Nash, John F., Jr., 1928-2015

Scope and Contents Fascimile of a high school trigonometry test taken by John F. Nash, Jr., sometime during his time at Beaver High School in Bluefield, West Virginia, circa 1942-1945. These four pages are high-resolution facsimiles of the original material, which include Nash’s work, as well as a note from his teacher, Mr. Durr [possibly Vernon Dunn?], encouraging him that “I think you will really go places,” but that his talent will be wasted if he is not more careful organizing his work. These were donated...

Scope and Contents The papers of William “Bill” Archer, newspaper journalist for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and historian, document Archer’s research and reporting of events in Southern West Virginia, predominantly Mercer and McDowell Counties. In addition to his reporting, Archer wrote a number of local history books as well as articles for publications other than the Bluefield paper. The largest part of the collection, six boxes of records and three of artifacts,...