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Alice McMechen, Collector, Papers of Artist Alvena V. Seckar

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Collection Number: A&M 4428
Overview

Papers of artist and author Alvena V. Seckar, collected by her friend Alice McMechen. Collection includes newspaper and magazine articles; material regarding work-in-progress "Jewels of Memory"; invitations to Seckar's birthday parties, correspondence, photographs, artworks, and copies of two of Seckar's books.

Dates: 1945-1957, 1973-2008, undated

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Artwork and Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2002
Overview Correspondence, 1954-1968, typescripts, class notes, course outlines, clippings, pamphlets, paintings, and photographs of an artist and author. Subjects include Islamic, Arabic, and Near Eastern art and the work of Paul Hogarth. Paintings include [Coal Country Scene], oil on canvas, 25 x 30, ca. 1960; [Two Children on House Steps], oil on board, 24.5 x 28, ca. 1960; and Hazel Coal Mine, oil on board, 26 x 28, ca. 1960. This collection also includes an antique children's book slate (dating...
Dates: 1940-1968

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Manuscripts and Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 0903
Overview

Papers of Alvena Seckar, including manuscript copies, an outline, and suggestions for revision of "Mischko", a young adult novel written and illustrated by Seckar. Also includes two items of correspondence.

Dates: 1940-1968

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Manuscripts and Drafts of Novels

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Collection Number: A&M 0556
Overview

Final manuscripts, drafts, and revisions of young adult novels written and illustrated by Alvena Seckar, including "Zuska of the Burning Hills" and "Trapped in the Old Mine".

Dates: 1950

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Writings, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Other Material

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Collection Number: A&M 4204
Scope and Contents

Papers of artist and author Alvena Seckar, who spent much of her early life in West Virginia. Includes writings by Seckar, including both autobiographical and fictional writings; photographs, mainly of Seckar, her family, and her artwork; family documents; correspondence; scrapbooks; and other material. Please be aware that parts of the collection have been minimally processed and therefore remain in their original physical and intellectual arrangement.

Dates: 1927-2005

Anita Buchanan Speers, Historian, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1338
Overview Correspondence, typescripts, notes, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a local historian and promoter of patriotic societies from Berkeley Springs. Many of the papers pertain to the local history of the eastern panhandle. Subjects include the town of Bath (Berkeley Springs); James Rumsey; George Washington; Porte Crayon (David Hunter Strother); Washington Bicentennial; National Flag Day; D.A.R.; and American Indian Day. One of the clippings scrapbooks includes a photo of West...
Dates: ca. 1916-1957

Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1175
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, business and legal papers, newspaper clippings, and photographs of the founder of Mother's Day. The collection includes papers of Anna's father, Grandville E. Jarvis; the notes and typescript drafts of "Recollections of Ann M. Jarvis, 1833-1905," by Anna Jarvis; and the papers of the Fairmont songwriter, William Lynett. Subjects include Jarvis' efforts to institute Mother's Day on a state basis, and her later protest against the commercialization of the day of...
Dates: 1858-1958

Anna Jarvis (1864-1948) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1439
Scope and Contents The bulk of these papers deal with Miss Jarvis' work as the founder of Mother's Day, her attempts to persuade state governors to issue proclamations to establish the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day, and her later protests against the commercialization of the holiday, as well as the efforts of other organizations to promote Mother's Day.There are a few papers of her father, Grandville E. Jarvis; some correspondence and legal papers concerned with the Jarvis coal and farm...
Dates: 1858-1943

Bernard E. Hunter, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1165
Overview

Correspondence, notes, clippings, and articles on the town of Bath (Berkeley Springs), West Virginia, West Virginia Foundation for Crippled Children, the State Health Department, and the genealogy of the Allen-Kesecker, Buzzard, Joseph Cox, Ensminger, John Grove, Gano, Gore, High, Wheat, and Zeilor families.

Dates: ca. 1922-1959

Brooke Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1079
Overview Correspondence, clippings, biographical sketches, photographs, artifacts, and other items relating to the family of St. George Tucker Brooke (1844-1914), a professor at West Virginia University College of Law, 1878-1909. Correspondence includes business and personal letters to and from St. George Tucker Brooke and Charles Frederick Tucker Brooke, a Rhodes Scholar and Shakespearean authority at Yale; letters between Francis (Frank) Brooke to Mrs. Mary Brooke while he served in the U.S. and...
Dates: 1814-1990; Majority of material found within 1880-1960

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Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 4
Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 4
Seckar, Alvena, 1916-2012 4
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 3
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Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 3
Jarvis, Anna, 1864-1948 3
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 3
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Washington, George, 1732-1799 3
West Virginia Wesleyan College 3
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 2
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 2
Brewster, J.M. 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 2
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 2
Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900 2
Crook, George, 1828-1890 2
Curtis, Silas, 1804- 2
Day, George T. 2
Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869 2
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Hickman family 2
Jackson family 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
McDonald, Henry Temple, 1872-1951 2
McGraw, John T. 2
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 2
New England Free Will Baptist Association 2
Patteson, Okey L. 2
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 2
Robinson, Ira E. 2
Smith, Edward Grandison 2
Storer College 2
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 2
United States. Congress. Senate 2
United States. Veterans Administration 2
Watson, C. W. 2
West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs 2
West Virginia Historical Society 2
Weston State Hospital 2
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 2
Ade, George. 1
Alexander, Harriette Boswell. 1
Allen family 1
Allen-Kesecker family. 1
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
American Pharmaceutical Association 1
Anderson-Newcomb Department Store 1
Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983 1
Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975 1
Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 1
Arnold, Thomas Jackson. 1
Art Institute of Chicago 1
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 1
Austin family 1
Ball family 1
Ball, George H. 1
Bandar Log Press 1
Barber family 1
Barkla, W. 1
Barron, W. W. 1
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965 1
Bee family 1
Ben Lamond Company 1
Bennett family 1
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 1
Bennett, Joseph family. 1
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Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company 1
Bluefield State College 1
Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 1
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
Brackett, Louise Wood. 1
Brackett, Rev. Nathan. 1
Bragg, Braxton, 1817-1876 1
Brake family 1
Brand, Charles I. 1
Branson family. 1
Branson, Susan I. 1
Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960 1
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Brooke, Francis - judge. 1
Brooke, Francis Taliaferro, 1763-1851 1
Brooke, St. George T. (St. George Tucker), 1844-1914 1
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Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
Brown, Joseph. 1
Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 1
Burdett, Joe F. 1
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