Weltner Family Photographs and Other Material

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Weltner Family Photographs and Other Material, A&M 3805, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
1.2 Linear Feet 1 ft. 1 1/2 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.)
Creator:
Weltner family
Abstract:
Photographs and letters from the Weltner family estate owned by Fred Weltner of Stewartstown, and acquired by James Clark West, a second cousin. Includes portraits of residents of the region encompassing Stewartstown, West Virginia and Point Marion, Pennsylvania. Many of the photographs were taken in studios in Uniontown, Pennsylvania. See scope and content note for details.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Weltner Family Photographs and Other Material, A&M 3805, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs and letters from the Weltner family estate owned by Fred Weltner of Stewartstown, and acquired by James Clark West, a second cousin. Includes portraits of residents of the region encompassing Stewartstown, West Virginia and Point Marion, Pennsylvania. Many of the photographs were taken in studios in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.

The oldest images in the collection are crayon portraits, with subjects including: John Blosser (b. 1868), his wife Melinda (b. 1866), and Benjamin Weltner (b. 1867). These items measure ca. 16 in. x 20 in. each. There is also an oval colorized crayon portrait of Susan Minnie Weltner (b. 1867, d. 1948).

The crayon portrait was popular in the period ca. 1860 to 1900. They were created by enlarging a photograph onto drawing paper with a weak photographic emulsion in order to produce a faint image. An artist then drew over the picture with charcoal or pastels, trying to duplicate the photograph while making it look hand drawn.

There are photographs of Sara Ella Weltner (b. 1862, d. 1966); Minnie Weltner (b. 1867, d. 1948); and Corda Mae Weltner, a schoolteacher in Uniontown (b. 1889, d. 1964).

There are also a few snapshots of the Weltner family in the early 1960s.

There are a number of cabinet cards with identified subjects, including one of Vina Conn Ward and Ross Ward (ca. 1902); Ross was the pastor of Forks of Cheat Baptist Church.

There are a few greetings cards and announcements that were received by Susan Minnie Weltner from the 1920s. One of the envelopes includes a mailing address to both Point Marion, Pennsylvania and Stewartstown, West Virginia.

Physical location:
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/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Blosser family
Weltner family