Nailing Down History: The La Belle Cut Nail Collection

Nailing Down History: The La Belle Cut Nail Collection at the Ohio County Public Library

Last year, Wheeling area residents witnessed the loss of one of the oldest and renowned businesses in the region as ...
The Reuther-Wheeling Labor History Archive

A Labor of Love: The Reuther-Wheeling Labor History Archive

“There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the ...
WVRHC: Staff Favorites, 2017

West Virginia Regional and History Center Staff Favorites

- Blog post compiled by Jessica Eichlin, Photographs Manager and Preservationist October is American Archives Month and West Virginia Archives ...

West Virginia Archives Month 2017

This October, throughout the month, the West Virginia Caucus of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) is celebrating the second ...
From Camp Lee to the Great War Podcast

From Camp Lee to the Great War: The Experiences of Two World War I Soldiers Told Through Their Letters Home to West Virginia

About a year ago, Margie Richey contacted Jon-Erik Gilot, the Archivist of the Diocese. She said she had some WWI ...

Wheeling vs. Charleston: West Virginia’s “Floating Capital/Capitol”

by Sean Duffy As any good West Virginian knows, our state was born of the Civil War, officially joining the ...

When Hollywood Came to West Virginia

A Premier Premiere Collection The night was finally here.  After months of anticipation and preparation, the streets of Wheeling were ...

Bethany College, The Upper Ohio Valley Collection

- submitted by Sharon Monigold, Reference, Instruction and Archives Librarian, Bethany College The T.W. Phillips Memorial Library at Bethany College ...

Marshall University Special Collections Welcomes Political Consultant’s Papers

by Tiffany Davis, University Communications Office, Marshall University Marshall University has acquired the papers of the late political consultant Matthew A ...