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Contains 55 Results:

Gov. George Wesley Atkinson, 1901–1987

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 45
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Research materials about George Wesley Atkinson, tenth governor of WV who attended Howard University. Paper titled "West Virginia's Tenth Governor and the Black Community" and newspaper article by AB.

Dates: 1901–1987

Turn Left at the Desert, Undated

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 33
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Parts of Turn Left at the Desert: Verbal "Snapshots" from a Black Community.

Dates: Undated

The Color Purple, 1984

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 4
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Text of speech, one annotated, about The Color Purple for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities; handwritten notes.

Dates: 1984

Black Culture, 1987

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 6
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Text of two speeches about black culture with notes for accompanying slides. Note from Charles Davis. Langston Hughes poem with Alex Haley autograph. [No slides in file.]

Dates: 1987

Lucille Deberry Correspondence, 1985–2001

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 42
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Correspondence with Lucille Deberry and other research materials re: the UGRR, some in West Virginia.

Dates: 1985–2001

National Underground Commemorative, 1883–1994

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 46
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Photograph slides, numbered and identified. Research materials mostly about Ohio. "Draft Proposal to Establish a National Underground Commemorative, Interpretive, and Research Center, City of Huntington, West Virginia" 1994. Itinerary for trip to Washington to meet with Interior Dept. officials and Robert C. Byrd's staff.

Dates: 1883–1994

Bessie Yancey's Letters, 1947–1954

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 3
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Letter from CGW to Bessie Woodson Yancey, CGW's sister, re: funding Joan's education. Text of the poem "The Forgotten Boys." Invitation to the dedication of the Carter G. Wooson School, New Orleans.

Dates: 1947–1954

Belva Clark, 1982–1994

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 20
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Research materials re: Belva Clark, Carter G. Woodson's niece and Nelson Bickley's mother; note of condolence; funeral program; handwritten [by Mrs. Clark?] obituary and instructions

Dates: 1982–1994