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Papers Inventory by Daughters [?], Undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Handwritten inventory of boxes with Post-it-Note "Found AFTER boxing - This drawer-files are out of order so I don't know if it will be helpful. (Plus, my sister has horrible handwriting."

Dates: Undated

Research Materials on Many Topics, 1850–2011

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents Post card from Mabel Hunter with Storer College Brackett Hall dorm room circled (1946). Photo of statue of Carter G. Woodson. 1850 mortality statistics for western section of Virginia. Bulletin of the West Virginia State Teachers' Association, 1940. Program for the Mountain State Bar Association, Inc. Annual Awards Banquet, June 18, 1988. Partial transcript of "Interview with Doris Miller, Huntington, WV" regarding house purported to be on the...
Dates: 1850–2011

Gallipolis, Ohio, 1990

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
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Correspondence and research notes regarding the black history of Gallipolis, Ohio. Love story by Harry Dolphis Scott, Bidwell, Ohio. Typed lists from Carter G. Woodson's Free Negro Head of Families (1830), Town of Gallipolis.

Dates: 1990

Marshall University Graduates of Distinction, 1981–2002

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
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Newspaper clippings from the Herald-Dispatch, 1981. Brochure: "Graduates of Distinction: Michael Perry, Ancella Bickley" from the Education Alliance, 2002

Dates: 1981–2002

Blues Music, 1961–1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
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Various articles regarding blues music. Multiple facsimiles of "Bessie Smith, 1898-1937, A Short Blues Anthology," 1971; one with annotations.

Dates: 1961–1971

Jocko, Calendars, 1971–1985

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
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Various articles including the legend of Jocko, subject of a lawn ornament, and a 1971 black history calendar by Raymond W. Lowry which highlights achievements.

Dates: 1971–1985

Black Politicians, 2003–2011

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
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Newspaper clippings. Partial notes [speech] J. McHenry Jones including John R. Clifford, Christopher Payne, and black legislators. Pages from a 1913 Congressional hearing on "Conditions in the Paint Creek District, West Virginia" with conditional pardon of Dan Chain highlighted. Memo, 1/18/03, from Alfonzo Dalton regarding interview with Ben Carson who was a Republican candidate for the US President in 2016.

Dates: 2003–2011

J. McHenry Jones, 1989–2012

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents Letter to researcher Sean Duff, November 19, 2012, and attached information regarding J. McHenry Jones and Wheeling. Letter to researcher L. Morris Jones, May 3, 1989. Newspaper clipping of article about Hearts of Gold which was written by J. McHenry Jones (JMJ). Various versions of "James McHenry Jones: a Monologue" by Ancella R. Bickley. Full and partial "J. McHenry Jones, 1859-1909." Text of newspaper article about JMJ's opposition to...
Dates: 1989–2012

Huntington Newspaper Articles, 1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Scope and Contents

"References and Briefs to Miscellaneous Newspaper Articles, [June 15, 1872-October 21, 1898, and June 4, 1922-May 20, 1928]" compiled by Nelson Barnett, Jr., 1988, from Huntington newspapers.

Dates: 1988

Huntington Newspaper Articles, 1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
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"Black Veterans of World War I from Cabell County, W.Va., 1918." "Past Imperfect, 1902: Articles of Interest, [Nov. 13, 1901-Dec. 31, 1901]" compiled by Nelson Barnett, Jr. from Huntington newspapers.

Dates: 1988