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Mildred Arnett-Reed Morgantown Scrapbook, 1924/1956 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (photocopies)

Arnett-Reed, Mildred (1925-1941)
Photocopy facsimile of scrapbook assembled by Mildred Arnett-Reed (11' x 16'; 95 pages). Includes photographs, letters from her sister and friends, newspaper clippings, programs, and ephemera documenting Reed's activities in the Morgantown, West Virginia area during her high school years (1924-27). There are also clippings and letters regarding her wedding in 1931, and greeting cards for her 25th wedding anniversary. Photographs include candid and portrait shots of Mildred's family (William E. Arnett, Sr. family) and friends. Newspaper clippings report Mildred Arnett's marriage to Rufus Reed, birth of her daughter Ann, and local events and entertainment in the Morgantown area. Programs document musical, theatrical, and athletic events in Morgantown, including silent movies at the Strand Theater, and events of Morgantown High School and the Metropolitan Theatre, among others. Many of these programs include numerous advertisements for Morgantown businesses. There is also a program for the dedication of new facilities for Morgantown High School (1927). Ephemera includes name cards, dance cards, greeting cards, cartoons, school certificates, gift tags, tickets, and Alpha Xi Delta Sorority invitations and dance programs, among others.
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Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films, 1972/1974 3.88 Linear Feet 3 ft. 10.5 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.) 0.534 Gigabytes 3 .wav files

Milspaw, Yvonne

A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection. Also includes folk music and oral history recordings.

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Monongalia Academy Minute Book, 1827/1858 0.2 Linear Feet Summary: 2 in. (1 unboxed ledger)

Monongalia Academy (Morgantown, W. Va.)
Minutes of the meetings of the Trustees dealing with raising and disbursing of funds, the establishment of rules and regulations and the hiring of personnel to supervise and to instruct at the Academy. Special mention is made of site location and awarding and payment of contracts for the erection of a new building. The new building was completed in 1831, located at the northeast corner of Spruce and Walnut Streets. Also mentioned are the trustee boards' decisions on acquiring property and funding for the Female Seminary and on expanding the Academy by establishing separate departments such as the library. This book is a record of the establishment and expansion of those institutions which became the basis for West Virginia University.
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Morgantown Historic Properties Inventory, Building Survey, 1982 7.9 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. 10 1/2 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each); (4 folders, 2 in.)

Howe, Barbara J.
Historic Properties Inventory forms for buildings in Morgantown, West Virginia, prepared by history students at West Virginia University for the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Unit.
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Mrs. Louise Morris, Collector, Papers, 1859/1864 0.81 Linear Feet Summary: 9 3/4 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Morris, Mrs. Louise.

Materials Collected by Mrs. Louise Morris, genealogist and authority on local history. The collection includes a notebook kept by J. H. Wherry, a student at Jefferson College, Pa., in 1859; a genealogy of the DeVaul, Haun, [F]ast families of Marion and Monongalia counties, 1817-1957; an essay on "Immigration" by George Whitham, 1896, favoring immigration restriction because of the increased number coming from " the Latin races of southeastern Europe;" land surveys from dead books, 1827-1933, mostly in Monongalia County: and a scrapbook of pictures, early 20th century, including WVU buildings (Martin Hall, the old library, The Drill Field area), Raven Rocks at Uffington, the Cheat River and Cooper's Rocks, Cascades on Deckers Creek, Oak Park near Masontown, White Rocks in Marion County in 1912, and numerous unidentified people.

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North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Commission on Colleges and Universities, Reports for West Virginia University and Potomac State College, 1964 0.01 Linear Feet Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)

North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Commission on Colleges and Universities
The North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary encourages cooperative relationships among colleges and universities, examines the quality of higher education, and accredits higher-learning organizations. Collection consists of 1964 reports from the association's Commission on Colleges and Universities (now the Higher Learning Commission) for West Virginia University (WVU) in Morgantown, West Virginia, and Potomac State College, a two-year residential division of WVU, in Keyser, West Virginia. Reports examine the institutions' governing board, service area, resources, academic programs, student services, faculty services, and library and provide a brief summary and comments. The report for WVU is twenty pages; the report for Potomac State is seven pages.
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Oliver Perry Chitwood (1874-1971), History Professor, Papers, 1907/1969 3.75 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 9 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each)

Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971
Correspondence, research notes, and manuscripts of a professor of history at West Virginia University (1907-1946), professor emeritus (1946-1971), and author of several college history textbooks and biographies. Subjects include book publishing, newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence with legislators and congressmen, personal correspondence, former students, and the Democratic Convention delegate selection in 1928. Also included are materials on Chitwood's books JOHN TYLER: CHAMPION OF THE OLD SOUTH, THE UNITED STATES: A SHORT HISTORY, and RICHARD HENRY LEE: STATESMAN OF THE REVOLUTION.
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