The Monongalia Historical Society publishes individual historical papers on a variety of topics and also annual Proceedings and Papers. Prices include shipping and mailing costs. Not-mailed prices in parentheses.
Publications - Mailing Included
$7.00 ($5.00)
An Atlas of Monongalia County, 1886
From Surveys by J.M. Lathrop, H.C. Penny and W.R. Proctor
$7.00 ($5.00)
The Clinton Furnace, George Hardman and the End of the Iron Age. 1993, by Margaret Little (23 pp)
$7.00 ($5.00)
Camp Rhododendron – Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at Cooper’s Rock State Forest (1936-42),
1996, by Kenneth L. Carvell (21 pp)
$6.50 ($5.00)
Easton: The Rise and Fall of A Community, 1999, by Danielle Hogan (19 pp)
$7.00 ($5.00)
Morgantown Trolley Systems. 1994, by J. Costello and K.L.Carvell (40 pp)
$10.00 ($8.00)
Easton Roller Mill, Morgantown, W.Va. 1994, by Norma Jean Venable (40 pp)
$12.50 ($10.00)
Notes on Historic Downtown Morgantown. 2001, by Morgantown Historic Landmark Commission with
Photos by Ron Rittenhouse (96 pp)
$12.50 ($10.00)
Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. 1985, by Dr. Barbara Howe, et.al. (79 pp)
$16.00 (Out of Print)
The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works. 1940, by James R. Moreland
$7.00 ($5.00)
Index to Samuel T. Wiley’s History of Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1883.
Compiled by Norman B. Shivley, 1976
$8.00 ($6.00) (Out of Print)
Bicentennial of Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1972.
Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark, Editors, 1980
$25.00 ($20.00)
Gray Days in Morgantown; The Story of the Great Confederate Civil War Raid of April 27 and 28, 1863,
Morgantown, Virginia (West Virginia), 2013 by Clyde Cale, Jr. (111 pp)
$25.00 ($20.00)
Morgantown West Virginia in the Past. 2009 by Charles Chico (hardbound, 212 pp)
$25.00 ($20.00)
Voice of the Mon; The Newsletter of the Monongahela River Buffs Association, with Digital Archive. 2018 by J. K. Folmar I, (185 pp).
An Atlas of Monongalia County, 1886
From Surveys by J.M. Lathrop, H.C. Penny and W.R. Proctor
$7.00 ($5.00)
The Clinton Furnace, George Hardman and the End of the Iron Age. 1993, by Margaret Little (23 pp)
$7.00 ($5.00)
Camp Rhododendron – Civilian Conservation Corps Camp at Cooper’s Rock State Forest (1936-42),
1996, by Kenneth L. Carvell (21 pp)
$6.50 ($5.00)
Easton: The Rise and Fall of A Community, 1999, by Danielle Hogan (19 pp)
$7.00 ($5.00)
Morgantown Trolley Systems. 1994, by J. Costello and K.L.Carvell (40 pp)
$10.00 ($8.00)
Easton Roller Mill, Morgantown, W.Va. 1994, by Norma Jean Venable (40 pp)
$12.50 ($10.00)
Notes on Historic Downtown Morgantown. 2001, by Morgantown Historic Landmark Commission with
Photos by Ron Rittenhouse (96 pp)
$12.50 ($10.00)
Morgantown: A Bicentennial History. 1985, by Dr. Barbara Howe, et.al. (79 pp)
$16.00 (Out of Print)
The Early Cheat Mountain Iron Works. 1940, by James R. Moreland
$7.00 ($5.00)
Index to Samuel T. Wiley’s History of Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1883.
Compiled by Norman B. Shivley, 1976
$8.00 ($6.00) (Out of Print)
Bicentennial of Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1972.
Earl L. Core and Mildred S. Clark, Editors, 1980
$25.00 ($20.00)
Gray Days in Morgantown; The Story of the Great Confederate Civil War Raid of April 27 and 28, 1863,
Morgantown, Virginia (West Virginia), 2013 by Clyde Cale, Jr. (111 pp)
$25.00 ($20.00)
Morgantown West Virginia in the Past. 2009 by Charles Chico (hardbound, 212 pp)
$25.00 ($20.00)
Voice of the Mon; The Newsletter of the Monongahela River Buffs Association, with Digital Archive. 2018 by J. K. Folmar I, (185 pp).
Proceedings and Papers
Issue Number and List of Articles
(Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $7.00; Not Mailed $5.00)
(Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $7.00; Not Mailed $5.00)
No. 1 – 2002
Moonshine: Whiskey Ways of the Mountaineer
Collecting 19th Century Images
Morgantown and the Great Raid
Mail and the Movement of Mail in West Virginia before Statehood
A History of Summers School (1866-1922)
No. 2 – 2003
One Man’s Mail: A Look at the 19th Century Correspondence of Henry A. Middleton
The Search for Cobun’s Fort, Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Origin of Place Names of Towns and Cities in Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Strength of My Black Family and the Roles We Have Had in Our Community
No. 3 – 2004
The Morgantown Trolley System: In Service to A Community
The Hand-Blown Window Glass Industry of the Upper Monongahela Valley, 1890-1920
A Lonely Cemetery: Rowlesburg’s Irish Cemetery and the B & O Railroad
Lewis Street’s Meeks Family Mine
No. 4 – 2005
Morgantown Historic Landmarks Commission
Events Leading to Establishing the Division of Forestry at West Virginia University
Wana (Hagans) (Harker) (Eakins) School, Battelle District, Monongalia County
The Chinking of Monongalia’s Past: An Interpretation of Camp Muffly’s Grant and Little Log Cabins
No. 5 – 2006
The Maintenance of Morals: War, Industrialization and Changes in Female Crime and Justice
Beneath the Depths-The Story of Shaw, WV and Jennings Randolph Lake
Chapel Chimes on the Creek: Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church Harbors Community History
Road Building Challenges in Monongalia County, Virginia – 1785-1816
No. 6 – 2008
An Early History of the Easton School
Oak Park, Popular Facility on the M & K Railroad
The Worthington Mill and Dam
No. 7 – 2009
The West Virginia University’s Division of Forestry
Progress Toward Accreditation and Expanded Programs
Sugar Grove School – Grant District
Cascade, West Virginia
The Dellslow Community School
No. 8 – 2010
The Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
"No More Wiggle-Tail Water:" Bringing Water to Morgantown
No. 9 - 2011
The Hartigan Hospital - The First Hospital in Morgantown
Why Was Our Cheat River So Named?
Seldom-Seen Photos of Old Morgantown
No. 10 - 2012
The Kincaid & Arnett Feed and Flour Warehouse
Virgil Arlington Brown
The Second National Bank of Morgantown
The Thomas Wrightman Glass Company of Sabraton, WV
Early Seldom Seen Old Photos of Morgantown
No. 11 - 2013
Monongalia County Ferries
The Gentile Glass Company
No. 12 - 2014
The Seneca Glass Company
The Guseman Hagedorn Mill
Home Economics as a Career for West Virginia Women in Extension before World War II
No. 13 - 2015
A Good and Substantial Brick Building
From Hand to Hand
Interested in Learning More About These Topics?
No. 14 - 2016
The Morgantown Brick Company
Indian Park: A Small Park with a Big History
No. 15 - 2017
Falling Run: Connecting Campus and Community
Saint Francis de Sales Parish: A History of a Community of Faith
Continuity on a Changing Landscape: Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Beechurst Avenue
No. 16 - 2018
Historic Oak Grove Cemetery and Its Inhabitants
The Monongahela River: A Brief History
No. 17 - 2019
In the Throes of a Virulent Epidemic: The 1918 Spanish Influenza in Morgantown
Living and Learning on Listravia: A History of Sabraton and Its School, 1909-2019
Elmer W. Prince and the Morgantown Airport: Envisioning and Engineering A Better Future
Mount Tabor 1778-2018: Fort, Church, Cemetery, and Community
No. 18 - 2020 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $9.00; Not Mailed $7.00)
"They Know Their Business Well": The Pietro Brothers of Morgantown, West Virginia
If the Trees Could Speak: A Cultural Landscape History of the Core Arboretum
West Virginia University's Reaction to the Age of McCarthyism During the Stewart Administration, 1947-1956
"The Work of Cranks": How Media Representations of West Virginia Integration Swept Its Racial Tensions Under the Rug
Morgantown's Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) System
Morgantown's Secret War: The Morgantown Ordnance Works During WWII
Connecting Community: The Life of Sister Thecla Shiel
No. 19 - 2021 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
The Songs and Stories of Scotts Run
Star City History Plaques add to Edith Barill Riverfront Park Revitalization
“One of the Kind of Towns You’ll Like—That’s Sturgiss City”:
Industrial Paternalism and the Early Development of Sabraton, 1902 to 1940
Ghosts of Industry: Ghost Towns of Cheat Mountain Iron Works
Leadership in Crisis: Morgantown's Neighborhoods Reclaim Their Quality of Life
No. 20. - 2022 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
The Great Depression: The Effects of Relief Programs in Monongalia County, West Virginia, By Logan Polen*
A Palatial Home in South Park: 106 Wilson Avenue, By Madison McCormick*
Gender Discrimination at Seneca Glass, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1960-1983 , By Emily Walter*
Morgantown and the Imboden-Jones Raid: Northwestern Virginia’s Importance in Civil War Military and Political Battles, By Matthew Miller
"What’s all the fuss about?” NOW and the ERA in Morgantown, West Virginia, By Claire Tryon*
(*Indicates Carvell Award winner.)
No. 21 - 2023 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
Everett Crittenden Smith and Clara Hough: The Recreational and Religious Lives of Students
and Young People in Morgantown, West Virginia, 1874-1877 by Madison McCormick*
Growing Up and Becoming Normal: Living with Cerebral Palsy in West Virginia by Michael J. Sharley
The Growth of a Town: An Examination of the Unequal Economic Development in the Different Communities of Morgantown by David Solomon*
Woodstock Nation: Scott Bills and the Morgantown Six by Emily Bublitz*
The Ingleside Book Club of Morgantown: A Pictorial History (1923–2023) by Beth Reseter
* These authors were selected to receive Kenneth Carvell Student Paper Awards of the Monongalia Historical Society for 2023. The awards recognize the service that Dr. Carvell provided to the Society for many years editing the annual Proceedings and Papers and participating in many other Society activities.
Moonshine: Whiskey Ways of the Mountaineer
Collecting 19th Century Images
Morgantown and the Great Raid
Mail and the Movement of Mail in West Virginia before Statehood
A History of Summers School (1866-1922)
No. 2 – 2003
One Man’s Mail: A Look at the 19th Century Correspondence of Henry A. Middleton
The Search for Cobun’s Fort, Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Origin of Place Names of Towns and Cities in Monongalia County, West Virginia
The Strength of My Black Family and the Roles We Have Had in Our Community
No. 3 – 2004
The Morgantown Trolley System: In Service to A Community
The Hand-Blown Window Glass Industry of the Upper Monongahela Valley, 1890-1920
A Lonely Cemetery: Rowlesburg’s Irish Cemetery and the B & O Railroad
Lewis Street’s Meeks Family Mine
No. 4 – 2005
Morgantown Historic Landmarks Commission
Events Leading to Establishing the Division of Forestry at West Virginia University
Wana (Hagans) (Harker) (Eakins) School, Battelle District, Monongalia County
The Chinking of Monongalia’s Past: An Interpretation of Camp Muffly’s Grant and Little Log Cabins
No. 5 – 2006
The Maintenance of Morals: War, Industrialization and Changes in Female Crime and Justice
Beneath the Depths-The Story of Shaw, WV and Jennings Randolph Lake
Chapel Chimes on the Creek: Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church Harbors Community History
Road Building Challenges in Monongalia County, Virginia – 1785-1816
No. 6 – 2008
An Early History of the Easton School
Oak Park, Popular Facility on the M & K Railroad
The Worthington Mill and Dam
No. 7 – 2009
The West Virginia University’s Division of Forestry
Progress Toward Accreditation and Expanded Programs
Sugar Grove School – Grant District
Cascade, West Virginia
The Dellslow Community School
No. 8 – 2010
The Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad
"No More Wiggle-Tail Water:" Bringing Water to Morgantown
No. 9 - 2011
The Hartigan Hospital - The First Hospital in Morgantown
Why Was Our Cheat River So Named?
Seldom-Seen Photos of Old Morgantown
No. 10 - 2012
The Kincaid & Arnett Feed and Flour Warehouse
Virgil Arlington Brown
The Second National Bank of Morgantown
The Thomas Wrightman Glass Company of Sabraton, WV
Early Seldom Seen Old Photos of Morgantown
No. 11 - 2013
Monongalia County Ferries
The Gentile Glass Company
No. 12 - 2014
The Seneca Glass Company
The Guseman Hagedorn Mill
Home Economics as a Career for West Virginia Women in Extension before World War II
No. 13 - 2015
A Good and Substantial Brick Building
From Hand to Hand
Interested in Learning More About These Topics?
No. 14 - 2016
The Morgantown Brick Company
Indian Park: A Small Park with a Big History
No. 15 - 2017
Falling Run: Connecting Campus and Community
Saint Francis de Sales Parish: A History of a Community of Faith
Continuity on a Changing Landscape: Greater St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church on Beechurst Avenue
No. 16 - 2018
Historic Oak Grove Cemetery and Its Inhabitants
The Monongahela River: A Brief History
No. 17 - 2019
In the Throes of a Virulent Epidemic: The 1918 Spanish Influenza in Morgantown
Living and Learning on Listravia: A History of Sabraton and Its School, 1909-2019
Elmer W. Prince and the Morgantown Airport: Envisioning and Engineering A Better Future
Mount Tabor 1778-2018: Fort, Church, Cemetery, and Community
No. 18 - 2020 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $9.00; Not Mailed $7.00)
"They Know Their Business Well": The Pietro Brothers of Morgantown, West Virginia
If the Trees Could Speak: A Cultural Landscape History of the Core Arboretum
West Virginia University's Reaction to the Age of McCarthyism During the Stewart Administration, 1947-1956
"The Work of Cranks": How Media Representations of West Virginia Integration Swept Its Racial Tensions Under the Rug
Morgantown's Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) System
Morgantown's Secret War: The Morgantown Ordnance Works During WWII
Connecting Community: The Life of Sister Thecla Shiel
No. 19 - 2021 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
The Songs and Stories of Scotts Run
Star City History Plaques add to Edith Barill Riverfront Park Revitalization
“One of the Kind of Towns You’ll Like—That’s Sturgiss City”:
Industrial Paternalism and the Early Development of Sabraton, 1902 to 1940
Ghosts of Industry: Ghost Towns of Cheat Mountain Iron Works
Leadership in Crisis: Morgantown's Neighborhoods Reclaim Their Quality of Life
No. 20. - 2022 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
The Great Depression: The Effects of Relief Programs in Monongalia County, West Virginia, By Logan Polen*
A Palatial Home in South Park: 106 Wilson Avenue, By Madison McCormick*
Gender Discrimination at Seneca Glass, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1960-1983 , By Emily Walter*
Morgantown and the Imboden-Jones Raid: Northwestern Virginia’s Importance in Civil War Military and Political Battles, By Matthew Miller
"What’s all the fuss about?” NOW and the ERA in Morgantown, West Virginia, By Claire Tryon*
(*Indicates Carvell Award winner.)
No. 21 - 2023 (This Issue Only, Cost of each Mailed Proceedings - $12.00; Not Mailed $10.00)
Everett Crittenden Smith and Clara Hough: The Recreational and Religious Lives of Students
and Young People in Morgantown, West Virginia, 1874-1877 by Madison McCormick*
Growing Up and Becoming Normal: Living with Cerebral Palsy in West Virginia by Michael J. Sharley
The Growth of a Town: An Examination of the Unequal Economic Development in the Different Communities of Morgantown by David Solomon*
Woodstock Nation: Scott Bills and the Morgantown Six by Emily Bublitz*
The Ingleside Book Club of Morgantown: A Pictorial History (1923–2023) by Beth Reseter
* These authors were selected to receive Kenneth Carvell Student Paper Awards of the Monongalia Historical Society for 2023. The awards recognize the service that Dr. Carvell provided to the Society for many years editing the annual Proceedings and Papers and participating in many other Society activities.