14.6 Linear Feet, 14 ft. 7 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (10 records cartons, 15 in. each)
Creator
Ludwig family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ladwig Family Papers, A&M 3325, West Virginia and Regional History Center,
West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of the Ladwig family. They document the professional and personal lives of medical and teaching professionals in West
Virginia in the early twentieth century, includng Dr. Otto Ladwig (1875-1968), his wife Calora Hardway Ladwig (1882-1974),
and Margaret and Gertrude Hardway, Calora's sisters. The Ladwigs lived in Harrison and Randolph counties and were active
in itinerant logging communities such as Evenwood. There are correspondence, publications, deeds, certificates, and photos
of the Ladwig and Hardway families.
There is also a large series of photographs documenting the service of Cornelia, the Ladwig's daughter, in the Red Cross during
World War II, as well as letters to Cornelia during this period.
In addition to the Ladwigs and Hardways, the collection includes many photographs and postcards of students and schools including
Broaddus College, Fairmont Normal School, secondary schools, and more. The papers also include materials on the community
of Everwood, West Virginia and the lumber company there.
Many books of different genres and topics were separated to the book collection; a list of these books is available from a
curator.
Includes correspondence, such as letters from patients, advertising from drug companies, and employment related letters. Also
includes photographic portraits of Otto Ladwig, Calora Hardway (later Mrs. Ladwig), and the Hardway sisters.
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Memo Book -- Class Notes for Chemistry No. 2, Demonstrator Harris Kelly, MD. Memo Book -- A Record of Laboratory Work, Louisville
Medical School
Correspondence (Includes advertising from drug companies, letters from patients and their families, employment related correspondence,
etc.)
1900-1930
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
General (includes certificates of death for Calora Ladwig and Gertrude Hardway; Red Cross certificate for Mrs. Ladwig; correspondence
with Coit Lyceum Bureau for Artists and Entertainers; etc.)
Includes 13 items with manuscript notes by Dr. Otto Ladwig. These items are apparently a record of appointments at his Evenwood
practice; they are difficult to read.
Includes incoming letters, deeds, receipts, etc. Incoming letters to Margaret Hardway are literate and descriptive, depicting
the professional and personal lives of teachers in West Virginia in the early twentieth century.
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Incoming Letters -- Hardway, Margaret (Cornelia Ladwig labeled some of the envelopes indicating subjects of letters; many
are generally literate and descriptive, and afford a glimpse into the professional and personal lives of teachers in West
Virginia)
1910-1914
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Deeds
ca.1920s-1960s
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Ephemera (includes dues books for leather workers union, constitution for the Mozart Literary Society, program of the Excelsior
Society, etc.)
These records primarily document Otto Ladwig and activities of the Hardway sisters as teachers in West Virginia. Includes
WV teaching certificates; "pass" certificates for Fairmont State College, and employment related correspondence. Photographs
in this series are mostly student group portraits documenting Broaddus College, Lost Creek School, Sheets Mill School, Fairmont
State Normal School, and unidentified schools in the early twentieth century.
General (includes West Virginia Teaching Certificates, "Pass Certificates" for Fairmont State Normal School, employment related
correspondence, and two teacher souvenir cards dating from 1898 and 1905)
1896-1925
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
Photograph Album (These candid group portraits appear to be of one or more of the Hardway sisters with their school friends;
subjects in picture with Broaddus College pennant in evidence are identified in mounted print in box 4, folder 2.)
ca.1890s
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
Student Group Portraits (7 mounted prints; subjects include Lost Creek School, Fairmont State Normal School, and Sheets Mill
School students with teachers)
ca.1890s-1910
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Broaddus College (2 Postcards, Including Student Group Portrait with Gertrude Hardway, and Image of Building)
c.1900-1909
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Student Group Portraits with Gertrude Hardway as Teacher (5 Items)
c.1890-1910
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Football Team, Unidentified
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
Student Group Portraits, Unidentified
ca.1900-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Student Group Portraits (6 Mounted Prints; Includes Sheets Mill School, Fairmont State Normal School, and Unidentified Students;
Otto Ladwig and One of the Hardway Sisters Are Subjects)
ca.1890-1910
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Group Portraits (3 mounted prints; includes 2 student group portraits with Margaret Hardway, teacher; 1 teacher group portrait
with Gertrude Hardway)
ca.1900-1910
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Student Group Portraits (Includes Cornelia Ladwig as Subject)
Consists primarily of photographic documentation of Dr. Ladwig's family, and the lumber mill at Evenwood where Otto Ladwig
was employed. Also includes Evenwood related ephemera.
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7
General (8 Items; Includes Sunday School Souvenir, Class Souvenir, Calendar with Evenwood, WV Scene, etc.)
ca.1916-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
Photographs (Includes: 5 Postcards of Otto Ladwig and Family at Home; 2 Mounted Print Group Portraits of Students and Teachers
of Evenwood School)
ca.1912-1914
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9
Photographic Postcards (Includes 19 Postcards and 3 Prints; Documents Primarily the Town Lumber Company; Some Pictures Include
Dr. Otto Ladwig; Subjects Are Identified by Referencing Numbers on Photos to List in This Folder)
Includes 12 items, one of which is double-sized; subjects include various aspects of Lost Creek, Clarksburg, Gassaway, New
Martinsville, Rainelle, Richwood, and a birds-eye view of Elkins.
Series 9. Cornelia Ladwig Papers (Daughter of Dr. Otto Ladwig and Mrs. Calora Ladwig), Box 5
Mixed Materials Box: 5 ca.1915-1945
Scope and Contents
These papers include mostly incoming letters and photographs documenting Cornelia's service in the Red Cross during World
War II. Her outgoing letters are not in this collection. 1915-1945.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Photographic Portraits and Service in Red Cross Dining WWII (7 items)
ca.1915-1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
General (includes receipts, certificates, ration cards, etc.)
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