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Box 5

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Contains 51 Results:

Radford Family, etc., 1904–1994

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents Typed "Conversation with Nellie Redford Francisco--about 1985." Handwritten "Discussion w/Henry Radford, 1/14/93." Radford Family genealogy. Peters Family genealogy. Newspaper articles regarding Negro education in Huntington and Kimball, 1904-1923. Cemetery lot receipts to Willard Radford. Program for Sterberger Elementary School 1999 Graduation Ceremony; Akil Livers listed as student. Funeral service program for Lily Van Sykes Kelly, 1994. Transcribed obituaries for Joseph T. Payne, 1948,...
Dates: 1904–1994

West Virginia State College, Undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents

Manuscript for book about West Virginia State College.

Dates: Undated

Calendar, 1994

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

"Honoring Our Past: 1994 Calendar" produced by the Alliance for the Collection, Preservation and Dissemination of West Virginia's Black History. Calendar includes photos of school bands, Bluefield NAACP chapter, Hopewell barber shop in Martinsburg, and schools.

Dates: 1994

Cabell County, 1968–1998

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 32
Scope and Contents

Copies of group photographs of children and a "Special Citation Award to Mrs. Harry Gordon"

Dates: 1968–1998

Photographs--Family, 1901–2005

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

Photo of unidentified family, 1901; restored photo and invoice for work, 2005.

Dates: 1901–2005

Amistad, Publishers, 1987–1988

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents

Certificate of incorporation and other legal documents for Amistad, Inc. Humanities Foundation grant application. Correspondence, agendas for Board meetings, and notes from meetings.

Dates: 1987–1988

William "Bill" Turner, 1989–1991

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with William (Bill) Turner regarding a black history colloquium at Marshall and editing a special issue the Appalachian Journal. Sojourner: Voice of the Eastern Kentucky Social Clubs, 1989.

Dates: 1989–1991

Slave Auction Block--Wheeling, 1895–1999

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 41
Scope and Contents

Program for MU symposium "Moving Toward Freedom: Slavery and Resistance." WV Humanities Foundation grant materials for "Fact to Freedom: The Story of Slavery in West Virginia." Cost details for recreating a slave auction block. Photograph of 10th and Market in Wheeling, 1895.

Dates: 1895–1999

Black Literature, ca. 1981

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

"The Black Literary Tradition of West Virginia: A Bio-Critical Survey" [by] Leonard J. Deutsch

Dates: ca. 1981

Miners, c.1957-2000

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

The booklet (2 copies) "History of African-American Miners in Appalachian Coal Fields: Black History Month, February, 2000" Funeral program for Ulysses Grant Carter, teacher at Kimball High School. A Saga of Service: A History of the Mining Extension Service of West Virginia State College, 1937-1957 by Cecile M. McCormick and U.G. Carter.

Dates: c.1957-2000