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Box 3

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Contains 49 Results:

Black Teachers Project, 1955–2003

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 29
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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.

Dates: 1955–2003

John Henry Festival, c.1976

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
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2nd Annual John Henry Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia: Herbs and Traditional Medicine[by] Roscoe Leonard.

Dates: c.1976

Goldenseal Articles, 1997–2003

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
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Articles by Ancella Bickley from the Goldenseal Magazine

Dates: 1997–2003

Goldenseal, 2015

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 14
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Correspondence regarding use of the Goldenseal article "Camp War: Remembering CCC Company 3538-C" in an online education guide by the WV State Museum.

Dates: 2015

Goldenseal, 2006

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 17
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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.

Dates: 2006

Molly Gabe, 1991

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 37
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Issue of the journal Appalachian Heritage containing AB article "Profiles: Mollie Gabe" by Ancilla [sic] Bickley.

Dates: 1991

Carter G. Woodson, 2016

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 43
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"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.

Dates: 2016

Musings, 2008

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 44
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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.

Dates: 2008

Wade in the Water, 2009

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 10
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Manuscript for "Wade in the Water: a Play in One Act" by Ancella R. Bickley. Correspondence regarding performance.

Dates: 2009

Lucia Jean, 2006

 File — Box: 3, Folder: 20
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Text and illustrations for [children's] book Lucia Jean, No Name, and the Parrot as told to Ancella. Original illustrations by S. Ross Browne.

Dates: 2006