W. Va - Welfare services and organizations.

Contains the appointment of James E. Mann to West Virginia's Mercer County Local Board No. 1 (draft board) during World War II (1940); diploma awarded to Lucy Austin Higginbotham (later Mrs. James E. Mann) for graduation from West Virginia University (1929); and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, most regarding Sergeant Junior J. Spurrier (ca. 1945). Spurrier was a WWII hero from Bluefield, and a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Newsletters, circulars, typescripts, conference documents, and photographs relating to "The Shack," a community center for youth recreation operated by the neighborhood services agency of the United Presbyterian Church. A brief inventory of these papers is available.