Series 17. Oversize -- General

This subseries includes paintings, sketches, prints, photographs, educational posters, architectural drawings, vinyl records, typescripts, transparencies, clippings, manuscripts, and printed material, among other formats. Topics include Pearl Buck's birthplace, West Virginia, the Civil War, Jim Comstock's work, and other topics. More manuscripts are in the Manuscripts subseries, box 118.

Box 110 and box 111, folders 1-2 contain artwork depicting Pearl Buck's birthplace in Hillsboro, West Virginia, including paintings, sketches, a chalk drawing, and a plan for a sign (1965-1966, undated).

Box 111, folders 3-4 and unfoldered items include two West Virginia-related prints and an unidentified photo (undated); one framed and six unframed prints depicting mining machinery, possibly of Joy Manufacturing Company (undated); an unframed painting of a coal miner (undated); twelve mounted photographs and sketches (most unidentified, undated); and four rolled photographs (1918-1955?).

Box 112 includes educational posters regarding the Civil War and West Virginia history (undated). The posters include text, images, and photographs. Also includes mounted photographs, most with accompanying text, that have been added to West Virginia History On View. An additional eight posters regarding maps made by or related to North American Indians, likely assembled by Delf Norona, are also included (ca. 1950). For additional maps related to North American Indians/Native Americans, see also Series 14, Maps, box 98, item number 349.

Box 113 includes various West Virginia-related prints, including one of Mount Chantal near Wheeling (undated); prints of Civil War scenes sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corporal of Color 47th Regiment of Ohio Volunteers (undated); a copy print of the camps of the 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 8th Army Corps. near Romney (undated); prints made from Civil War engravings (1960); W.R. Leigh bullfighting prints (1950); copies of architectural plans for alterations of Wheeling's Custom House and Post Office (undated); and other items.

Box 114 contains limited edition black and white prints from a series entitled "Covered Bridges of West Virginia" by Marj Teague (1977) and three copies of a vinyl record album titled "The Legend of Clark Kessinger" (ca. 1965).

Box 115 includes paintings by John Wellington (undated); oversize photos (undated); an unidentified floor plan (undated); and architectural drawings or blueprints for five properties that were part of the Historic American Buildings Survey (undated). These properties are "The Old Stone Church" Presbyterian, Lewisburg, WV; Harewood and the ruins of St. George's Chapel, both near Charles Town, Jefferson County, WV; Traveler's Rest, near Leetown, Jefferson County, WV; and the Lee Barn in Leetown, WV.

Box 116 includes radio scripts (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67); calendars (1984-1991); Hillbilly transparencies (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 54); various printed images and magazine clippings (1860-1921, undated); "Our Wacky Weekly" and newspaper article typescripts, probably written by Comstock (undated; see also Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 48, folder 1); and music-related magazines and pamphlets (1959-1966, undated).

Box 117 includes Berkeley County documents from the Barnet Cushwa Papers (see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 1, folders 1-5). These include lists of orders, taxes, fees, etc.; sheriff's office accounts; and land holdings (all 1854-1858). Box 117 also includes television scripts (undated); an envelope and survey plat from the Wells Family Papers (1856, undated; see also Series 1, Historical Documents, box 2a, folder 24); Civil War-related prints (1861-1868, 1955); newspaper clippings (1861, 1927-1944, undated; some from Series 6, Comstock Correspondence, box 67, folders 4 and 7); miscellaneous printed material (1817-1863, undated; includes facsimiles); and facsimile broadsides, legal documents, and clippings regarding West Virginia statehood (1861-1863).