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Hardy, John.

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Louis Watson Chappell (1890-1981), Folklorist, Research Papers, Sound Recordings, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2480
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...
Dates: 1815-1980

Matheny-Stutler Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 2156
Overview Correspondence between H. E. Matheny and Boyd B. Stutler who were antiquarian collectors of West Virginia and authors on the local history of the state. The correspondence is primarily about West Virginia imprints and historical literature. There is much discussion of the following topics as they pertain to West Virginia: colloquial language, frontier and pioneers, post offices and postal service, crimes and criminals, the Civil War, early oil industry, and printers, printing and newspapers....
Dates: 1945-1969

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Academies (Private schools) 1
Belvidere (N.C.) 1
Colloquialisms. 1
Crime and criminals. 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1