WCHS Radio Station (Charleston, W. Va.)

Scope and Contents Digital copies of photographs, song books, booklets, and other memorabilia documenting country western, bluegrass, gospel, and folk musicians and radio stations in West Virginia and neighboring states. The files represent four volumes of "West Virginia Country Western Photographs" collated by Ivan M. Tribe (author of several books on country and bluegrass music in West Virginia), as well as "Doc Williams' Border Riders Family Album" and "W-M-M-N Family Album 1941." Photographs include...

Overview In February 1947, WCHS-TV out of Charleston, West Virginia, broadcast a series of radio programs about West Virginia University. Collection consists of several items related to these programs, including a transcript of the program introduction, an outline of issues discussed, a transcript of the program's conclusion, and a transcript of the response by the university's president, Irving Stewart. Stewart discusses the importance of the university for the future of the state, the need to...