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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Donovan Bond, Journalism Professor, Personal and Professional Papers, A&M 3889, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Correspondence, publications, printed material, research material, photographs, and clippings of former West Virginia University (WVU) professor Donovan Bond (9 February 1921 - 12 June 1995) of Morgantown, West Virginia. Main topics include WVU-related material; genealogy on several early West Virginia families, including Bond, Dent, Core, McWhorter, Romine, Hiner, Scott, Maxson, and Cutright; materials relating to several West Virginia-specific projects, including the Hacker's Creek Descendants, the Henry McWhorter cabin at Jackson's Mill, and others; World War II memorabilia, including letters home from New Guinea and photographs; Morgantown history, particularly from ca. 1914-1970, including Morgantown High School (both 1914-1918 and 1934-1938) and plays produced at the high school in the late 1930s. Also includes papers of Helen Louise Dent Bond, Donovan's wife.
Collection is minimally processed, and sorted into the following series:
Correspondence (box 1)
Clippings (box 2)
Photographs (boxes 3-4)
Publications and Printed Material (boxes 5-8)
General Papers (boxes 9-10)
Scrapbooks (boxes 11-13)
Oversize (box 14)
Box 17; Unfoldered; Phi Sigma Kappa (PSK) centennial marble paperweight; 1973
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK Grand Council medallion with "Donovan H. Bond Delta '42" inscribed on reverse; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Metal make-up purse with PSK crest (includes tube for lipstick, mirror, gauze sifter for loose powder, powder puff); undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Donovan Bond's PSK Founder's Award; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK Delta Chapter "Pledge Party" mini paddle; January 12, 1951
Box 17; Unfoldered; Suede-like clutch purse with PSK tumbling Ts symbol; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Purple and red ribbons in a faux leather case; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK pin/necklace charm, with "1955" and "Helen" inscribed on reverse, IN Balfour plastic case; 1955
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK pin/necklace charm with "MOTHER" and "LGB" inscribed on reverse; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Don Bond's PSK National President's pin (diamonds and ruby) with gavel charm; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK council member's pin (pearls and ruby) with "LGB", "1942", "Delta", and "DON BOND" inscribed on reverse; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Empty Balfour jewelry box; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Ring with PSK emblem surrounded by light blue gems (possibly the sweetheart ring that Don's mother used to wear); undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK signet ring; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK crest ring with diamond; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK cufflinks; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK gavel charm, with "D.H. Bond, Delta '42" inscribed on reverse; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; Kramer of New York charm; undated
Box 17; Unfoldered; PSK crest, probably fallen off another piece of jewelry; undated
(Note: LGB inscribed on jewelry likely stands for Lloyd Garfield Balfour, founder of Balfour jewelry company)
Box 18; Folder 1; Typescript WVU news release regarding the service of former university president Dr. Irvin Stewart; May 14, 1967
Box 18; Folder 1; Typescript remarks of Irvin Stewart at the Emeritus Club Dinner, Morgantown; May 12, 1967
Box 18; Unfoldered; Framed photographs of the original paintings of Colonel John Evans (9 December 1737 - 18 May 1834) and his wife, Ann Martin Evans (1738 - ca. 1827); ca. 1950s
Box 19; Original Copy of August 14, 1945 Issue of "Clarksburg Telegram" (announcing the end of WWII); 1945
Box 19; Original Copy of April 18, 1998 Issue of "The Daily Athenaeum" (regarding the history of the WVU Journalism Department, and of WVU in general); 1998
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