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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers

2011 Linear Feet record cartons 2 Terabytes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate for five terms. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress and served from January 15, 1985, to January 3, 2015. He was not a candidate for reelection in 2014. Rockefeller previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968); as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1968-1972); president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973-1976); and Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985). From 1964-1966, he was a volunteer in the Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) program in Emmons, West Virginia. The bulk of the Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers document his 30-year career in the United States Senate with additional materials related to his earlier political career.
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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Judith Stitzel Papers

39.35 Linear Feet 26 record cartons, 15 in. each; 12 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 note card box, 3.5 in.; 1 note card box, 4 in.; 2 flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 oversize folder, 0.25 in.

These records document the professional life of Judith Gold Stitzel, professor of English and Women's Studies at West Virginia University. They include materials relative to her own education, her career at West Virginia University, her public and professional service, her publications and speeches, and her many awards and honors. These papers also detail the development of Women's Studies as part of the curriculum at West Virginia University.

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Addendum of 2018-04-17 Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33, Box 34, Box 35, Box 36, Box 37, Box 38, Box 39, Box 40, Box 41, Box 42, Box 43, Box 44, Box 45

Addendum of 2018-04-17; ca. 1960s-2013; boxes 22-45 and oversize material. Includes a variety of materials pertaining to Dr. Stitzel's professional life. Subjects include the Center for Women's Studies, women's studies curriculum, student work, Morgantown city planning, Field Notes From Grief, and more. Formats include correspondence, publications, clippings, photographs, broadsides, pamphlets, audiovisual materials, and more. The addendum is minimally processed.

Hampden-Sydney College

Alumni Conversations: Brotherhood Through the Years

12 Files Each file contains the video recordings, transcripts, and metadata of all three conversations for a student.
From the Course Syllabus: On the occasion of the College's 250th anniversary, this course will foster conversations between past and present students about experiences at Hampden-Sydney. Through readings, guest lectures, and resources from the StoryCorps project, students will learn communications techniques related to interviewing, listening, and taking oral histories. Each student will be paired with an alumnus for a series of three conversations during the semester. The class will work to construct a series of conversation topics and questions that each student-alumni pair will explore together. The meetings with the alumni partner will constitute a recorded oral history using techniques and topics developed during the course. The class will also construct a public-facing project to report its findings about the College to a larger community in late April. Throughout the course, active learning exercises will give students the chance to set goals for conversations, and then to practice skills and techniques. Each activity will be followed by in- class reflection to critically examine the goals and expectations of the exercise. Students will use what they are learning to construct conversation prompts and goals for their meetings with alumni. Each alumni conversation will be followed by a written reflection that includes insights gained and ideas for the next meeting. Both formal and informal writing related to all active learning in the course will be kept in a field journal.
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Alumni Conversations: Brotherhood Through the Years 12 Files Each file contains the video recordings, transcripts, and metadata of all three conversations for a student.

From the Course Syllabus: On the occasion of the College's 250th anniversary, this course will foster conversations between past and present students about experiences at Hampden-Sydney. Through readings, guest lectures, and resources from the StoryCorps project, students will learn communications techniques related to interviewing, listening, and taking oral histories. Each student will be paired with an alumnus for a series of three conversations during the semester. The class will work to construct a series of conversation topics and questions that each student-alumni pair will explore together. The meetings with the alumni partner will constitute a recorded oral history using techniques and topics developed during the course. The class will also construct a public-facing project to report its findings about the College to a larger community in late April. Throughout the course, active learning exercises will give students the chance to set goals for conversations, and then to practice skills and techniques. Each activity will be followed by in- class reflection to critically examine the goals and expectations of the exercise. Students will use what they are learning to construct conversation prompts and goals for their meetings with alumni. Each alumni conversation will be followed by a written reflection that includes insights gained and ideas for the next meeting. Both formal and informal writing related to all active learning in the course will be kept in a field journal.
Longwood University

Commencement Programs Collection

2.8 Linear Feet 5 legal-sized archival boxes.

The items in this collection date from 1863 to 2021 and include mainly Commencement programs and invitations. However, the collection also includes newspaper clippings, school announcements, and webpage print-outs.

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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Dennis Wainstock, Compiler, Scrapbooks

0.88 Linear Feet 1 flat storage box, 3 in.; 1 document case, 5 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Two scrapbooks compiled by Dennis Wainstock that include clippings of the articles/editorials he wrote for the The Daily Athenaeum, the student-run newspaper, during his time as a graduate student in history at West Virginia University, from 1974 to 1984. Wainstock was an active member of the Socialist Party U.S.A. and the Morgantown chapter of the War Resisters League, a national secular pacifist organization founded by opponents of World War I. The articles include his perspectives and options on current events, debated political issues, and the political activities of the left-wing student groups at West Virginia University.

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Dennis Wainstock, Compiler, Scrapbooks 0.88 Linear Feet 1 flat storage box, 3 in.; 1 document case, 5 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Two scrapbooks compiled by Dennis Wainstock that include clippings of the articles/editorials he wrote for the The Daily Athenaeum, the student-run newspaper, during his time as a graduate student in history at West Virginia University, from 1974 to 1984. Wainstock was an active member of the Socialist Party U.S.A. and the Morgantown chapter of the War Resisters League, a national secular pacifist organization founded by opponents of World War I. The articles include his perspectives and options on current events, debated political issues, and the political activities of the left-wing student groups at West Virginia University.

College of William and Mary

Frank and Lark Smith family letters

.42 Linear Feet 1 letter size box

Collection contains items from William & Mary alumni Frank Lloyd Smith and Lark Garges Smith during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The materials primarily contains correspondence that documents the couple's time attending William & Mary. Letters are to and from family and friends such as Frank Otey Smith, Frank's father, siblings Ann-Jeannette Smith, Mary Margaret Smith and Daniel Mace Smith. Other items Include four student identification cards, and Phi Beta Kappa flyers.

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Description of letters and correspondents Box 1, Folder 13

File contains a detailed description of correspondents including friends and family found within the collection. Itemized summaries of the letters are also included in the file.

  1. Series I. Correspondence
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Exhibition file : Artists as Art: Photographic Portraits : miscellaneous uncatalogued material

1 folder

This file may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material.

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Old Dominion University

Virginia Opera Records

50.9 Linear Feet 25 Hollinger document cases, 5 Hollinger half document cases, 4 multimedia boxes, 46 archival notebooks, one record carton, and 3 oversize boxes. boxes
Consists of Virginia Opera programs, guides, newspaper clippings, magazine articles. Also includes administrative records, correspondence, audio-visual materials, artifacts, and posters.
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Randolph-Macon College

RMC Faculty, Staff, and Alumni Files

15 Linear Feet
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College of William and Mary

Keith Constance Oral History Interview

1.96 Gigabytes
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