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Contains 43 Results:

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
Scope and Contents

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
Scope and Contents

"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

Huntington, 1869-c.1995

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Photos of black workers in C&O shop including Anderson Radford, AB's grandfather. Correspondence; transcription of newspaper articles; research notes; biographical sketches; photos of Goodes; newspaper clippings; church histories and programs; facsimiles of book pages; transcription of interviews; and bibliography.

Dates: 1869-c.1995
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

Huntington & Ohio, 1984–1990

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Research notes. Photos. Paper "Black People and the Huntington Experience." Project, "A Sojourn for Truth: Revisiting Black History Along the Ohio River," overview. Research materials re: Huntington, Cabell County, and parts of Ohio. Transcript of interview with Suzette Spencer. "The West Virginia Colored Children's Home" by Ancella R. Bickley. "Poke Patch/Black Fork, Ohio"

Dates: 1984–1990
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--Cabell County, WV

Douglass School, Huntington, 1901-c.1985

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 28
Scope and Contents

Research notes on Douglass School. Typewritten notes on Douglass School, 1891-1924. Notes from conversation with Nellie Francisco. Handwritten transcription of article, 1902.

Dates: 1901-c.1985
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