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.
Blackboard reminder for telethon callers of Alumni Gining goals for Tusculum Today Fund for 1977-78 - $80,000 of $300,000 goal to come from alumni- and a 20% participation from the college's 5,200 (Approx.) alumni (graduates and non-grad). With...
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...
Narration by Tim Meyers. Association of Disabled Miners and Widows files suits that miners had been defrauded. Judge decides to remove Boyle from the retirement fund board. This angers Boyle-supporting miners.
Narration by Tim Meyers. Charles Omashynski, a union mine worker with black lung, speaks of his disease and the unfair fund rules. Nora Nooncaster speaks about fighting for her husband's pension.
Narration by Tim Meyers. The Association case is upheld, and Boyle is to be removed from the retirement fund board. Others speaking of the union conflicts. Decision overturned in 1972.
History of WV Methodists who have received the Conference Cane, "awarded to men of age and long years of service ... almost always awarded to the oldest man who has given his life for a worthy cause."
Image of a committee of the Board of Trustees. Inscription on the back says "1977 - TTF members (Trustees)" This group could either be the Tusculum Tomorrow Fundraisers or the Tusculum Today Fundraisers. Both fundraising campaigns ran at...
This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Twenty-Second Annual Session of the Mud River Primitive Baptist Association, held with the Mount Zion Church, Logan County, W. Va., on September 1, 2, and 3, 1911. Includes meeting minutes, obituaries,...
This is a copy of the original Minutes of the Eightieth Annual Meeting of the New Salem Association of Old Regular Baptist held with the Enterprise Church, Pike County, Kentucky, on Friday and Saturday, September 22 and 23, 1905. Includes meeting...
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...
Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.
The fear of an overcrowded campus looms, as administrators at Lincoln Memorial University struggle to fund and find work for the influx of students. An estimated six hundred (600) students are expected. As a work-study institution, the author...
Apple trees in bloom frame the photo of an orchard on a hillside. A house is visible in the distance between two apple trees. Cleared fields surround the house and separate the building from the orchard.
Side view of a log gristmill. The water wheel is visible on the side of the building. Vines grow inside the water races, although water still flows from the races into the stream below. This is either the George Correll Mill (built 1852,...
A two page photo story on the Tom Agee gristmill in "Friends" magazine titled "Old Mill in the Hills." Photos of the structure and operations of the mill are shown and include captions. Palmer titled this photo "Tom Agee...