West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence

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West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
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1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence, A&M 1976, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
23.92 Linear Feet Summary: 23 ft. 11 in. (164 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)
Creator:
State Board of Control of West Virginia
Abstract:
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. The letters in this collection deal with all state institutioris and their problems. There are letters dealing with building construction, building repairs, the purchase of new property, thehiring of new employees, employees' salaries, institution menus, building insurance, gifts and grants to institutions, and institutional financial matters. State institutions covered in the correspondence are: Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium; Berkeley Springs Park; Concord College; Colored Orphans Home; Colored Insane Asylum; Colored Old Folks Home; Denmar Sanitarium; Demonstration Packing Plant at Inwood; Droop Mountain Battlefield; Fairmont Emergency Hospital; Industrial Home for Girls; Industrial Home for Colored Girls; Industrial Home for Boys; Industrial Home for Colored Boys; Hopemont Sanitarium; Huntington State Hospital; Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp; Indian Mound Cemetery; Lakin State Hospital; Marshall College; McKendree Hospital; Medium Security Prison; Miner's Hospitals 1, 2, and 3; Pinecrest Sanitarium; New River State School; Potomac State College; Spencer State Hospital; Storer College; Reymann Memorial Farms; Andrew S. Rowan Memorial Home; Rutherford Sanitarium; School for the Deaf and Blind; School for the Colored Deaf and Blind; Shepherd College; Weston State Hospital; West Liberty State College; Welch Emergency Hospital; West Virginia Training School; West Virginia State College; West Virginia Tech; and West Virginia University. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, R.A. Armstrong, Thurman Arnold, Cleveland M. Bailey, Charles Baker, J.J. Cornwell, Brooks Cottle, William M.O. Dawson, John W. Davis, W.E. Glasscock, Howard M. Gore, Denzil L. Gainer, C. Howard Hardesty, Henry D. Hatfield, Thomas E. Hodges, Homer A. Holt, Rush D. Holt, B.M. Laidley, E.F. Morgan, J.F. Marsh, C.W. Meadows, Robert H. Mollohan, Matthew M. Neely, Jennings Randolph, John D. Rockefeller II, A.M. Reese, D.B. Purinton, Frank B. Trotter, J.R. Turner, W.R. Thurmond, and I.C. White. More information about collection's content is available in the control folder. Please note, the contents list in the control folder does not refer to reel numbers, and the microfilm reels are not numbered. Microfilm reels contain information about the relevatn series/volumes/etc. that they contain, which should match with the same information on the handwritten contents list.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence, A&M 1976, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

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

Subjects:
Women's history -- 1900-1929
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans.
Politics and government.
Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3.
Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners.
Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant.
Education. SEE ALSO Schools.
Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery
Droop Mountain Battlefield.
Hospitals and sanitariums.
Berkeley Springs Park.
Universities and colleges
Names:
West Liberty State College
West Virginia School for the Colored Deaf and Blind
Reymann Memorial Farms
West Virginia University
West Virginia Training School.
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium
Pinecrest Sanitarium.
Colored Old Folks Home
Fairmont Emergency Hospital
New River State School
Lakin State Hospital
Industrial School for Colored Boys.
Industrial School for Boys.
Hopemont Sanitarium
Shepherd College
Industrial Home for Girls.
Marshall College and University
Industrial Home for Colored Girls.
Colored Orphans Home
West Virginia University. Potomac State College
West Virginia State College (Institute, W. Va.)
Rutherford Sanitarium
Huntington State Hospital
Fairmont State College and Fairmont Normal School.
Concord College (Athens, W. Va.)
Glenville State College
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Gore Hospital
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Weston State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Welch Emergency Hospital
McKendree Hospital
Denmar Sanitarium
Bluefield State College
West Virginia Board of Control
Fairmont State College (Fairmont, W. Va.)
Marshall College (Huntington, W. Va.)
Storer College
Colored Insane Asylum
Mollohan, Robert H.
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Darst, J.S.
Terrell, J.Z.
Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore), 1872-1965
Barnes, J.W.
Gore, Howard M.
White, John B.
Armstrong, R.A.
Cottle, Brooks.
Stewart, Edgar B.
Morgan, E.F.
Marsh, J. Frank.
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
Trotter, Frank B.
Laidley, B.M.
Dawson, William M.O.
Hardesty, C. Howard.
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
McCullough, F.W.
Chambers, J.A.
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969
Gainer, Denzil L.
Hodges, Thomas E.
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998
Thurmond, Walter R., 1881-1967
Meadows, Clarence W.
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Turner, J.R.
Baker, Charles.
Purinton, D.B.
Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965
Lakin, John S.
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957
Places:
Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp.