A&M 1964Purinton Family Papers, 1873-1934 A&M 1964Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:52:21 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Purinton Family Papers Purinton family A&M 1964 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5685 11.7 Linear Feet 11 ft. 8 in. (28 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 5 items) 1873-1934 Correspondence, notes, lectures, books, drafts of articles, newspaper clippings, magazines, financial reports, photographs of Daniel B. Purinton, President of West Virginia University, 1901-1911, and his sons, Edward E. (a writer), John A. ( a Lawyer). One box includes letters to and essays of Robert R. Green, editor of the Morgantown Post Chronicle General subjects are subscriptions of funds for WVU President's Home; Alderson-Broaddus College; PhiBeta Kappa; WVU Class of 1873. D. B. Purinton's trip to the Holy Land, 1904; Fraternal Building Co.; Baptist Church Associations; W. Va. gubernatorial election, 1908; W.Va. Sunday School Association; Good Roads Movement in W. Va., 1915-1923; Moro Missions; Philippine Islands; Western Electric; Swift & Company; Heinz; Peabody Coal Company; Hampton Court; Health Culture; and family affairs. Correspondence include Daniel B., Edward E. and John A. Purinton; I. C. White; J. J. Stevenson; W. W. Trent; Waitman Barbe; Albert Bushnell Hart; Thomas E. Hodges; T. L. Jeffords; Dr. Benedict Lust. 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: West Virginia & Regional History Center English . Conditions Governing Access

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Series 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1, 7-14, 23)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941081881-19341789101112131423D.B. Purinton, correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941111890-193311A11B11C11D1213Fraternal Bldg. Co. - CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194132undated729AE.E. Purinton, correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941451903-1934 December 38318328338348358369379389399409419429431044104510461047104810491150115111521153115411551256125712581259126012611262136313641365136613671368146914701471Robert R. Green correspondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941791899 November - 1901 September2311623117Miscellaneous CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941801914 February 14-1921 June 232311823119231202312123122CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941911881 April - 1933 October25Series 2. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-4, 15-17, 23)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941091873-1911123415161723Baptist Church and Alderson-Broaddus College, speechesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194112undated13Lectures on Comparative PhilosophyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/19411318801415The Contest of the Frogs; lectures by D.W. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941141888-189126Lectures on PsychologyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941151902-191027Lectures on PhilosophyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194116191128Lectures on Abnormal Consciousness and PhilosophyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194117undated29Lecture notes of J. Howard Holt, Jr. (ethics and religion)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941181911210Speeches on Religious topicArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194119undated311Speeches on EducationArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194120undated312Lecture - Ethics of the StateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194121undated313Lectures - Biographical topicsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194122undated314Lectures/Speeches - World ReligionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194123undated315Various speeches/lecturesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194124undated316Phi Beta KappaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194125undated317Lectures; Records of WVU Class of 1873Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941261873 and undated4E.E. Purinton - poetryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194150undated1572Writings of E.E. Purinton, typed and handwrittenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941511914-1933, undated157315741575157615771678E.E. Purinton - InterviewsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194152undated16791680E.E. Purinton - Efficiency AnalysisArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194153undated1681Works of E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194154undated1682E.E. Purinton - Projected WritingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194155undated1683E.E. Purinton - Order ListsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194156undated1784E.E. Purinton - NotesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194157undated1786R.R. Green - EssaysArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194181undated23123Series 3. Financial Papers (Boxes 5-7, 14, 24)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941101888-19335671424Cancelled ChecksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941271893-1933518519520Bank Statements; check registers; bank booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194128undated521Check booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194129undated522Miscellaneous receiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941301888-1928623624625626627Fraternal Bldg. Co. - Bank books; Check books; cancelled checksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194135undated729AFraternal Bldg. Co. - Bills of Ladings; miscellaneous bills and receiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194136undated729BFinancial papers and miscellaneous receiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194146undated1472BJohn A. Purinton - Morgantown Tax Papers; Bank BookArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194185undated24124Series 4. Printed Material (Boxes 18-22)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941491819202122E.E. Purinton - Foundation Course in Personal Efficiency (lessons 1-3)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194159undated1888E.E. Purinton - Foundation Course in Personal Efficiency (lessons 4-6)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194160undated1889E.E. Purinton - Foundation Course in Personal Efficiency (lesson 7); National Prosperity Survey Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194161undated1890E.E. Purinton - PamphletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194162undated18911892Magazine Articles - The IndependentArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941631914; 1916-192018931994199519961997Magazine Articles - The Office Economist and Nature's PathArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194164undated1998Magazine Articles - Herald of Health and NaturopathArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194165undated1999Magazine Articles - PsychologyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941661929-1930201002010120102Magazine excerptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194167undated20103AdvertisementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194168undated2010420105Moro Missions - PhilippinesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194169undated21105A2185Hampton Court, Staten Island, New YorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194170undated21106Heinz (includes photographs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194171undated21107Western Electric (includes photographs)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194172undated21108Swift and Co. (includes State of Illinois Department of Labor broadside)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194173undated2110921110The Triumph of the Man Who Acts and Efficient Living by E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941741915-191622111The Soul in Silhouette by E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941751904 November 1522112Personal Efficiency in Business and Course in Personal Efficiency by E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941761919-192022113Efficiency in Drugless Healing; Petain the Prepared; and How to Be Happy by E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941771909; 191722114Lords of Ourselces and The Philosophy of Fasting by E.E. PurintonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941781906; 190822115Series 5. Photographs (Boxes 24, 26, 28)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194184circa 1910s-1930s242628Family PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194186circa. 1910s-1930s24125Miscellaneous PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194187undated2412624127Gary, Indiana PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194188circa 1910s-1930s24130Business and Industrial PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194189circa 1910s-1930s24131Various photographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194192undated2628Series 6. Miscellaneous (Boxes 7, 14, 17, 24, 27)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194131undated714172427Miscellaneous programs and notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941331908 and undated728AMiscellaneous clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194134undated728BGreek Testament and LexiconArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194137undated730MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194147undated1472CGood Roads Movement clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194148undated1472DE.E. Purinton - MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194158undated1787Miscellaneous StationeryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194183undated24129Engraving PlateArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194190undated24128Miscellaneous items (christmas cards, church literature, checks, charts, etc.)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/194193undated27Series 7. AddendumArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1941821991 January 1723124