Scope and Contents
Copy of photo and negative of lynching. Photos of black children. Note from Maurice Allman, Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants. Transcripts of Weston Democrat articles re: 1892 lynching of Edgar Jones. Transcripts re: 1910 lynching. Research notes on these incidents. Application for the Weston Colored School to be placed on the National Register of Historical Places. Research notes re: Weston State Hospital. Correspondence re: dedication of the Central West Virginia Genealogical and Historical Library, formerly the Weston Colored School. Handwritten transcription of interview with Rahleen Gardner who attended the School. Transcript of conversation with Mrs. Joy Gilchrist, 1992.
Dates
- Creation: 1892–1992
Repository Details
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository
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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
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