Box 1

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Newspaper clippings from the Herald-Dispatch, 1981. Brochure: "Graduates of Distinction: Michael Perry, Ancella Bickley" from the Education Alliance, 2002

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Various articles regarding blues music. Multiple facsimiles of "Bessie Smith, 1898-1937, A Short Blues Anthology," 1971; one with annotations.

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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.

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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.

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...

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"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.

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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.

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"Past-Imperfect, 1901: Articles of Interest, [Jan. 7, 1901-May 28, 1901]" compiled by Nelson Barnett, Jr. from Huntington newspapers

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Correspondence with Lucile S. Meadows regarding help with the Second Baptist Church, Fayetteville, Centennial; racial tolerance in schools

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Newspaper articles: WV Education Association (WVEA) Executive Committee meeting, the National Education Association (NEA) and the need for minority teachers; and recommendations from the Black Caucus, WV School Journal, December 15, 1973. Photograph of Blacks in auditorium seating, ca. 1950s