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- Pikeville College Diary of a Flood
- newspapers; floods; disasters; college towns; colleges
- This is a special edition paper printed by Pikeville College in the aftermath of the Flood of 1977. While its purpose was to seek funding for the college after the crisis, this paper also relates first-hand accounts of the flood and how it...
- University of Pikeville
- Pension Laws for the Cherokee Indians
- Indians of North America
- Text of a report from the Committee on Pensions to the U.S. Senate, regarding the interpretation of pension laws as they pertain to Cherokee Indians.
- Lees-McRae College
- Agreement for Members of the United Mine Workers of America
- Labor unions; Mining; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions
- A collective bargaining agreement for mine workers.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- This agreement, made and concluded the 7th day of April, A.D. 1900
- Coal miners; Labor unions
- A contract between Peter H. James of Hazleton, Pa., and the Lehigh & Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, for work in preparing a coal mine tunnel. Dated April 7, 1900
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist
- Religion; Religious events
- This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Eighty-Third Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist held with the Enterprise Church, Pike County, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday, September 25, 26 and 27, 1908. Includes...
- University of Pikeville
- Workin'
- Social life
- Roan Mountain resident's account of working on a farm and in various mines as a young man.
- Lees-McRae College
- Letter - Frances Hodgson Burnett to H. F. Waltman, 6 April 1892
- Correspondence;
- Letter written by Frances Hodgson Burnett to H.F. Waltman, postmarked on 6 April 1892.
- Carson-Newman College
- Callahan
- Fiddle music; Roberts, Doc, 1897-1978; Callahan;
- Fiddle tune performed by Doc Roberts April 1946 at the Renfro Valley Redbud Festival, Rockcastle County, Kentucky.
- Berea College
- Attempt by Communists to seize the American labor movement
- Labor unions; Coal miners; Labor unions; Communism
- This series of six articles was prepared by the United Mine Workers of America, disclosing the attempt that is being made by the Red forces, under the direct supervision of Moscow, to seize control of the organized labor movement of America and use...
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Reply to John Mitchell
- Coal miners; Coal miners; Labor unions; Labor unions; Coal miners
- Contains letters by Eugene V. Debs and John Mitchell published in the Social Democratic Herald concerning the averted strike in 1904 of the United Mine Workers of America.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- West Milford
- An early history of a West Virginia community
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- History of Talbott Community (Barbour County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- History of Lorentz Community (Upshur County, W. Va.)
- Early history of a West Virginia community. Content appears to have been written in early 20th century.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Facts about Monongahela National Forest
- Forests; Forest reserves;
- Booklet describing resources and management of Monongahela National Forest, in West Virginia.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Speech of Hon. William S. O'Brien
- West Virginia
- A speech describing the geography and history of West Virginia.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Woman's Edition of The New Dominion - Volume 30, Number 37 - Dec. 30, 1896
- Women; Newspapers
- Dec. 30, 1896 magazine. Includes articles on area church histories, society news, school histories, and local news, as well as advertisements from area businesses.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Autobiography of John C. Shaw
- Education
- A self-published autobiography of John C. Shaw, educator and former president of West Liberty Normal School (now West Liberty State College) from 1908-1919.
- West Virginia Wesleyan College
- April 20, 1851 Letter from Priscilla Goshorn to her husband William Goshorn
- Concerts; Singers; Methodist churches; Travel; Families;
- This is a letter to William Goshorn from his wife Priscilla. He was a prominent business man in Wheeling owning a wholesale general merchandising business. This letter talks about the singer Jenny Lind who was going to perform at the Methodist...
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- Tax receipt for Ohio County Sheriff’s office from 1864
- Taxes; Sheriffs; Slaves; Slavery;
- This is a printed receipt for the Joseph Seybold, the Ohio County Sheriff. It is dated April 6, 1864. The printed year at the top of the receipt is 1863. The top half of the receipt is for taxes based on land and slaves. The bottom half of the...
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- Goodnight Waltz
- Fiddle music;
- Tommy Bell plays fiddle with Roy Fisher on guitar at Warren Wilson College during a fiddle styles concert, featuring several other fiddlers. The concert was arranged by David Holt. Tommy was born in Elberton, Georgia and moved to Asheville in...
- Warren Wilson College