material on the "West Virginia and National Grange."

Archival material also includes papers of T.C. Atkeson, known for being the national spokesman of the Grange in Washington D.C., 1919-1927. He was born in Putnam County in 1852, in the town of Buffalo, West Virginia. He was dean of the College of Agriculture at WVU from 1897 to 1910, and served as the WV State Grange master for twenty-one years. These papers include correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, certificates, etc. documenting speeches to Congress, history of the Grange, the WV Grange, among other topics.

The books in the collection include American and West Virginia history books, agriculture books, and many early edition novels. The periodicals are a mixture of academic journals such as Journal of American Historians and West Virginia History; research periodicals such as the Pennsylvania Farmer, the Grange Monthly, and the Farm Journal; and periodicals of personal interest to Dr. Barns such as the Link and Maclean's.

This series includes brochures, newsletters, pamphlets and other misc. printed material from national and West Virginia offices of the ACLU.

This series includes booklets, pamphlets, etc. about national agriculture. All West Virginia agricultural material is in Series 35. West Virginia-History.

This series includes booklets, pamphlets, and rolled material about the Civil War, Revolutionary War, the National Archives and Records Service, and book series "The Middle Period of American History," by Oliver P. Chitwood, etc.

The material in this series pertains to Thomas Clark Atkeson (1852-1935), born in Buffalo, Putnam County WV. Atkeson served as the Dean of the College of Agriculture at West Virginia University (1897-1910), State Grange master for 21 years, and national spokesman for the Grange in Washington D.C. (1919-1927).

This series includes correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, booklets, certificates, copies of "West Virginia Agriculturalist" journal he published. Topics include speeches to congress, history of the Grange, the West Virginia Grange, etc.

This series consists of solicitation booklets and pamphlets for text books and other reading material.

This series includes maps, brochures, booklets, event programs, and vacation pamphlets, etc., related to Canada. The majority of this material is related to Toronto, Hamilton, and Ontario.

This series consists of Barns's personal and professional correspondence.

This series includes plaques/honors received, framed diplomas, West Virginia Grange certificates, framed organization certificates, cloth, souvenirs from travel, etc..

This series includes newsletters, brochures, reports, and booklets published by federal government agencies, including the Congressional Record, congressional directories, Dept. of Commerce documents, and Subcommittee on Foreign Relations.

This series includes booklets, pamphlets, etc., documenting primarily the Middle East and Western Europe.

This series consists of small notebooks and diaries of daily work and contacts. It also includes notebooks that track time and expenses of specific projects.

This series includes printed material from the League of Women Voters organization, both national and WV material, including minutes from meetings, lists of LWV members, WV newsletter, newspaper clippings, and memorandums. Some of the articles Mrs. Barns wrote and her research materials are included.

This series consists of material collected and written by Mrs. Barns concerning national and international trade in West Virginia, including state and federal statistical reports, her notes, and papers she wrote.

This series includes folded maps and bound atlases of the United States (boxes 83-87) and also railroad maps, bus time tables, misc. time tables, etc. (box 88).

This series includes booklets, student catalogs, school directories, etc., from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Barns was a summer exchange professor at McMaster in 1957, 1959, and 1961.

This series includes pamphlets, booklets, brochures, etc. on nuclear build-ups, the military draft, conscription, and military spending.

This series includes calendars, pamphlets, booklets, brochures, business cards, miscellaneous unsorted mail, etc. (boxes 94a-115). Topics include home improvement material, sewing tips, receipts, how to choose a camera, hospital records, electric company information, income tax information, meet the press transcripts, annual reports from major corporations, etc.

Boxes 116a-116c include photos, photo postcards, correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and other material removed from books in the collection.

This series consists of personal correspondence, articles Doretha Barnes wrote, papers she wrote while a student in college, and material documenting her run for the West Virginia House of Delegates in the 1960s.

This series includes annual conference programs dating back to the early 1900s, printed booklets, leaflets, pamphlets, songbooks, Grange newspapers, and correspondence between Dr. Barns and the Grange Association. Materials specific to West Virginia were moved to Series 37. West Virginia-Grange History.

This series includes folders on specific topics Dr. Barns followed in the media such as militarism, students, nuclear arms race, etc.. It also folders marked research leads. The majority of the boxes in this series contain miscellaneous unsorted clippings.

This series includes a West Virginia University law school review and several copies of the 100th anniversary edition of the Morgantown Dominion Post.

This series consists of a publication about race relations that switched to a magazine style format in 1949.

This series includes pamphlets, booklets, leaflets, and clippings, etc. documenting conciencious objectors, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the National Council for the Prevention of War, etc..

This series includes booklets, statistical surveys, tourist publications, general and regional histories, etc., related to Pennsylvania.

This series includes photographs of personal family members, Morgantown and West Virginia University, and two glass plate negatives. The microfilm in this series consists of one roll related to the proceedings of the Maryland Grange (1911-1915). The tapes in this series are productions of speeches by foundations outside WV. The video tapes are about politics and speeches given during the Benedum Lecture Series.

This series contains an autobiographical outline of Barns's professional career, research notes, articles he wrote, speeches he gave, and copies of his book on Grange history.

This series includes minutes, correspondence, newsletters, etc., from organizations he belonged to or received material from. Organizations include the West Virginia Historical Society, American Association of University Professors, and the West Virginia Archeological Society, etc..

This series includes one scrapbook of congratulation letters on Barns's retirement in March 1985, one on Canada, and two books of miscellaneoous newspaper clippings.

This series consists of Journal of History special editions on specific topics related to history.

This series includes booklets, pamphlets, newspapers, newsletters, etc. from socialist organizations.

This series includes letters from other meeting groups, items about the local meeting house in Morgantown, and several of the national publications, including literature about the Quaker lifestyle, newsletters, and colleges sponsored by the Society of Friends.

This series includes newsletters produced by the United Nations (UN) and newsletters from other organizations concerning the UN, newspaper clippings, and booklets of reports issued by the UN.

This series Contains publications from universities other than West Virginia University or McMaster University, such as Penn State University, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, and the University of Pittsburgh.

This series includes AAA travel books, maps, brochures, and pamphlets about various sites around the United States of America.

This series includes the Journal of the House of Delegates, copies of the West Virginia constitution, bills and legislative measures, economic impact studies, booklets explaining the role of the WV state government and government offices, booklets listing the House of Delegates appointments in the WV legislature, etc..

This series includes rosters of granges in West Virginia, bulletins, a hard copy edition of Dr. Barns's 1973 book, booklets from various state meetings, etc..

This series includes material related to agriculture in West Virginia, publications by WV authors, three cities booklets, statistical handbooks, political almanacs, and local and regional histories.

This series consists of solicitations from the West Virginia University Alumni Center and the alumni newsletter.

This series includes booklets, forms, programs, etc. on the history of the organization, proceedings of annual meetings, membership applications, etc..

This series consists of university catalogs of undergraduate and graduate class schedules.

This series includes primarily multiple copies of test questions and some notes for class discussion.

This series includes publications, newspaper clippings, notes, etc. regarding people and events related to West Virginia University.

This series includes papers, dissertations, student magazines, completed tests by Barns's students, gradebooks, notes on meetings with students, etc..

This series includes material such as faculty senate minutes, memos from the history department and university library, university wide memos, and printed material about the university.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. William D. Barns (1917-1991) was a professor of history at West Virginia University from 1940 1985. His fields of specialization were American agriculture and labor history, West Virginia and regional history, American economic history, and the United States since 1860. He received his undergraduate and masters degree from Penn State in 1939 and 1940 respectively, and his Ph.D. in History from West Virginia University in 1947. He was involved with several national and state organizations throughout his career, including the American Association of University Professors, the West Virginia Historical Society, and the West Virginia Academy of Science.

Acquisition information:

Gift from Moran, Peter B., 1997/11/13

Physical location:

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/

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related

Separated material:

Fifteen copies of the Monticola, West Virginia University yearbook, separated to A&M 5025 (1971-1984, 1986, 1992 (in boxes 40-41).

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William D. Barns Collection books designated for Rare Book Room:

Allen, Lewis F. American Cattle: Their History, Breeding and Management. Revised. New York: O. Judd Co., 1887. Bluish green cloth, gilt stamped cow on front cover and decorative title and author in gilt on spine. Bookplate removed.

American Wit and Humor. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Georg W. Jacobs, 1900. Bright and clean navy blue cloth cover, with gilt embossed title and boxed design of six ears of corn on cornstalks.

Ashby, N. B. The Riddle of the Sphinx: A Discussion of the Economic Questions Relating to Agriculture, land, Transportation, Money, Taxation, and Cost of Interchange. Des Moines, Iowa: Industrial Publishing Co., 1890. Rough-grained maroon cloth. Black embossed borders and corner decorations on front. Gilt stamped sphinx and pyramid on front cover. Gilt lettering and black design on spine. Floral endpapers.

Atherton, Gertrude. California: An Intimate History. New York: Harper, 1914. First edition with K-O on copyright page. Decorative cover, no dust jacket.

Atkeson, Thomas Clark. A Catechism of Agriculture: Illustrated. New York: Orange Judd, 1913. Chocolate brown grain cloth. Embossed design at top and bottom of covers. Title and author stamped in white in box on front cover and on spine. Very, very fine condition.

Atkeson, Thomas Clark. Semi-Centennial History of the Patrons of Husbandry. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1915. Chocolate brown cloth, with gilt embossed lettering on front cover and spine. Minor wear at bottom corners and bottom of spine, otherwise like-new copy of book by a West Virginia author.

Atkeson, Thomas Clark. Semi-Centennial History of the Patrons of Husbandry. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1915. Chocolate brown cloth, with gilt embossed lettering on front cover and spine. Stained all around edges of front cover and entire spine, book by a West Virginia author.

Bailey, L. H. The Horticulturist's Rule Book: A Compendium of Useful Information for Fruit-Growers, Truck-Gardeners, Florists and Others; Completed to the Beginning of the Year 1892. 2nd edition, revised. New York: Rural Publishing Company, 1892. Deep brown grain cloth cover, with embossed decoration at top and bottom of front cover. Gold stamped title, vine, watering can, hoe, and rake.

Blackmore, R. D. Lorna Doone, A Novel. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, [date not stated, circa 1900]. White half-paper decorated in gilt-highlighted violets; white cloth spine elaborately decorated in gilt title, author, publisher, and floral designs; all three edges gilt; corners and fore-edge of paper cover chipped.

Bridgeman, Thomas. The American Gardener's Assistant, In Three Parts: Containing Complete Practical Directions for the Cultivation of Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees, and Grape-Vines. New edition revised, enlarged, and illustrated by S. Edwards Todd. Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1866. Smooth-grained brown cloth. Black embossed borders with decorations on front cover, blind embossed on back cover. Gilt stamped wreath on front cover. Gold stamped agricultural tools and watering can, with black and gold decorations and gold lettering, on spine.

Buck, Pearl S. Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul. New York: Triangle Books, 1939, reprinted April 1940. Hard cover, light blue faded by water spots, dust jacket in good condition. Owner's bookplate.

Buck, Solon J. The Agrarian Crusade: A Chronicle of the Farmer in Politics. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1920. Volume 45: The Chronicles of America Series. Extra-Illustrated edition. Smooth-grained maroon cloth cover. Borders, title, and author in gold on cover and spine. Highly ornate tablet in gold with white and black eagle and four open books on front cover. Gold decoration with open book on spine.

Butler, Frederick. The farmer's manual : being a plain practical treatise on the art of husbandry, designed to promote an acquaintance with the modern improvements in agriculture, together with remarks on gardening, and a treatise on the management of bees. Weathersfield [Conn.]: Published by the author, 1821. Lacks covers. Title page partially missing and stained. Extremely fragile.

Cachia, Anthony J. Libya under the Second Ottoman Occupation (1835-1911). Tripoli: Government Press, 1945. Signed by author and by Howard J. Forbes, previous owner.

Cobb, Irvin S. Roughing It De Luxe. Illustrated by John T. McCutcheon. New York: George H. Doran, 1914. Violet brown cloth. Title and author in gilt on front cover and spine. Black and white label at top of front cover picturing Santa Fe railway train with man perched atop the steam locomotive.

Cobleigh, Rolfe. Handy farm Devices and How to Make Them. (Farm Life Series) New York: Orange Judd Company, 1910. Olive green cloth cover, with black title, author, series, borders, and wheat designs stamped.

Connor, Ralph. The Major. New York: George H. Doran, 1917. Bright and clean blue cloth cover, with embossed raised figure of a soldier and raised gilt title.

Connor, Ralph. The Man From Glengarry: A Tale of the Ottawa. Special edition limited to 50,000 copies. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1901. Rust brown cloth cover. Title and author in black on front cover and spine. Tan outline of man standing on logs in a tree-lined river, with tan and black sky in background.

Connor, Ralph. The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land. New York: George H. Doran, 1919. Dark blue cloth. Four blind-embossed soldiers and leafless tree on front cover, with title, author, and flames in orange.

Connor, Ralph. The Sky Pilot: A Tale of the Foothills. Chicago: Fleming H. Revell, 1901. Dark tan cloth. Title and author in red on cover and spine. Standing man with sombrero and ammunition belt in navy blue on cover.

de Valette, Marc. La Methode Directe pour L'Enseignement des Langues Vivantes a l'aide des Tableaux Auxiliaires. Deuxieme livre. Deuxieme edition. Edinburgh: Printed at the Ballantyne Press, [1910?]. Dark green cloth, gilt stamped title on cover and spine, gilt stamped decorative design of a sower in front of rising sun, fleur de lis embossed rows at top and bottom of front cover.

Decorum: A Practical Treatise on Etiquette & Dress of the Best American Society, 1879. With illustrations and captions from Hill's Manual of Business and Social Forms. Westvaco Corporation, 1979. Clean and bright red-orange cloth covers, in decorative slip case.

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. New York: Mershon Company, [1890s-1900s?] Maroon cloth. Blind stamped with designs of three elaborate hinges on front and back covers.

Ellsworth, Henry W. The American Swine Breeder: A Practical Treatise on the Selection, Rearing and Fattening of Swine. Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company; Philadelphia: Hogan and Thompson, 1840. Brown cloth grain cover, with embossed design and gilt stamped spine.

Farjeon, Eleanor, and Herbert Farjeon. Kings and Queens. Illustrated by Rosalind Thornycroft. New York: E.P. Dutton, [no date]. Clean and bright paper cover with colored illustration of a king and a queen surrounded by red draperies, same design in same colors on dust jacket.

Farm Conveniences: A Practical Hand-Book for the Farm. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1884. Profusely illustrated. Olive green cloth with title and sickle stamped in gold on front cover and title and farming tools in gold on spine. Black lined tools and wheat on front cover. Bookplate of the Library of the West Virginia Experiment Station inside front cover. Decorative end papers.

Farm Implement News Buyer's Guide: Where to Purchase Farm Implements, Machines and Vehicles. Vol. III. Chicago: Farm Implement News Company, 1891. Numerous illustrations of farm machinery throughout, and advertising on endpapers. Olive green cloth cover, with title, publisher, and advertising stamped in black.

Fox, John, Jr. The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1906. Bright and clean burgundy cloth cover, with embossed white title.

Fullerton, Edith Loring. How to Make a Vegetable Garden: A Practical and Suggestive Manual for the Home Garden. Illustrated by H. B. Fullerton. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905. Light green cloth, with title and borders in black. Front cover with photograph label of woman tilling a garden.

Hale, Philip H. The Book of Live Stock Champions, Being an Artistic Souvenir Supplement of the Monthly National Farmer and Stock Grower. St. Louis: Philip Henry Hale, 1912. Bright blue cloth cover, gilt border and lettering on front. Like new condition.

Halevy, Ludovic. The Abbe Constantin. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, [date not stated, circa 1900]. Cloth covers with pink background, silver title, floral design with silver stems and green leaves, formed into wreath on front cover, soiled, worn at spine top and bottom; decorative half title and title pages.

Harris, Joseph. Talks on Manures: A Series of Familiar and Practical Talks. New and Enlarged edition. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1902. Chocolate brown cloth cover, embossed with designs. Gilt stamped shovel and pitchfork on front cover.

Harvey, William Hope. The Remedy. Chicago: Mundus Publishing Co., 1915. Marron cloth. Like new condition of a rarely seen book written by a West Virginia author, inscribed by author.

Hello Bill! A Book of After Dinner Stories. New York: H. M. Caldwell, 1911. Bright and clean purple cloth cover, with white title, clock, and antlered deer.

Henderson, Peter. Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden. New and enlarged edition. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1884. Green cloth, embossed with designs, bright gilt cabbage on front cover, gilt stamped title and publisher on spine. Clean with minimal wear and several small spots on cover.

Henderson, Peter. Gardening for Profit: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of the Market and Family Garden. New and enlarged edition. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1874. Green cloth, embossed with designs, gilt cabbage on front cover, gilt stamped title and publisher on spine. Worn, soiled and stained, but sound.

Henderson, Peter. Practical Floriculture: A Guide to the Successful Cultivation of Florist's Plants, for the Amateur and Professional Florist. New and enlarged edition. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1897. Green cloth. Embossed design and gilt stamped title on front cover. Gilt stamped title, author, and publisher names on spine. Floral end papers.

Hough, Emerson. Fifty-four Forty or Fight. With illustrations by Arthur I. Keller. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1909. Bright and clean dark olive green cloth cover, with embossed geometrical designs and yellow title background.

Kelley, O. H. Origin and Progress of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry in the United States; A History from 1863 to 1873. Philadelphia: J. A. Wagenseller, 1875. Title, author, and sickle gold stamped on spine.

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. The Song of Hiawatha. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [date not stated, circa 1900]. Gray-brown cloth, orange "L" within wreath, acorn and orange oak leaf design on spine and five on front cover, black embossed title and author. Soiled and foxed.

Lucas, Daniel B., and J. Fairfax McLaughlin. Fisher Ames-Henry Clay, etc. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1891. West Virginia author, sound text, and clean black cloth cover.

Martin, Edward Winslow. History of the Grange Movement; or, The Farmer's War Against Monopolies: being... a History of the Rise and Progress of the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry... Philadelphia: National Publishing Co., 1873. Leather cover, embossed borders, black and gold title label on spine, marbled end papers.

Michel, Louise. La Commune. Bibliotheque Sociologique. 8th edition. Paris: Librarie P. V. Stock, 1921. Paper wrappers.

Montgomery, E. G. Productive Farm Crops. (Lippincott's Farm Manuals) Philadelphia: J.B Lippincott Company, 1918. Dark tan cloth, decorated in green lettering and vegetable vignettes, with orange background. Lightly marbled edges. Condition very fine, but interior foxed.

Morrell, L. A. The American Shepherd: Being a History of the Sheep, with their Breeds, Management, and Diseases. ... New York: Harper & Brothers, 1845. Brown cloth cover, embossed with a pattern and a blind-embossed design of a circle with arrows protruding from top and bottom.

Nolan, Aretas W. One Hundred lessons in Elementary Agriculture. Morgantown, WV: Acme Publishing Co., 1908. Dark brown cloth. Like new condition of a rarely seen book published in Morgantown.

Orr, James L. The National Grange Choir, Published by the Executive Committee of the National Grange, for use in the Granges of the United States. Philadelphia: Printed by J. A. Wagenseller, 1883. Oblong shaped book, music scores and lyrics.

Our Homes: How to Beautify Them. New York: O. Judd Co., 1887. Blue green cloth, with embossed border design. Gilt stamped spine with title, publisher, peacock feathers, flowers, and leaves.

Packard, S. S., and H. B. Bryant. The New Bryant and Stratton Common School Book-Keeping: Embracing Single and Double Entry. ... New York: American Book Company, 1878. Grey-taupe cloth cover, deeply embossed with elaborate designs, black stamped on front cover and blind on back. Includes publisher's symbol black embossed in center of front cover. Condition very fine.

Randall, Henry S. The Practical Shepherd: A Complete Treatise on the Breeding, Management and Diseases of Sheep. Nineteenth edition. Rochester, NY: D.D.T. Moore, 1864. Deep green cloth, blind embossed designs, embossed gilt stamped sheep on front cover, blind embossed sheep on back cover, gilt lettering and sheep on spine.

Randall, Henry S. The Practical Shepherd: A Complete Treatise on the Breeding, Management and Diseases of Sheep. Thirty-first edition. New York: The American News Company, 1863. Brown-orange cloth, embossed designs in black, bright gilt stamped sheep on cover, and black and gilt lettering on spine. Bumped corners, soiled spine, otherwise very nice condition.

Read, John E. Farming for Profit: A Hand-Book for the American Farmer. Philadelphia: P. W. Ziegler, 1882, c1880. Elaborately illustrated front cover, black embossed images of tools, crops, livestock, poultry, horse drawn carriage, basket, and gilt stamped title, plow, and basket. Same image on back but lacking gold. Spine similarly illustrated with cow's head and farming machinery.

Revell, Nellie. The Funny Side Out: After, Before and During Dinner Stories with Apologies to Whoever First Told Them. New York: George H. Doran, 1925. Red cloth with black lettering and design. Multiple figures, men and women, each occupying a diamond in a latticework design. Cover signed IRB (?).

Riley, James Whitcomb. Riley Farm-Rhymes. With country pictures by Will Vawter. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1905. Pink-orange cloth. Title and author on cover brown outlined in black. Spine includes ear of corn, with kernels in brown. Worm holes aligned with hinge between front cover and spine.

Robinson, Rowland E. Uncle Lisha's Shop and a Danvis Pioneer. Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1933. Elaborate stamped turtle shell pattern on deep green cloth. Also gilt stamped pine branch and author's name on front cover. Gilt stamped lettering on spine. Very fine condition.

Root, A. I., and E. R. Root. The ABC and XYZ of Bee Culture.: A Cyclopedia of Everything Pertaining to the Care of the Honey-bee ... Medina, Ohio: The A. I. Root Company, 1910. Black cloth cover, blind embossed with title on front and back, and gold stamped 2.5 inch bee on front cover. Floral endpapers.

Rowlands, Walter. Among the Great Masters of Painting: Scenes in the Lives of Famous Painters. Boston: Dana Estes, 1901. Clean and bright white cloth cover, with embossed gilt title, columns, and artist's palette.

RUS : A Biographical Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada. Compiled by L.H. Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey. "Fourth issue." Ithaca, NY, 1930. Tan cloth with black title, date, four stars, and design of scythes and sickles.

Rus: A Biographical Register of Rural Leadership in the United States and Canada. Compiled by L. H. Bailey and Ethel Zoe Bailey. Ithaca, N.Y., 1925. "Rus" is Latin for "the country." Decorative cloth cover.

Scott, Sir Walter. Ivanhoe, A Romance. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, [date not stated, circa 1900]. Light green cloth, clean, with multi-colored depiction of jousting knights with castle and trees in background. Author's name in black, and title in yellow-orange, outlined in black. Sword and crossed lances on spine.

Sheppard, Muriel Earley. Cloud by Day: A Story of Coal and Coke and People. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1947. Bright and clean black cloth cover, with pictorial dust jacket.

Stephens, C. A. Haps and Mishaps at the Old Farm. Norway, Maine: The Old Squire's Bookstore, 1925. Deep brown cloth with red lettering and maroon lines. With illustrated end papers and frontispiece.

Stephens, C. A. My Folks in Maine. Norway, Maine: The Old Squire's Bookstore, 1934. Tan cloth with light tan lettering and lines. With illustrated end papers and frontispiece.

Stephens, C. A. Katahdin Camps. Norway, Maine: The Old Squire's Bookstore, 1928. With illustrations by Jacob Bates Abbott. Mossy green cloth with dark green lettering and lines. Illustrated end papers.

Stiles, Kent B. Stamps: An Outline of Philately. Illustrated by numerous photographs. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. Third printing. Bright orange cloth, with black lettering, very modest wear and soil.

Stuart, Jesse. The Thread that Runs so True. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Rust brown cloth in very fine condition. Signed by author. Dust jacket with title: The Thread That Runs so True: A Mountain School-teacher Tells His Story.

Tarkington, Booth. Beasley's Christmas Party. Illustrated by Ruth Sypherd Clements. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1909. Title page and numerous illustrations in color. Deep red cloth. Blind embossed design of holly leaves and berries on front cover. Title and author lettering gilt stamped on front cover and spine.

Tarkington, Booth. The Conquest of Canaan: A Novel. Illustrations by Lucius W. Hitchcock. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1905. Red-orange cloth. Gold stamped title and spine with decorative frame incorporating leaves and flowers.

Tarkington, Booth. The Midlander. Garden City: Doubleday, Page, and Co., 1924. Olive green cloth, with author, title, and frame stamped in gold. Dust jacket includes artist's cityscape on front, photo portrait of Tarkington on back, and list on the inside of publisher's other fiction books.

Terry, T. B. Our Farming; or, How We have Made a Run-down Farm Bring Both Profit and Pleasure; Potato, Wheat, and Clover Culture, Tillage, Tile Drainage, Manure Saving, etc., etc.; Treated Independently from A to Z. Philadelphia: The Farmer Company, 1893. Maroon cloth. Title stamped in gold on cover and spine. Some internal foxing.

The Arabian Nights. Orton Lowe, editor. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1924. Red cloth cover, with full size paper label on front cover bearing title and colored illustration of scene from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Illustrated end papers. Sixty illustrations. With colored plates by Adelaide H. Bolton.

The Baptist Hymnal (Abridged) for Use in the Church and Home. W. Howard Doane, musical editor. E.H. Johnson, associate editor. Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1883. Stamped on front and back paste-down end papers: Property of Beth-Eden Baptist Church, Allegheny, Pa. Hard cover.

The Chautauqua Collection (Choruses and Part-Songs). Compiled by Arthur Hallam. Cincinnati: The John Church Company, 1915. Deep green cloth with black stamped title.

Thomas, John J. The American Fruit Culturist: Containing Practical Directions for the Propagation and Culture of all Fruits Adapted to the United States. 21st edition, revised and enlarged by William H. S. Wood. New York: Orange Judd Company, 1920. Green cloth cover, with gold stamped raspberries on front.

Van Dyke, Henry. The Blue Flower. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1902. Multi-color cover design, signed within design by Margaret Armstrong.

Verne, Jules. The Lighthouse at the End of the World. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1924. Tan cloth with embossed green title, author, and full-rigged ship within frame, in very fine condtion. Dust jacket with colored illustration of ship and lighthouse.

White, William Allen. A Certain Rich Man. New York: Macmillan, 1909. Green cloth. Title set in gold framed rectangle, sheaves of wheat in gold on cover and spine, author's name in gold.

Willson, Marcius. Outlines of History: Illustrated by numerous [G]eographical and Historical Notes and Maps embracing Part I. Ancient History Part II. Modern History. School edition. New York: Ivison, Phinney, Blakeman & Co., 1868. Dark brown cloth blind embossed with border design and logo of publisher. Black leather spine with gilt stamped title.

Other descriptive data:

processing; 2013/05/02; jcm

Added a box of materials that were pulled out of Barns' books (box 116). Changed the extent from 343 ft. to 343 ft. 5 in. Also updated the contents list excel spreadsheet.

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!!scanning; 2013/05/02; jcm

Box 116, folder 1 contains photos/photo postcards that could be reviewed for inclusion in WVHOV.

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general; 2013/06/02; mt

The extent is now correct. It was part of the most recent Extent Project(Extent Project 7 2014/02/19).

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missing; 2013/06/02; mt

The following boxes were not found when we labeled the boxes several years ago: 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 169, 239, and 284.

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location; 2013/06/02; mt

The boxes containing serials/books/periodicals were stored on the 4th floor. The boxes were unpacked and moved to the 2nd floor and 3rd floor (Summer 2013 and Winter 2013). And then the materials on the 3rd floor were moved to the 2nd floor (Spring 2014). I think most of the Barns stuff is behind the locked door on the 2nd floor. But there may also be books/serials from this collection in with the unprocessed books on the elevator side of the 2nd floor.

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archives and manuscripts; books and periodicals; pamphlets; photographs / postcards / prints / etc.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Pacifism -- Religious aspects -- Society of Friends
Agriculture
Agriculture -- West Virginia
Socialism
Economic history -- United States
Labor
West Virginia University -- History
West Virginia University -- Students

Names:

League of Women Voters (U.S.)
League of Women Voters (U.S.). Morgantown-Monongalia Branch
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Morgantown Friends Meeting
West Virginia University. Department of History
West Virginia University--Faculty.
National Grange
McMaster University
Barns, William D.
Barns, Doretha Mae, 1917-1997
Atkeson, Thomas Clark, 1852-1935

Places:

West Virginia -- Politics and government
West Virginia -- History
Pennsylvania -- History