African Americans -- West Virginia -- Monongalia County

Overview

Research papers compiled by Connie Rice regarding the history of African-Americans in Monongalia County. Includes photographs, audio recordings and transcripts of interviews, speech transcripts, and a National Register Nomination form for 2nd Ward School of Morgantown, West Virginia. These papers were used to write Rice's book "Our Monongalia: a history of African Americans in Monongalia County, West Virginia".

Scope and Contents Papers created by the Writers' Program in West Virginia (ca. 1935-1942), a part of the Federal Works Progress Administration (WPA). For more information regarding this Program, please see the Biographical / Historical Note.The Writers' Program collection is arranged into series established on the basis of topics. This topical arrangement simply emerged from the documentation resulting from the subject-based research assignments delegated to the writers.There are six...