36.67 Linear Feet, 36 ft. 8 in. (81 document cases, 5 in. each; 14 document cases, 2.5 in. each)
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 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
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Abstract
Collection of 77 boxes of glass plate negatives and 18 boxes of sleeves that originally contained the negatives, which have
descriptive information pertaining to the negatives. Glass plate negatives were taken by various creators. Subjects include
portraits of Morgantown citizens, parades, industry, businesses, buildings, churches, High Street, and bridges. Outside of
Morgantown, areas depicted include Monongalia County, Morgan County, Mason County, Martinsburg, Lewis County, Jefferson County,
Hampshire County, Harpers Ferry, Grant County, Hardy County, Berkeley County. Subjects depicted outside of Morgantown but
of an unidentified location include logging and lumbering, industry, fairs, exhibits, congresses, coal mines and mining, caves,
camps, canals, agriculture, bridges.
Boxes 1-33a contain glass plate negatives
Boxes 34-52 contain sleeves
Please note that transcriptions of the text on the sleeves are only available online for boxes 1-12a; the rest have yet to
be transcribed.
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
Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or 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.
Please note that only about 32% of the glass plates are available online in WVHOV. The rest have been digitized and files
can be requested by contacting the reference department.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia Glass Plate Negatives, A&M 4045, West Virginia and Regional
History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from WVU. Libraries. West Virginia and Regional History Center, 2014/09/11