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Box 5

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Contains 51 Results:

Women, 1955–2005

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents

Montgomery Woman's Improvement League Year Book, 1955-56 and 1960-61. Program for West Virginia State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. Annual Convention, 1959. Newspaper photojournalism article regarding the College Alumni Club 50th anniversary history booklet. Program for the Annual Debutante Ball sponsored by Alpha Omicron Omega Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, 1958. Correspondence with Katherine Atwater regarding resources.

Dates: 1955–2005

Slavery, 1861–1863

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 21
Scope and Contents

Facsimiles of legislation and resolutions to abolish slavery; and a list of representatives at the state convention in Wheeling.

Dates: 1861–1863

Underground Railroad & Quilts, 1999–2000

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 30
Scope and Contents

Research materials about Serena Wilson and the book Hidden in Plain View: The Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad.

Dates: 1999–2000

Underground Railroad, 1974–2001

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 38
Scope and Contents

Photos "Trip to Doddridge County to visit Jaco Hill/cave - UGRR Site - w/Karen Nance, Sandra Moats, & Judy Wilinson, 6/20/01. Other research materials

Dates: 1974–2001

Goldenseal, 1938–2004

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and drafts of a Goldenseal article "Lifting as We Climb" about the Charleston Woman's Improvement League. Research materials including facsimiles of photographs. Newspaper article about Judge Irene Berger, McDowell County.

Dates: 1938–2004

Architects, 1996–2003

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents

Research materials on Carl Eugene Barnett and Robert Edward Lee Washington for entries in African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945.

Dates: 1996–2003

Our Mount Vernons, 1997

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents

Our Mount Vernons: Historic Register Listings of Sites Significant to the Black History of West Virginia edited by Ancella R. Bickley.

Dates: 1997

Tangled Threads, Undated

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 15

Institutions, 1911–1949

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents

Slides for WV black history speech. Research materials on WV black institutions. First two pages of speech. Handwritten text on various institutions.

Dates: 1911–1949