West Virginia & Regional History Collection Entrance

Sixth Floor of the Downtown Campus Library

The West Virginia and Regional History Collection's library of West Virginia books, periodicals and newspapers is unmatched, as are its holdings of early West Virginia photographs, maps, broadsides, regional artworks and sound recordings. The Collection's archives and manuscripts division embraces the papers of West Virginia political leaders, from the first governor, Arthur I. Boreman, to those of Governor Arch Moore, as well as outstanding archival resources regarding virtually all aspects of the state's economic, cultural, and social history.