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Contains 41 Results:

Blennerhassett Island & Sumner School, 1887–2002

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 2
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Facsimiles of newspaper articles. Correspondence with Ray Swick, Blennerhassett Island State Park. Research materials about blacks in Wood County. Research notes. "A History of Sumner School" written by Sally Browning, 1996. The Island Packet from the Friends of Blennerhassett Island.

Dates: 1887–2002

Monroe County, 1916–1997

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 4
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Background research on blacks in Monroe County. Correspondence with Fawn Valentine and Presidents of the Monroe County Historical Society. "Bishop Matthew W. Clair, Sr.: a Biography" by Dr. Margaret B. Ballard, 1973.

Dates: 1916–1997

WV State College, Physical Facilities Plant, 1999

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 5
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Program for Convocation and Dedication of the Harold Maceo McNeill Physical Facilities Plant, WVSC, 1999.

Dates: 1999

Justine Gutzmer & Oliver Johnson, 1945–1990

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 8
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Letter from AB re: retirement of Justine Gutzmer; retirement announcement for Gerald Cote, Beatrice Dupass, Gutzmer, and Darthulia Jones. Facsimile of WWII death notice of Oliver Johnson to his parents and his obituary. Johnson was Gutzmer's brother.

Dates: 1945–1990

WV Medical Association, 2004

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 29
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Paper titled "The West Virginia Medical Society [Black]" Article: "Historically Black Medical Colleges: From Scorn to Success" from The Boule Journal, 2004.

Dates: 2004

Underground Railroad, 1975–2003

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 1
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Correspondence with Sandra Moats-Burke re: UGRR. WV and county maps. Facsimile of pages from "From the Charles River Shire, 1634-1643, to the Present Day Counties: Harrison, Doddridge, Ritchie, Wood, Pleasants and Tyler" by Barr Wilson. Research materials on the UGRR. Research notes. "The Anti-Slavery Movement in West Virginia," a speech delivered by Sandra Moats Burke.

Dates: 1975–2003

Underground Railroad & Quilts, 2001–2013

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 40
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Research materials re: quilts and the Underground Railroad, 2001-2011. Notes re: Eliza Farrow, 2005. Paper "The UGRR Quilt Code" by Leigh Fellner. Research notes; newspaper clipping; facsimile of web page and transcription of story in an email "Secret Quilt Code on Exhibit until 10/6," 2012; and September 2012 issue of Underground Railroad Free Press." Mini-grant for UGRR quilts materials, 2013.

Dates: 2001–2013

Molly Gabe, 1991

 File — Box: 10, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Appalachian Heritage, Special Issue: Blacks in Appalachia, Fall 1991, with article by AB in the Profiles Section on Mollie Gabe.

Dates: 1991