McDowell County (W. Va.) -- History

Two chapters of a study by Howard P. Wade, D.A., titled "Eckman: A Coal Camp in McDowell County, West Virginia", regarding the late 18th century African Americans immigrants to the McDowell County coal camp of Eckman, their origins, social and religious organizations, and experiences assimilating to the coal fields, as well as African American life in Eckman between the years of 1892 and 1942.

Contains a published book entitled MCDOWELL COUNTY HISTORY (Fort Worth, Texas: University Supply & Equipment Company, 1959), an unopened issue of the McDowell County Centennial Edition of THE WELCH DAILY NEWS (1958), a blank photographic postcard of an unidentified man and woman (ca. 1900-1920), and two newspaper clippings and one letter regarding Davey, West Virginia.