Box 1

My Dearest Husband: the Letters of Amacetta Laidley Summers to George W. Summers, 1842-1843 by Patricia Clark Bulla. Handwritten genealogy chart for James M. Laidley

Poem "Old Lady Sady and the Chicken Wings" c1992 Sharon M. Draper

My Dearest Husband: the Letters of Amacetta Laidley Summers to George W. Summers, 1842-1843 by Patricia Clark Bulla. Laidley-Summers-Quarrier family line

Photos: graduating class at Bluefield State College; Barnett School Orchestra, Huntington, with Nellie Francisco; school children at Lincoln School, Wheeling, 1912; unidentified football team; buildings at Bluefield State College and West Virginia State College.

"Notes from Meeting between WV SAC and Governor Rockefeller--June 13" The SAC [Statistical Analysis Center] asked the governor to authorize another study concerning minority employment in West Virginia with the goal of supporting affirmative action and the employment of more minorities.

Brochure for the 15th Year of the EcoTheater founded by Maryat Lee, 1975-1990. Letter of support fro grant to the EcoTheater, February 10, 1990. Business correspondence with members of the Board of Directors.

Notes, membership lists, and correspondence from meetings of the Bethel Memorial Park Interest Group. Various research notes regarding black WV doctors and other topics.

Invitation to Ronald Reagan's inauguration

Correspondence from Cecil H. Underwood and Earl Ray Tomblin regarding appointment to the WV Archives and History Commission, July 11, 2000-September 22, 2000.

Papers and notes from 1975 National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conferences when AB was National Director. List of attendees. Black history newspaper clippings. NCTE Spring Institutes programs: April 4-8 in Buffalo, New York; and April 25-29 in Santa Barbara, California. Paper by NB "Mini-Psychological Theory about Black Americans"