Box 3
Contains 49 Results:
Turn Left at the Desert, 1996–1999
Manuscript for stories for Turn Left at the Desert
Turn Left at the Desert, Undated
Manuscript for stories for Turn Left at the Desert: "It Ain't Her," "Hush Now, Child"
Integration of Sports, WVU, 2006
Annotated text of a speech by both AB and NB about their time at WVU. WVU program "A Celebration: Integration of Sports on the WVU Campus" Correspondence with Dana Brooks regarding participation
The Color Purple, Black Education, 1989
Article regarding speech about The Color Purple at the West Virginia Alliance for Women's Studies meeting. Text of paper "Black Education in WV" read at WVU 6/20/89 for West Virginia Day.
Black History, 2011
Text of speech about black history in West Virginia and after-dinner remarks regarding social history. Email, travel itinerary, newspaper clipping, and correspondence.
Amistad, Slave Ship, Undated
Paper about the slave ship Amistad.
Underground Railroad & Education, 2012–2013
Text of speech re: the Underground Railroad. Newspaper article re: decree of freedom from slavery 150 years after.
Jimmy Carter Inauguration, 1977
Invitation to Jimmy Carter's inauguration, January 20, 1977.
Black Teachers Project, 1955–2003
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.
John Henry Festival, c.1976
2nd Annual John Henry Festival, Clifftop, West Virginia: Herbs and Traditional Medicine[by] Roscoe Leonard.