Box 3

Typed manuscript for "Black Education in West Virginia," a joint project between Ancella Bickley and Rita Wicks-Nelson. Notes regarding Mrs. T. McDaniel interview; text of interview. Correspondence regarding book on black female teachers. Research notes. Text of speech about black WV schools. List of narrators. Facsimiles of newspaper clippings "from Mrs. Rayford's Collection" regarding desegregation of schools, 1955-1956. Newspaper clipping of AB interview regarding MTG.

2nd Annual John Henry Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia: Herbs and Traditional Medicine[by] Roscoe Leonard.

Articles by Ancella Bickley from the Goldenseal Magazine

Correspondence regarding use of the Goldenseal article "Camp War: Remembering CCC Company 3538-C" in an online education guide by the WV State Museum.

Annotated manuscript and research notes for Goldenseal article "Education and Activism in Gary: a Visit with Jessie Moon Thomas." Correspondence with Mrs. Thomas including notes on the Froe and Moon families.

Issue of the journal Appalachian Heritage containing AB article "Profiles: Mollie Gabe" by Ancilla [sic] Bickley.

"Remembering Carter G. Woodson, the 'Father of Black History'" in Village Neighbors, [a publication of the Village in Florida where the Bickley's resided.] Typed notes on Carter G. Woodson. Transcription of letter from Bessie Woodson Yancey, CGW's sister, including text of the poem "If You Live in West Virginia." CGW black history quiz prepared for the Spicy Ladies meeting.

Typed text of autobiographical musings about friendship: likens travel in the south in 1952 to the Underground Railroad travel; and includes details about the move to Morgantown in 1966.

Manuscript for "Wade in the Water: a Play in One Act" by Ancella R. Bickley. Correspondence regarding performance.

Text and illustrations for [children's] book Lucia Jean, No Name, and the Parrot as told to Ancella. Original illustrations by S. Ross Browne.