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Contains 43 Results:

Molly Gabe, 1939–1990

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Research materials on Mollie Gabe, also known as Mary Elizabeth Johnson, midwife from Falls Mill, Braxton County.

Dates: 1939–1990
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

John P. Parker, 1884–1994

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Research materials about John P. Parker, a former slave who was active in the UGRR in Ohio. Parker was also an inventor and a business man.

Dates: 1884–1994
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Elizabeth Simpson Drewry, 1951–1998

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents

Research materials about Elizabeth Simpson Drewry, McDowell County representative to the WV House of Delegates.

Dates: 1951–1998
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Carter G. Woodson, 1939–2011

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Letters to Bessie W. Yancey, CGW's sister. Research materials. Poem "The Forgotten Boys." Correspondence re: restoration of the CGW home. Carter G. Woodson Memorial Committee and Foundation materials. Text of speech by AB. CGW stamps. Dedication of statue of CGW. Correspondence re: Ann Eliza Riddle Woodson family property. CGW genealogy prepared by Nelson Barnett, Jr. Letter from CGW to Bessie Woodson Yancey. Text of paper "Carter G. Woodson: the West Virginia Connection." Photographs of CGW...
Dates: 1939–2011
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Carter G. Woodson, 1939–1958

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Correspondence from CGW to Bessie W. Yancey, re: house in Huntington, 1941. Book contract between Bessie W. Yancey for Echoes in the Hills and CGW's company, The Associated Publishers, 1939. Letter re: book to CGW from BWY, 1939. Letter from John W. Davis, President WVSC, to BWY, 1945, re: Nelson Bickley. Letter from BWY to Louis R. Mehlinger re: loss of two brothers, 1950. Envelope, no contents, from Joel A Rogers, 1951. Envelope, no contents, from The...
Dates: 1939–1958
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Carter G. Woodson, 1920–2004

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents Research materials including newspaper clippings, correspondence, articles, and research notes on Carter G. Woodson; Bessie W. Yancey; Black History Month; restoration of the Woodson home; and the Woodson family. Annotated copy of the paper "Carter G. Woodson: the West Virginia Connection." Facscimiles of Otis Woodson and CGW photos. Photo of Bessie Woodson Yancey and letter from BWY to CGW re: poetry. Edited entry for CGW from The Encyclopedia of Black...
Dates: 1920–2004
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

J. McHenry Jones, 1886–1991

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 24
Scope and Contents

Research materials on J. McHenry Jones including facsimiles of obituaries; other newspaper clippings; and transcriptions of clippings. Photo of Hazlewood Assembly Hall. Notes [speech?] on JMJ. Timeline with sources. Paper about JMJ by AB. Jones family history.

Dates: 1886–1991
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Stonewall Jackson, 1982

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 31
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Pages copied from book The Hidden Years of Stonewall Jackson purporting that he fathered a black child. From Merle Moore.

Dates: 1982
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Tuskegee Airmen, 1951–1997

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 36
Scope and Contents

Research materials on Tuskegee Airmen including John L. Whitehead, Jr. and William Lee Hill.

Dates: 1951–1997
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography

Huntington, 1850–1976

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 10
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"A Black History of Huntington" by Edna Duckworth, [1976]. Census data for black families in Lawrence County, Ohio; 1850, 1860.

Dates: 1850–1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials / Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Cabell County, WV