West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection

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], West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection, A&M 3960, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
5.8 Linear Feet 5 ft. 10 in. (14 document cases, 5 in. each)
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection, A&M 3960, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of postcards primarily documents locations all over West Virginia, including various counties and regions and West Virginia University. There are also several postcards of locations in other states as well, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, and others. A significant portion of this collection has been digitized ("scanned"), and some of these digitized postcards are available to view on West Virginia History OnView. Most of these images have not yet been flagged in OnView as being part of this collection, so they may need to be looked up by their ID number. Any ID numbers in this contents list were added during the scanning process, and will match the ID numbers in West Virginia History OnView.

The addendum of 2024 December 19 to A&M 3960, West Virginia and Regional Postcard Collection, Assorted West Virginia Real Photo Postcards consists of assorted real photo postcards of locations in West Virginia (predominantly eastern West Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle) (box 14).

Series include:
Series 1. Scanned Postcards of West Virginia Counties, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 1-5)
Series 2. Assorted Scanned Postcards, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 6-7)
Series 3. Duplicate Scanned Postcards, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 8-9)
Series 4. Postcards of West Virginia Counties, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 10-12)
Series 5. West Virginia and Other Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (box 12)
Series 6. Oversize West Virginia Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 12-13)
Series 7. Oversize Non-West Virginia Postcards, Not Scanned, ca. 1905-1930 (boxes 13-14)

This series includes postcards of various West Virginia counties, identified by an assigned identification number.

This series includes assorted scanned postcards, including oversize postcards; postcards sorted by subject; West Virginia University postcards; and postcards of Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.

This series includes scanned photographs for which this collection has duplicates.

This series includes unscanned postcards of West Virginia sorted by county.

This series includes assorted West Virginia and West Virginia University postcards, as well as postcards with unidentified locations and subjects.

This series includes unscanned oversize West Virginia postcards sorted by county or region.

This series includes unscanned oversize postcards of non West Virginia locations, including Alabama, North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and other unidentified locations.

Assorted real photo postcards of locations in West Virginia (predominantly eastern West Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle)

Acquisition information:

Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Collection, 2013/09/17

Gift from Parsons, Doug, 2024/05/15

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