West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Academic Affairs, Time Capsule 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.

Researchers may access born digital materials 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.

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 University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Academic Affairs, Time Capsule Records, A&M 5255, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.01 Linear Feet 1 flash drive (1 folder) and 0.77 Gigabytes 77 files, primarily .jpg and .pdf
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, Office of Academic Affairs, Time Capsule Records, A&M 5255, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials from the Eberly College of Arts & Sciences Time Capsule, representing what it means to be a Mountaineer in 2018. The time capsule was created in conjunction with the 2018 campus read book, Station Eleven, and was interred on the college's 25th anniversary. The physical time capsule, containing artifacts from the College, departments, programs, and student organizations, was buried for 20 years, to be excavated in 2038. This collection includes the list of items that went into the pysical time capsule, as well as its location. A digital time capsule, filled with students' items was also created. This collection includes an inventory of the digital items as well as the files themselves, in PDF and JPG formats.

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