14.7 Linear Feet, 14 ft. 8 in. (13 document cases, 5 in. each); (4 document cases, 2 1/2 in., each); (1 document case, 4 in.);
(18 records cartons, 15 in. each); (2 large flat storage boxes, 3 1/2 in. each)
Quantity
20.73 Gigabytes, 1,897 files, formats primarily include .001, .csv, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .html, jpg, .tif, and other formats
Creator
Clarke, Alan Reginald, Dr., 1938-2016
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/
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or
remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Alan Clarke Railroad Research Papers, A&M 4212, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Papers of historian, researcher, and author Alan Clarke. He authored a number of books relating to the history of railroads
in the region of the state of West Virginia. This collection is minimally processed.
Series include:
Series 1. Notebooks; 1864-1968; boxes 1-13
Series 2. Photographs; ca. 1880-1940; boxes 14-25
Series 3. Digital Media; undated; boxes 26-28
Series 4. Slides; ca. 1880-1940; boxes 29-32
Series 5. Publications; 1937-2012; boxes 33-36
Series 6. Oversize Material; 1861-1918; boxes 37-38
This series contains facsimiles of primary documents relating to railroad history in the West Virginia region. Topics include
coal mines, the B&O Railroad, the Coal & Coke Railroad, the Monongahela River Railroad, and the West Virginia & Pittsburgh
Railroad, among others. Types of documents includes correspondence, articles, and reports, among others.
This series contains photographs (almost entirely reprints) of buildings, bridges, trains, and other railroad-relates images
from the West Virginia region. Railroad companies identified include the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad, the Monongahela
River Railroad, and the B&O Railroad, among others. Locations identified in West Virginia include Jenningston, Elkins, Parsons,
and Davis, among others.
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Photographs, Broadwater Book 1, Pictures and Releases
This series contains compact discs and floppy discs with files (mostly images) that document railroad history in the West
Virginia region. Major topics include Broadwater and the Coal & Coke Railroad.
Mixed Materials Box: 26
Digital material related to Broadwater, book research, and other topics
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 27
Digital material related to Broadwater, book research, and other topics
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 28
Digital media related to book research and other topics
This series contains slides of photographs relating to railroads in the West Virginia area. Among the topics identified are
Broadwater, the Coal and Coke Railroad, and steam and diesel train engines.
This series contains copies of publications, some authored by Allan Clarke, including Clark's doctoral thesis, "Analysis of
Bubbles by Gas Chromatography," railroad publications by Clarke, and others.
This series contains material documenting railroad history in the West Virginia region. Material types include photographs,
maps, certificates, and publications among others.