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Start Over Date range 1898 Subjects West Virginia University -- Students

Harlan B. Selby, Papers of a Morgantown Resident, 1870/1936, bulk 1900/1924 1.25 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each; 1 oversize photograph)

Papers of Harlan Bovell Selby (1896-1978) of Morgantown, West Virginia. Harlan grew up in Tacoma, Washington; served in World War I (WWI); graduated from West Virginia University in 1923; and apparently managed an office supply store in Morgantown for many years (Laidley and Selby, on High Street). There are photographs, ephemera, and other material in this collection; see scope and content note for details.
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John M. Null, Collector, Photograph Albums of Student Life at West Virginia University, 1895/1900 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (1 index card box)

Two albums of images of the West Virginia University campus, students, and the surrounding area in the late 1890s. One album contains cyanotypes, the other contains photographs. These albums belonged to WVU student Leonard S. Hall. His name can be found recorded in one of them.

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Linda Blake, Collector, Class Notebooks of West Virginia University Student Isaac L. Van Voorhis, 1898/1916 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 1/4 in. (2 folders)

Two school notebooks kept by Isaac L. Van Voorhis and a pamphlet regarding penmanship and book-keeping. The notebooks were kept while Van Voorhis was a sophomore at West Virginia University and living in the Sigma Chi House. One of the notebooks was used for the second semester of History 23 and the other for Zoology I.
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Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera, 1898/1966 .8 Linear Feet 10 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each)

Tarowsky, Mary Judith Young

Collection includes mostly West Virginia University ephemera, publications, photographs, and negatives, collected by the Young family. Much of the WVU ephemera was likely collected by Guy Bell Young (1874-1962) during his time at the university. Also includes photographs and negatives produced by his son, Guy Bayard Young (1908-1999). Many of these images are from 1936-1937 and pertain to WVU; subjects include Esther Benford (the first woman to receive a civil engineering degree from WVU, and about whom Bayard Young wrote a news article), WVU football games (especially WVU vs. University of Pittsburgh), WVU's Corps of Cadets and their band, and various other student activities. Also includes a few photos of Jackson's Mill, and images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jennings Randolph speaking from the back of a train.

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Max Mathers Collection Papers, 1821/1957 6.6 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 6 1/2 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Mathers, Max
Correspondence, financial papers, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and photographs relating to the Max Mathers family and Monongalia County, West Virginia. The activities of Anna DeGant Mathers, wife of Max Mathers, and Margaret Mathers Barrick, his daughter, as well as of Margaret's two sons, William Mathers Barrick and George Milton Barrick, Jr. are well represented in the family papers. Max Mather's own papers document his personal life, Republican party activities, genealogical and local history interests, and his participation in civil defense planning for Morgantown, as well as his service on the local selective service board. There are letters and financial records of earlier members of the Morgan family, mostly of the Civil War period and later, but including two early 19th century account books and some early letters. Some of the names of Morgan ancestors are Elijah Morgan, Elizabeth Morgan, H.M. Morgan, H.D. McGeorge, N.H. McGeorge, and John R. Morgan. Photographs are largely of the Mathers family, but there are a few of the 175th anniversary of Monongalia County, and the dedication of a monument to Col. Zackquill Morgan, ancestor of Mathers and founder of Morgantown. The newspaper clippings cover personal mentions of Max Mathers and his family as well as local history articles, local events, and the family's involvement in the search for missing soldiers after the Korean conflict. The scrapbook was put together by Eugene L. Mathers, Max Mathers' father, and documents Monongalia County events, 1838-1951. In addition, there is a collection of greeting cards covering the first half of the 20th century and a collection of broadsides going back to the 1850s.
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West Virginia University Memorabilia Collection, 1875/2000, bulk 1875/1932 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

West Virginia University
Collection consists of ephemera, publications, and other memorabilia related to the history of the West Virginia University. Includes dance cards and programs (1896-1932, 1951, undated); programs for school clubs, memorials, musical performances (1892-1931, 1965-1967); commencement programs and invitations (1875-1950); sporting event and concert tickets (1895-1975); student and university publications (1899-1963, undated); and other ephemera. Dance cards and programs pertain to various fraternities and sororities, the military department, student clubs, and general dances. Publications include student handbooks, a directory, and a November 1923 issue of the Athenaeum.
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West Virginia University, Memorabilia Collection, 1889/2012 1.6 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 7 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 folders, 4 items total); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in); (1 small box, 1 in.)

West Virginia University
West Virginia University memorabilia consists of artifacts and other materials related to the history of the University. Items include pins, key chains, a mug, a pom-pom used in connection with a football game, metal ornaments depicting campus buildings, two hats (including baseball cap from ca. 1910-1920), dance cards, programs for various events and ceremonies, and a sign advertising a website where students participating in Commencement 2012 could share memories of their time at WVU (2012). Also includes one WVU greeting card from President Hardesty and his wife dating from circa 2000-2007, featuring three-dimensional pop-up of Martin Hall. There are many addenda in this collection, including artifacts such as beanies issued to male (blue with gold visor) and female (white with no visor) members respectively of the centenary class of 1971 (who were first-year students in 1967), a centenary badge, a class ring of WVU alumnus Barrent R. Kittle (1968), and a decorative plate commemorating the 25th anniversary of the four-year School of Medicine (1985). Addendum of 2018/10/03 consists of freshman beanie of 1973.
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West Virginia University, Monticola, Yearbook, 1896/2000 52.3 Linear Feet 52 ft. 3 1/2 in. (41 document cases, 5 in. each); (28 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small collection folder)

West Virginia University. Monticola

Archival copies of the Monticola, the student yearbook of West Virginia University. Also includes copies of the Freshman Register from 1978, 1984, 1985, and 1987; other copies of Freshman Register are in the West Virginia and Regional History Center main reading room at call number 378.754 W52fre. User copies of the Monticola are available for viewing in the Center at call number 378.754 W52m or online through the Internet Archive.

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West Virginia University, News Service, Photographs, 1890/2007, bulk 1950/2007 152.7 Linear Feet Summary: 152 ft. 8 in. (111 record cartons, 15 in. each); (16 note card boxes, 3 in. each); (1 note card boxes, 4 in.); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (21 document cases, 5 in. each)

Photographs of the News Service of West Virginia University (WVU). Subjects of images include aerial views, architecture, athletics, campus scenes, construction, historic images, student life, and WVU faculty and staff, among others. Formats include prints, negatives, proof sheets, transparencies, and digital files. See Scope and Content note for more information.
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West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records, 1885/2002 19.67 Linear Feet 19 ft. 7 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each; 10 record cartons, 15 in. each; 5 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each; 3 flat storage box, 6 in.; 1 oversized record carton, 17 in.)

West Virginia University. Center for Women's Studies

The collection contains materials from the West Virginia University Women's Studies Center, now called the Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Materials include financial documents, organization records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, and textiles. The earliest materials in the collection are letters from the first women to attend West Virginia University in 1885 prior to their admittance to the university in 1889. The latest materials include papers used by the West Virginia Women's Studies Center in their outreach and activity groups in 2002. The collection was divided into fifteen series based upon legacy titles provided with the original transfer of materials as well as addendums and restricted materials:

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