Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. The letters in this collection deal with all state institutioris and their problems. There are letters dealing with building construction, building repairs, the purchase of new property, thehiring of new employees, employees' salaries, institution menus, building insurance, gifts and grants to institutions, and institutional financial matters. State institutions covered in the correspondence are: Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium; Berkeley Springs Park; Concord College; Colored Orphans Home; Colored Insane Asylum; Colored Old Folks Home; Denmar Sanitarium; Demonstration Packing Plant at Inwood; Droop Mountain Battlefield; Fairmont Emergency Hospital; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Colored Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Industrial Home for Colored Boys; Hopemont Sanitarium; Huntington State Hospital; Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp; Indian Mound Cemetery; Lakin State Hospital; Marshall College; McKendree Hospital; Medium Security Prison; Miner's Hospitals 1, 2, and 3; Pinecrest Sanitarium; New River State School; Potomac State College; Spencer State Hospital; Storer College; Reymann Memorial Farms; Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home; Rutherford Sanitarium; School for the Deaf and Blind; School for the Colored Deaf and Blind; Shepherd College; Weston State Hospital; West Liberty State College; Welch Emergency Hospital; West Virginia Training School; West Virginia State College; West Virginia Tech; and West Virginia University. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, R.A. Armstrong, Thurman Arnold, Cleveland M. Bailey, Charles Baker, J.J. Cornwell, Brooks Cottle, William M.O. Dawson, John W. Davis, W.E. Glasscock, Howard M. Gore, Denzil L. Gainer, C. Howard Hardesty, Henry D. Hatfield, Thomas E. Hodges, Homer A. Holt, Rush D. Holt, B.M. Laidley, E.F. Morgan, J.F. Marsh, C.W. Meadows, Robert H. Mollohan, Matthew M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, John D. Rockefeller II, A.M. Reese, D.B. Purinton, Frank B. Trotter, J.R. Turner, W.R. Thurmond, and I.C. White. More information about collection's content is available in the control folder. Please note, the contents list in the control folder does not refer to reel numbers, and the microfilm reels are not numbered. Microfilm reels contain information about the relevatn series/volumes/etc. that they contain, which should match with the same information on the handwritten contents list.
One photostat copy of the copyright to "Hail West Virginia," the WVU fight song, 1942. One copy of Rules and Regulations West Virginia University, 1925 (first edition). 1969 addition: "A Study of the College of Engineering and School of Mines, W.V.U." by W. Va. Society of Professional Engineers, 1944.
West Virginia University, Athletics Communications, Records, 1944/2014, bulk 1980/200020.42 Linear Feet 20 ft. 5 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (13 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 index card box,12 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.)
Creator
West Virginia University. Athletics Communications
Abstract Or Scope
This collection includes broadcast recordings on cassette tapes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, and other records and papers pertaining to West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office and their published works mainly regarding WVU football, men's basketball, and baseball.
West Virginia University, Athletics, Programs, 1915/20144.7 Linear Feet Summary: 4 ft. 7 1/2 in. (2 record cartons, 15 in. each); (4 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 oversize flat storage box, 3 in.)
Creator
West Virginia University
Abstract Or Scope
Athletics programs (incomplete set) published for competitions between the teams of West Virginia University and other colleges and universities. Includes mostly football and basketball programs. Programs for later decades are entitled "Mountaineer Illustrated."
Proposals, plans, and correspondence regarding West Virginia University building projects. Includes specifications for Woodburn Hall (1873) and blueprints for the north wing (1897), specifications for the Evansdale Library (1978), and renovation of Colson Hall (1978). There are also floor plans for Purinton House with a sketch of the exterior (ca. 1905). Other items include maps and drawings pertaining to east Morgantown (1901) and the WVU Campus (1971), and several blank diplomas for different schools and colleges within the University. The correspondence is from WVU President Jerome Raymond to architects competing for the contract to design an armory, mechanical hall, and a library with a museum (1899/03/16).
Includes reports of the loan fund; annual reports; Campus Club presidents and vice presidents, 1924-1939; membership lists; programs of club activities, 1920-1959; constitution of the Campus Club; and guest registers for 1945-1949 and 1950-1952. There are also five scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings from 1947-1967; and an addendum from 2013/05/06 of a scrapbook of clippings, records, ephemera, and photographs from 2005-2012 (in box 4).
Invitation to commencement Exercises, June 11, 1885, WVU, and a xerox copy of letter D. H. Bond to Miss Wilson. Picture of the Cadet corps of WVU ca. 1885 separated to photograph file.
Complete graduation lists and diploma orders for West Virginia University beginning with June of 1929 and ending with August , 1964. From the files of the Registrar's Office.
Architectural drawings of historical facilities of West Virginia University. Box 1 contains a variety of drawings of old Mountaineer Field stadium, from the time of its construction in 1924 to its closure in 1979. Boxes 2 and 3 contain drawings of the old student activities building (Mountainlair, ca. 1946-1955), Mountaineer Stadium (ca. 1960s), and plans for the removal of old Mountaineer Stadium, Deahl Hall, and a greenhouse (1985).
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