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Box 32-A

 Container

Contains 8 Results:

Wheeling (WV) and the Humanities- Voices of lasting Metal, 1982

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 595
Scope and Contents

Gives a brief history of Wheeling, WV, discusses its locational importance, examines the contributions of native literary figures, and notable contributions in the worlds of art, architecture and music.

Dates: 1982

Images of Country Women… A Patchwork Quilt, 1975

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 596
Scope and Contents

Shows the activities and attitudes of women towards their roles in rural society through a look at the daily lives of four women in different rural situations.

Dates: 1975

Second Hundred, 1962

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 598
Scope and Contents

Describes the physical and cultural growth of West Virginia University during the first one hundred years, with a look toward continued growth during the 'second hundred.'

Dates: 1962

How to Make Sorghum Molasses, 1971

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 599
Scope and Contents

Documents in step-by-step fashion, the preparation of molasses by two brothers and their Gilmer County, WV, neighbors. Portrays the men and their environment, as well as the syrup manufacturing process.

Dates: 1971

Whitesburg Epic, 1971

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 600
Scope and Contents

A series of interviews with people on the streets of white
sburg, Kentucky (Letcher County). Their feeling on the war in Vietnam, college unrest, the draft, young people, and recreation are presented against a background of music by a local mountain group.

Dates: 1971

Millstone Sewing Center, 1972

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 601
Scope and Contents

Founder-director, Mimi Pickering and the seamstresses tell the story of the center where they repair used clothing and make new garments for the needy families of Letcher County, Kentucky. The sewing center is an OEO project.

Dates: 1972

Woodrow Cornett: Letcher County Butcher, 1971

 Item — Box: 32-A, Reel: 602
Scope and Contents

A documentary on the art of hog killing performed by Woodrow Cornett with Ashland Fouts proving mountain music as background and Frank Majority giving narration when necessary.

Dates: 1971