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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 ...
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 Elkins Randolph County Public Library collects books related to local history and West Virginia. [50] Roane County Public Library: Public Library: Roane County: The Roane County Public Library houses genealogy materials from all over the state [51] and the West Virginia Collection. [52] Roane County Historical Society: Community ...
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 Mississippi River System, also referred to as the Western Rivers, is a mostly riverine network of the United States which includes the Mississippi River and connecting waterways. The Mississippi River is the largest drainage basin in the United States. [3] In the United States, the Mississippi drains about 41% of the country's rivers. [4]
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.
Some peoples continued down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River and up the Missouri River, and others across Ohio to Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, home of the Dakota. Ohio Valley Siouan (Southeastern Siouan) is a group of related Siouan languages , which included the Ofo language , Biloxi language , and the Tutelo language . [ 46 ]
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]