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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

Scope and Contents

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• West Virginia University. Department of Biology