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The WVRHC covers all aspects of West Virginia history, including the formation of the state during the American Civil War, its political development, and its economic and industrial heritage. [6] Contained in its Civil War collection are numerous journals from soldiers, personal papers from many of the states early politicians, and two rare 35 ...
The Raleigh County Public Library collects genealogical materials and local history materials. The archives contain obituaries, Beckley newspapers, the Beckley Polk City Directories, West Virginia Blue Books, state county information, and family genealogies. [47] Beverly Heritage Center: Community Organization: Randolph County
West Virginia Archives and History is the state agency that collects and preserves materials on the state and makes them available to the public. Located in Charleston, West Virginia, this section of the Department of Arts, Culture and History oversees the West Virginia Archives and History Library, a non-lending research facility, and the West Virginia State Archives, one of the state’s ...
The newly formed West Virginia Library Association (formed in 1914) campaigned for the legislation. Between 1917 and 1930, fourteen public libraries existed in the state. [1] The West Virginia Library Commission was created in 1929 by the legislature and housed in Morgantown on the campus of West Virginia University, but no state funding was ...
Indiana State Library and Historical Bureau; Louisiana State Archive and Research Library; Maryland State Archives; Minnesota Historical Society Archives; Mississippi Department of Archives & History; New York State Archives; Oregon State Archives; Pennsylvania State Archives; South Carolina Department of Archives and History; Tennessee State ...
A view of the New River in West Virginia, the world's third-oldest river geologically. The history of West Virginia stems from the 1861 Wheeling Convention, which was an assembly of northwestern Southern Unionist from northwestern counties of the state of Virginia.
Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History and Education at Shepherd University has a large portion of Stagger's political papers, with West Virginia & Regional History Center holding the rest of the collection. [25] West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University has a small portion of Staggers political papers. [1]
The West Virginia Library Commission (WVLC) Is the official State Library agency of West Virginia located in Charleston, West Virginia. [1] It is overseen by a nine-member Library Commission appointed by the Governor. [2] WVLC administers federal and state funds to the state's 172 public libraries as well as maintains the Statewide Library ...