3.75 Linear Feet, Summary: 3 ft. 9 in. (9 document cases, 5 in. each)
Creator
Chitwood, Oliver Perry, 1874-1971
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
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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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Oliver Perry Chitwood (1874-1971), History Professor, Papers, A&M 2219,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.