Monongalia County Historical Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia County Historical Records, A&M 3582, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
43.7 Linear Feet 43 ft. 8 in. (75 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (11 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 index card boxes, 12 in. each); (4 record cartons, 15 in. each)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia County Historical Records, A&M 3582, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection of records mostly relating to the history of Monongalia County, West Virginia. Over 300 historical photographs in this collection are available through the "digital material" link.

Series include:
1) American Bicentennial Records;
2) Artifacts;
3) Books;
4) Burial Records of Monongalia County Servicemen;
5) Church Records;
6) Club Records;
7) Coal Industry Records;
8) Education Records;
9) Genealogy Records;
10) General Store Records;
11) Hospital Auxiliary Scrapbooks;
12) Journal of Dr. J.T. Krepps;
13) Land Records;
14) Maps;
15) Mill Records;
16) Monongalia County 175th Anniversary Records;
17) Monongalia County Bicentennial Records;
18) Morgantown Historical Records;
19) Nursing Education Records;
20) Papers--John Camp;
21) Papers--Pixler Family;
22) Papers--Josiah Robe;
23) Papers--Shively Family;
24) Papers--E.M. Steel;
25) Papers--Eldon B. Tucker;
26) Papers--Dr. A.H. VanLandingham;
27) Photographs;
28) Publications;
29) Scrapbook of Cordella Donley;
30) Scrapbook of Taylor County;
31) Scrapbook of Harriet Williams;
32) Subject Files; and
33) West Virginia University Records.

Includes:
1) The 1910 Morgantown High football team
2) The 1913 Morgantown High School football team
3) "Stranger's Bible Class", a large group of men and one woman standing outside the Spruce Street Methodist Church, ca. 1915
4) "Stranger's Bible Class", men sitting in front of Spruce Street Methodist Church, ca.1920
5) group portrait of school, including all students [students identified on the back of photograph] and Principal R.C. Smith, ca. 1890
6) Central School students and teacher, located on Walnut Street in Morgantown, ca. 1900
7) 1898 Mu-Mu Fraternity [possibly at West Virginia University]
8) "Some 'Sigs", a small group of young men, possibly a fraternity, at West Virginia University, ca. 1900
9) unidentified group of one woman and six young men [back of photo labeled "Stewartstown Com. Bldg"], ca. 1910
10) unidentified group of five young men and women and one older woman, ca. 1900)

Includes:
1) Campers at their camp site, the "Dew Drop Inn", on the Cheat River, opposite Mont Chateau [campers identified on front and back of the photograph], 1905/08
2) Photograph titled "Woods house" of two horse drawn wagons, each pulling a man, a boy, and furniture on Pleasant Street and University Avenue in Morgantown, ca. 1910
3) home of Walter Mestrezat, first West Virginia University band director, located on University Avenue in Morgantown, ca. 1910
4) house and trolley on Dunkard Avenue in Riverside, Monongalia County, ca. 1900
5) Mr. and Mrs. George Wells in front of their home on Dunkard Avenue in Riverside, Monongalia County, ca.1905
6) Martin's Riverside Band [includes band member, George Wells], ca. 1905
7) several small photographs mounted on a board [includes: "Rockley" on the Cheat River, Squirrel Rock, and river scenes surrounding Mont Chateau before the Lynn Lake Dam], ca. 1910
8) portrait of toddler sitting on a water pump platform in gown and bonnet, ca. 1910
9) group of workers sitting on ground with their lunch pails with long pipes laying in the foreground next to a ditch, ca. 1890

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:
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