West Virginia Botanic Garden Oral Histories

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:

Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department.

Terms of access:

The donor of this collection has transferred rights to the intellectual property they created to the Center. For more information regarding permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the West Virginia and Regional History Center.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Botanic Garden Oral Histories, A&M 4748, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.04 Gigabytes 4 .pdf files and 3 .m4a files
Creator:
Sellars, Ashley and Sellars, Ashley
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Botanic Garden Oral Histories, A&M 4748, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes oral history recordings, transcripts, and a list of guiding questions for the interviews. These oral histories were conducted as part of a commemorative project for the 25th anniversary of the West Virginia Botanic Garden (WVBG) in Morgantown, WV and as a project for a WVU graduate-level history course. The interviewees discuss the founding of the garden, their role in its operations, notable events in WVBG history, and their hopes for the garden's future. Interviewees include Philip Smith, Executive Director of the WVBG, and Linda Bagby, longtime WVBG board member and former president of the board. Interviewers include Ashley Sellars and Sidney Stewart, two WVU Public History M.A. students.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Sellars, Ashley, 2026 April 17.
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:
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