A&M 3968Rosalie Stewart Detch, Papers and Ephemera, 1907-1982 A&M 3968Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:41:36 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Rosalie Stewart Detch, Papers and Ephemera Detch, Rosalie Stewart. A&M 3968 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/3232 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each) 1907-1982 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. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rosalie Stewart Detch, Papers and Ephemera, A&M 3968, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

 Scope and Contents

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, advertisements, tickets, schedules, postcards, and photographs, among other material.

This collection is organized into fifteen series:

Series 1. John L. Stewart; 1916-1922; box 1, folder 1

Series 2. Rosalie Stewart Detch; 1933-1966, undated; box 1, folders 2-3

Series 3. Advertisements; 1912-1933, undated; box 1, folder 4

Series 4. Dances; 1934-1935; box 1, folder 5

Series 5. Elections and Politics; 1920-1950, undated; box 1, folders 6-7

Series 6. First Presbyterian Church of Huntington; 1930-1982; box 1, folders 8-9

Series 7. Football; 1918-1934; box 1, folder 10

Series 8. Fraternal Orders; 1917-1932, undated; box 1, folder 11 through box 2, folder 1

Series 9. High School Commencement Programs; 1916-1956; box 2, folder 2

Series 10. Photographs; 1907-1920, undated; box 2, folder 3

Series 11. Postcards; 1913, undated; box 2, folder 4

Series 12. Railroad Schedules; 1922-1932, undated; box 2, folder 5

Series 13. School-related Ephemera; 1925-1971; box 2, folders 6-9

Series 14. Theater, Music, and Dance; 1916-1935, undated; box 2, folder 10

Series 15. Miscellaneous Ephemera; 1914-1955, undated; box 2, folders 11-12

 Separated Materials

Separated to book collection:

Historical Pageant (October 1925).

Huntington High School, The Huntingtonian. 1932.

Parkersburg High School, The Pilgrim. 1914.

Parkersburg High School, The Quill. 1922.

Parkersburg High School, The Quill. January 1923.

Parkersburg High School, The Quill. June 1923.

The West Virginia Review 2, no. 10 (July 1925).

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 Greenbrier County (W. Va.) Morgantown (W. Va.) Parkersburg (W. Va.) Advertising Education -- West Virginia Fraternal organizations - West Virginia. Greek letter societies High Schools -- West Virginia Presbyterian Church. Railroad -- Timetables Teachers Segregation in education Teachers' letters and papers. West Virginia University -- Students Detch, Rosalie Stewart. Stewart, John L. Series 1. John L. Stewart, Box 1, Folder 1Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445861916-1922Scope and Contents

Contains material regarding John L. Stewart (father of Rosalie Stewart Detch) and his career as a teacher and administrator at Parkersburg High School, including contracts, correspondence, and other material.

Teacher's contractsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446011920-192211CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446021918-192011Programs and other material regarding Parkersburg High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446031918-192211Typescript of speech by Stewart regarding Parkersburg High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144604ca. 192211Voter's registration, tax assessment and tax receipt, loan certificate, other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446051913-191711Series 2. Rosalie Stewart Detch, Box 1, Folders 2-3Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445871933-1966, undatedScope and Contents

Contains material regarding Rosalie Stewart Detch, her time as a student and sorority sister at West Virginia University, and her career as a school teacher and administrator in Greenbrier County.

News clippings regarding Stewart, sororities and fraternities, and other WVU related subjectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446061933-193512Phi Chi Delta directory, programs, and other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446071934-193512Sorority and fraternity related programs and other materialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446081934-193512Dance cards, bridge tallies and miscellaneous ephemeraArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446091934-193512"A New Plan for the Allocation of State Aid for Schools"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144610195213Typescript copy of legal complaint against Greenbrier County School regarding desegregationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144611195513News clippings (4) regarding election of Detch to school board and other subjectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446121956, undated13Certificate of Recognition from West Virginia School Boards AssociationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144613196613EnvelopeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144614undated13Series 3. Advertisements, Box 1, Folder 4Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445881912-1933, undatedScope and Content

Contains advertisements, mainly for companies located in Huntington, WV.

Tourist information booklets (2) presented by the Hotel Frederick, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144615191214Christmas Club advertising American Bank and Trust, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144616192614Invitation to opening of Loving Furniture Company storeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144617193314Advertisement for Knopf ClothesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144618undated14Advertisement for Jerome Park Grocery CompanyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144619undated14Ticket for Smoot Theatre "Movie Cooking Party"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144620undated14American Dairy Lunch and Restaurant meal ticketArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144621undated14Series 4. Dances, Box 1, Folder 5Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445891934-1935Scope and Contents

Contains programs and dance cards.

"Men's First Pan-Hellenic" dance cards (2 copies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144622193415Advertisement for "Women's Pan-Hellenic" Dance (with "Delta Gamma" written on back)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144623193515Tau Kappa Epsilon Winter Formal programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144624193515"Men's Second Pan-Hellenic Dance"; dance cardArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144625193515Series 5. Elections and Politics, Box 1, Folders 6-7Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445901920-1950, undatedScope and Contents

Contains election advertising, sample ballots, and other material.

Letter from Morgantown Republican Executive CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144626192016Sample ballot for General Election, November 7thArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144627192216Monongalia County Capitation Tax Ticket Book, 3rd WardArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144628192416Sample ballot - Republican partyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144629192416 Sample ballot - Democratic PartyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144630192416 Political flyer for Arthur B. KoontzArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144631193416Greenbrier County, WV Board of Education election resultsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144632195016Handbill for speech by Jennings RandolphArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144633undated16Election cards from Monongalia and WV political candidatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446341920s through 1930s17Election card from Grant County, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144635193217Election advertising for Chauncey M. PriceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144636193217Huntington Mayoral Election Scratch padArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144637194017 Election advertising for Lafe B. ChafinArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144638undated17Series 6. First Presbyterian Church of Huntington, Box 1, Folders 8-9Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445911930-1982Scope and Contents

Contains material regarding the First Presbyterian Church of Huntington, including programs, a sermon, yearbooks of the Mother's Class, and other material.

The Woman's Auxiliary, First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446391930-193118Program for Easter Service at First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144640193618Program for Easter Service at First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144641193918Department of Religious Education, First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446421939-194018Programs (5) of First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144643194418Sermon by Andrew Bird, Jr. at First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144644194518Mothers' Class yearbook, First Presbyterian Church, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446451930-1982 (scattered)19Series 7. Football, Box 1, Folder 10Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445921918-1934Scope and Contents

Contains tickets, programs, and schedules for football games played by Huntington High School, West Virginia University, and other teams.

Students Serial Football Ticket (with Christmas shopping list on reverse)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446461918110Parkersburg High School vs. Athens High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446471923110Football program Wheeling High School vs. Morgantown High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446481926110Marshall College football scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446491926110Huntington High School football scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446501926110West Virginia University football scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446511927110Huntington High School football game ticketArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446521930110Football program Huntington High School vs. Parkersburg High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446531931110WVU football scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446541934110Series 8. Fraternal Orders, Box 1, Folder 11-Box 2, Folder 1Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445931917-1932, undatedScope and Contents

Contains material regarding fraternal orders, including the Order of the Eastern Star, Masons, and the Ku Klux Klan. Includes programs, membership cards, and other material.

Book of Ritual of the Order of the Eastern StarArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446551917111Roster of Masons, Morgantown, WV (2 copies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144656191721Bylaws of Masonic BodiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144657192121Mason program Special CommunicationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144658192021Mason program Special CommunicationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144659192321Order of the Eastern Star Banquet ProgramArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144660192821Membership cards (Masons, American Legion, et al.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446611929-193221Ku Klux Klan letter of inquiry and pamphletArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144662undated21Series 9. High School Commencement Programs, Box 2, Folder 2Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445941916-1956Scope and Contents

Contains commencement programs and related material for Huntington High School, Morgantown High School, and other schools.

Morgantown High School Commencement programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144663191622Morgantown High School graduation announcementArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144664192222Invitation to the Wichita Falls High School commencement exercisesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144665193122Morgantown High School Commencement Order of ServiceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144666193122Morgantown High School Commencement programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144667193222Morgantown High School Commencement programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144668193322Huntington High School Commencement SermonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144669193622Lewisburg High School Graduation ProgramArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144670195622Series 10. Photographs, Box 2, Folder 3Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445951907-1920, undatedScope and Contents

Contains photographs, mainly of locations in Morgantown and Parkersburg.

J.W. Whitt family of Beaver, WV (with identifications)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144671190723Photographs (2) of Morgantown, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144672191323Photographs (3) of National Guard marching drills, Parkersburg, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144673191623Photograph of oldest house in Wood CountyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144674192023Photograph of Parkersburg High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144675ca. 192023Photograph of unidentified young manArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144676undated23Photograph of Dorsey Knob, Morgantown, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144677undated23Photograph of Deckers CreekArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144678undated23Photograph of Fayette Station, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144679undated23Photograph of children in costumeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144680ca. 1920s23Series 11. Postcards, Box 2, Folder 4Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445961913, undatedScope and Contents

Contains postcards, mainly showing scenes in Huntington and other West Virginia locations.

Postcard booklet "Flood Views of Wheeling, WV"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144681191324Postcard of Cheat River and mountains near Morgantown, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144682undated24Postcard of Goff building, Clarksburg, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144683undated24Postcard of actor in blackfaceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144684undated24Postcard of McMahon-Diehl Company Department Store, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144685undated24 Postcard of Coal Exchange Office Building, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144686undated24Postcard of Marshall College, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144687undated24Postcard of scene along the Baltimore and Ohio RailroadArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144688undated24Postcard of Frederick Hotel, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144689undated24Postcard of Johnson Memorial M.E. Church, South, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144690undated24Souvenir postcard folder of Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144691undated24Souvenir postcard folders (2) of MorgantownArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144692undated24Series 12. Railroad Schedules, Box 2, Folder 5Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445971922-1932Scope and Contents

Contains schedules for railroads and other forms of transportation.

Pennsylvania Railroad Time ScheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144693192225Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ScheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144694192425Chesapeake and Ohio Railway ScheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144695192625Pennsylvania Railroad Time TableArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144696192525Baltimore and Ohio Railroad scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144697192525Baltimore and Ohio Railroad scheduleArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144698192725Bus schedule F. W. C. Transport CompanyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144699193025Monongahela Transport Company ScheduleArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144700193225Schedule of the West Virginia Limited (2 copies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144701undated25Series 13. School-Related Ephemera, Box 2, Folders 6-9Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445981925-1971Scope and Contents

Contains material regarding West Virginia public schools, colleges, and universities. Includes directories, publications, and other material.

Handbook of Huntington High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144702192526Directory of Huntington Public SchoolsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144703192626Cammack Junior High Spring Fair ticketArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144704192626Bethany College catalogue, Bethany, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144705192626Monongalia County Educational DirectoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447061932-193326PTA program, Alderson, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447071952-195326WVU Phi Chi Delta programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447081933-193427List of tuition and other fees for attending WVU for (Ethel) Rosalie StewartArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144709193427Course schedule for (Ethel) Rosalie StewartArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144710193427Issue of the JournalierArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144711193427WVU invitation to Greater WV WeekArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144712193527Invitation to join to WVU Rhododendron organizationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144713ca. 193627Issue of Daily AthenaeumArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144714193328Issue of Daily AthenaeumArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144715193428Reunion rosters for Parkersburg High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144716197129Series 14. Theater, Music, and Dance, Box 2, Folder 10Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1445991916-1935, undatedScope and Contents

Contains programs, tickets, and advertisements for theatrical, musical, and other performances.

Playbill for performance of "As You Like It"; as Morgantown High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447171916210Playbill for Passion PlayArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447181923210Handbill for performance of Junior Department Woman's Club, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447191926210Programs (3) of Ruth Draper, Junior Department of Woman's ClubArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447201926210Program for "Cupid's Night Out" at Huntington High SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447211931210Tri-State Music Festival programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447221932210May Festival dance programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447231934211Program for "Three Cornered Moon"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447241934211Program for Ted Shawn dance performance at the YWCAArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447251934211WVU School of Music programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447261935211Ticket to performance of "The White Life" by BiederwolfArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144727undated211Program of Will Rogers and the DeReske Singers, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144728undated211Program of the Nixon Theatre presenting Walter HoustonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144729undated211Advertisement for "Hollywood Premiere"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144730undated211Program for "Macbeth"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144731undated211Series 15. Miscellaneous Ephemera, Box 2, Folders 11-12Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1446001914-1955, undatedScope and Contents

Contains miscellaneous ephemera, including programs, yearbooks, and other material.

Morgantown Post Office SouvenirArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447321914212West Virginia Bee Keepers Association CertificateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447331917212American Legion Armistice Day Dinner programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447341922212WV instructions to Assessors, State Tax CommissionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447351923212E.W. McClure Dairy Farm Invoices (2)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447361925212Newspaper article "Memorial Tree Planted in Whitemoor Park"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447371926212Raceland Horse racing programArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447381926212Greyhound Race Program, Ceredo Amusement Park, Ceredo, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447391926212Bethlehem Mines Corporation passArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447401929212Morgantown Post "Sparks Circus True Romance Club" ribbonsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447411929212"The Sabraton Review"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447421931212Invitation to a Sa-Kho Club TeaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447431931212Woman's Club of Huntington membership cardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447441938-1940212World War II ration books (6 copies)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447451942213Woman's Home Defense Club YearbookArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/14474619472unfolderedYearbook DAR, Buford Chapter, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447471948213Engineers' Club Yearbook and Directory, Huntington, WVArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1447481955213Bank of Monongahela Valley cloth money bagArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/144749undated213