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Kenneth G. Gilbert, Compiler, Oral Histories Regarding West Virginia Folk Culture
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Collection Number: A&M 4135
Overview
Oral histories and related transcripts regarding folk culture in West Virginia compiled by a Parkersburg High School teacher, Kenneth G. Gilbert. The interviews were conducted with assistance from students in his class as part of the curriculum. The age of the interviewees averaged from 60 years and up, so the interviews document the folk culture of West Virginia from around the period 1920-1940. The geographic coverage includes the entire state. Subjects include food, the timber industry in...
Dates:
1975-1985
Kenneth H. Davidson, Collector, West Virginia Folklore, Folk Music, and Blues Tape Recordings
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Collection Number: A&M 1820
Scope and Contents
Tapes recorded and edited by Kenneth H. Davidson in various parts of West Virginia in the years 1963, 1964, and 1965. Includes fiddle tunes and folklore; band instrumentals; poems; mountain banjo styles; hymns; ballads; African-American blues; auto harp; mountain dulcimer tunes; and discussion with "mountain people" regarding drinking, children, civil rights, relations between white settlers and Native Americans, John the Baptist, etc. There is a detailed index and guide to the...
Dates:
1963-1965
Kenneth Kreider, Artist, Illustrations and Prints
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Collection Number: A&M 3852
Scope and Contents
Two posters, 12 in. x 15 in. each, consisting of pencil drawings of subjects found in Morgantown, West Virginia, including "Architectural Landmarks of Morgantown" (2001) and "Faces of Morgantown" (2012).Addendum of 2025 April 29 includes two inkpen illustrations of Philippi, WV, and the Philippi Covered Bridge and two prints (one of various locations in Morgantown, WV, and another composite print of various locations in Philippi, including the two illustrations) by WV artist...
Dates:
circa 1980s-2001, 2012
Kenneth L. Carvell Folk Music Collection
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Collection Number: A&M 4611
Scope and Contents
Collection consists primarily of recordings of gospel music performed by the choirs and congregations of rural churches in Monongalia County, West Virginia, at various musical events held between 1957 and 1961. Most prevalent are recordings of the Monongalia Tri-District Sings, or "Third Sunday Sings" as they were popularly called, which were routinely convened on the third Sunday of each month extending from September to June. The collection also contains revival music, as well as...
Dates:
circa 1957-1961
Kenneth W. Rendell, Collector, Political Correspondence of Senator Nathan B. Scott and Representative Joseph H. Gaines
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Collection Number: A&M 1690
Overview
Two Letters form U. S. Senator, Nathan B. Scott and one from Representative Joseph H. Gaines to Constituents in Charleston, concerning the Telepost bill, H. R. 19402, and the Republican presidential campaign of 1904.
Dates:
1909-1910
Kenneth Watters, World War II Soldier's Letter.
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Collection Number: A&M 2712
Overview
One manuscript letter, dated August 7, 1945, from Pfc. Kenneth Watters in the Philippines to his sweetheart, Ethel Lee Bell, of 686 Willey St., Morgantown, West Virginia.
Dates:
1945
Keyser Family Genealogy
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Collection Number: A&M 2853
Overview
THE KEYSER FAMILY: MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PENNA., by Richard T. and Mildred C. Williams.
Dates:
1937, ca. 1973
Keystone, Historic Buildings Survey, Records
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Collection Number: A&M 1151
Overview
Building inventories, photo Xeroxes and indexes, street maps, taped interviews and summary reports of a historic buildings survey of Keystone by the WVU Public History Program in conjunction with the Historic Preservation Unit of the WV Dept. of Culture & History. The study of this McDowell County community provides "a basic architectural history of one southern coal town". Additionally, the oral histories and narrative report provide a more complete history than contained in typical...
Dates:
1987-1988
Kimberly Bjorgo, Biologist, Reports regarding the Kanawha and New River Basin
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4626
Scope and Contents
Assorted West Virginia state and national reports and studies regarding the Kanawha and New River Basin
Dates:
circa 1971-1998
Kincaid Family Genealogy and History
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Collection Number: A&M 2255
Overview
Traces the history of the Kincaid family back to the early clans in Scotland, ca. 1280. Xerox copy.
Dates:
undated