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Morgantown Municipal Records, 1838/2013 67.65 Linear Feet Summary: 67 ft. 7 3/4 in. (47 record cartons, 15 in. each); (61 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Morgantown (W. Va.)

Collection includes microfilm copies and original municipal records of the city of Morgantown, West Virginia, from the office of the city clerk.

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Morgantown Post Office Scrapbook and Other Records, 1907/1978 0.77 Linear Feet 9 1/4 in. (1 document case, 2.5 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

US Post Office. Morgantown
Scrapbook and other records documenting the history of the Morgantown post office. Includes news clippings, photographs, pamphlets, and papers. Many clippings deal with postmaster appointments and changes in postal employee conditions such as pay raises and working hours. Many pictures and articles document the construction of the previous post office, now the Morgantown Arts Center, as well as the present post office. There are also clippings about natives of Morgantown serving in the military in World War II. The Morgantown post office was one of the first post offices in what is now West Virginia; George Washington appointed its first postmaster in 1795.
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Morgantown Rotary Club Papers, 1918/1956 2.5 Linear Feet 6 document cases, 5 in. each

Morgantown Rotary Club

Correspondence, attendance records and reports, membership applications, financial records, printed materials, and minutes for the years 1937-1955. These archives consist primarily of the papers of Secretary J. Mason Bucklew.

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Morgantown Rotary Club Papers, 1918/1960 9.2 Linear Feet Summary: 9 ft. 2 in. (19 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.)

Morgantown Rotary Club

Office files of the Morgantown Rotary club include correspondence, attendance and membership files, financial records, printed materials, scrapbooks, and the minute books (2 vols) of the Club's first two directors. There is a folder on a Morgantown traffic study.

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Mrs. J.D. Fletcher, Collector, Papers, 1857/1954 0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)

Fletcher, Mrs. J.D.
Correspondence of Martha Brand Wolfe and Charles M. Wolfe, who operated a small farm at Morgantown. The papers include some old Monongalia County land deeds of Charles I. Brand; letters from evangelists Dr. R.E.L. Jarvis and Dr. Edward D. Fellers, together with letters of Mrs. Wolfe on religion. There are also Christmas cards, local news clippings, two Brand family autograph albums, family photographs, and a newspaper clipping book, 1881-1905.
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Panoramic Photographs Collection, 1890/2008, bulk 1890/1960 .73 Linear Feet 2 very long flat storage boxes, 1.75 in. each; 1 long flat storage box, 1.5 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 item, 0.75 in.; 1 unboxed framed item, 0.5 in. 0.41 Gigabytes 3 files, formats include .tif and .jpg

Collection of over 110 panoramic photographs documenting soldiers and military camps, conventions and meetings, West Virginia University (WVU), businesses, railroads, family reunions, and more. Types of image include group portraits, landscapes, and building photographs. Conventions and meetings include the WV Delegates to Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Convention, the 13th Annual Meeting of the WV Dairymen's Association, the Democratic National Convention, the WV State Federation of Labor, the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), the United Steelworkers of America, United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), and more. Businesses include the Morgan Shirt Company, the Greenbrier Ore Company, the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company, and more. These photographs include both original and facsimile materials that are either separated from other collections, or are not associated with any collection. Some items may be Cirkut photos; a few items are negatives. See Scope and Content note for contents list.
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Pennsylvania and West Virginia Genealogies, 1944/1963 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Genealogy, family line forms, index, and a family chart of the Bear-Baer and allied families. Compiled by Earle E. Baer, Pittsburgh, PA. Several pages on the Swisher-Bush, and Smith Townsend families were compiled by L. Bush Swisher, Morgantown, and Townsend J. Smith, Tucson, AZ. Also includes the family lines of Bear-Baer, Boreman, Bush, Cook, Edwards, Jackson, Keller, Kurtz-Kurz, Newman, Pursglove, Sellers, Smith, Spencer, Stalnaker-Stelnaker, Steinaker, Watson, and Young-Jung.
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Perley Reed, Author, Poetry and Artwork, 1922/1965 0.1 Linear Feet 1/2 in. (1 folder); (6 unboxed artworks) 0.13 Gigabytes 2 .docx files

Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
The Marriage Certificate of Perley Reed and Elizabeth Dee Frost, telegrams recieved by Elizabeth and Perley, as well as newspaper clippings celebrating their engagment. Elizabeth's certificate of intitiation into The Delta Kappa Gamma Society in 1965. There are also 6 artworks by Reed, who was a hobbyist painter. The artworks are: Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau Oil on canvasboard, 30 x 24, 1966
A Soldier's Farewell, Oil on canvasboard, 20 x 16, 1963
Matterhorn, Oil on canvasboard, 24 x 30, 1967
Romance in Old Paris, Oil on canvasboard, 24 x 16, 1957
Meditation, Oil on canvasboard, 20 x 16, 1961
Awakening, Oil on canvasboard, 24 x 18, 1962 Images of the artworks located in the West Virginia & Regional History Center and Martin Hall are available in digital format.
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Rosalie Stewart Detch, Papers and Ephemera, 1907/1982 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Detch, Rosalie Stewart.
Papers and ephemera of Rosalie Stewart Detch, West Virginia University alumna and school teacher and administrator in Greenbrier County. Includes material regarding Detch's father John L. Stewart, her time as a student at WVU, and her career in education. Includes programs, news clippings, tickets, schedules, postcards, and photographs, among other material. See "Scope and Content Note" for further information.
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Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers, 1830/1952 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (7 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 ledgers, 5 in.); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.)

West, Rufus A.

Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West's personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West.

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