West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Buffalo Soldiers Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2704
Overview
A scrapbook containing photographs and news clippings documenting activities of the Buffalo Soldiers, Inc., a community action organization of young black men in Monongalia County. Their activities include multi-cultural presentations at local schools, recreation programs for local black children, black heritage programs and festivals, presentations on African history and culture in cooperation with African students from West Virginia University, and cooperative activities with NAACP....
Dates:
1976-1977
General Education Board Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3193
Overview
Correspondence, reports, statistics, maps, photographs and pamphlets related to the efforts in West Virginia of the early southern program of the General Education Board (GEB). The GEB, founded by John D. Rockefeller, is one of the most significant philanthropic efforts in the history of U.S. education particularly noted for its aid to African-American schools, teachers and students. In West Virginia it aided the African-American colleges of West Virginia State, a public institution and...
Dates:
1901-1967
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
William O. Armstrong Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2176
Scope and Contents
Letters, speeches, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia of Dr. William O. Armstrong, principal of Dunbar School, Fairmont, and the first Black student to attend the graduate school at West Virginia University. Includes correspondence, articles, speech scripts, and other material regarding Armstrong's involvement with the Marion County Public Library, Marion County Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and other organizations. Also includes...
Dates:
1918-1919, 1936-1971
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- Subject: African Americans X
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 3
- Africa 1
- African Americans 1
- African Americans -- Appalachian Region 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Community action groups - Monongalia County, WV. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County, WV - Community action groups. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Schools 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1 + ∧ less
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