WVU Libraries Collections http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/ Tue, 14 May 2013 3:22:32 GMT en-us <![CDATA[31st Virginia Infantry Regiment Documents]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=7 7 This digital collection includes scans of more than 3000 documents relating to the 31st Virginia Regiment of the Confederate Army.

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<![CDATA[African Americans in the Monticola 1957-1964]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=1 1 This exhibit consists of photos of African American students from the West Virginia University's yearbook, the Monticola, 1957-1964.

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<![CDATA[Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=5 5 This collection includes “100 elegant engravings” from this rare and delicate 1805 edition of Boydell's Graphic Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare.

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<![CDATA[Census Records]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=52 52 The West Virginia and Regional History Center has federal census records available on microfilm and/or soundex.

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<![CDATA[Child Ballads of West Virginia]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=9 9 This digital resource consists of a lecture recital on the subject of traditional folk ballads of West Virginia by Patrick Ward Gainer (1904-1981).

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<![CDATA[David Copperfield]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=8 8 Browse through 23 illustrations from the first edition of Charles Dickens's "favourite child."

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<![CDATA[Drawings of David Hunter Strother]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=11 11 This digital resource consists of a catalog and exhibit of drawings by David Hunter Strother from the West Virginia & Regional History Center.

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<![CDATA[Folk Music]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=50 50 The West Virginia and Regional History Center possesses the finest collection of early field recordings of folk music in existence.

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<![CDATA[Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=26 26 This digital collection includes more than 850 telegrams documenting Pierpont’s efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia in the first two years of the Civil War.

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<![CDATA[Grace Edwards Waters: A Devoted Life]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=17 17 A collection of Grace Waters' personal memorabilia is in the care of Special Collections at the WVU Libraries. 

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<![CDATA[Guide to Archives & Manuscripts]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=25 25 This searchable database indexes over 20,000 linear feet of archives documenting a wide variety of topics.

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<![CDATA[International Association for Identification]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=29 29 This collection includes selected items digitized from the International Association for Identification, the world's oldest and largest criminal identification organization.

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<![CDATA[Isaac Asimov Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=3 3 This online display features visuals and descriptions of some of the over 600 books, games, audio recordings, videos, and wall charts included in the West Virginia University Libraries’ Asimov Collection.

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<![CDATA[Jesse Stuart Digital Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=14 14 This digital collection invites users to browse the book covers, illustrations, inscriptions, and signatures selected from the Maryan Dahmer Jesse Stuart Collection.

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<![CDATA[Maps, Atlases, and Gazetteers]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=53 53 The West Virginia and Regional History Center has a variety of West Virginia maps available in atlases, history books, and an extensive collection of individual maps.

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<![CDATA[Mark Twain: Rare Book Digital Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=15 15 This digital collection consists of over 1100 images of illustrations and some text from a selection of the Mark Twain Collection in the WVU Libraries' Rare Books Collection.

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<![CDATA[Printed Ephemera Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=30 30 This database contains more than 7000 records representing more than 32000 ephemera items such as pamphlets, leaflets, brochures, clippings, and isolated serials.

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<![CDATA[Public Records]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=54 54 The West Virginia and Regional History Center has early Virginia county records, the Historical Records Survey, and West Virginia County Court Records.

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<![CDATA[Rare Books]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=47 47 The Rare Books Collection contains old and rare books from the 1400s to the present.  The collection is particularly strong in literature, history, religion, philosophy, and natural history.

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<![CDATA[Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=12 12 This online collection consists of almost 50 early 20th century holiday cards selected from the West Virginia and Regional History Center at the WVU Libraries.

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<![CDATA[Shakespeare Online Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=10 10 This digital collection includes images and text from Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Othello scanned from a 1773 edition.

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<![CDATA[Storer College: A Digital Photographic Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=13 13 This digital collection includes historical photographs from the archives of Storer College. 

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<![CDATA[Vintage Valentines Collection]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=16 16 The Vintage Valentines collection includes over 40 historical valentines in the West Virginia and Regional History Center.

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<![CDATA[West Virginia Books]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=49 49 The WVRHC holds the most comprehensive collection of books and periodicals relating to West Virginia in existence.

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<![CDATA[West Virginia History OnView: Historical Photographs]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=18 18 The West Virginia and Regional History Center contains the most comprehensive collection of historic photographs pertaining to West Virginia in existence.

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<![CDATA[West Virginia Newspapers]]> http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/collections/collection.php?id=48 48 The West Virginia and Regional History Center holds the largest collection of historical West Virginia newspapers in existence.

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