James R. Moreland Papers, 1904-1940 , A&M 0301

West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Abstract

Papers, photos, pamphlets and postcards of a prominent Morgantown attorney, financier and businessman, James Rogers Moreland. Included are drafts of books and articles by James R. Moreland about local and family history, in particular "Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountains" and "My Father Another Country Lawyer." There are family histories and records about the Finnicum, Hawthorne, Huston, Lewis, Lyle, Moreland and Rogers families. There are also many items of World War I that especially pertain to Morgantown. Included among these is information about the Morgantown Militia Reserve and the Military Training Camps Association. Among other papers collected by Moreland are the records and a history of the Bank of Monongahela Valley, the papers of the Mercersburg Academy, the Rotary, Sons of the Revolution, and the WVU Kappa Alpha fraternity.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], James R. Moreland Papers, A&M 0301, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Academies
Banks and banking
Finnicum family
Hawthorne family
Houston family
Iron furnaces and iron industry.
Lawyers - letters and papers.
Lewis family
Lyles family
Mercersburg Academy
Military Training Camps Association (U.S.)
Moreland family
Morgantown (W. Va.)
Morgantown Militia Reserve.
Photography
Rogers family
Rotary.
Sons of the Revolution
West Virginia University. Kappa Alpha fraternity
World War, 1914-1918

Container List

Series 1. Family Histories (Box 1)

Mixed Materials Box: 1 1906-1928

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Family Histories, First Drafts
1914-1928
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Family History, Correspondence
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Rogers Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Huston & Hawthorne Familiies
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Moreland Family
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Family Records of Finnicums, Lyles, Lewis, etc.
1906-1928

Series 2. Writings (Boxes 2-4)

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 1916-1939

Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Early Iron Industry in Cheat Mountain
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
"My Father Another Country Lawyer - Bound typescript
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
"My Father Another Country Lawyer" and other notes
1939-1940
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
American Red Cross Drive
1918
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Camp Steerier, WI
1916-1934
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Camp Steerier, WI
1918
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Morgantown Militia Reserve
1918
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Morgantown Militia Reserve
1918
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
World War I - Four Minute Men
1918-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
World War I - Four Minute Men
1918-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3
World War I - Four Minute Men
1918-1919
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4
Mercersburg Academy - J. Moreland
1921-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
Mercersburg Academy - W.A. Moreland
1930-1934
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6
Mercersburg Academy - R. L. Moreland
1935-1939

Series 3. Financial Records (Box 5)

Mixed Materials Box: 5 1918-1935

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1918-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1927-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1929-1930
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1929-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1930
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
Bank of Monongahela Valley Records and History
1930-1931
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
Bank of Monongahela Valley Newsclippings
1931-1935

Series 4. Correspondence (Boxes 5-6)

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 1937-1939

Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
Rotary Correspondence
1937-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
Rotary Correspondence
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
Rotary Correspondence
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
Rotary Correspondence and convention
1939

Series 5. Printed Material (Boxes 6-7)

Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 1907-1939

Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
Newspapers
1939
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
Pamphlets
1926-1938
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Pamphlets
1939-1940
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Papers
1907-1912
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Papers
1913-1926
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Papers
1935-1939
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Receipts
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Checkbook
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6
WVU Kappa Alpha Fraternity Ledger
undated

Series 6. Miscellaneous (Box 8)

Mixed Materials Box: 8 1904-1922

Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
Sons of the Revolution
1904, 1914-1922
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
Monongalia County Sunday School
1918-1920
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 3
Morgantown Charter Committee
1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 4
WVU Politics
1930-1934