Papers of Alvena Seckar, including manuscript copies, an outline, and suggestions for revision of "Mischko", a young adult novel written and illustrated by Seckar. Also includes two items of correspondence.
Final manuscripts, drafts, and revisions of young adult novels written and illustrated by Alvena Seckar, including "Zuska of the Burning Hills" and "Trapped in the Old Mine".
Papers of artist and author Alvena Seckar, who spent much of her early life in West Virginia. Includes writings by Seckar, including both autobiographical and fictional writings; photographs, mainly of Seckar, her family, and her artwork; family documents; correspondence; scrapbooks; and other material. Please be aware that parts of the collection have been minimally processed and therefore remain in their original physical and intellectual arrangement.
Cabinet card portraits taken by A.M. Slusher of Bluefield, West Virginia. Portrait subjects include Vernie, Arthur Price, B., and J.E. Morton, all children. Also included is a portrait of Nancy Beaver.
Cased ambrotype image of William Gay Brown, Sr. and Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth, prominent political leaders in the formation and early government of West Virginia. The opposite side of the image has a political advertisement stating, "People's Ticket; For Congress, Wm. G. Brown. Senate, Dan. D. T. Farnsworth." The ambrotype is 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. with ornate, somewhat corroded, copper-toned preserver and mat. The case is 3 1/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. with embossed paper over wood.
One ambrotype in case (2 1/2 in. x 3 in.) of portrait of Mrs. Josephine Neal Robb ("Cousin Jodie"). She was the daughter of Daniel R. Neal.
Records documenting the Morgantown Branch of the American Association of University Women. This collection is minimally processed. Includes "yearbooks," minutes, newsletters, programs, and other material. There is a scrapbook dating from 1980-1981 that includes clippings and photographs.