Cuthbert, John A.

Overview

Twenty-four tintypes and six paper photographic prints featuring formal portraits of mostly African Americans. Includes two tintypes and three prints of Caucasian women. All subjects are unidentified except for Mrs. Null and her daughter Hilda on a print dated October 1953. On evidence of the clothing, the tintypes appear to date from the 1880s. This collection was found in Jefferson County, West Virginia.

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Fifty pieces (including lids and pairs) of Asian-inspired design, frosted glassware (clear, pink, green) designed by West Virginia artist Virginia B. Evans (1894-1983) and produced by Imperial Glass Corporation of Bellaire, Ohio. Includes well-known dragon and butterfly motifs in ashtrays, bookends, vases, and other pieces.

In the contents list, "pc" refers to pieces, for single items that have multiple component pieces; "items" refers to multiple copies of the same item.

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Klu Klux Klan propaganda material distributed in March 2019, and related clippings of news reporting and opinion pieces regarding this event.

Overview Research papers and sound recordings compiled by Louis Watson Chappell, an English Professor and folklorist at West Virginia University who collected, documented, and preserved West Virginia's folk music and folk traditions. He was born in Belvidere, North Carolina and educated in English Language and Literature at Wake Forest University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.A.). Receiving a faculty appointment at West Virginia University in 1922, Chappell embarked upon a career...

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Paper print-out from a website regarding Patty Willis (1879-1953), a West Virginia pictorial artist from Jefferson County; includes biography and examples of her work.

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Original copy of West Virginia Senate Resolution # 17, adopted February 7, 1992, honoring West Virginia University on its 125th anniversary. The document is signed by all 34 state senators. Included is a memorandum entrusting the document to the West Virginia Collection which came to it via Edwin F. Flowers of WVU Office of Institutional Advancement.

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Special edition newspaper and badge with attached ribbon issued on occasion of the 85th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage. These were handed out at a special event held at Elizabeth Moore Hall on the campus of West Virginia University in 2005. The newspaper contains articles regarding the history of the Woman Suffrage movement; the badge features text stating "Celebrate Victory, Betty Ireland: WV Secretary of State".

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Prints and magazine illustrations by West Virginia artists Ray Harm (5 small items, 21 framed items; 1968-1975), Charley Harper (11 small items, 23 framed items; undated), Don Whitlach (2 framed items), and Thomas J. Allen (2 framed items). A flat storage box (20 in. x 24 in.) contains 6 Charley Harper prints and 2 biographical prospectuses on Ray Harm; a portfolio (26 in. x 32 in.) contains 1 oversize Charley Harper print ("Crow in the Snow") and 1 oversize Ray Harm print.