Autobiography

Scope and Contents Includes signed books and photographs donated by David Selby, an actor and writer originally from West Virginia. There is one copy of Selby’s 2005 autobiographical “photo-journey book,” titled In and Out of the Shadows, which he autographed and signed “Go WVU!” There is also a copy of his 2010 autobiographical and historical reflection on the 1960s-1970s television show, Dark Shadows,...

Overview Papers of basketball icon Jerry West and research papers of author Jonathan Coleman for his collaboration on the autobiography of West. Jerry West, born in Chelyan, West Virginia in 1938, played basketball for West Virginia University (WVU) and rose to fame as a player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) before turning to basketball coaching and management. The collection includes materials that West loaned to Coleman for use in co-authoring the book ...