A&M 5156West Virginia University, Student Affairs, Records regarding USS West Virginia A&M 5156Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2011/01/06

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Student Affairs, Records regarding USS West Virginia, A&M 5156, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Records created by the Student Affairs office at West Virginia University regarding establishment of a campus memorial of mast and bell from the World War II era battleship USS West Virginia and from the armored cruiser USS West Virginia respectively. Records regarding the battleship mast include historical information, dedication information (1963), photographs of battleship and mast, clippings, and correspondence of Joseph E. Gluck and others (1960-2001). Records regarding the bell include dedication information (1967) and correspondence (1966-2002).

Historical Information (folder 1) includes, among other material:

Thanksgiving Day Menu (USS West Virginia), 1937

U.S. Navy Report -- State Summary of War Casualties [West Virginia]; 1946

List of the Personnel Attached to the USS West Virginia Whose Deaths Occurred as the Result of the Attack on 7 December 1941 at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; undated

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World War, 1939-1945 -- West Virginia United States Navy - USS WEST VIRGINIA. West Virginia University. Student Affairs West Virginia (Ship)