Collections : [West Virginia and Regional History Center]

Records from the Office of Multicultural Programs, specifically pertaining to their work on events. Much of the collection pertains to Mountaineer Week, which is an event that celebrates Appalachian culture and heritage. Other materials pertain to programs like WVU Up All Night (also known as UpAllNight and WVUp All Night), which is an award winning late night program for students to participate in during the weekends; the Madrigal Dinner formerly hosted at the Mountainlair; movie viewing events; and more. Regarding the Mountaineer Week materials, the binders include correspondence, printed material such as promotional material, vendor forms (note that the 1995 binder starts in 1994 and includes vendor forms for the Jackson's Mill Jubilee), budgets and other financial documentation, clippings, etc. The binders focus on planning the various events that go into Mountaineer Week, including a beard growing challenge, races, children's activities, the craft fair, the country vittles dinner, turkey calling, storytelling, music, and more.

Three photographs and an advertising poster of Orchesis dance programs, 1950-1951. Addendum includes two VHS tapes of Orchesis dance concerts from 2004 and 2005. Orchesis was a student dance group at WVU in existence from 1928-2010.

Administrative and operational records of WVU's Lambda Chapter of Phi Upsilon Omicron, the national Home Economics honor society. Addendum of 2016/05/13 includes minutes, newsletters, clippings, historical research material, and oral history audio cassette sound recordings. Addendum of 2018/06/15 includes Lambda Chapter and Lambda alumni records, including member lists, alumni chapter meeting notes, a few photographs, the honor society's handbook, material from the 75th anniversary conclave of Phi Upsilon Omicron, and more. Please see the control folder for a partial inventory of the collection.

Papers of President David C. Hardesty, Jr. of West Virginia University. Before becoming President of West Virginia University, Hardesty was a lawyer and partner of Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love (1973-1994) and West Virginia Tax Commissioner (1977-1980), among various other positions. After finishing his 12-year term as West Virginia University President (1995-2007), Hardesty was a Professor of Law at the West Virginia University College of Law (2007-2018). Some of the series titles in the addendum of 2019/09/03, including series 21-30, repeat some of the earlier series titles (e.g. both Series 7 and Series 21 are titled "Student Papers").

Copies of speeches given by Dr. Gee during his various terms as President of West Virginia University (1981-1985; 2014-2025), the University of Colorado (1985-1990), Ohio State University (1990-1998; 2007-2013), Brown University (1998-2000), and as Chancellor of Vanderbilt University (2000-2007). This collection also includes news articles spawned from Gee's speeches, pre-event briefings, and correspondence related to Gee's speeches. Many speeches have digital copies available.

Papers of Neil S. Bucklew, president of West Virginia University (1986-1995) and professor in WVU's Department of Management and Industrial Relations. Includes articles, book chapters, reports, and presentations by Bucklew, as well as labor meetings and arbitrations for which he was the facilitator or arbiter. His faculty productivity report for 2014 provides an overview of his extensive contribution to the field of labor relations and his particular focus on labor relations in higher education. There are recognitions and honors highlighting Bucklew's career included in the collection as well.

Records of the Native American Studies program at West Virginia University. Includes records of Ann Paterson, professor and first chair of the program, of Carolyn Reyer, professor, and of Bonnie Brown, current program coordinator. Also included are records regarding programming put on by the Program for Native American Studies, including the annual Peace Tree ceremony, the Native American Studies Teacher Institute (2009), and assorted retreats, presentations, trips, and more.