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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Date range 1989

West Virginia University Bands, Audiovisual Material, 1950/2007 20 Linear Feet 20 ft. (16 record cartons, 15 in. each)

Motion picture and audio recordings documenting bands at West Virginia University, including both concert and marching bands. Recorded events include football game pregame and halftime shows, concerts, parades, marching band competitions, drum corps competitions, and more.

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West Virginia University, Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Records, 1939/1994 0.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 1/2 in. (1 small flat storage box)

Beta Theta Pi. Beta Psi Chapter (West Virginia University)
Records of Beta Theta Pi fraternity, including Charter Petitions (1989, 1994), convention publications (1994), photographic membership composites (1985-1994), scrapbook (1939-1954; includes photos, clippings, invitations, announcements, etc.), and miscellaneous photos (1950s-60s).
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West Virginia University, Biology Department, Records, 1900/1989 20.7 Linear Feet 20 ft. 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (16 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.)

West Virginia University. Department of Biology
Biology Department records, most of which pertain to the personal and professional activities of Elizabeth Bartholomew. Materials include: biographical information (Bartholomew, Core, Leach, Nuttall, Strausbaugh), Department Newsletters (includes extensive information, 1958-1965), photographs (including faculty and students, circa 1928-1960s, a Phi Epsilon Phi portrait, 1930, and WV and non-WV landscapes), returned mail of deceased servicemen (1945), and letters regarding students who are overseas (1944-1945, in oversize box). There are also Phi Epsilon Phi fraternity records, circa 1929-1950s; Terra Alta Biological Station records, circa 1950s-1970s; Southern Appalachian Botanical Club records, circa 1938-1961; and other material.
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West Virginia University, Campus Club, Records, 1917/2012 5.3 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. 3 1/2 in. (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.)

West Virginia University
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).
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West Virginia University, College of Applied Human Sciences, School of Sport Sciences, Records, 1970/2021 16.51 Linear Feet 13 record cartons, 15 in. each; 1 clamshell box, 3 in.; 1 oversize folder, 0.1 in.

West Virginia University. College of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

Includes records generated by West Virginia University's College of Physical Education and Sport Sciences (CPASS), which is now known as the College of Applied Human Sciences, School of Sport Sciences. The collection reflects everyday internal operations, staff and leadership activities, administrative plans and reports, outreach and community events, the CPASS Hall of Fame and other college events/awards, the development of campus facilities used by CPASS and WVU Athletics, and other subjects. Common material types include photographs, scrapbooks, bound reports, printed notes and correspondence, event programs and bulletins, magazines, and newspaper clippings. A box-level inventory is provided below.

Box 1: Dean Brooks's personal planners
Dates: 1993-2019

Box 2: Lifetime Activities Program and Children's Preparatory Program bulletins; correspondence and budgeting documents for outreach programs; CPASS Hall of Fame medal and pins; photographs of athletes, coaches, staff, students, and alumni at various CPASS events; photographs of Hall of Fame inductees and related Hall of Fame planning records; "WVU Sports Legends" event poster; signed copy of The Battle of the Potomac: A Century Long Football Rivalry between the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Maryland Terrapins by Chip Zimmer
Dates: 1979-2021

Box 3: Photographs and newspaper clippings featuring Hall of Fame inductees; planning documents and photographs from CPASS's 70th anniversary celebration; 1993-2002 CPASS Annual Reports; 1980-2010s copies of CPASS newsletters; various event programs and local publications retained by staff
Dates: ca. 1980s-2019

Box 4: Purchasing orders and similar internal records documenting CPASS's move to the Coliseum Building in 1970; faculty and staff lists; materials from employee appreciation events; photographs of faculty, staff, and students; administrative committee documents
Dates: 1970-2017

Box 5: Copies of CPASS newsletters; strategic planning committee notes; notes regarding Brown vs. Board of Education "Family Reunion" commemoration; student and employee handbooks; planning documents for CPASS award ceremonies; various event programs and local publications retained by staff; 1996 CPASS five-year planning report; assorted material from Lifetime Activity programming; 1972 proposal for an intercollegiate athletic program for women at WVU
Dates: ca. 1972-2010s

Box 6: Hall of Fame nominations, correspondence, and newspaper clippings; photographs of staff and faculty at CPASS events; various CPASS reports and publications, 1991 Provost Reports; recruiting materials. Some event photographs are in digital format, and some recruiting materials are in audiovisual format; the rest of the box contains standard physical materials.
Dates: 1989-2013

Box 7: CPASS Annual Reports; Provost Reports; strategic planning documents; and other administrative records
Dates: ca. 1970s-1980s

Box 8: CPASS Annual Reports; Provost Reports; strategic planning documents; and other administrative records; commencement programs; copies of CPASS newsletters
Dates: ca. 1970s-1990s

Box 9: Newspaper clippings and magazine articles featuring CPASS activities; photographs and other documentation of joint programming with the National Youth Sports Program (NYSP) and the West Virginia Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (WVA HPERD); list of 1991-2018 staff retirements; Annual Reports, Board of Governors report, and Vision report; event programs and related materials from awards ceremonies
Dates: 1991-2015

Box 10: Photographs from Dean Brook's research into West Virginia's segregated high schools and historically Black colleges/universities; event materials from Brown vs. Board of Education "Family Reunion" commemoration; University System of West Virginia, Response to Senate Bill 547 booklet; photographs from a trip to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; newspaper clippings featuring CPASS faculty and Dean Brooks's research
Dates: 1998-2007

Box 11: CPASS Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employment plans; Hall of Fame and Outstanding Alumnus Program planning documents
Dates: 1992-2010

Box 12: Photographs of Hall of Fame inductees; newspaper clippings collected by Dean Brooks; scrapbook of items retained from various CPASS events; NYSP summer camp scrapbook
Dates: 1988-2014

Box 13: Photographic slides used in A Century of Athletics at WVU, 1981-Present lecture delivered by CPASS professor J. William Douglas
Dates: ca. 1991

Oversize folder: Architectural drawings for the Shell Building; promotional posters for the 2014 Don Nehlen Lecture and 2016 Intercollegiate Athletics Lecture signed by speakers
Dates: 1980, 2014-2016

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West Virginia University, College of Arts and Sciences, Centennial History, Records, 1924/1992 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

West Virginia University. College of Arts and Sciences
A collection assembled on behalf of the WVU College of Arts and Sciences by Dr. Barbara Howe, WVU Department of History, for the Centennial History Project. Most of the records relate to the Humanities program at West Virginia University. Includes mostly copies of materials from former students, as well as transcriptions of interviews with former faculty or their spouses.
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West Virginia University, College of Business and Economics, Business and Economics Building Groundbreaking Records, 1988/1991 .83 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

West Virginia University. College of Business and Economics

This collection documents the planning, construction, and groundbreaking of the former Business and Economics Building at West Virginia University. Materials date from 1988–1991 and include records related to design, event planning, and photographs documenting constuction. Groundbreaking happened in 1989, and the building served as the home of the College of Business and Economics (later named the John Chambers College of Business and Economics), until the college relocated to Reynolds Hall in 2021. Includes event planning materials, slides, photographs, newspapers, and architectural drawings. All photos are labeled with project, owner, architect, contractor, date, and photo descriptions. Two small boxes of film slides. Two newspapers, The Daily Athenaeum and The Charleston Gazette, both dated 1989, highlight the groundbreaking. Individuals prominently featured include Cyril M. Logar, Interim Dean of the College of Business and Economics.

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West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Division of Music, Records, 1941/1997 2.5 Linear Feet 2 record cartons, 15 in. each

West Virginia University. College of Creative Arts. Music Division

Records of the Division of Music, WVU. College of Creative Arts; includes opera production records (programs, clippings, news releases, photographs, etc., 1959-1987); and historical files documenting Music Division history for its centennial celebration (scrapbook, photographs, programs, clippings, etc., ca. 1943-1997). The collection also includes an addendum (2011/12/21) containing playbills from New York City theatrical productions of the World War II era and related ephemera.

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West Virginia University, College of Creative Arts, Division of Theatre and Dance, Records, 1946/1996 6.2 Linear Feet Summary: 6 ft. 1 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

West Virginia University. College of Creative Arts. Division of Theatre and Dance

Records of the Division of Theatre and Dance, WVU. College of Creative Arts. Includes records regarding theatrical productions such as programs, photographs, clippings, set designs, financial records, etc.

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