Charleston (W. Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Bonnie L. Brown Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4511
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of Bonnie L. Brown, a feminist activist and former representative in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1982-2012). The majority of materials are various collected papers from conferences and events Brown attended between 1974 and 2022. Prevalent topics in the collection include the International Woman's Year, the Women's Repertory Theater in Charleston, West Virginia, the West Virginia House of Delegates, Charleston Chapter National...
Dates:
1974-2022 and undated; Majority of material found within 1974-2000
Charleston City Council Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2758
Overview
The minutes of the Charleston City Council meetings. Major topics dealt with are zoning revisions, urban renewal, traffic control, street and pipeline repairs, ward re-districting, and appointment of officials. There are finance committee hearings mainly pertaining to construction and repair bids, requests for property purchases and requisition of supplies for city departments such as police and traffic engineering. Noteworthy is a list of rules to conduct committee meetings in compliance...
Dates:
1973-1983
F. Ray Power (1898-1983) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2128
Overview
Correspondence and speeches of F. Ray Power, Director of the West Virginia Division of Vocational Rehabilitation from 1945 to 1966. Some of the speeches were made in 1925, when Power was principal of Woodrow Wilson Junior High School in Charleston, WV.
Dates:
1925-1966
Gravely and Moore Studio, Photography Business in Charleston, Negatives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2523
Overview
Negatives and other material from the Gravely and Moore Studio of Charleston, West Virginia. The majority of items within the collection are cellulose acetate negatives; the collection also includes glass plate negatives, prints, two photograph albums, and other material, as well as a card catalog documenting business transactions with customers. The collection is organized into customer project files as established by the Studio; the contents of these files are stored in envelopes usually...
Dates:
1860s-1960s; Majority of material found within 1930-1945
John Chambers, Collector, Artifact and Books regarding Obstetrics
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4427
Content Description
Items collected by Dr. John Chambers, a long-time practitioner of medicine in Charleston, West Virginia who specialized in obstetrics and gynecology. Includes four books and a receipt from a hospital stay (box 1); also includes an obstetrical instrument (box 2).Two of the four books regard "midwifery", the then-current term for obstetrics; they include "A System of Midwifery" by William Leishman, M.D. (1879) and "The Principles and Practice of Midwifery" by Alexander Milne, M.D....
Dates:
1877-1938, undated
John D. Sutton Diaries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0796
Scope and Contents
A bound manuscript diary belonging to John D. Sutton, ca. October-November, 1798. In it he relates of a journey from New Market, Virginia, to the Elk River in western Virginia, by way of Strasburg, Staunton, Warm Springs, Lewisburg, and Charleston in addition to the daily activities of that time.
Dates:
1798
John Ewing, Soldier, Civil War Letter
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3777
Overview
Letter of John Ewing, Corporal of the 16th Ohio Infantry, to his wife and children, written from the Kanawha Valley in the vicinity of Charleston, (West) Virginia (2 November 1862). Ewing writes that he is in good health and describes recent encounters with Confederate troops. He describes in detail his experience as a Confederate prisoner, including a time he saw a "Company" of Indians with the Confederates. He also remarks on the opinions, mood, and character of the Confederate soldiers he...
Dates:
1862
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Charleston, West Virginia Branch Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4158
Overview
Typescript records of the Charleston, West Virginia branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which was founded in the summer of 1918 and first led by Mordecai Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charleston. During the years covered by these records, attorney T. Gillis Nutter served as president. The bound volume includes primarily typed minutes for regular monthly meetings, executive committee meetings, and branch meetings, generally in...
Dates:
1922-1936
Rene A. Henry Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3720
Overview
Historical material compiled by Rene A. Henry, documenting the history of South Charleston, WV; Henry's family; the West Virginia University football team; and his career in public relations and sports marketing.
Dates:
circa 1890-2025 and undated
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960