4-H Clubs - West Virginia.

Overview Nitrate negatives of photographs taken by Arch Ellis of Weston, West Virginia, mainly regarding 4-H Camps held at Jackson's Mill. The main subject of the photographs is campers at the various 4-H Camps (Boys, Girls, Farm Women's, and Volunteer) participating in camp activities. These activities include musical performances by campers; metalworking, weaving, hat making, and other arts and crafts activities; swimming, archery and other sports; and dancing, among other activities. Other...

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Papers of Ernest J. Nesius, former faculty and administrator of West Virginia University (WVU), documenting his professional activities involving agriculture and economics, his membership on a variety of committees, and his interest in 4-H and extension services.

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Manuals of instruction and procedure for work projects in agriculture, forestry, homemaking, carpentry, wild life conservation, recreation leadership, rural electrification, gardening, home beautification, poultry projects, and more. Inventory can be found in control folder.

Overview Book including songs and musical games, created for 4-H and Farm Women groups of West Virginia. Games include: "Grand March"; "Four in a Boat"; "Shoo Fly"; "Skating Away"; "Susan Brown"; "Green Coffee"; "Captain Jinks"; "Come My Love"; "I Want to be a Farmer"; "Turn the Glasses Over"; "Goin' Down to Cairo"; "Push the Business On"; "Alabama Gal"; "O Charley"; "Jim Along Josie"; "Goin' to Boston"; "Red River Valley"; "Good Night Ladies"; and "Pop Goes the Weasel". Songs include: "West Virginia...

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A typescript by Mr. L.S. Hartley entitled "Teepi: A Brief Account of Early Life and Ancestry of William H. Kendrick". The typescript gives short biographies of Kendrick and his wife Olive Garrison Kendrick as well as genealogical information on Kendrick's family.