Box 1
Contains 50 Results:
Marshall University Commencement Address, 1990 January 2–1990 June 8
Correspondence from Marshall University regarding AB's commencement address and honorary doctorate; notes of congratulations. Guest list. Photographs of AB delivering address and with others including Soupy Sales. Letter to editor regarding racism of highlighting photograph of Soupy Sales wiping a tear during AB's speech; newspaper clippings. Commencement program. AB's speech.
Marshall University Honorary Doctorate, 1990 May 12
Honorary Doctorate
Ancella and Nelson Bickley Certificates, 1969 August 1–1976 May
Army Commendation Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster). AB's Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Hampton Institute, initiation certificate, May 1976
School Records, 1937–1950
Attendance, reading, scholarships, and other certificates from elementary through college
Nelson Bickley: Army Records; ROTC at WVU, 1949–1969 June 3
Correspondence with James Harlow, WVU President, regarding tenure at WVU, 1969 and 1972. Army records for Nelson Bickley. Various Army regulations, blank forms, and information flyers. Correspondence and forms from the Veterans Administration. Medical records, 1956-1966
Newspaper Clippings, 1999–2013
Charleston Gazette/Gazette-Mail newspaper clippings about AB and NB, 1999-2003
Nelson Bickley Speech, 2001 March 2
Text of NB's speech "CMA's Link to the Late Carter G. Woodson, the 'Father of Negro History'" at the Chicago Military Academy, program, and certificate of appreciation.
Nelson Bickley Speech, Undated
Text of speech given by NB at East Bank High School to Junior ROTC, regarding the benefits of military service.
Nelson Bickley Commendations, 1949–1952
Military and scholarship commendations, program from WVSC Commencement, 1948.
Nelson Bickley: Army Records, 1949–1972
Military records for Nelson Bickley including his assignment as an Army ROTC instructor at WVU and difficulty of finding Negro housing. Admission to WVU College of Human Resources and Education.