Box 1

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Draft of book introduction; correspondence; photos and negatives for book: MTG and family, Gary WV, mining, Edward O'Toole, facsimiles of photos. Facsimiles of William Garrison's obituary, letter of condolence from Agatha S. Lowe. Program for MTG celebration at Marshall. Personal notes of congratulations on book. Photograph permissions. Facsimile of deed for MTG's grandfather's property, Hollins, VA.

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Program for "Mending an Era: a Slave Ship Speaks: the Wreck of the Henrietta Marie." Typed text, pages 6-7, of a speech (?) about slaves, Anderson Radford, Cassie Thomas Carter, and MTG's mother.

Scope and Contents Text of 2 speeches about Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple: "The Uses of Literature: 1984 & The Color Purple, Panel Discussion at the Tenth Anniversary Program of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities," September, 1984; and one at Richard Bland Community College, October 7, 1985. Research notes on The Color Purple. Research notes on Alice Walker's short stories "1955" and "In Love and...

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Correspondence, schedule, lecture series program with AB's lecture on the Underground Railroad. Typed notes from Guyandotte presentation 11/9/91, and the Guyandotte Civil War Days. Program for Guyandotte Civil War Days, October 12-November 4, 1992 with listing of AB lecture "Local Black Settlement." List of sources by Alan Gould, Marshall University. Invitation to present at the 1993 Civil War Days.

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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.

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Honorary Doctorate

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Army Commendation Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster). AB's Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, Hampton Institute, initiation certificate, May 1976

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Attendance, reading, scholarships, and other certificates from elementary through college

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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

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Charleston Gazette/Gazette-Mail newspaper clippings about AB and NB, 1999-2003