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Contains 55 Results:

Charlestown, 1917–2001

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 50
Scope and Contents

Research materials regarding blacks in Charlestown. Obituary for former slave George Jenkins in Huntington, 1917.

Dates: 1917–2001

Slavery--Salt Industry, 1824–2002

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 40
Scope and Contents

Research materials about slavery in West Virginia with focus on Kanawha County and the salt industry

Dates: 1824–2002

Kanawha County--Charleston, 1876–2003

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 42
Scope and Contents Research materials on Charleston, WV including: "Unpublished Black History in the Early Kanawha Valley" by William D. Wintz; "Blacks in Charleston, West Virginia: A Survey of Their Presence in the Community and Occupational and Residential Patterns in the Early 1900s" by Mary Johnson, WVU student. Research materials regarding Oscar Wayman Holmes, the first African American naval aviator and obituaries for C.H. James, prominent black businessman. Text of speech, "Black People in Charleston,"...
Dates: 1876–2003

Wayne County, 1981–2006

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Various documents regarding blacks in Wayne County, WV; the Livisay family; writings by Tim R. Massey, 1981; the Lindsey family; photograph and negatives of a photograph of a black family.

Dates: 1981–2006

McDowell County--Keystone, 1986–1992

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 27
Scope and Contents

Research materials on McDowell County, WV, with focus on the towns of Keystone and Keystone. Letters and notes from Adolphus A. Young, Jr.

Dates: 1986–1992

Greenbrier County--Lewisburg, 2002

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 29
Scope and Contents

Program for "Freedom Is a Struggle: Glimpses of African-American Life in the Greenbrier Valley of [West] Virginia." Brochure "Black Historic Sites in Lewisburg, West Virginia."

Dates: 2002

McDowell County, 1988–2002

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 31
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clipping about Sarah Hall, black lawyer. Facsimiles of research materials. "The History of the Negro in McDowell County and in West Virginia Leading Up to and Including the Integration of Schools" by Dr. Douglass T. Murray. Typewritten notes from Adolphus Young, Jr. Correspondence with Alphonso Dalton, Jr. regarding MTG and black McDowell County families

Dates: 1988–2002

Harrison, 1952

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 44
Scope and Contents

Facsimile of 1952 newspaper article regarding slaves listed in 1848 Harrison County tax book. Slave owners are listed and includes Nathan Goff.

Dates: 1952