West Virginia - stereotypes.
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Bryant Manuscript
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2678
Overview
Holographic draft of a play by Edward Bryant, entitled "Scenario" written ca.1895-1900. Set in the West Virginia coalfields, the plot of the drama involves mysterious murders and triangular love affairs. The significance of the play to West Virginia history is the comment the writing makes on turn of the century attitudes of a New York playwright regarding life in West Virginia. West Virginia men are depicted as brutal, lawless, and uncivilized, and West Virginia women as crude and...
Dates:
ca. 1895-1900
Mary Lee Settle, Author, Typescript Titled "The West Virginians"
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4362
Overview
Photocopy of a typescript by author and professor Mary Lee Settle, titled "The West Virginians", regarding the history of the state and character of her citizens as well as national perceptions thereof. Also contains a digital transcription in .docx format. For further information please see "Scope and Contents" and "Biographical" note.
Dates:
ca. 1964-1970