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0803: Roy Hatton Collection, 1935-1966, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2013

0803: Roy Hatton Collection, 1935-1966, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of a 1935 diploma from Huntington High School, an appointment certificate as the Acting Postmaster dated 1965, and one appointment certificate as Postmaster for 1966, certified by President Lyndon B. Johnson.


0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2008

0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of one scrapbook entitled containing photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia collected by Elizabeth Francis (later Agee) during and after her time at Marshall. Materials in the scrapbook include an autograph and note section, dance cards, sorority correspondence and invitations, student government materials, a student directory, event programs, photographs of Francis at Marshall and, later, family photographs, a gradebook for an 8th grade course taught by Francis, and other mixed materials such as handkerchiefs and calling cards. Also included in the scrapbook are slips of paper identifying subjects or items written by Susan Riggs, Agee’s daughter.


0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2004

0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, clippings, and ephemera related to Marion Vest Fors' murals which were painted in the James E. Morrow Library as part of the centennial celebration of Marshall College. The murals were removed for remodeling circa 1966 and remounted in 2005. The scrapbook was created by Fors about her creation of the mural to justify its emergence from storage and reuse in the Morrow Library. Also included in the collection are paintbrushes used in the painting of the murals.


0733: Harry Clagg Papers, 1935-1963, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2004

0733: Harry Clagg Papers, 1935-1963, Marshall University Special Collections

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Scrapbooks and papers related to Clagg's years as a football player, coach and principal in Cabell Co., W. Va. schools: football programs, photographs, playbook, diagrams.


0699: Dorothea Hall Papers, 1924-1935, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2000

0699: Dorothea Hall Papers, 1924-1935, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists primarily of grade reports from Huntington, West Virginia junior high and high schools for Dorothea Hall. Subjects mentioned are typing, clothing, shorthand, English, and history, among others. Also included are letters of recommendation from teachers, a photograph of Hall, and a vaccination certificate from 1928.


0680: Marjorie Willett Collection, 1925-1958, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1998

0680: Marjorie Willett Collection, 1925-1958, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection is composed of Marjorie Willet’s acquisitions from estate sales. Items include a 1934 letter from Margaret Brill to Clara Bush Shanklin discussing personal matters, such as her job at West Side High School, and cultural events, as well as a minstrel show hosted by “The Gammas”. The O. J. Rife pocket ledger contains accounts paid and to be paid. Items in the assorted ephemera folder include a 1958 student newsletter from Huntington’s Gallaher School, an undated letter to Stevie from Joyce and Kirk about traveling on New Year’s Day and their new home, assorted greeting cards (some from …


0590: Maurice Harmon Papers, 1993-1994, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1994

0590: Maurice Harmon Papers, 1993-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection contains materials related to Maurice Harmon’s work during his time at Marshall University and slightly after. The bulk of the collection consists of works in progress by Harmon and others at Marshall. The works in progress included in this collection are “Sean O'Faolain”, Constable (London, England), 1994 and “Preserving the Word: Descriptive Catalogue of Maurice Harmon’s Library of Anglo-Irish Literature and Criticism” compiled by Barbara R. Brown and edited by Lisle G. Brown, John Deaver Drinko Academy for American Political Institutions and Civic Culture, 1996. These works consist of both proofs and files on floppy disks. Other materials …


0546: High School Bowl Questions, 1985-1991, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1992

0546: High School Bowl Questions, 1985-1991, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Questions used in the local Hi-Q, or High School Bowl, competition televised locally using area high schools as contestants Dr. Cusick was a coordinator.


0508: Leon Putz Papers, 1983-1986, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1990

0508: Leon Putz Papers, 1983-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Mason County, West Virginia, schoolteacher; writings include, "This is My Story," and "US."


0408: James Tull And Lela White Richardson Papers, 1919-1972, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1985

0408: James Tull And Lela White Richardson Papers, 1919-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Certificates and photographs of Marshall University sociology professor and wife. Several grade books; scrapbook of clippings and photo album. Oversized Items.


0326: Lorenza Edgar Shanholtzer Papers, 1895-1947, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1981

0326: Lorenza Edgar Shanholtzer Papers, 1895-1947, Marshall University Special Collections

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School teacher, Hampshire County, West Virginia. Primarily teachers' attendance records from several rural schools in Hampshire County, 1895-1930. Some correspondence, bank statements, ephemera, and printed material.


0304: Eunice Vaughan Collection, 1908-1968, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1980

0304: Eunice Vaughan Collection, 1908-1968, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of pamphlets, papers, and other materials related to Vaughn’s practice of teaching in West Virginia. This includes books, pamphlets, and schedules related to the West Virginia Teachers’ Institute, an 1864 primer, handwriting workbooks, and other ephemera. Other materials include a 1920 almanac, an 1897 Farm and Home newspaper, religious programs and pamphlets, two postcards from students, tour books from the Chicago and New York World’s Fair in 1933 and 1939 respectively, and Washington D.C.


0292: Howard E. Emmons Journal, 1918-1919, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1979

0292: Howard E. Emmons Journal, 1918-1919, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed “Cavalry Drill Regulations, United States Army” in 1911, and pilot’s log book. The log book was owned by Howard E. Emmons and contains approximately twenty pages of materials spanning from July to December of 1918, beginning in the U.S. School of Military Aeronautics at the Ohio State University and including flight activities at Carruthers Field in Fort Worth, Texas. The regulations book was owned by -Delos?- -C.?- Emmons. Also included in the collection is a 1919 letter from the Air Service Flying School certifying that Howard Emmons has 253 hours and 20 minutes of flying time …


0259: Dwayne J. Scarberry Papers, 1924-1979, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1979

0259: Dwayne J. Scarberry Papers, 1924-1979, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains duplicates of a term paper writtern by Scarberry for a course at Milton High School on the topic of The Prichard School a private orphanage in Cabell County, West Virginia. Also included are scans of pamphlets and photographs used in his research.


0263: Miller School Parent-Teacher Association Records, 1966-1967, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1979

0263: Miller School Parent-Teacher Association Records, 1966-1967, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

The collection consists of one scrapbook containing Parent Teacher Association (PTA) notes, newspaper clippings about PTA events, PTA reports and event information, and photographs of school personnel, PTA members, teachers and classes, and events for the 1966-1967 school year.


0044: George Wallace Letters To M. P. Shawkey, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1973

0044: George Wallace Letters To M. P. Shawkey, 1935, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, attorney and author. Letters to Morris Shawkey, president of Marshall College, concern the early history of the school.