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Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers, 1843-1971 A&M 2208

Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers, 1843-1971 A&M 2208


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2208
Title
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers 1843-1971
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/209105
Quantity
39 Linear Feet, 39 ft. (93 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 index card box, 3 in.)
Creator
Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
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
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the University Senate and committees on which he served; a scrapbook covering Monongalia County and other subjects (1850-1897); and papers relating to West Virginia University. Included is a manuscript history of West Virginia University which Summers worked on during his retirement and which William T. Doherty, Jr. finished and published in 1982 as WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY: SYMBOL OF UNITY IN A SECTIONALIZED STATE. There is also desk plaque given to Summers when he served on the West Virginia Centennial Commission; the plaque is fashioned of wood from the first capitol in Wheeling.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers, A&M 2208, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Related Material

2079, 2208, 3946

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
  • Civil War - West Virginia.
  • Doherty, William T.
  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • Page family - Genealogy
  • Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • Summers family - Genealogy
  • Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
  • West Virginia - Civil War.
  • West Virginia -- History
  • West Virginia Historical Society
  • West Virginia University
  • West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee.
  • West Virginia University. Faculty Senate
  • West Virginia University. Committee on New Buildings
  • West Virginia University. Department of History
  • West Virginia University. Department of History
  • West Virginia University. Graduate Council
  • West Virginia University. University Senate
  • Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
  • Doherty, William T.
  • Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
  • Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Monongalia County (W. Va.)
  • West Virginia -- History
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