West Virginia Glass Plate Negatives

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:

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 & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.

Please note that only about 32% of the glass plates are available online in WVHOV. The rest have been digitized and files can be requested by contacting the reference department.

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 Glass Plate Negatives, A&M 4045, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
36.67 Linear Feet 36 ft. 8 in. (81 document cases, 5 in. each; 14 document cases, 2.5 in. each)
Abstract:
Collection of 77 boxes of glass plate negatives and 18 boxes of sleeves that originally contained the negatives, which have descriptive information pertaining to the negatives. Glass plate negatives were taken by various creators. Subjects include portraits of Morgantown citizens, parades, industry, businesses, buildings, churches, High Street, and bridges. Outside of Morgantown, areas depicted include Monongalia County, Morgan County, Mason County, Martinsburg, Lewis County, Jefferson County, Hampshire County, Harpers Ferry, Grant County, Hardy County, Berkeley County. Subjects depicted outside of Morgantown but of an unidentified location include logging and lumbering, industry, fairs, exhibits, congresses, coal mines and mining, caves, camps, canals, agriculture, bridges. Boxes 1-33a contain glass plate negatives
Boxes 34-52 contain sleeves Please note that transcriptions of the text on the sleeves are only available online for boxes 1-12a; the rest have yet to be transcribed.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Glass Plate Negatives, A&M 4045, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Acquisition information:
Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2014/09/11
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