20.7 Linear Feet, 20 ft. 8 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (16 records cartons, 15 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 3 in.)
Creator
West Virginia University. Department of Biology
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/
Language
English
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Abstract
Biology Department records, most of which pertain to the personal and professional activities of Elizabeth Bartholomew. Materials
include: biographical information (Bartholomew, Core, Leach, Nuttall, Strausbaugh), Department Newsletters (includes extensive
information, 1958-1965), photographs (including faculty and students, circa 1928-1960s, a Phi Epsilon Phi portrait, 1930,
and WV and non-WV landscapes), returned mail of deceased servicemen (1945), and letters regarding students who are overseas
(1944-1945, in oversize box). There are also Phi Epsilon Phi fraternity records, circa 1929-1950s; Terra Alta Biological
Station records, circa 1950s-1970s; Southern Appalachian Botanical Club records, circa 1938-1961; and other material.
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Conditions Governing Access
Special access restriction applies. Box 17 is restricted pending review as it includes student grades and social security
numbers. Permission to access box 17 must be granted by a curator.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], West Virginia University, Biology Department, Records, A&M 5070, West
Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from WVU. Biology. Ford-Werntz, Donna, 2002/07/17
Biology Department records, most of which pertain to the personal and professional activities of Wheeling native Elizabeth
Bartholomew (June 14, 1912-March 15, 1985). She obtained an A.B. in botany in 1936 and a masters in 1947 when it was uncommon
for women to do so, became the Botany Department assistant, later the Herbarium curator, secretary of the Southern Appalachian
Botanical Club, and a professor of botany until her retirement in 1977. Collection includes: biographical information (Bartholomew,
Core, Leach, Nuttall, Strausbaugh), Department Newsletters (includes extensive information, 1958-65), photographs (including
faculty and students, ca. 1928-60s, a Phi Epsilon Phi portrait, 1930, and WV and non-WV landscapes), returned mail of deceased
servicemen (1945), letters regarding students who are overseas (1944-45, in oversize box). Phi Epsilon Phi fraternity records,
including minutes, correspondence, clippings, Wild Flower Day records, etc., circa 1929-1950s. Terra Alta Biological Station
records, including correspondence, minutes, reports, clippings, curriculum information, financial records, etc., circa 1950s-1970s.
Southern Appalachian Botanical Club records, including membership/dues books and financial records, circa 1938-1961. Oversize
material, including Phi Epsilon Phi clipping scrapbook (1940-1941), group portrait photograph of the Core family (circa 1890-1900),
portrait photographs of John Sheldon, John Coulter, and unidentified man (circa 1900-1920), photo of Hawk's Nest (undated),
scrapbook of about 100 photos of American zoologists (circa 1900-1930). There are also ten mounted copper plates of portraits
and WVU scenes. This collection is minimally processed.
Correspondence between students during WWII and faculty/staff of the Botany/Zoology Department
1944-1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Photographs and Clippings
1939-1943
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Mounted copper plates of portraits of late 19th-early 20th century scientists and WVU scenes
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7
SABC [Southern Appalachian Botanical Club] Correspondence and Other Material
1940-1979
Scope and Contents
Includes two boxes of SABC correspondence (1940-1960), assorted postcards and other materials (1944-1979), glass plate negatives
(circa early 1940s), possibly photos from Colombia Cinchona Mission (1943-1945). The box was originally titled "Cranesville
Swamp Project" but there is no mention of this project beyond a brief report in a newsletter.
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Bulletins, pamphlets, correspondence
1936-1974
Mixed Materials Box: 9
SABC [Southern Appalachian Botanical Club]
ca. 1938-1961
Mixed Materials Box: 10
SABC [Southern Appalachian Botanical Club]
ca. 1938-1961
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Clippings, Phil Epsilon Phi, wildflowers of West Virginia
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