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Brooke Family Papers 1.81 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft., 9.75 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 in.); (1 artifact box, 3 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (3 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Brooks family
Correspondence, clippings, biographical sketches, photographs, artifacts, and other items relating to the family of St. George Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. Correspondence includes business and personal letters to and from St. George Tucker Brooke and Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes Scholar and Shakespearean authority at Yale; letters between Francis (Frank) Brooke to Mrs. Mary Brooke while he served in the U.S. and France during World War I (1918-1919); and letters from James Harold in Ireland to his son James in New York (ca. 1870). Other items include a surveyor's call book for Tucker County (1856-1857), which includes notes on the Tucker-Randolph County boundary; "A Narrative of My Life: for My Family," 1763-1849 by Judge Francis T. Brooke; a manuscript recipe book (1814); and microfilmed copy of typescript "Autobiography of St. George Tucker Brooke, Written for His Children" (reel 3). More detail about collection contents can be found in the control folder.
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Brown Family Papers, Photographs and Maps 8.3 Linear Feet 8 ft. 4 1/4 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (2 large storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 folder, 1/4 in.); (1 scrapbook, 1 in.)

Brown family
Papers, photographs and maps of a wealthy Morgantown family with interests in real estate and coal mining. Most of the business papers are those of J. M. G. Brown, a West Virginia University law school alumnus, who was president of Scotts Run Fuel Corporation. Brown was also a housing developer whose company, Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown, was a competitive concern not only locally but throughout north central West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. There are papers indicating his attempts to open Morgantown to airline service. His sister, Mary Virginia Brown was a genealogist and local historian noted for A History of the Negroes of Monongalia County. Among her papers are genealogies of the Bannister, Brown, Bushey, Dorsey, Suter and Williams families. There are also original documents of Colonel William McCleary, an early settler of Morgantown. There is also a manuscript "List of Taxable Property for 1786, Monongalia County," including five pages listing residents and their "tithables," horses, and cattle.
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Kathryn Cramer Morgan, Charles William Cramer Family Papers 0.9 Linear Feet 10 1/2 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (2 framed items, 3 in.); (1 oversize folder, 2 items)

Papers of the Charles William Cramer family of Morgantown. He was born in 1876 in Piedmont, West Virginia; graduated from Law School at West Virginia University in 1897; served in the 6th Cavalry Regiment in the Spanish-American War; and moved to Morgantown in 1901. Includes 176 page narrative by Cramer regarding his life from 1876 to ca. 1905, covering his student days at West Virginia University and his service during the Spanish-American War. There is a photo of Charles Cramer; and photos and other material of his wife Elizabeth Irene Littleton (Cramer), and daughter Kathryn Virginia Cramer (Morgan). See scope and content note for detail.
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Robert E. Lee Keadle, Monroe County, Diary 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Keadle, Robert E. Lee
The diary, presented to Annie Brewer of Monroe County by James O. B. Kelly in 1887, includes entries by her from December 1886 to August 1888. It notes her social and family life. Brewer gave the diary to her boyfriend, Robert E. Lee Keadle in August 1888, and he wrote in it until 1891. Keadle's writings describe his active social and romantic life in Monroe Co. and as a law student at West Virginia University in 1889 and 1890. He also provided details of his academic, leisure, and religious pursuits and historical events in Morgantown. Keadle entered law practice with John Osborne in Union in 1890.
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West Virginia University, College of Law, Records 142.67 Linear Feet 142 feet and 8 inches Series I: 38 record cartons, 15 in. each; 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 3 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.; 1 unboxed item, 1.5 in.; Series II: 11 record cartons, 15 in. each; 5 unboxed reels of film, 1 in. each; Series III: 15 record cartons, 15 in. each; 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 oversize folders, 0.5 in. total; Series IV: 30 record cartons, 15 in. each; 4 index card boxes, 12 in. each; 1 document case, 5 in.; 6 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in.; 1 flat storage box, 5 in.; 2 oversize folders, 0.25 in. total; 1 framed item, 1.5 in.; 3 unboxed ledgers, 9 in. total; Series V: 1 record carton, 15 in.; 2 oversize folders, 0.5 in. total; 2 unboxed rolled items, 9 in. total; Series VI: 4 record cartons, 15 in. each; 1 document case, 5 in.; Series VII: 5 record cartons, 15 in. each; 1 document case, 5 in.; 3 oversize folders, 0.75 in. total

West Virginia University. College of Law

This collection includes records transferred from the West Virginia University College of Law (COL). Series I includes papers of various COL faculty, administrators, alumni, and associates. The most common material types are correspondence, notes, publications, course materials, and case files. Series II includes materials used as class resources, generated by students, and related to curriculum. The most common material types are course notes, syllabi, exam instructions, and reading materials. Series III includes materials related to COL events and the College's various publications (e.g., newsletters and journals). The most common material types are event programs and invitations, event planning materials, and copies of newsletters. Series IV includes administrative materials and records of general College of Law operations. This series contains the most diverse grouping of materials, and it includes things like correspondence, photographs, reports, and some artifacts. Series V includes records of renovations, additions, and new construction of COL facilities. The most common material types are architectural drawings and related correspondence. Series VI includes records related to the process of maintaining and reviewing the College's accreditation status with the American Bar Association and American Association of Law Schools. The most common material types are ABA/AALS reports, compiled internal records, and correspondence. Series VII includes records of the law library. The most common material types are correspondence, reports, and American Association of Law Libraries items. More detailed content descriptions are provided at the series and box level.

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West Virginia University, Justitia Law Students Wives' Club Records 2.3 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in. each.

Justitia
Papers and other materials of Justitia, the Law Students Wives' Club (1952 – 1983) of West Virginia University College of Law. Founded by June Santee and Pat Simonton in 1957, Justitia was a women's organization designed to offer a community of support to law student wives, to create an opportunity to socialize, and support their husbands and the WVU College of Law through meetings, publications, fundraisers and activities.
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West Virginia University Women in Law History Project Records 1.6 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 1 record carton, 15 in.

West Virginia University. College of Law

The collection outlines 100 years of women in law at West Virginia University. Starting with the first women law graduate to the graduates in the early 1990s, the project explores the lives and achievements of the individuals who obtained their law degree from West Virginia Univeristy College of Law. Records in this collections includes research materials on the women who graducated from West Virginia University through the College of Law from 1895 through 1996, celebrating 101 years of women in law at West Virginia University. This collection includes little archives but rather research collected for the project. The project published a chronicle titled "West Virginia University Women in Law: A Chronicle of 101 Years of Achievements." The publication can be found at the West Virginia and regional History Center.

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