The largest historical archives/library relating to West Virginia, the West Virginia and Regional History Collection and Special Collections (or, the WVRHC) is located in the Charles C. Wise, Jr. Library on the WVU Downtown Campus.
You can access the Collection from the 6th floor of the Downtown Campus Library. Please see map below for directions.
Primary sources can be
- accounts by an eyewitness or the first recorder of an event
- data obtained through original research
- creative works such as poetry, music, or art
- artifacts such as pottery, furniture, and buildings.
Secondary sources are works that
- analyze
- evaluate
- interpret
- criticize