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No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongalia County Historical Records, A&M 3582, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Collection of records mostly relating to the history of Monongalia County, West Virginia. Over 300 historical photographs in this collection are available through the "digital material" link.

Series include:
1) American Bicentennial Records;
2) Artifacts;
3) Books;
4) Burial Records of Monongalia County Servicemen;
5) Church Records;
6) Club Records;
7) Coal Industry Records;
8) Education Records;
9) Genealogy Records;
10) General Store Records;
11) Hospital Auxiliary Scrapbooks;
12) Journal of Dr. J.T. Krepps;
13) Land Records;
14) Maps;
15) Mill Records;
16) Monongalia County 175th Anniversary Records;
17) Monongalia County Bicentennial Records;
18) Morgantown Historical Records;
19) Nursing Education Records;
20) Papers--John Camp;
21) Papers--Pixler Family;
22) Papers--Josiah Robe;
23) Papers--Shively Family;
24) Papers--E.M. Steel;
25) Papers--Eldon B. Tucker;
26) Papers--Dr. A.H. VanLandingham;
27) Photographs;
28) Publications;
29) Scrapbook of Cordella Donley;
30) Scrapbook of Taylor County;
31) Scrapbook of Harriet Williams;
32) Subject Files; and
33) West Virginia University Records.

Separated Material

To Books: 1) 'Hymns for the use of The Methodist Episcopal Church' by John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and others; 1850. 2) 'Directory of the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Valleys' by George H. Thurston; 1859. 3) 'History of Nursing' by Luella J. Morison and Anna C. Fegan, 1914. 4) 'The History of Nursing in West Virginia' by Mary E. Reid, 1954. 5) 'Flat Glass' by Arthur E. Fowle, 1924. 6) 'Wheeling Glass' by Josephine Jefferson, 1947. 7) 'First Book of Glass' by Sam and Beryl Epstein, 1955. 8) 'Steuben Glass' by James S. Plaut, 1972. 9) 'Development of the Locomotive' by Central Steel Company, 1925.

To Pamphlets: 1) Imprint catalogs from McLain Printing Company of Parsons, West Virginia.

To Rare Signatures, A&M 435: 1) Land Grant dated 1792/09/17 from Henry Lee of Richmond, Virginia to Philip Shiveley. 2) Land Grant dated 1859/01/01 from Henry Wise of Richmond, Virginia to Michael Shively.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• American Revolution Bicentennial, 1976
• Genealogy
• General stores
• Land - deeds and grants.
• Mills and mill-work
• Monongalia County (W. Va.)
• Monongalia County - 175th anniversary celebration.
• Nursing schools and students.