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Women's history -- Education and arts

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Artwork and Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2002
Overview Correspondence, 1954-1968, typescripts, class notes, course outlines, clippings, pamphlets, paintings, and photographs of an artist and author. Subjects include Islamic, Arabic, and Near Eastern art and the work of Paul Hogarth. Paintings include [Coal Country Scene], oil on canvas, 25 x 30, ca. 1960; [Two Children on House Steps], oil on board, 24.5 x 28, ca. 1960; and Hazel Coal Mine, oil on board, 26 x 28, ca. 1960. This collection also includes an antique children's book slate (dating...
Dates: 1940-1968

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Manuscripts and Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0903
Overview

Papers of Alvena Seckar, including manuscript copies, an outline, and suggestions for revision of "Mischko", a young adult novel written and illustrated by Seckar. Also includes two items of correspondence.

Dates: 1940-1968

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Manuscripts and Drafts of Novels

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0556
Overview

Final manuscripts, drafts, and revisions of young adult novels written and illustrated by Alvena Seckar, including "Zuska of the Burning Hills" and "Trapped in the Old Mine".

Dates: 1950

Alvena V. Seckar, Author and Artist, Writings, Photographs, Scrapbooks, and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4204
Scope and Contents

Papers of artist and author Alvena Seckar, who spent much of her early life in West Virginia. Includes writings by Seckar, including both autobiographical and fictional writings; photographs, mainly of Seckar, her family, and her artwork; family documents; correspondence; scrapbooks; and other material. Please be aware that parts of the collection have been minimally processed and therefore remain in their original physical and intellectual arrangement.

Dates: 1927-2005