West Virginia University, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Records

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:

Requires signed form, since 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], West Virginia University, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Records, A&M 1284, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)
Creator:
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Abstract:
Records of West Virginia University's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) chiefly contain student records from 1950 to 1954. These documents are arranged alphabetically according to student name, and include personal information as well as course and grade information and cadet grades. Permission of a curator is required to view these records. Collection also contains one folder of printed recruiting materials for the ROTC program from 1955 to 1960, including WVU ROTC student guides, general recruitment brochures, and an issue of the WVU Military Mountaineer newsletter from 1959.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), Records, A&M 1284, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Biographical / historical:

Although military training was part of the West Virginia University curriculum since the founding of the school in 1867, the first Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) unit was not installed until World War I. This first unit was established in 1916 and was followed by a Signal Corps unit in 1941 and an Air Force unit in 1946.

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