To honor the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Senator Robert C. Byrd in 2017, the Robert C. Byrd Center for Congressional History & Education has designed a major traveling exhibit, “Robert C. Byrd: Senator, Statesman, West Virginian.” The exhibit features digital representations of more than 100 documents and photographs from the extensive Robert C. Byrd…
Jessica Bitely, Director of Preservation Services at the Northeast Document Conservation Center will discuss the importance and cultural value of preserving local history collections. Her presentation will touch on some of the basic preservation methods in the field. Then Bekah Karelis, Project Manager at Wheeling Heritage, will then discuss the LaBelle Collection. Wheeling National Heritage…
October is American Archives Month, and archives in the state of West Virginia are collaborating to highlight the rich history of our state and the work archivists do to preserve that history. To celebrate, the West Virginia and Regional History Center will be hosting an Archives Month Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Monday, October 24, from 1-4…
Kelsy Traeger, Curator for the Museums of Oglebay Institute will discuss the Ellen Dunable Postcard Collection. This large 40-binder collection includes postcards on a variety of Wheeling and Wheeling area subjects and is a valuable resource for researchers interested in our region. Erin Rothenbuehler and Sean Duffy, Archives Coordinators at the Ohio County Public Library,…
Meet us at the State Capitol in Charleston for History Day! Archiving West Virginia will have a table at the Twenty-first Annual West Virginia History Day,Thursday, March 9, 2017. The event will be held at the West Virginia State Capitol Complex during the 1st session of the 83rd West Virginia Legislature. West Virginia History Day is…
World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule team driver) in the 314th Field Artillery Supply Company, Battery “A,” 80th (Blue Ridge) Division…
Podcast #2 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app September 29, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
