| LC control no. | n 79059828 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | West Virginia University |
| Variant(s) | W.V.U. West Virginia. West Virginia University WVU |
| See also | Predecessor: Agricultural College of West Virginia |
| Other standard no. | Q115376 129811317 0000000121566140 |
| Beginning date | 1868 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Morgantown (W. Va.) |
| Field of activity | Education, Higher |
| Special note | Old catalog heading: West Virginia. University. |
| Found in | Alumni magazine (Morgantown, W.Va.). Alumni magazine, winter/spring 1982: p. 1 (West Virginia University; WVU) NUCMC files (In 1866 the trustees of Monongalia Academy offered to give the state of West Virginia all its property on condition that the proposed state college be located at or near Morgantown. In 1867 the state legislature accepted and est. the Agricultural College of West Virginia. Name changed in 1868 to West Virginia University) Furniss, W.T. Amer. univ. & coll. 1973 (Chartered as Monongalia Academy in 1814; est. as Agricultural College of West Virginia in 1867; inc. and adopted name West Virginia University in 1868) Information from 678 converted Dec. 8, 2014 (Est. 1867) |
| Associated language | eng |
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