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Contains 55 Results:

Black History, N. Bickley Article, 1981–1984

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 23
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Journal, newspaper, and magazine articles about black history, Carter G. Woodson, Nelson Bickley, and the methyl isocyanate leak in Institute, 1984.

Dates: 1981–1984

Canada, 1994

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 37

Juneteenth, 1992–2001

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents

Research materials regarding the holiday, Juneteenth, which celebrates the Emancipation Proclamation. Text of two speeches.

Dates: 1992–2001

Carter G. Woodson Home, 1940–1959

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between NB and The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Incorporated regarding preservation of the Carter G. Woodson house in Huntington. Correspondence between Carter G. Woodson and his sister, Bessie Woodson Yancey, regarding upkeep of the house.

Dates: 1940–1959

Dick Pointer, 1982–1993

 File — Box: 4, Folder: 26
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Research materials on Dick Pointer, black Indian War hero, for an article for the Journal of the Greenbrier Historical Society; the article; handwritten notes; various versions of the article. Research notes. Facsimile of a painting by S. Ross Browne, 1993.

Dates: 1982–1993

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
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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Scope and Contents Research materials on Charleston, WV including: "Unpublished Black History in the Early Kanawha Valley" by William D. Wintz; "Blacks in Charleston, West Virginia: A Survey of Their Presence in the Community and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