Publications and Writings, ca. 1970-1985

Earl L. Core published scholarly articles, newspaper columns, and books about Monongalia County history and its environs as well as definitive works on the botany of West Virginia. Dr. Core published a newspaper column titled “The Monongalia Story” in the Dominion Post which presumably provided background research for a book by the same title. This series includes some of the original published articles as newspaper clippings (1976-1985, but most with no dates; box 19, folder 5) as well as typed and handwritten drafts (Box 15, ca. 1977-1979). Box 15 also includes Guide to the North American International Excursion from the International Society for Vegetation Science for which Dr. Core wrote Chapter 8. Box 19 includes a newspaper clipping of a book review of History of Harrison County; and handwritten text, possibly lecture notes, which discusses evolution, creation, and religion.

See the Correspondence Series for letters requesting copies and discussing Dr. Core’s botany books. See the Graphic Materials series for sketches, photographs, and maps included in The Monongalia Story.