Box 8

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Handwritten pieces of writing

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Web page print out of article about Silas Green in minstrel show.

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Photos of a slave collar. Correspondence re: acquiring the collar for the Henrietta slave ship exhibit.

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Correspondence with James Tolbert re: black CCC camp, McDowell County; Black History Conference; Fisherman's Hall, Charlestown, restoration; Harewood Cemetery, Jefferson County; marker for Martin Delany, Charlestown.

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Correspondence with Eugene Washington re: Phillis Wheatley School and Albert G. Brown, architect.

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Research notes re: Parkersburg black history. Facsimile of letter and transcription of letter from ex-slave Isaac Fairfax to George Washington Henderson.

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West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter with articles re: slave letters. West Virginia Then and Now article re: John Brown's letter. Research re: images of blacks in journalism. Research notes.

Scope and Contents Book chapter "In Gallia and Miegs Counties" from The Mysteries of Ohio's Underground Railroad by Wilbur Henry Siebert, 1951. Facsimile of handwritten narrative by an abolitionist, [1892]. Facsimile of letter from R. C. Rankin re: father Rev. John Rankin, 1892. Research notes on WV runaway slaves. Facsimile of letter to Daniel ? to Cyrus Little re: UGRR, 1894. Map of UGRR, 1860. Requests for copies from the Siebert papers. More facsimiles of...

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Research materials re: the West Virginia Colored Orphans Home. Newspaper article written by AB. Testimonial for Fannie Cobb Carter. Research notes. Facsimiles of photos. Transcript of interview with Araminta Miller Justice. AB's paper about the Home.

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Manuscript drafts and final versions for entries in the West Virginia Encyclopedia. Materials from West Virginia Humanities Council meetings re: the format and content of the Encyclopedia