A&M 0301James R. Moreland Papers, 1904-1940 A&M 0301Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:34:20 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center James R. Moreland Papers Moreland, James R., 1879-1955 A&M 0301 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2529 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each) 1904-1940 Papers, photos, pamphlets and postcards of a prominent Morgantown attorney, financier and businessman, James Rogers Moreland. Included are drafts of books and articles by James R. Moreland about local and family history, in particular "Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountains" and "My Father Another Country Lawyer." There are family histories and records about the Finnicum, Hawthorne, Huston, Lewis, Lyle, Moreland and Rogers families. There are also many items of World War I that especially pertain to Morgantown. Included among these is information about the Morgantown Militia Reserve and the Military Training Camps Association. Among other papers collected by Moreland are the records and a history of the Bank of Monongahela Valley, the papers of the Mercersburg Academy, the Rotary, Sons of the Revolution, and the WVU Kappa Alpha fraternity. 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/ English Conditions Governing Access

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 Morgantown (W. Va.) Academies Banks and banking Iron furnaces and iron industry. Lawyers - letters and papers. Photography Rotary. World War, 1914-1918 Mercersburg Academy Military Training Camps Association (U.S.) Morgantown Militia Reserve. Sons of the Revolution West Virginia University. Kappa Alpha fraternity Finnicum family Hawthorne family Houston family Lewis family Lyles family Moreland family Rogers family Series 1. Family Histories (Box 1)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910731906-19281Family Histories, First DraftsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910791914-192811Family History, CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191080undated12Rogers FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191081undated13Huston & Hawthorne FamiliiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191082undated14Moreland FamilyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191083undated15Family Records of Finnicums, Lyles, Lewis, etc.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910841906-192816Series 2. Writings (Boxes 2-4)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910741916-1939234Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191085undated21Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191086undated22Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191087undated23Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191088undated24Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191089undated25Early Iron Industry in Cheat MountainArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191090undated26"My Father Another Country Lawyer - Bound typescriptArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191091undated27"My Father Another Country Lawyer" and other notesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910921939-194031American Red Cross DriveArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191093191832Camp Steerier, WIArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910941916-193433Camp Steerier, WIArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191095191834Morgantown Militia ReserveArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191096191835Morgantown Militia ReserveArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191097191836World War I - Four Minute MenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910981918-191941World War I - Four Minute MenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910991918-191942World War I - Four Minute MenArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911001918-191943Mercersburg Academy - J. MorelandArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911011921-193144Mercersburg Academy - W.A. MorelandArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911021930-193445Mercersburg Academy - R. L. MorelandArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911031935-193946Series 3. Financial Records (Box 5)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910751918-19355Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911081918-193151Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911091927-193152Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911101929-193053Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911111929-193154Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191112193055Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and HistoryArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911131930-193156Bank of Monongahela Valley NewsclippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911141931-193557Series 4. Correspondence (Boxes 5-6)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910761937-193956Rotary CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911151937-193858Rotary CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191116193859Rotary CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191117193961Rotary Correspondence and conventionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191118193962Series 5. Printed Material (Boxes 6-7)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910771907-193967NewspapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191119193963PamphletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911201926-193864PamphletsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911211939-194065WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911221907-191271WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911231913-192672WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911241935-193973WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity ReceiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191125undated74WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity CheckbookArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191126undated75WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity LedgerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/191127undated76Series 6. Miscellaneous (Box 8)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1910781904-19228Sons of the RevolutionArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911041904, 1914-192281Monongalia County Sunday SchoolArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911051918-192082Morgantown Charter CommitteeArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911061917-192183WVU PoliticsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1911071930-193484