West Virginia and Regional History Center
William D. Barns, History Professor, Family History Files, Photographs, and Other Material
A&M 3748
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0.25 Linear Feet
Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
ca. 1885-1980
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/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William D. Barns, History Professor, Family History Files, Photographs, and Other Material, A&M 3748, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Related A&M Collections
3152, 3748
Scope and Contents
Includes family history files, photographs, and other material collected and compiled by William D. Barns. Family history files include extensive notes encompassing the Pennsylvania branch of the Barns family, including notes of interviews with his mother and father, and from secondary sources. There are also notes regarding the Williams family. The few photographs in this collection mostly regard the Barns family, and the history of education in Uniontown and Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
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Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Uniontown (Fayette County, Pa.)
Education -- Pennsylvania -- Fayette County
Barnes family
Williams family
School WorkArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121127undatedExercises in Spelling, Grammar, Math, and Other SubjectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121131undated11Exercises in Spelling, Grammar, Math, and Other SubjectsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121132undated12South Union High School ItemsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211281934, 1954Report Card (1934-1935) and Reunion Program (1954)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211331934, 195413Family HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121129undatedBarns Family (includes extensive notes encompassing Pennsylvania branch of family; includes notes of interview with father and from secondary sources)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121134undated14Barns Family (includes clippings regarding Baily family, Shin family of Marion County, and early Fairmont history)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211351962-197315Barns Family (obituaries for Lida Barns, 1959; and for William Post Barns, 1968; they were the parents of William D. Barns)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211361959, 196816Williams Family (includes notes for interview with Lida Barns in 1955, among notes regarding other family members)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211371955, undated17MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121138undated18PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121130ca. 1900-1980Uniontown, Pennsylvania Subjects (8 items; includes: 4 photos of children from "Williams Addition School", on or near Derrick Avenue, Uniontown, PA; 2 photos of Old Hatfield School, South Union Township; 1 photo of barn and buggy at Chalk Hill on National Pike, U.S. 40, east of Uniontown; and 1 photo of house at 240 Derrick Ave., Uniontown, PA, childhood home of Lida Williams (Barns))Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121139ca. 1900-192019State Center, Feb. 15, 1936 (1 item; was in envelope with labeling for two photos; labeling for this photo reads "W.D.B. in Parthenon"; the other photo was a reunion photo which was filed with other reunion photos in this collection)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211401936110Group Portraits of Young College-Aged Men (2 items; perhaps this is a fraternity?)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121141ca. 1930-1950111South Union High School, Uniontown, Pennsylvania (5 items: includes 4 group portraits of reunions of class of 1935 from 1960, 1970, 1975, and 1980; also includes candid shot of William D. Barns visiting a class room at same school on 26 October 1949)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1211421949, 1960-1980112Group Portrait of students of Hatfield School in South Union Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (1 item; three students are identified, including William Post Barns, Jessie V. Barns, and Jessie Nixon) [unfoldered item]Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121143ca. 1885-18951