West Virginia University Libraries

The original campus library was located in Stewart Hall, a Romanesque style building that could not accommodate the growing student population.

Located in the front of the original library, this addition encompassed 124,000 square feet (11,500 m2) with five new levels added (four above ground).

The Libraries hired a Wikipedian in residence in 2015 to focus on the gender gap on Wikipedia and to increase the number of articles on women from West Virginia.

The collection includes over 4.5 million manuscript documents, 30,000 books, 15,000 pamphlets, 1,200 newspapers, 100,000 photographs and prints, 5,000 maps, and 25,000 microfilms, oral histories, films and folk music recordings.

Subjects include cultural stories of coal miners, music, pollution, crafts, traditions, wildlife, religion, and social conditions.

McNeill is beloved for her depiction of West Virginia's life and lore in Paradox Hill, the historical Gauley Mountain and Elderberry Flood, and the autobiographical Milkweed Ladies.