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Collection of photographs and printed material from the West Virginia University Extension Service. The photographs include 4-H camps, Farm Women's Clubs and other various activities. Many are unidentified or undated. The printed material includes some annual reports, Extension Service publications regarding wildlife and tourism, and books on regional colleges and extension programs. Also included are photographs and reports from Oglebay Institute in Wheeling, WV.

The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.

Records, correspondences, authorizations for expenditure (AFEs), notebooks, ephemera, and blueprints, all documenting the Potomac Yard rail yard in Alexandria, Virginia.

The papers of William "Bill" Archer, newspaper journalist for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and historian, document Archer's research and reporting of events in Southern West Virginia, predominantly Mercer and McDowell Counties. In addition to his reporting, Archer wrote a number of local history books as well as articles for publications other than the Bluefield paper.

The Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. Papers, 1911-1965, consist of 273 linear feet of correspondence, memoranda, records, files of all sorts, photographs, scrapbooks, etc. pertaining largely to the Virginia Senator's political and business careers. Save for his years as governor of Virginia (1925-1929) the collection documents in great detail his activities in politics and business. The bulk of the political papers deal with Virginiastate politics, and present a clear picture of Byrd's leadership of the state Democratic Party. Substantive material from or concerning national figures for the period is not to be found in these papers.

This collection is housed off-site. At least 72 hours advanced notice is required for retrieval.

This addition to the papers of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., of Winchester, Virginia, contains ca. 3,100 items, (10 Hollinger boxes, one oversize folder, and 83 bound volumes, ca. 19 linear shelf feet) ca. 1925-1989, consisting chiefly of bound scrapbooks, bound copies of speeches and press releases, and Congressional Record speeches and inserts, documenting his life and career during his service in the U.S. Senate, 1965-1982; news clippings; a folder of material concerning the Winchester Junior Board of Trade; a report on the "Study of the Organization of the State Government of Virginia" (1947 Dec 29); and personal and professional correspondence during his eighteen years in the Virginia Senate.