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Start Over Date range 1992 Subjects West Virginia University -- Students

West Virginia University, Admissions, Student Registers, Commencement Programs and Committee Files 11.9 Linear Feet Summary: 11 ft. 11 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 records cartons, 15 in. each); (4 record cartons, 17 in. each)

West Virginia University. Admissions Office
Records of the Admissions office, including student registers (1902-1922), commencement programs (1930-1992), and committee files (1928-1971).
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West Virginia University Memorabilia Collection 0.8 Linear Feet 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

West Virginia University
Collection consists of ephemera, publications, and other memorabilia related to the history of the West Virginia University. Includes dance cards and programs (1896-1932, 1951, undated); programs for school clubs, memorials, musical performances (1892-1931, 1965-1967); commencement programs and invitations (1875-1950); sporting event and concert tickets (1895-1975); student and university publications (1899-1963, undated); and other ephemera. Dance cards and programs pertain to various fraternities and sororities, the military department, student clubs, and general dances. Publications include student handbooks, a directory, and a November 1923 issue of the Athenaeum.
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West Virginia University, Memorabilia Collection 1.6 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 7 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 folders, 4 items total); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in); (1 small box, 1 in.)

West Virginia University
West Virginia University memorabilia consists of artifacts and other materials related to the history of the University. Items include pins, key chains, a mug, a pom-pom used in connection with a football game, metal ornaments depicting campus buildings, two hats (including baseball cap from ca. 1910-1920), dance cards, programs for various events and ceremonies, and a sign advertising a website where students participating in Commencement 2012 could share memories of their time at WVU (2012). Also includes one WVU greeting card from President Hardesty and his wife dating from circa 2000-2007, featuring three-dimensional pop-up of Martin Hall. There are many addenda in this collection, including artifacts such as beanies issued to male (blue with gold visor) and female (white with no visor) members respectively of the centenary class of 1971 (who were first-year students in 1967), a centenary badge, a class ring of WVU alumnus Barrent R. Kittle (1968), and a decorative plate commemorating the 25th anniversary of the four-year School of Medicine (1985). Addendum of 2018/10/03 consists of freshman beanie of 1973.
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West Virginia University, Monticola, Yearbook 52.3 Linear Feet 52 ft. 3 1/2 in. (41 document cases, 5 in. each); (28 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 small collection folder)

West Virginia University. Monticola

Archival copies of the Monticola, the student yearbook of West Virginia University. Also includes copies of the Freshman Register from 1978, 1984, 1985, and 1987; other copies of Freshman Register are in the West Virginia and Regional History Center main reading room at call number 378.754 W52fre. User copies of the Monticola are available for viewing in the Center at call number 378.754 W52m or online through the Internet Archive.

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West Virginia University, News Service, Photographs 152.7 Linear Feet Summary: 152 ft. 8 in. (111 record cartons, 15 in. each); (16 note card boxes, 3 in. each); (1 note card boxes, 4 in.); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (21 document cases, 5 in. each)

Photographs of the News Service of West Virginia University (WVU). Subjects of images include aerial views, architecture, athletics, campus scenes, construction, historic images, student life, and WVU faculty and staff, among others. Formats include prints, negatives, proof sheets, transparencies, and digital files. See Scope and Content note for more information.
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West Virginia University, Office of Multicultural Programs, Mountaineer Week and Other Event Records 12.1 Linear Feet 12 ft. 1/2 in. (6 oversize record cartons, 17 in. each); (1 record carton, 15 in.); (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (unboxed photographs, 6 in.); (2 unboxed artifacts) 0.82 Gigabytes 95 files, formats include .mp3, .xls, .ppt, .wpl, .mp4, .jpg, .tif

West Virginia University. Office of Multicultural Programs

Records from the Office of Multicultural Programs, specifically pertaining to their work on events. Much of the collection pertains to Mountaineer Week, which is an event that celebrates Appalachian culture and heritage. Other materials pertain to programs like WVU Up All Night (also known as UpAllNight and WVUp All Night), which is an award winning late night program for students to participate in during the weekends; the Madrigal Dinner formerly hosted at the Mountainlair; movie viewing events; and more. Regarding the Mountaineer Week materials, the binders include correspondence, printed material such as promotional material, vendor forms (note that the 1995 binder starts in 1994 and includes vendor forms for the Jackson's Mill Jubilee), budgets and other financial documentation, clippings, etc. The binders focus on planning the various events that go into Mountaineer Week, including a beard growing challenge, races, children's activities, the craft fair, the country vittles dinner, turkey calling, storytelling, music, and more.

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West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records 19.67 Linear Feet 19 ft. 7 in. (4 document cases, 5 in. each; 10 record cartons, 15 in. each; 5 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 4 flat storage boxes, 4 in. each; 3 flat storage box, 6 in.; 1 oversized record carton, 17 in.)

West Virginia University. Center for Women's Studies

The collection contains materials from the West Virginia University Women's Studies Center, now called the Center for Women's and Gender Studies. Materials include financial documents, organization records, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, scrapbooks, posters, and textiles. The earliest materials in the collection are letters from the first women to attend West Virginia University in 1885 prior to their admittance to the university in 1889. The latest materials include papers used by the West Virginia Women's Studies Center in their outreach and activity groups in 2002. The collection was divided into fifteen series based upon legacy titles provided with the original transfer of materials as well as addendums and restricted materials:

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William D. Barns, Collector, Papers 306.1 Linear Feet 306 ft. 1 1/4 in. (224 record cartons, 15 in. each); (56 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 record carton, 17 in.); (3 flat large storage boxes, 5 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 folder, 1/4 in.)

Barns, William D.
Dr. William D. Barns (1917-1991) was a professor of history at West Virginia University from 1940 to 1985. His fields of specialization were American agriculture and labor history, West Virginia and regional history, American economic history, and the United States since 1860. The material has been divided into three main sections of archives, books, and periodicals, and described to the box level. The contents of this collection were created or collected by Dr. William D. Barns and Mrs. Doretha Barns from the 1920s to 1995. The majority of the material pertains to the academic career of Dr. Barns. Mrs. Barns continued to collect material until 1995. Two large series that relate specifically to Mrs. Barns are the League of Women Voters and Mrs. Doretha Barns. In addition, she contributed to the series on the Federal Government, Miscellaneous, Pacifism, and Society of Friends.
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