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She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian.","After graduating as valedictorian from Clay County High School in 1933, she earned her first teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall College in 1940 and a Master of Arts from West Virginia University in 1942. During these years and until 1944, she also taught grades 1 through 8, mostly in one-room, Clay County rural schools.","In 1944, while at WVU, Walker enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. Following her military training in Iowa, she was assigned to work at the Pentagon and then, at the war's end, was placed with the Historical Division in Germany's American Zone. While in Weisbaden, she met Carmelo F. Testa who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, and they married in 1949. Soon after, they returned to the U.S. and Garnie Walker Testa returned to her teaching career in West Virginia. Beginning in the fall of 1950, she taught at elementary and junior high schools in Kanawha County and continued through the spring of 1958. In 1954, Walker Testa bought her family's Laurel Run Farm from her parents. Then from 1958 through 1975, she taught grades 11 and 12 (mostly English and History) at Clay County High School and continued farming.","After retiring in 1975, Walker Testa expanded her WVU thesis research into a full-length book manuscript, doing much of the writing during the cold winters on the farm. Although she completed it ca. 1983, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia was not published until 2020. Many of the items in this collection were compiled and retained by Walker Testa, but her niece, Karen Jo Walker, is responsible for organizing the collection, editing/publishing the education history volume, and compiling much of the genealogical research. Karen J. Walker, Ph.D., retired, is an archaeological and historical researcher.","Includes the papers of Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) and genealogical research about the Walker-Testa family. The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform, and travel books acquired while serving internationally – all in Series 1 Subseries 2. There are materials from Walker Testa's time as a teacher in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia, like certificates commemorating her work and books used in the classroom – all in Series 1 Subseries 3. A copy of Walker Testa's historical survey of education in Clay County, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia, and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. Additionally, there is genealogical research material that explores her life and her family's lineage through material like descendant charts, biographical sketches, and old family photographs – all in Series 1 Subseries 5 and the collection's addendum of 2025.","This series includes Walker Testa's personal and professional papers retained throughout her life. It includes material from her education at Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College and West Viriginia University, documentation of her military service in the US Women's Army Corps, items from her 30+ years of service as a teacher in Clay and Kanawha County schools, material related to the research, writing, and publication of her book on the history of education in Clay County, and an assortment of genealogical research material compiled by and about Walker Testa.","This subseries includes materials related to Walker's education in Clay County schools and her secondary education to become a teacher. She earned her teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, her bachelor's degree at Marshall College in 1940 and her master's degree at West Virginia University in 1942. Includes academic textbooks, photographs of Walker with school friends and in graduation regalia, correspondence, and a copy of her master's thesis.","The gathers at the shoulder of Walker's garment are suggestive of a graduation gown. May be her high school graduation photograph.","Written, mailed, and stamped by Ottie Walker to her sister Garnie Walker, address \"Ivydale, Wva\" in October 1936. Includes a message about cost of boarding, cases of scarlet fever, and other things. Found hidden in between pages 322 and 323 of Walker's Elements of Geography textbook.","John Coulter is the son of Janie Stephenson Coulter, a teacher who has an entry in The Ringing of the Bells.  A related email was printed and included. On the back of the photograph, John Coulter wrote, \"Garnie Walker, Glenville. Mom's Room Mate,\" however, a stamp of the developer indicates that the photo was made in Des Moines, Iowa. In late 1944, Walker did spend 9 weeks in Des Moines in WAC Training, but the location and date of the photo is uncertain.","Two same-day images on hilltop near Glenville, WV, 1930s. One is of Walker standing by herself. The second is her sitting with Janie Stephenson; behind them are Jim Curry (left) and French DeBoard (rt). A related email was printed and included.","Possible locations are Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College, and even WVU in Morgantown. 1930s or early 1940s.","Estimate for the date and context of this photograph is Walker's 1940 graduation from Marshall College when she received her B.A. degree in Education.","Walker's graduation announcement of the 1940 Marshall College commencement ceremony; her name appears on the last page.","Written, stamped, and mailed from Walker to her sister Josephine (\"Mrs. Josephine Hickman\") in Charleston, WV. Likely sent while Walker was in Huntington at Marshall College.","A History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia. Garnie Wilma Walker, A.B. 1942 Morgantown, West Virginia. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts to the Faculty of the Graduate School of West Virginia University. This is Walker's personal copy of her thesis. The Chairman of her examining committee was Dr. H. G. Wheat of the College of Education, WVU. His signature appears at the back.","Marshall College Student Government yearbook, 1940. Walker's name is printed in the front of the book. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in the Teachers College of Marshall College in June 1940. Her photograph as a senior student is included on page 48.","Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book.","Walker's hand-printed name appears in ink in front of this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Glasgow \"portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South in a realistic manner\" (including the topic of racism).","\"Garnie W. Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Within text are penciled underlining and notes in Walker's hand and someone else's, perhaps her sister Ottie's. There are 9 folded maps in an attached envelope at the back of the book. Also there are seven folded papers that are tests and/or study questions related to the book. Much of the handwriting on these is Garnie Walker's. There may be a second person's writing; possibly Ottie Walker.","\"Miss Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book, but the previous owner(s) has written many notes in pencil in front and elsewhere. Notes at back of book are in Walker's hand, and somewhere she wrote \"Test\" at the beginning of a section.","Walker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. Her penciled notes and underlining are evident. This book likely influenced her Masters work where she identified, researched and followed through with a \"Problem\" for a written thesis.","Walker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. She may have acquired this book around 1936 while at Glenville State College.","Walker's printed, inked name appears in front of book. She may have used this book in part, along with the Methodology one, during the summer of 1942 to guide her thesis work/writing/formatting. Her handwritten notes appear on several pages.","\"Garnie W. Testa\" is hand-printed in red pencil in front of book. She married Carmelo Testa in 1949 but this is a textbook likely acquired in Morgantown during her WVU Master's Degree work, so it is unclear when she wrote her name.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears, hand-printed in ink, in the front of this textbook. Previously owned. Penciled underlining evident.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Below it is another name, presumably a previous owner.","Garnie Walker's name is in inked cursive writing in front of book.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears in ink in front of book. The book relates to secondary-school instruction. Walker received her Secondary Teaching Certificate from Marshall College in 1943.","\"Garnie Wilma Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" is printed in ink by Walker's hand in front of book. There was at least one previous owner/user, so more than one person has made notations throughout, but Walker's handwritten penciled notes are recognizably distinctive.","Ottie Walker's penciled cursive signature is written in front of book. Garnie Walker used and cited this updated history volume in her 1942 WVU M.A. thesis.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" is hand-printed in ink in front of book.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Others appear in cursive by different hands, as does a penciled price of $2.29. While not directly related to Walker's course of study, she may have used this plant book for reference.","\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, Clay Co. W. Va.\" written in cursive ink in front of book. She likely used this book as a text during the 1939-1940 school year at Marshall College.","Garnie Walker's name is in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Penciled notes and underlining are present through the book.","Garnie Walker's inked, printed name appears in the front of this book.","\"Garnie Wilma Walker\" and \"Garnie Walker\" names appear in front of book. As do \"Ottie Walker,\" and \"Mary Brannon\" (possibly a cousin on maternal side of family). And \"Nay S. Hathaway June 14, 1935 Glenville College.\" Mr. Hathaway was a teacher at Laurel Ridge School. Other names of owners/users appear. Walker was at Glenville State Teachers College in the summers of 1933 -1937.","This subseries includes materials related to Garnie Walker's military service. She enlisted in the US Women's Army Corps in 1944. There are several photographs of Walker in military uniform, of her and friends in the service, and of Carmelo Testa, whom she married in 1949. There are several guides that would have been issued to Walker while in the service and several commemorative books written after the war ended, including an excerpt written by Garnie Walker Testa for a publication highlighting Clay County WWII veterans. These materials also document Garnie Walker and Carmelo Testa's travels with the military, including postcards and photographs from around Europe. A large assortment of travel guides, language learning books, and other books about the history and culture of countries in continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia are also included.","Walker wrote her name in front of book - \"Garnie Walker\" and there is a stamp: \"….......'s Bookstore - The Pentagon - Washington 25 D. C.\"","Edited volume featuring a memoir by Walker Testa","Edited volume featuring an essay by Walker","On page III, a statement reads that the book is published \"by order of the Secretary of War: Official: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff and Edward F. Witsell, Major General The Adjutant General,\" and Garnie Walker wrote in pencil next to Witsell's name: \"My Boss for 6 months. Left this office to go to Germany June 1946.\"","Walker's name is printed on the front cover along with her number A513026. These are also stamped in bold black ink on the front cover, inside on front page, and again in the back.","Elmendorf is likely where Carmelo Testa, Walker's husband, was stationed throughout the 1950s.","Two related booklets","Photograph is in a decorative \"USA\" frame with flag motifs","Includes the following photographs, many of which have handwritten captions:  Garnie W. Walker in uniform including cap. \"About 1946.\" (shoulder patch signifies Military District - Washington.); Photographs of Garnie W. Walker in uniform 1947 (2 8x10s (1 b/w, 1 colorized); 1 5x6); Photograph of Carmelo Testa in uniform, sitting in a dog sled with dogs on snow-covered ground in front of a building (likely taken in Alaska, where he was station at this time);  Six photographs of scenes that may be in Alaska, presumably taken by Carmelo Testa; Photograph of 7th Historical Unit - Headquarters USAFE, Wiesbaden Germany July 1947 (Eight individuals all named on back of photo in Walker's handwriting. Taken on steps to a building); A photograph showing Garnie Walker with her brother in law Judson Hickman in a Naval uniform.; Photograph of Garnie and her sister Josephine E. Walker; Photograph of Walker's visit to a German farm; Photograph of Walker in a uniform overcoat and cap; Photograph captioned by Walker showing American soldiers at wreckage of Hitler's bombed retreat; Photograph captioned by Walker as \"Eagle's Nest - Hitler's Retreat - Berchtesgaden.\"; 4 photographs of Walker in uniform in Austria, Denmark, and Norway; Photograph of Walker and friends at a dinner party at the Rocker Club, Wiesbaden, Germany, 5 February, 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends in front of an airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield. 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends under wing of same airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield; Photograph of a 3-story building in Frankfurt, Germany, August 1948; Photograph of same 3-story building in Frankfurt; Photograph of a funeral for a WAC 1948; Photograph of Walker sitting in a chair in Copenhagen; Photographs of Walker and friends in uniform taken at Wespertal Lodge, Germany, 1948?; Photograph of Garnie W. Walker in uniform with cap;  Wedding photographs of Garnie Walker Testa and new husband Carmelo F. Testa. April 29, 1949; Photograph of the Egyptian Sphinx with pyramid in background (After missions in North Africa and Italy, ca. 1942-1943, Carmelo Testa visited Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.); Photograph of Carmelo F. Testa in Panama - Canal Zone, circa 1938; Portrait photographs of Carmelo Francisco Testa in uniform, 1948, Air Force First Intelligence Service.; Printed photographs of framed panoramic photograph of Thirty Third Infantry - Panama Canal Zone 1938","Includes the following items: Postcard of Hotel Maison Rouge where Walker stayed in Strasbourg, France November 19-21, 1948 (In Walker's handwriting. It is not addressed to anyone. It may have been included in an envelope perhaps with a letter.); Postcard of the Eiffel Tower from \"Carmelo and Garnie.\" 1949 (In Walker's handwriting, stamped addressed to her mother home on the farm. \"Mrs. Albert S. Walker, Ivydale, West Virginia U. S. A.\" GW and Carmelo Testa were on their honeymoon in Paris, May 1949.); Postcard showing the Hotel de Ville, a bridge over the Seine with a boat. 1949 (From Walker, stamped and addressed to \"Mrs. Gene Hamrick\" Clay WV. This was Wallker's sister, Justena Walker Hamrick.); 2 postcards from Pvt. Garnie W. Walker in Iowa where she was in training at Fort Des Moines (one sent to sister Josephine and one sent to brother Leonard); 2 postcards from Pfc. Garnie W. Walker at Fort Myer, VA (both sent to Josephine)","Includes a series of letters, but one seems to be missing, per a note from the donor.","Includes an assortment of 110 guidebooks, pamphlets, language learning books, history and culture books, and more for regions across continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.","Likely belonged to Carmelo Testa","Two copies","Walker visited Nurnberg to view the trials, this may the record of the one she attended.","Carmelo Testa is likely in this photograph.","This subseries includes items from Walker Testa's decades of service as an educator in Clay County public schools. There are photographs of Walker Testa and her students, photocopied excerpts of yearbooks, and certificates and letters of appreciation. There is also an assortment of books that Walker Testa used in her classroom.","Walker taught at Laurel Ridge School in the 1936-1937 school year. Her handwriting appears on the backside: \"Laurel Ridge School Garnie Walker Teacher.\" A dated stamp from Glenville WV also is exhibited. Notes have been added to this copy in pencil by Karen Walker.","These are sitting portrait-style photographs that were taken of Walker Testa as a member of the faculty at Clay County High School where she taught 1943-1944 and 1958-1975. Only one is dated - 1967 - but all the others also could be dated if the school yearbooks were consulted.","Walker Testa served as the faculty advisor for the yearbook (known as the \"Tiskelwah\") in 1967","Included are a letter signed by 16 members of the 1975 Tiskelwah Staff; a letter from Gov. Arch Moore (1975); a letter from A. J. Manchin, Sec. of State (1983), and more","References Walker Testa's work as a teacher","\"Tiskelwah\" is the name of the Clay County High School yearbook","English composition for 7th and 8th grades. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book and lightly penciled, relevant marks, etc. in Walker's handwriting on multiple pages. She likely used this book, 1934-1939 while teaching in several one-room rural schools and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943.","Second book has \"Testa\" in blue pencil in front of book and only a few pencil markings within the text. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in the other 3 books; all 3 exhibit much handwriting by Walker throughout. The seventh-year book exhibits a stamp in the front recording the place of purchase: Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Since 1902, Clay, W. Va. Walker taught grades 6, 7, and 8 at Swandale School, where she also served as Principal. (The eighth-year book exhibits, in the back, the name Leonard Walker, Garnie Walker's youngest brother who attended Laurel Ridge School, 1-8 grades.)","Several pages have been torn from the front of the book, including the title page. Penciled underlining and notes, the latter in Walker's handwriting appear here and there, especially on page 17 and back of book.","There was at least one previous owner of book whose name appears in front. Also includes the purchase price of $0.73. In the back, many names are written by someone other than Walker. Many penciled markings appear throughout - some are recognizably Walker's (small, tight cursive script.) She likely used this book, 1934-1939 in one-rooms and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943. See timeline.","\"This is a music book for one-room schools…\" Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in the front of this book. On the back of the first page is a list of music terms written by her hand. On title page, upper right, appears the initials LOW. Walker taught her younger brothers. Leon and Leonard, the latter having the initials LOW. She likely used this book, 1934-1939. Relevant notations in pencil are by her hand.","Garnie Walker's name is penciled in front of book, cursive writing. There are also penciled notes through the text in her hand. Based on a few of these (indicating what will be tested), Walker possibly also used this book as a student.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Likely used during 1934-1939 and/or 1941-1943.","This is a science reader for intermediate grades. Ottie Walker's signature appears in ink in front of this book. Ottie was one of Garnie Walker's sisters. Ottie also taught in Clay County's one-room schools during the 1930s and later in Kanawha County as Ottie Walker Callison.","Garnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Also, a \"Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Clay W. Va.\" stamp. Given the age of this book, Walker may well have used it well before she taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at Clay County High School.","Clay County supporters/businesses listed in back.","Camp songs, etc.","Walker Testa was an active 4-H faculty advisor/organizer during her years teaching at Clay County High School.","Walker Testa was an active member of this international, honorary educational society. Alpha Phi is the West Virginia state organization within the Society. She was first a member of the Nu Chapter (she is mentioned on page 105) and then with the Alpha Alpha Chapter (pages 134-135). On page 134 she is mentioned twice and said to be the chapter's recording secretary; on page 135 she appears in the photograph with other Clay County teachers who have auto/biographical entries in the The Ringing of the Bells book.","Multiple listings of Garnie W. Testa. She was President of the Chapter (see page 19).","Page 44 - Alpha Alpha Chapter listing includes Garnie W. Testa.","Some of these exhibit Garnie Walker's handwriting and some have handwritten dates noted on them, perhaps indicating a year when the plays were performed. One is as recent as 1975, the year of Walker's retirement. According to Walker's daughter Rosalia, she loved incorporating plays into her teaching through the years.","This subseries includes materials related to the development and production of The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia. This book is an expansion of Walker Testa's master's thesis, but most of the expanded research and writing was done in the 1970s and early 1980s. From the 2010s to 2020, Karen J. Walker worked with the Clay County Historical Society to edit, publish, and distribute the book. A small portion of Walker Testa's original research material, like maps and an unfinished manuscript copy of the book are included. Related items are included in digital format, like teacher biographies and supporting photographs. There are also items created during the process of editing, printing, and publicizing the book -- both paper and digital. Lastly, there is a completed, bound copy of the book.","Includes a copy of a 1889 document that was researched for The Ringing of the Bells but ultimately not used, titled \"Specifications for S House in Pleasant District Clay County West Va.\" The date the photocopy was created is unknown.","This copy was manually typewritten by Garnie Walker Testa. It is stored across 5 manila folders in box 6.","These envelopes feature handwritten notes from Garnie Walker Testa, Karen Walker, and/or others involved in the book","This image was used in the book.","Includes the following maps and related correspondence: Outline Map With County Seats State of West Virginia by WV Dept of Highways, undated; map of Clay County Primary and Secondary Highways created by the State Road Commission of West Virginia, 1971 reprint of 1933 edition map; General Highway Map - Clay County - West Virginia by WV Department of Highways, 1976; ordering information for Department of Highways maps and two 8 1/2 x 11 in. maps of the Outline Map with County Seats","Includes digital copies of information used by Karen Walker to facilitate the production and distribution of the book, which took place around 2014-2020. Digital folder titles are as follows: \"1989 Letters \u0026 Permission Form,\" \"Book Printing - Sheridan,\" \"Chapter 11 map images,\" \"Chapter 11 School Photos,\" \"Chapter 17 Clay County Teachers,\" \"Editor,\" \"Flyers and Order Form,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL book image 5-14-2020,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL Testa book 4-21-2020,\" \"Maps 1, 2, 3,\" and \"Misc. Correspondence\"","This subseries includes an assortment of genealogical research about the Walker family. Descendant lists, biographical sketches, photographs, obituaries, and more are included – some of which were compiled by Walker Testa and others compiled after her death in 1999. There is also a collection of books owned by her father, Albert Seth Walker, in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries and an 1881 bible that has been passed down through the family. Albert Seth Walker likely attended Little Laurel School and later a Normal school in Clay County. He attained a Teaching Certificate and later became a minister. Most of the academic and religious books in this series belonged to him unless otherwise noted. His name and sometimes \"Ivydale, Clay Co\" appears in the covers of these books.","Provided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. Adams achieved the breakthrough finding of Walker connections to colonial New Hampshire and Massachusetts and then back to England. After the death of Solomon Walker in NH, his wife Leah Boyden Walker and their son, Solon Walker moved south into West Virginia.","Provided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. A. J. Walker was Garnie Walker's paternal grandfather. A. J. Walker and his family are the source of the Walker Road community name, located off of Laurel Ridge Road. As of 2022, Walker Road is known as Dark Hollow Road.","Walker and others did not have the advantage of the internet or DNA analyses when completing this work. For a long time, it was thought that the WV Walker family was connected to the 1775 Joel Walker (m. Jane Cavendish) line. This has been corrected in recent years.","During the 1980s, Garnie Walker Testa researched her family tree as best she could, with the occasional help of others, including her youngest brother, Leonard O. Walker. The connection made between Joel Walker/Jane Cavendish is an error.","Includes the following photos: Image of Albert Seth Walker and Ollie Dove Brannon Walker with their first three children: Garnie Wilma (first born), Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta (third born); 1919 [Studio] Image of the oldest three Walker sisters: Garnie Wilma, Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta;  1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine standing in front of a fence; 1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine sitting on back of saddled farm horse; 1924 image of Garnie (and likely also Ottie) Walker in a school group taken against an exterior wall of Laurel Ridge School near Ivydale, WV; Image from Clay County Free Press of Garnie Walker and 2 high school friends, taken in 1933; A photograph of a group of people at a table; and a photograph of a group of people outdoors","Photographs feature Garnie Walker Testa's farm, taken by Karen J. Walker. 1: Open gate, Barn on right. Camera is facing north/NE. On the hilltop in center of photo, under the trees, is the old Lyons cemetery, identified on maps as the Cherrytree Cemetery. The visible farm road leads up and on around to the right toward the other trees. In this area is the \"new\" Walker Cemetery where Albert and Ollie Walker and are buried. And in 1999, where Garnie Walker Testa was also buried, alongside Carmelo. 2: Lower portion of the same barn seen in previous photo. 3: Mountaintop farm view with a fence, pasture, and one of Garnie's cows. (Cherrytree Cemetery is named for Cherrytree Run/Fork which is beyond view and runs into Rush Fork). 4: Another view of the barn with outbuildings on the left and the house to the right near the evergreen trees. Color images were taken in 1982 by Bruce C. Walker, which feature the old farm, located below Garnie Walker Testa's ridgetop home (still within the 221 acres). It is down at the head of Laurel Run which flows into the Big Otter and on to the Elk River. There were other outbuildings not shown in these photos. K. J. Walker, her brothers and cousins, including Garnie's daughter Rosalia, are currently working to document this older farm.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive pencil appears in front of book along with the cursive penciled names of 3 of Garnie's 6 siblings (all younger than her): Ottie, Josephine, and Leon. On page viii another sister's name, Justena, appears. Frye states (Preface) that the book is meant for 4th through 6th grades.","\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive ink appears in front of book. She graduated (8th grade) in May of 1930, so likely her siblings used this book. Genevieve Walker's name appears here and there along with a first cousin, Maxine Walker.","A book in \"The Story Series in Health.\" In the front, Garnie Walker's name appears in a penciled, child's cursive handwriting, as does her sister's and a date \"Miss Genevieve Pearl Walker September 1936.\" Also, four blue-ink stamps of \"Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Since 1902 - Clay, W.Va.\" Walker was in 4th grade at Laurel Ridge School in 1924 (see photo image) and used this book when it was new. When Genevieve used it in her 4th grade, in 1936-1937, Garnie was her teacher. This book was published just a few years after the 1918-1920 flu pandemic. From the Preface: \"This book is offered as a contribution to the newer health teaching now being inaugurated in our schools.\" Directed at fourth and fifth grades. Garnie's (and her siblings') paternal grandmother, Almira Jane (Hanshaw) Walker, died of the flu on March 8, 1920.","Garnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Given the age of this book and that it was meant for high-school students, GW likely used it as a student at Clay County High School. It is also likely that when she herself taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at CCHS that she used this textbook again.","\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in ink, hand-printed in her hand, in front of book. Walker attended Clay County High School 1930-1933 graduating as Valedictorian of her Class of 1933.","On page 14 is a recipe submitted by Garnie W. Testa - \"Biscuits Supreme.\"","This addendum includes additional genealogical research compiled by Karen Jo Walker. This research is primarily focused on 19th-century Walker relatives Solomon Walker, his sons Solon and Joel Walker, and their families. Items like maps, land deeds, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs that feature these individuals are included. K. J. Walker has also provided biographical sketches and extensive notes to better contextualize her research findings.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English\n."],"collection_title_tesim":["Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy, 1878/2025"],"collection_ssim":["Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy, 1878/2025"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 4670","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/7073"],"unitid_tesim":["A\u0026M 4670","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/7073"],"repository_ssm":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"repository_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"geogname_ssm":["Clay County, West Virginia -- Genealogy"],"geogname_ssim":["Clay County, West Virginia -- Genealogy"],"places_ssim":["Clay County, West Virginia -- Genealogy"],"creator_ssm":["Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo"],"creator_ssim":["Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo"],"creator_persname_ssim":["Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo"],"creator_corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"creators_ssim":["Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","West Virginia and Regional History Center"],"access_terms_ssm":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating as valedictorian from Clay County High School in 1933, she earned her first teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall College in 1940 and a Master of Arts from West Virginia University in 1942. During these years and until 1944, she also taught grades 1 through 8, mostly in one-room, Clay County rural schools. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1944, while at WVU, Walker enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. Following her military training in Iowa, she was assigned to work at the Pentagon and then, at the war's end, was placed with the Historical Division in Germany's American Zone. While in Weisbaden, she met Carmelo F. Testa who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, and they married in 1949. Soon after, they returned to the U.S. and Garnie Walker Testa returned to her teaching career in West Virginia. Beginning in the fall of 1950, she taught at elementary and junior high schools in Kanawha County and continued through the spring of 1958. In 1954, Walker Testa bought her family's Laurel Run Farm from her parents. Then from 1958 through 1975, she taught grades 11 and 12 (mostly English and History) at Clay County High School and continued farming. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAfter retiring in 1975, Walker Testa expanded her WVU thesis research into a full-length book manuscript, doing much of the writing during the cold winters on the farm. Although she completed it ca. 1983, \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e was not published until 2020. Many of the items in this collection were compiled and retained by Walker Testa, but her niece, Karen Jo Walker, is responsible for organizing the collection, editing/publishing the education history volume, and compiling much of the genealogical research. Karen J. Walker, Ph.D., retired, is an archaeological and historical researcher.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) was a native of a West Virginia mountain farming community within the Elk River basin, near Ivydale in Clay County. She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian.","After graduating as valedictorian from Clay County High School in 1933, she earned her first teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, a Bachelor of Arts from Marshall College in 1940 and a Master of Arts from West Virginia University in 1942. During these years and until 1944, she also taught grades 1 through 8, mostly in one-room, Clay County rural schools.","In 1944, while at WVU, Walker enlisted in the U.S. Women's Army Corps. Following her military training in Iowa, she was assigned to work at the Pentagon and then, at the war's end, was placed with the Historical Division in Germany's American Zone. While in Weisbaden, she met Carmelo F. Testa who was serving in the U.S. Air Force, and they married in 1949. Soon after, they returned to the U.S. and Garnie Walker Testa returned to her teaching career in West Virginia. Beginning in the fall of 1950, she taught at elementary and junior high schools in Kanawha County and continued through the spring of 1958. In 1954, Walker Testa bought her family's Laurel Run Farm from her parents. Then from 1958 through 1975, she taught grades 11 and 12 (mostly English and History) at Clay County High School and continued farming.","After retiring in 1975, Walker Testa expanded her WVU thesis research into a full-length book manuscript, doing much of the writing during the cold winters on the farm. Although she completed it ca. 1983, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia was not published until 2020. Many of the items in this collection were compiled and retained by Walker Testa, but her niece, Karen Jo Walker, is responsible for organizing the collection, editing/publishing the education history volume, and compiling much of the genealogical research. Karen J. Walker, Ph.D., retired, is an archaeological and historical researcher."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy, A\u0026amp;M 4670, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy, A\u0026M 4670, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eIncludes the papers of Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) and genealogical research about the Walker-Testa family. The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform, and travel books acquired while serving internationally – all in Series 1 Subseries 2. There are materials from Walker Testa's time as a teacher in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia, like certificates commemorating her work and books used in the classroom – all in Series 1 Subseries 3. A copy of Walker Testa's historical survey of education in Clay County, \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia,\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. Additionally, there is genealogical research material that explores her life and her family's lineage through material like descendant charts, biographical sketches, and old family photographs – all in Series 1 Subseries 5 and the collection's addendum of 2025.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes Walker Testa's personal and professional papers retained throughout her life. It includes material from her education at Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College and West Viriginia University, documentation of her military service in the US Women's Army Corps, items from her 30+ years of service as a teacher in Clay and Kanawha County schools, material related to the research, writing, and publication of her book on the history of education in Clay County, and an assortment of genealogical research material compiled by and about Walker Testa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes materials related to Walker's education in Clay County schools and her secondary education to become a teacher. She earned her teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, her bachelor's degree at Marshall College in 1940 and her master's degree at West Virginia University in 1942. Includes academic textbooks, photographs of Walker with school friends and in graduation regalia, correspondence, and a copy of her master's thesis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe gathers at the shoulder of Walker's garment are suggestive of a graduation gown. May be her high school graduation photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten, mailed, and stamped by Ottie Walker to her sister Garnie Walker, address \"Ivydale, Wva\" in October 1936. Includes a message about cost of boarding, cases of scarlet fever, and other things. Found hidden in between pages 322 and 323 of Walker's \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eElements of Geography\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e textbook.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJohn Coulter is the son of Janie Stephenson Coulter, a teacher who has an entry in \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e.  A related email was printed and included. On the back of the photograph, John Coulter wrote, \"Garnie Walker, Glenville. Mom's Room Mate,\" however, a stamp of the developer indicates that the photo was made in Des Moines, Iowa. In late 1944, Walker did spend 9 weeks in Des Moines in WAC Training, but the location and date of the photo is uncertain.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo same-day images on hilltop near Glenville, WV, 1930s. One is of Walker standing by herself. The second is her sitting with Janie Stephenson; behind them are Jim Curry (left) and French DeBoard (rt). A related email was printed and included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePossible locations are Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College, and even WVU in Morgantown. 1930s or early 1940s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEstimate for the date and context of this photograph is Walker's 1940 graduation from Marshall College when she received her B.A. degree in Education.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's graduation announcement of the 1940 Marshall College commencement ceremony; her name appears on the last page.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWritten, stamped, and mailed from Walker to her sister Josephine (\"Mrs. Josephine Hickman\") in Charleston, WV. Likely sent while Walker was in Huntington at Marshall College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eA History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e. Garnie Wilma Walker, A.B. 1942 Morgantown, West Virginia. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts to the Faculty of the Graduate School of West Virginia University. This is Walker's personal copy of her thesis. The Chairman of her examining committee was Dr. H. G. Wheat of the College of Education, WVU. His signature appears at the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMarshall College Student Government yearbook, 1940. Walker's name is printed in the front of the book. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in the Teachers College of Marshall College in June 1940. Her photograph as a senior student is included on page 48.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's name is printed in ink in front of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's hand-printed name appears in ink in front of this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Glasgow \"portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South in a realistic manner\" (including the topic of racism).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie W. Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Within text are penciled underlining and notes in Walker's hand and someone else's, perhaps her sister Ottie's. There are 9 folded maps in an attached envelope at the back of the book. Also there are seven folded papers that are tests and/or study questions related to the book. Much of the handwriting on these is Garnie Walker's. There may be a second person's writing; possibly Ottie Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book, but the previous owner(s) has written many notes in pencil in front and elsewhere. Notes at back of book are in Walker's hand, and somewhere she wrote \"Test\" at the beginning of a section.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. Her penciled notes and underlining are evident. This book likely influenced her Masters work where she identified, researched and followed through with a \"Problem\" for a written thesis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. She may have acquired this book around 1936 while at Glenville State College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's printed, inked name appears in front of book. She may have used this book in part, along with the Methodology one, during the summer of 1942 to guide her thesis work/writing/formatting. Her handwritten notes appear on several pages.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie W. Testa\" is hand-printed in red pencil in front of book. She married Carmelo Testa in 1949 but this is a textbook likely acquired in Morgantown during her WVU Master's Degree work, so it is unclear when she wrote her name.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears, hand-printed in ink, in the front of this textbook. Previously owned. Penciled underlining evident.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Below it is another name, presumably a previous owner.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is in inked cursive writing in front of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears in ink in front of book. The book relates to secondary-school instruction. Walker received her Secondary Teaching Certificate from Marshall College in 1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Wilma Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" is printed in ink by Walker's hand in front of book. There was at least one previous owner/user, so more than one person has made notations throughout, but Walker's handwritten penciled notes are recognizably distinctive.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOttie Walker's penciled cursive signature is written in front of book. Garnie Walker used and cited this updated history volume in her 1942 WVU M.A. thesis.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie W. Walker\" is hand-printed in ink in front of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Others appear in cursive by different hands, as does a penciled price of $2.29. While not directly related to Walker's course of study, she may have used this plant book for reference.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, Clay Co. W. Va.\" written in cursive ink in front of book. She likely used this book as a text during the 1939-1940 school year at Marshall College.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Penciled notes and underlining are present through the book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's inked, printed name appears in the front of this book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Wilma Walker\" and \"Garnie Walker\" names appear in front of book. As do \"Ottie Walker,\" and \"Mary Brannon\" (possibly a cousin on maternal side of family). And \"Nay S. Hathaway June 14, 1935 Glenville College.\" Mr. Hathaway was a teacher at Laurel Ridge School. Other names of owners/users appear. Walker was at Glenville State Teachers College in the summers of 1933 -1937.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes materials related to Garnie Walker's military service. She enlisted in the US Women's Army Corps in 1944. There are several photographs of Walker in military uniform, of her and friends in the service, and of Carmelo Testa, whom she married in 1949. There are several guides that would have been issued to Walker while in the service and several commemorative books written after the war ended, including an excerpt written by Garnie Walker Testa for a publication highlighting Clay County WWII veterans. These materials also document Garnie Walker and Carmelo Testa's travels with the military, including postcards and photographs from around Europe. A large assortment of travel guides, language learning books, and other books about the history and culture of countries in continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia are also included.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker wrote her name in front of book - \"Garnie Walker\" and there is a stamp: \"….......'s Bookstore - The Pentagon - Washington 25 D. C.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdited volume featuring a memoir by Walker Testa\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEdited volume featuring an essay by Walker\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn page III, a statement reads that the book is published \"by order of the Secretary of War: Official: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff and Edward F. Witsell, Major General The Adjutant General,\" and Garnie Walker wrote in pencil next to Witsell's name: \"My Boss for 6 months. Left this office to go to Germany June 1946.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker's name is printed on the front cover along with her number A513026. These are also stamped in bold black ink on the front cover, inside on front page, and again in the back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eElmendorf is likely where Carmelo Testa, Walker's husband, was stationed throughout the 1950s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo related booklets\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph is in a decorative \"USA\" frame with flag motifs\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following photographs, many of which have handwritten captions:  Garnie W. Walker in uniform including cap. \"About 1946.\" (shoulder patch signifies Military District - Washington.); Photographs of Garnie W. Walker in uniform 1947 (2 8x10s (1 b/w, 1 colorized); 1 5x6); Photograph of Carmelo Testa in uniform, sitting in a dog sled with dogs on snow-covered ground in front of a building (likely taken in Alaska, where he was station at this time);  Six photographs of scenes that may be in Alaska, presumably taken by Carmelo Testa; Photograph of 7th Historical Unit - Headquarters USAFE, Wiesbaden Germany July 1947 (Eight individuals all named on back of photo in Walker's handwriting. Taken on steps to a building); A photograph showing Garnie Walker with her brother in law Judson Hickman in a Naval uniform.; Photograph of Garnie and her sister Josephine E. Walker; Photograph of Walker's visit to a German farm; Photograph of Walker in a uniform overcoat and cap; Photograph captioned by Walker showing American soldiers at wreckage of Hitler's bombed retreat; Photograph captioned by Walker as \"Eagle's Nest - Hitler's Retreat - Berchtesgaden.\"; 4 photographs of Walker in uniform in Austria, Denmark, and Norway; Photograph of Walker and friends at a dinner party at the Rocker Club, Wiesbaden, Germany, 5 February, 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends in front of an airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield. 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends under wing of same airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield; Photograph of a 3-story building in Frankfurt, Germany, August 1948; Photograph of same 3-story building in Frankfurt; Photograph of a funeral for a WAC 1948; Photograph of Walker sitting in a chair in Copenhagen; Photographs of Walker and friends in uniform taken at Wespertal Lodge, Germany, 1948?; Photograph of Garnie W. Walker in uniform with cap;  Wedding photographs of Garnie Walker Testa and new husband Carmelo F. Testa. April 29, 1949; Photograph of the Egyptian Sphinx with pyramid in background (After missions in North Africa and Italy, ca. 1942-1943, Carmelo Testa visited Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.); Photograph of Carmelo F. Testa in Panama - Canal Zone, circa 1938; Portrait photographs of Carmelo Francisco Testa in uniform, 1948, Air Force First Intelligence Service.; Printed photographs of framed panoramic photograph of Thirty Third Infantry - Panama Canal Zone 1938\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following items: Postcard of Hotel Maison Rouge where Walker stayed in Strasbourg, France November 19-21, 1948 (In Walker's handwriting. It is not addressed to anyone. It may have been included in an envelope perhaps with a letter.); Postcard of the Eiffel Tower from \"Carmelo and Garnie.\" 1949 (In Walker's handwriting, stamped addressed to her mother home on the farm. \"Mrs. Albert S. Walker, Ivydale, West Virginia U. S. A.\" GW and Carmelo Testa were on their honeymoon in Paris, May 1949.); Postcard showing the Hotel de Ville, a bridge over the Seine with a boat. 1949 (From Walker, stamped and addressed to \"Mrs. Gene Hamrick\" Clay WV. This was Wallker's sister, Justena Walker Hamrick.); 2 postcards from Pvt. Garnie W. Walker in Iowa where she was in training at Fort Des Moines (one sent to sister Josephine and one sent to brother Leonard); 2 postcards from Pfc. Garnie W. Walker at Fort Myer, VA (both sent to Josephine)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a series of letters, but one seems to be missing, per a note from the donor.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes an assortment of 110 guidebooks, pamphlets, language learning books, history and culture books, and more for regions across continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLikely belonged to Carmelo Testa\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTwo copies\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker visited Nurnberg to view the trials, this may the record of the one she attended.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCarmelo Testa is likely in this photograph.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes items from Walker Testa's decades of service as an educator in Clay County public schools. There are photographs of Walker Testa and her students, photocopied excerpts of yearbooks, and certificates and letters of appreciation. There is also an assortment of books that Walker Testa used in her classroom.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker taught at Laurel Ridge School in the 1936-1937 school year. Her handwriting appears on the backside: \"Laurel Ridge School Garnie Walker Teacher.\" A dated stamp from Glenville WV also is exhibited. Notes have been added to this copy in pencil by Karen Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese are sitting portrait-style photographs that were taken of Walker Testa as a member of the faculty at Clay County High School where she taught 1943-1944 and 1958-1975. Only one is dated - 1967 - but all the others also could be dated if the school yearbooks were consulted.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker Testa served as the faculty advisor for the yearbook (known as the \"Tiskelwah\") in 1967\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncluded are a letter signed by 16 members of the 1975 Tiskelwah Staff; a letter from Gov. Arch Moore (1975); a letter from A. J. Manchin, Sec. of State (1983), and more\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReferences Walker Testa's work as a teacher\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Tiskelwah\" is the name of the Clay County High School yearbook\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEnglish composition for 7th and 8th grades. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book and lightly penciled, relevant marks, etc. in Walker's handwriting on multiple pages. She likely used this book, 1934-1939 while teaching in several one-room rural schools and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSecond book has \"Testa\" in blue pencil in front of book and only a few pencil markings within the text. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in the other 3 books; all 3 exhibit much handwriting by Walker throughout. The seventh-year book exhibits a stamp in the front recording the place of purchase: Murphy \u0026amp; Company Department Store Since 1902, Clay, W. Va. Walker taught grades 6, 7, and 8 at Swandale School, where she also served as Principal. (The eighth-year book exhibits, in the back, the name Leonard Walker, Garnie Walker's youngest brother who attended Laurel Ridge School, 1-8 grades.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeveral pages have been torn from the front of the book, including the title page. Penciled underlining and notes, the latter in Walker's handwriting appear here and there, especially on page 17 and back of book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere was at least one previous owner of book whose name appears in front. Also includes the purchase price of $0.73. In the back, many names are written by someone other than Walker. Many penciled markings appear throughout - some are recognizably Walker's (small, tight cursive script.) She likely used this book, 1934-1939 in one-rooms and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943. See timeline.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"This is a music book for one-room schools…\" Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in the front of this book. On the back of the first page is a list of music terms written by her hand. On title page, upper right, appears the initials LOW. Walker taught her younger brothers. Leon and Leonard, the latter having the initials LOW. She likely used this book, 1934-1939. Relevant notations in pencil are by her hand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is penciled in front of book, cursive writing. There are also penciled notes through the text in her hand. Based on a few of these (indicating what will be tested), Walker possibly also used this book as a student.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Likely used during 1934-1939 and/or 1941-1943.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis is a science reader for intermediate grades. Ottie Walker's signature appears in ink in front of this book. Ottie was one of Garnie Walker's sisters. Ottie also taught in Clay County's one-room schools during the 1930s and later in Kanawha County as Ottie Walker Callison.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Also, a \"Murphy \u0026amp; Company Department Store Clay W. Va.\" stamp. Given the age of this book, Walker may well have used it well before she taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at Clay County High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClay County supporters/businesses listed in back.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCamp songs, etc.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker Testa was an active 4-H faculty advisor/organizer during her years teaching at Clay County High School.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker Testa was an active member of this international, honorary educational society. Alpha Phi is the West Virginia state organization within the Society. She was first a member of the Nu Chapter (she is mentioned on page 105) and then with the Alpha Alpha Chapter (pages 134-135). On page 134 she is mentioned twice and said to be the chapter's recording secretary; on page 135 she appears in the photograph with other Clay County teachers who have auto/biographical entries in the \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMultiple listings of Garnie W. Testa. She was President of the Chapter (see page 19).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePage 44 - Alpha Alpha Chapter listing includes Garnie W. Testa.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSome of these exhibit Garnie Walker's handwriting and some have handwritten dates noted on them, perhaps indicating a year when the plays were performed. One is as recent as 1975, the year of Walker's retirement. According to Walker's daughter Rosalia, she loved incorporating plays into her teaching through the years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes materials related to the development and production of \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e. This book is an expansion of Walker Testa's master's thesis, but most of the expanded research and writing was done in the 1970s and early 1980s. From the 2010s to 2020, Karen J. Walker worked with the Clay County Historical Society to edit, publish, and distribute the book. A small portion of Walker Testa's original research material, like maps and an unfinished manuscript copy of the book are included. Related items are included in digital format, like teacher biographies and supporting photographs. There are also items created during the process of editing, printing, and publicizing the book -- both paper and digital. Lastly, there is a completed, bound copy of the book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes a copy of a 1889 document that was researched for \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e but ultimately not used, titled \"Specifications for S House in Pleasant District Clay County West Va.\" The date the photocopy was created is unknown.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis copy was manually typewritten by Garnie Walker Testa. It is stored across 5 manila folders in box 6.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThese envelopes feature handwritten notes from Garnie Walker Testa, Karen Walker, and/or others involved in the book\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis image was used in the book.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following maps and related correspondence: Outline Map With County Seats State of West Virginia by WV Dept of Highways, undated; map of Clay County Primary and Secondary Highways created by the State Road Commission of West Virginia, 1971 reprint of 1933 edition map; General Highway Map - Clay County - West Virginia by WV Department of Highways, 1976; ordering information for Department of Highways maps and two 8 1/2 x 11 in. maps of the Outline Map with County Seats\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes digital copies of information used by Karen Walker to facilitate the production and distribution of the book, which took place around 2014-2020. Digital folder titles are as follows: \"1989 Letters \u0026amp; Permission Form,\" \"Book Printing - Sheridan,\" \"Chapter 11 map images,\" \"Chapter 11 School Photos,\" \"Chapter 17 Clay County Teachers,\" \"Editor,\" \"Flyers and Order Form,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL book image 5-14-2020,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL Testa book 4-21-2020,\" \"Maps 1, 2, 3,\" and \"Misc. Correspondence\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis subseries includes an assortment of genealogical research about the Walker family. Descendant lists, biographical sketches, photographs, obituaries, and more are included – some of which were compiled by Walker Testa and others compiled after her death in 1999. There is also a collection of books owned by her father, Albert Seth Walker, in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries and an 1881 bible that has been passed down through the family. Albert Seth Walker likely attended Little Laurel School and later a Normal school in Clay County. He attained a Teaching Certificate and later became a minister. Most of the academic and religious books in this series belonged to him unless otherwise noted. His name and sometimes \"Ivydale, Clay Co\" appears in the covers of these books.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. Adams achieved the breakthrough finding of Walker connections to colonial New Hampshire and Massachusetts and then back to England. After the death of Solomon Walker in NH, his wife Leah Boyden Walker and their son, Solon Walker moved south into West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProvided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. A. J. Walker was Garnie Walker's paternal grandfather. A. J. Walker and his family are the source of the Walker Road community name, located off of Laurel Ridge Road. As of 2022, Walker Road is known as Dark Hollow Road.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWalker and others did not have the advantage of the internet or DNA analyses when completing this work. For a long time, it was thought that the WV Walker family was connected to the 1775 Joel Walker (m. Jane Cavendish) line. This has been corrected in recent years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring the 1980s, Garnie Walker Testa researched her family tree as best she could, with the occasional help of others, including her youngest brother, Leonard O. Walker. The connection made between Joel Walker/Jane Cavendish is an error.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the following photos: Image of Albert Seth Walker and Ollie Dove Brannon Walker with their first three children: Garnie Wilma (first born), Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta (third born); 1919 [Studio] Image of the oldest three Walker sisters: Garnie Wilma, Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta;  1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine standing in front of a fence; 1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine sitting on back of saddled farm horse; 1924 image of Garnie (and likely also Ottie) Walker in a school group taken against an exterior wall of Laurel Ridge School near Ivydale, WV; Image from Clay County Free Press of Garnie Walker and 2 high school friends, taken in 1933; A photograph of a group of people at a table; and a photograph of a group of people outdoors\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotographs feature Garnie Walker Testa's farm, taken by Karen J. Walker. 1: Open gate, Barn on right. Camera is facing north/NE. On the hilltop in center of photo, under the trees, is the old Lyons cemetery, identified on maps as the Cherrytree Cemetery. The visible farm road leads up and on around to the right toward the other trees. In this area is the \"new\" Walker Cemetery where Albert and Ollie Walker and are buried. And in 1999, where Garnie Walker Testa was also buried, alongside Carmelo. 2: Lower portion of the same barn seen in previous photo. 3: Mountaintop farm view with a fence, pasture, and one of Garnie's cows. (Cherrytree Cemetery is named for Cherrytree Run/Fork which is beyond view and runs into Rush Fork). 4: Another view of the barn with outbuildings on the left and the house to the right near the evergreen trees. Color images were taken in 1982 by Bruce C. Walker, which feature the old farm, located below Garnie Walker Testa's ridgetop home (still within the 221 acres). It is down at the head of Laurel Run which flows into the Big Otter and on to the Elk River. There were other outbuildings not shown in these photos. K. J. Walker, her brothers and cousins, including Garnie's daughter Rosalia, are currently working to document this older farm.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOriginally owned by Albert Seth Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive pencil appears in front of book along with the cursive penciled names of 3 of Garnie's 6 siblings (all younger than her): Ottie, Josephine, and Leon. On page viii another sister's name, Justena, appears. Frye states (Preface) that the book is meant for 4th through 6th grades.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive ink appears in front of book. She graduated (8th grade) in May of 1930, so likely her siblings used this book. Genevieve Walker's name appears here and there along with a first cousin, Maxine Walker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eA book in \"The Story Series in Health.\" In the front, Garnie Walker's name appears in a penciled, child's cursive handwriting, as does her sister's and a date \"Miss Genevieve Pearl Walker September 1936.\" Also, four blue-ink stamps of \"Murphy \u0026amp; Company Department Store Since 1902 - Clay, W.Va.\" Walker was in 4th grade at Laurel Ridge School in 1924 (see photo image) and used this book when it was new. When Genevieve used it in her 4th grade, in 1936-1937, Garnie was her teacher. This book was published just a few years after the 1918-1920 flu pandemic. From the Preface: \"This book is offered as a contribution to the newer health teaching now being inaugurated in our schools.\" Directed at fourth and fifth grades. Garnie's (and her siblings') paternal grandmother, Almira Jane (Hanshaw) Walker, died of the flu on March 8, 1920.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGarnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Given the age of this book and that it was meant for high-school students, GW likely used it as a student at Clay County High School. It is also likely that when she herself taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at CCHS that she used this textbook again.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in ink, hand-printed in her hand, in front of book. Walker attended Clay County High School 1930-1933 graduating as Valedictorian of her Class of 1933.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn page 14 is a recipe submitted by Garnie W. Testa - \"Biscuits Supreme.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes additional genealogical research compiled by Karen Jo Walker. This research is primarily focused on 19th-century Walker relatives Solomon Walker, his sons Solon and Joel Walker, and their families. Items like maps, land deeds, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs that feature these individuals are included. K. J. 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The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform, and travel books acquired while serving internationally – all in Series 1 Subseries 2. There are materials from Walker Testa's time as a teacher in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia, like certificates commemorating her work and books used in the classroom – all in Series 1 Subseries 3. A copy of Walker Testa's historical survey of education in Clay County, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia, and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. Additionally, there is genealogical research material that explores her life and her family's lineage through material like descendant charts, biographical sketches, and old family photographs – all in Series 1 Subseries 5 and the collection's addendum of 2025.","This series includes Walker Testa's personal and professional papers retained throughout her life. It includes material from her education at Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College and West Viriginia University, documentation of her military service in the US Women's Army Corps, items from her 30+ years of service as a teacher in Clay and Kanawha County schools, material related to the research, writing, and publication of her book on the history of education in Clay County, and an assortment of genealogical research material compiled by and about Walker Testa.","This subseries includes materials related to Walker's education in Clay County schools and her secondary education to become a teacher. She earned her teaching certificate from Glenville State Teachers College in 1934, her bachelor's degree at Marshall College in 1940 and her master's degree at West Virginia University in 1942. Includes academic textbooks, photographs of Walker with school friends and in graduation regalia, correspondence, and a copy of her master's thesis.","The gathers at the shoulder of Walker's garment are suggestive of a graduation gown. May be her high school graduation photograph.","Written, mailed, and stamped by Ottie Walker to her sister Garnie Walker, address \"Ivydale, Wva\" in October 1936. Includes a message about cost of boarding, cases of scarlet fever, and other things. Found hidden in between pages 322 and 323 of Walker's Elements of Geography textbook.","John Coulter is the son of Janie Stephenson Coulter, a teacher who has an entry in The Ringing of the Bells.  A related email was printed and included. On the back of the photograph, John Coulter wrote, \"Garnie Walker, Glenville. Mom's Room Mate,\" however, a stamp of the developer indicates that the photo was made in Des Moines, Iowa. In late 1944, Walker did spend 9 weeks in Des Moines in WAC Training, but the location and date of the photo is uncertain.","Two same-day images on hilltop near Glenville, WV, 1930s. One is of Walker standing by herself. The second is her sitting with Janie Stephenson; behind them are Jim Curry (left) and French DeBoard (rt). A related email was printed and included.","Possible locations are Glenville State Teachers College, Marshall College, and even WVU in Morgantown. 1930s or early 1940s.","Estimate for the date and context of this photograph is Walker's 1940 graduation from Marshall College when she received her B.A. degree in Education.","Walker's graduation announcement of the 1940 Marshall College commencement ceremony; her name appears on the last page.","Written, stamped, and mailed from Walker to her sister Josephine (\"Mrs. Josephine Hickman\") in Charleston, WV. Likely sent while Walker was in Huntington at Marshall College.","A History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia. Garnie Wilma Walker, A.B. 1942 Morgantown, West Virginia. Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Masters of Arts to the Faculty of the Graduate School of West Virginia University. This is Walker's personal copy of her thesis. The Chairman of her examining committee was Dr. H. G. Wheat of the College of Education, WVU. His signature appears at the back.","Marshall College Student Government yearbook, 1940. Walker's name is printed in the front of the book. She completed her Bachelor of Arts degree in the Teachers College of Marshall College in June 1940. Her photograph as a senior student is included on page 48.","Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book.","Walker's hand-printed name appears in ink in front of this Pulitzer-Prize winning novel. Glasgow \"portrayed the changing world of the contemporary South in a realistic manner\" (including the topic of racism).","\"Garnie W. Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Within text are penciled underlining and notes in Walker's hand and someone else's, perhaps her sister Ottie's. There are 9 folded maps in an attached envelope at the back of the book. Also there are seven folded papers that are tests and/or study questions related to the book. Much of the handwriting on these is Garnie Walker's. There may be a second person's writing; possibly Ottie Walker.","\"Miss Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book, but the previous owner(s) has written many notes in pencil in front and elsewhere. Notes at back of book are in Walker's hand, and somewhere she wrote \"Test\" at the beginning of a section.","Walker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. Her penciled notes and underlining are evident. This book likely influenced her Masters work where she identified, researched and followed through with a \"Problem\" for a written thesis.","Walker's name appears in ink, cursive writing in front of book. She may have acquired this book around 1936 while at Glenville State College.","Walker's printed, inked name appears in front of book. She may have used this book in part, along with the Methodology one, during the summer of 1942 to guide her thesis work/writing/formatting. Her handwritten notes appear on several pages.","\"Garnie W. Testa\" is hand-printed in red pencil in front of book. She married Carmelo Testa in 1949 but this is a textbook likely acquired in Morgantown during her WVU Master's Degree work, so it is unclear when she wrote her name.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears, hand-printed in ink, in the front of this textbook. Previously owned. Penciled underlining evident.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Below it is another name, presumably a previous owner.","Garnie Walker's name is in inked cursive writing in front of book.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" appears in ink in front of book. The book relates to secondary-school instruction. Walker received her Secondary Teaching Certificate from Marshall College in 1943.","\"Garnie Wilma Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" is printed in ink by Walker's hand in front of book. There was at least one previous owner/user, so more than one person has made notations throughout, but Walker's handwritten penciled notes are recognizably distinctive.","Ottie Walker's penciled cursive signature is written in front of book. Garnie Walker used and cited this updated history volume in her 1942 WVU M.A. thesis.","\"Garnie W. Walker\" is hand-printed in ink in front of book.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Others appear in cursive by different hands, as does a penciled price of $2.29. While not directly related to Walker's course of study, she may have used this plant book for reference.","\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, Clay Co. W. Va.\" written in cursive ink in front of book. She likely used this book as a text during the 1939-1940 school year at Marshall College.","Garnie Walker's name is in penciled cursive writing in front of book. Penciled notes and underlining are present through the book.","Garnie Walker's inked, printed name appears in the front of this book.","\"Garnie Wilma Walker\" and \"Garnie Walker\" names appear in front of book. As do \"Ottie Walker,\" and \"Mary Brannon\" (possibly a cousin on maternal side of family). And \"Nay S. Hathaway June 14, 1935 Glenville College.\" Mr. Hathaway was a teacher at Laurel Ridge School. Other names of owners/users appear. Walker was at Glenville State Teachers College in the summers of 1933 -1937.","This subseries includes materials related to Garnie Walker's military service. She enlisted in the US Women's Army Corps in 1944. There are several photographs of Walker in military uniform, of her and friends in the service, and of Carmelo Testa, whom she married in 1949. There are several guides that would have been issued to Walker while in the service and several commemorative books written after the war ended, including an excerpt written by Garnie Walker Testa for a publication highlighting Clay County WWII veterans. These materials also document Garnie Walker and Carmelo Testa's travels with the military, including postcards and photographs from around Europe. A large assortment of travel guides, language learning books, and other books about the history and culture of countries in continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia are also included.","Walker wrote her name in front of book - \"Garnie Walker\" and there is a stamp: \"….......'s Bookstore - The Pentagon - Washington 25 D. C.\"","Edited volume featuring a memoir by Walker Testa","Edited volume featuring an essay by Walker","On page III, a statement reads that the book is published \"by order of the Secretary of War: Official: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff and Edward F. Witsell, Major General The Adjutant General,\" and Garnie Walker wrote in pencil next to Witsell's name: \"My Boss for 6 months. Left this office to go to Germany June 1946.\"","Walker's name is printed on the front cover along with her number A513026. These are also stamped in bold black ink on the front cover, inside on front page, and again in the back.","Elmendorf is likely where Carmelo Testa, Walker's husband, was stationed throughout the 1950s.","Two related booklets","Photograph is in a decorative \"USA\" frame with flag motifs","Includes the following photographs, many of which have handwritten captions:  Garnie W. Walker in uniform including cap. \"About 1946.\" (shoulder patch signifies Military District - Washington.); Photographs of Garnie W. Walker in uniform 1947 (2 8x10s (1 b/w, 1 colorized); 1 5x6); Photograph of Carmelo Testa in uniform, sitting in a dog sled with dogs on snow-covered ground in front of a building (likely taken in Alaska, where he was station at this time);  Six photographs of scenes that may be in Alaska, presumably taken by Carmelo Testa; Photograph of 7th Historical Unit - Headquarters USAFE, Wiesbaden Germany July 1947 (Eight individuals all named on back of photo in Walker's handwriting. Taken on steps to a building); A photograph showing Garnie Walker with her brother in law Judson Hickman in a Naval uniform.; Photograph of Garnie and her sister Josephine E. Walker; Photograph of Walker's visit to a German farm; Photograph of Walker in a uniform overcoat and cap; Photograph captioned by Walker showing American soldiers at wreckage of Hitler's bombed retreat; Photograph captioned by Walker as \"Eagle's Nest - Hitler's Retreat - Berchtesgaden.\"; 4 photographs of Walker in uniform in Austria, Denmark, and Norway; Photograph of Walker and friends at a dinner party at the Rocker Club, Wiesbaden, Germany, 5 February, 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends in front of an airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield. 1948; Photograph of Walker and friends under wing of same airplane, Wiesbaden Airfield; Photograph of a 3-story building in Frankfurt, Germany, August 1948; Photograph of same 3-story building in Frankfurt; Photograph of a funeral for a WAC 1948; Photograph of Walker sitting in a chair in Copenhagen; Photographs of Walker and friends in uniform taken at Wespertal Lodge, Germany, 1948?; Photograph of Garnie W. Walker in uniform with cap;  Wedding photographs of Garnie Walker Testa and new husband Carmelo F. Testa. April 29, 1949; Photograph of the Egyptian Sphinx with pyramid in background (After missions in North Africa and Italy, ca. 1942-1943, Carmelo Testa visited Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.); Photograph of Carmelo F. Testa in Panama - Canal Zone, circa 1938; Portrait photographs of Carmelo Francisco Testa in uniform, 1948, Air Force First Intelligence Service.; Printed photographs of framed panoramic photograph of Thirty Third Infantry - Panama Canal Zone 1938","Includes the following items: Postcard of Hotel Maison Rouge where Walker stayed in Strasbourg, France November 19-21, 1948 (In Walker's handwriting. It is not addressed to anyone. It may have been included in an envelope perhaps with a letter.); Postcard of the Eiffel Tower from \"Carmelo and Garnie.\" 1949 (In Walker's handwriting, stamped addressed to her mother home on the farm. \"Mrs. Albert S. Walker, Ivydale, West Virginia U. S. A.\" GW and Carmelo Testa were on their honeymoon in Paris, May 1949.); Postcard showing the Hotel de Ville, a bridge over the Seine with a boat. 1949 (From Walker, stamped and addressed to \"Mrs. Gene Hamrick\" Clay WV. This was Wallker's sister, Justena Walker Hamrick.); 2 postcards from Pvt. Garnie W. Walker in Iowa where she was in training at Fort Des Moines (one sent to sister Josephine and one sent to brother Leonard); 2 postcards from Pfc. Garnie W. Walker at Fort Myer, VA (both sent to Josephine)","Includes a series of letters, but one seems to be missing, per a note from the donor.","Includes an assortment of 110 guidebooks, pamphlets, language learning books, history and culture books, and more for regions across continental Europe, the British Isles, Scandinavia, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.","Likely belonged to Carmelo Testa","Two copies","Walker visited Nurnberg to view the trials, this may the record of the one she attended.","Carmelo Testa is likely in this photograph.","This subseries includes items from Walker Testa's decades of service as an educator in Clay County public schools. There are photographs of Walker Testa and her students, photocopied excerpts of yearbooks, and certificates and letters of appreciation. There is also an assortment of books that Walker Testa used in her classroom.","Walker taught at Laurel Ridge School in the 1936-1937 school year. Her handwriting appears on the backside: \"Laurel Ridge School Garnie Walker Teacher.\" A dated stamp from Glenville WV also is exhibited. Notes have been added to this copy in pencil by Karen Walker.","These are sitting portrait-style photographs that were taken of Walker Testa as a member of the faculty at Clay County High School where she taught 1943-1944 and 1958-1975. Only one is dated - 1967 - but all the others also could be dated if the school yearbooks were consulted.","Walker Testa served as the faculty advisor for the yearbook (known as the \"Tiskelwah\") in 1967","Included are a letter signed by 16 members of the 1975 Tiskelwah Staff; a letter from Gov. Arch Moore (1975); a letter from A. J. Manchin, Sec. of State (1983), and more","References Walker Testa's work as a teacher","\"Tiskelwah\" is the name of the Clay County High School yearbook","English composition for 7th and 8th grades. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in ink in front of book and lightly penciled, relevant marks, etc. in Walker's handwriting on multiple pages. She likely used this book, 1934-1939 while teaching in several one-room rural schools and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943.","Second book has \"Testa\" in blue pencil in front of book and only a few pencil markings within the text. \"Garnie Walker\" appears in the other 3 books; all 3 exhibit much handwriting by Walker throughout. The seventh-year book exhibits a stamp in the front recording the place of purchase: Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Since 1902, Clay, W. Va. Walker taught grades 6, 7, and 8 at Swandale School, where she also served as Principal. (The eighth-year book exhibits, in the back, the name Leonard Walker, Garnie Walker's youngest brother who attended Laurel Ridge School, 1-8 grades.)","Several pages have been torn from the front of the book, including the title page. Penciled underlining and notes, the latter in Walker's handwriting appear here and there, especially on page 17 and back of book.","There was at least one previous owner of book whose name appears in front. Also includes the purchase price of $0.73. In the back, many names are written by someone other than Walker. Many penciled markings appear throughout - some are recognizably Walker's (small, tight cursive script.) She likely used this book, 1934-1939 in one-rooms and/or at Swandale, 1941-1943. See timeline.","\"This is a music book for one-room schools…\" Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in the front of this book. On the back of the first page is a list of music terms written by her hand. On title page, upper right, appears the initials LOW. Walker taught her younger brothers. Leon and Leonard, the latter having the initials LOW. She likely used this book, 1934-1939. Relevant notations in pencil are by her hand.","Garnie Walker's name is penciled in front of book, cursive writing. There are also penciled notes through the text in her hand. Based on a few of these (indicating what will be tested), Walker possibly also used this book as a student.","Garnie Walker's name is printed in ink in front of book. Likely used during 1934-1939 and/or 1941-1943.","This is a science reader for intermediate grades. Ottie Walker's signature appears in ink in front of this book. Ottie was one of Garnie Walker's sisters. Ottie also taught in Clay County's one-room schools during the 1930s and later in Kanawha County as Ottie Walker Callison.","Garnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Also, a \"Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Clay W. Va.\" stamp. Given the age of this book, Walker may well have used it well before she taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at Clay County High School.","Clay County supporters/businesses listed in back.","Camp songs, etc.","Walker Testa was an active 4-H faculty advisor/organizer during her years teaching at Clay County High School.","Walker Testa was an active member of this international, honorary educational society. Alpha Phi is the West Virginia state organization within the Society. She was first a member of the Nu Chapter (she is mentioned on page 105) and then with the Alpha Alpha Chapter (pages 134-135). On page 134 she is mentioned twice and said to be the chapter's recording secretary; on page 135 she appears in the photograph with other Clay County teachers who have auto/biographical entries in the The Ringing of the Bells book.","Multiple listings of Garnie W. Testa. She was President of the Chapter (see page 19).","Page 44 - Alpha Alpha Chapter listing includes Garnie W. Testa.","Some of these exhibit Garnie Walker's handwriting and some have handwritten dates noted on them, perhaps indicating a year when the plays were performed. One is as recent as 1975, the year of Walker's retirement. According to Walker's daughter Rosalia, she loved incorporating plays into her teaching through the years.","This subseries includes materials related to the development and production of The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia. This book is an expansion of Walker Testa's master's thesis, but most of the expanded research and writing was done in the 1970s and early 1980s. From the 2010s to 2020, Karen J. Walker worked with the Clay County Historical Society to edit, publish, and distribute the book. A small portion of Walker Testa's original research material, like maps and an unfinished manuscript copy of the book are included. Related items are included in digital format, like teacher biographies and supporting photographs. There are also items created during the process of editing, printing, and publicizing the book -- both paper and digital. Lastly, there is a completed, bound copy of the book.","Includes a copy of a 1889 document that was researched for The Ringing of the Bells but ultimately not used, titled \"Specifications for S House in Pleasant District Clay County West Va.\" The date the photocopy was created is unknown.","This copy was manually typewritten by Garnie Walker Testa. It is stored across 5 manila folders in box 6.","These envelopes feature handwritten notes from Garnie Walker Testa, Karen Walker, and/or others involved in the book","This image was used in the book.","Includes the following maps and related correspondence: Outline Map With County Seats State of West Virginia by WV Dept of Highways, undated; map of Clay County Primary and Secondary Highways created by the State Road Commission of West Virginia, 1971 reprint of 1933 edition map; General Highway Map - Clay County - West Virginia by WV Department of Highways, 1976; ordering information for Department of Highways maps and two 8 1/2 x 11 in. maps of the Outline Map with County Seats","Includes digital copies of information used by Karen Walker to facilitate the production and distribution of the book, which took place around 2014-2020. Digital folder titles are as follows: \"1989 Letters \u0026 Permission Form,\" \"Book Printing - Sheridan,\" \"Chapter 11 map images,\" \"Chapter 11 School Photos,\" \"Chapter 17 Clay County Teachers,\" \"Editor,\" \"Flyers and Order Form,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL book image 5-14-2020,\" \"Hist of Clay Co Education FINAL Testa book 4-21-2020,\" \"Maps 1, 2, 3,\" and \"Misc. Correspondence\"","This subseries includes an assortment of genealogical research about the Walker family. Descendant lists, biographical sketches, photographs, obituaries, and more are included – some of which were compiled by Walker Testa and others compiled after her death in 1999. There is also a collection of books owned by her father, Albert Seth Walker, in the late 19th- and early 20th-centuries and an 1881 bible that has been passed down through the family. Albert Seth Walker likely attended Little Laurel School and later a Normal school in Clay County. He attained a Teaching Certificate and later became a minister. Most of the academic and religious books in this series belonged to him unless otherwise noted. His name and sometimes \"Ivydale, Clay Co\" appears in the covers of these books.","Provided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. Adams achieved the breakthrough finding of Walker connections to colonial New Hampshire and Massachusetts and then back to England. After the death of Solomon Walker in NH, his wife Leah Boyden Walker and their son, Solon Walker moved south into West Virginia.","Provided by Neva Pearl Shiflett Adams. A. J. Walker was Garnie Walker's paternal grandfather. A. J. Walker and his family are the source of the Walker Road community name, located off of Laurel Ridge Road. As of 2022, Walker Road is known as Dark Hollow Road.","Walker and others did not have the advantage of the internet or DNA analyses when completing this work. For a long time, it was thought that the WV Walker family was connected to the 1775 Joel Walker (m. Jane Cavendish) line. This has been corrected in recent years.","During the 1980s, Garnie Walker Testa researched her family tree as best she could, with the occasional help of others, including her youngest brother, Leonard O. Walker. The connection made between Joel Walker/Jane Cavendish is an error.","Includes the following photos: Image of Albert Seth Walker and Ollie Dove Brannon Walker with their first three children: Garnie Wilma (first born), Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta (third born); 1919 [Studio] Image of the oldest three Walker sisters: Garnie Wilma, Ottie Irene, and Josephine Etta;  1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine standing in front of a fence; 1920s image of Garnie, Ottie, and Josephine sitting on back of saddled farm horse; 1924 image of Garnie (and likely also Ottie) Walker in a school group taken against an exterior wall of Laurel Ridge School near Ivydale, WV; Image from Clay County Free Press of Garnie Walker and 2 high school friends, taken in 1933; A photograph of a group of people at a table; and a photograph of a group of people outdoors","Photographs feature Garnie Walker Testa's farm, taken by Karen J. Walker. 1: Open gate, Barn on right. Camera is facing north/NE. On the hilltop in center of photo, under the trees, is the old Lyons cemetery, identified on maps as the Cherrytree Cemetery. The visible farm road leads up and on around to the right toward the other trees. In this area is the \"new\" Walker Cemetery where Albert and Ollie Walker and are buried. And in 1999, where Garnie Walker Testa was also buried, alongside Carmelo. 2: Lower portion of the same barn seen in previous photo. 3: Mountaintop farm view with a fence, pasture, and one of Garnie's cows. (Cherrytree Cemetery is named for Cherrytree Run/Fork which is beyond view and runs into Rush Fork). 4: Another view of the barn with outbuildings on the left and the house to the right near the evergreen trees. Color images were taken in 1982 by Bruce C. Walker, which feature the old farm, located below Garnie Walker Testa's ridgetop home (still within the 221 acres). It is down at the head of Laurel Run which flows into the Big Otter and on to the Elk River. There were other outbuildings not shown in these photos. K. J. Walker, her brothers and cousins, including Garnie's daughter Rosalia, are currently working to document this older farm.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","Originally owned by Albert Seth Walker.","\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive pencil appears in front of book along with the cursive penciled names of 3 of Garnie's 6 siblings (all younger than her): Ottie, Josephine, and Leon. On page viii another sister's name, Justena, appears. Frye states (Preface) that the book is meant for 4th through 6th grades.","\"Garnie Walker\" in cursive ink appears in front of book. She graduated (8th grade) in May of 1930, so likely her siblings used this book. Genevieve Walker's name appears here and there along with a first cousin, Maxine Walker.","A book in \"The Story Series in Health.\" In the front, Garnie Walker's name appears in a penciled, child's cursive handwriting, as does her sister's and a date \"Miss Genevieve Pearl Walker September 1936.\" Also, four blue-ink stamps of \"Murphy \u0026 Company Department Store Since 1902 - Clay, W.Va.\" Walker was in 4th grade at Laurel Ridge School in 1924 (see photo image) and used this book when it was new. When Genevieve used it in her 4th grade, in 1936-1937, Garnie was her teacher. This book was published just a few years after the 1918-1920 flu pandemic. From the Preface: \"This book is offered as a contribution to the newer health teaching now being inaugurated in our schools.\" Directed at fourth and fifth grades. Garnie's (and her siblings') paternal grandmother, Almira Jane (Hanshaw) Walker, died of the flu on March 8, 1920.","Garnie Walker's name in cursive writing is inked in front of book. Given the age of this book and that it was meant for high-school students, GW likely used it as a student at Clay County High School. It is also likely that when she herself taught Health during her first year (1943-1944) teaching at CCHS that she used this textbook again.","\"Garnie Walker Ivydale, W. Va.\" appears in ink, hand-printed in her hand, in front of book. Walker attended Clay County High School 1930-1933 graduating as Valedictorian of her Class of 1933.","On page 14 is a recipe submitted by Garnie W. Testa - \"Biscuits Supreme.\"","This addendum includes additional genealogical research compiled by Karen Jo Walker. This research is primarily focused on 19th-century Walker relatives Solomon Walker, his sons Solon and Joel Walker, and their families. Items like maps, land deeds, obituaries, newspaper clippings, and photographs that feature these individuals are included. K. J. Walker has also provided biographical sketches and extensive notes to better contextualize her research findings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Hammond Siler, Sr. Also included is material regarding the Red Cross.","This series includes the personal correspondence of A.C. Hammond. Also included are material regarding Hammond's finances and assorted legal papers.","This series includes the personal correspondence and financial papers of Ann R. Castleman. Also includes the correspondence of other members of the Castleman family and genealogical material for the Hammond, Castleman, and Siler families.","This series includes assorted photographs of the Siler family.","This series includes ledgers for the Hammond \u0026 Siler and John T. Siler \u0026 Son businesses, assorted account books, and family bibles.","This series consists of assorted oversize material, including blueprints, children's books, and sheet music."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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SEE ALSO Folk medicine.","Lungs -- Dust diseases","Physicians - letters and papers.","Silicosis","United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds - copayment system.","Vocational rehabilitation","Requires \"Agreement for Use\" form designed specifically for this collection, since special access restriction applies.","In 1946, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President John L. Lewis demanded a pension and medical care program for American coal miners.  The collective bargaining agreement of the same year between the Union and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug established two trust funds, one for welfare and retirement payments and another for medical care benefits.  Krug signed the agreement on behalf of the industry because the U.S government had seized the country's coal mines during the miners' 1946 strike.","The original names for the pension and medical care plan was the Welfare and Retirement Fund.  Coal companies paid money to the Fund according to a royalty per ton of coal mined.  The royalty rose gradually from five cents per ton in 1946 to eighty-two cents per ton in 1974.  The first welfare and medical checks reached beneficiaries in 1947, but a dispute between the union and the coal industry held up the first pension check to a retired miner until 1948.","From 1946 until 1971, there was a close relationship between the UMWA and the Fund.  There were three members of the Fund Board of Trustees, one each for the union and the industry and one \"neutral\" trustee.  John L Lewis held the Union's trusteeship from 1946 until his death in 1969, while his close associate and director of the Fund, Josephine Roche, was the neutral trustee from 1950 to 1971.  UMWA President W.A. \"Tony\" Boyle served as the Union's trustee from 1969 to 1971.  Collective bargaining agreements between the Union and the coal industry established the royalty payments to the Fund.  But the collaboration between Lewis and Roche, and later Boyle and Roche, placed policy-making decisions in the Union's hands and indirectly led to the abuses and mismanagement of the Funds that were made public in the late 1960s.","The 1946 Kruger-Lewis agreement called for an investigation of coal miners' health and medical treatment, sanitation, and housing in the coal fields.  This study took place in 1946-47 under the direction of Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone, Navy Medical Corps.  Boone's report, \"Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry,\" revealed inadequate health facilities, lack of qualified physicians, and poor housing and sanitation in many parts of the coal fields.  Accordingly, in 1948 Warren F. Draper became the Fund's executive medical officer in charge of ten Area Medical Offices covering mining districts.  These offices arranged for the delivery of medical care to eligible coal miners by doctors in the coal fields.","The host of difficulties with the Fund's health care program from 1948 to 1951 led to a decision to build and staff ten hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.  These Miners Memorial Hospitals opened their doors in 1955 and 1956, offering modern facilities and equipment and well-trained medical staff to the Fund's beneficiaries.  Due to the gradual decline of the coal industry during the 1950s and 1960s and to the corresponding decrease in the number of beneficiaries for medical care programs, the Fund decided in 1963 to transfer the hospitals to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc., a non-profit corporation established by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church.","The problem which led to the transfer of the hospitals also affected the other parts of the Fund's programs.  The Board of Trustees changed eligibility requirements for pensions in 1953 and 1960, responding to declining payments form the royalty on coal tonnage.  These changes reduced the number of retired miners who qualified for pensions.  A revision in the health care program in 1962 denied benefits to miners whose employers were delinquent in making payments to the Fund.  These changes in the Fund's programs, coupled with the Board of Trustees' investment decisions for Fund financial reserves, stirred much resentment among coal miners.  Their criticism of the Fund escalated in step with their dissatisfaction with the UMWA leadership in the late 1960s.","Friction between rank and file coal miners, the UMWA, and the Fund produced the 1969 Blankenship vs. Boyle class action lawsuit.  On behalf of 17,000 miners who had been denied benefits by the Fund, this suit alleged that Fund finances had been mismanaged and that pension eligibility requirements were arbitrary and capricious.  The presiding judge's decision in 1971 found in favor of the plaintiffs and began a series of important changes for the Fund, including the removal of trustees and the director, diverting Fund monies to new bank accounts and investments, and implementing new pension application procedures. As a result of the eligibility portion of the judge's decision, thousands of miners previously denied pensions began to receive them.","The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) archives consists of the records of the first industry-wide pension and medical care plans for coal miners and their families in the United States.  The archives comprise approximately 156 linear feet of records from the years 1946-1974, and include minutes, resolutions, correspondence, memos, reports, transcribed speeches, lawsuit documents, construction plans, contracts, statistical reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, microfilmed reading files, sound recordings, and movie film.","Letters, memos, and reports in the archives document the relationship between the UMWA and the Health and Retirement Funds.  There are correspondence files for John L. Lewis, Josephine Roche, W.A. (Tony) Boyle, and\nother members of the Funds' Board of Trustees, 1946-1974. There are also newspaper clippings, letters, and lawsuit documents concerning the 1969 UMWA election, the Blankenship vs. Boyle class action lawsuit, and the U.S. Senate investigation of the Funds.","The archives also include extensive records on the creation and implementation of hospitalization and medical care policies.  There are letters, memos, reports, minutes, and agenda of professional health care meetings, speeches and addresses concerning the administration of health care delivery in the coal fields, the hiring and retention of physicians and other medical personnel, and the provision of various types of medical care, from routine examinations to vocational rehabilitation for the victims of mining accidents.","The archives include a variety of documents on the building, dedication, and administration of the Miners Memorial Hospitals in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.  There are volumes of minutes, resolutions, and exhibits from meetings of the Miners Memorial Hospital Associations of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, from 1951-1964.  There are also construction plans, contracts, photographs, sound recordings, and movie film of groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies, as well as extensive documentation on the implementation of medical care programs through the hospitals. Additional letters, memos, reports, contracts, and printed material concern the transfer of the Miners Memorial Hospitals from the Funds to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, incorporated in 1963.","The archives' medical care records also include material on the dispute between the Funds' medical professionals and the American Medical Association (AMA) concerning the issue of free choice of physicians  There are letters,\ntranscribed hearings of local medical associations, sound recordings of Kentucky legislative hearings, and printed material revealing the policies of both the Funds and the AMA and the cases of individual physicians employed or retained by the Funds whom the AMA barred from membership.","There is voluminous correspondence among the Funds' trustees, officers, administrators, and beneficiaries concerning the eligibility requirements for pensions, funeral expense payments, disability payments, widow's\nmaintenance payments, and hospitalization and health care.  These letters, appearing in large groups throughout the archives, reveal the changes in the Funds eligibility and benefit requirements and the attitudes of coal miners and their dependents to the establishment of the pension and medical care programs and the revision of these programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.","There are also multiple addenda to the main collection and a set of ledgers, certificates, and other material. These addenda contain wage agreements, correspondence between area medical offices and others, court papers, correspondence regarding the retention of medical services at various facilities, annual reports, and other material.","This series consists of correspondence, benefit and trust plans, contracts, and court orders and opinions. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, lawsuit documents, memos, policy guidelines and formulations, collective bargaining agreements, and newspaper clippings. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include 1946 Fund Files, Actuary and Insurance Company Data, Bank Correspondence, Board of Trustees Correspondence, Administrative Files, UMWA Correspondence, Legal Counsel General Correspondence, Contracts, Conventions, 1969 UMWA Election, Investigation of Fund, Blankenship, Medical Hospital and Health Services Correspondence, Miscellaneous, and Directors' Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, reports, memos, speeches and addresses, microfilm of reading files, and statistical data. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Hospitals and Medical Care Agencies, Subject Files, Health Care Delivery, Reading Files, and Regional Office Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of reports, memos, contracts, construction plans, budgets, operations manuals, bylaws, minutes, resolutions, hospital utilization statistics, press releases, personnel statistics, and correspondence. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Subject Files, Construction/Administration, Clinical Operations, Hospital Weekly Admission Notices, Legal and Contracts, Henry C. Daniel's Files, and Harlan Memorial Hospital. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of printed and typescript statisctical reports and statistical summaries. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Medical Care Statistics, Statistical Report, Hospital Statistics-Most Frequently Used, Hospital Statistics-Case Rates, Hospital Statistics-Utilization, Physicians, Coal Mine Inspection, Mortality, Vocational Rehabilitation, Summary Statistics, MMHA-Surgery, MMHA-Miscellaneous, Special Centers, Statistical Abstract, Regional Medical Budgets, and Summary of Retainers. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of news releases, photographs, biographical data, and correspondence. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, notes, memos, news releases, financial records, and newspaper clippings.  Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of 1,350 photographs separately arranged by subject. These photographs show Funds staff, hospitals, hospital staff, beneficiaries, and coal mining scenes. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","s1 - Dr. Reed\ns2 - Dr. Reed\ns3, s4 - J.L. Lewis\ns7, s8 - J.L. Lewis\ns9, s10, s11 - J.L. Lewis\ns12 - Miss Roche","s1 - (Opener)\ns2 - Presentation","(1) Westchester Fire Dept. Gallup and Damon, used 1958/08/26\n(2) Public Utilities - John Wingate, used 1956/09/01\n(3) Dairy - Frank Blair, used 1956/06/03","This series includes individual payroll tax assessment record ledgers from Ponfeigh Smokeless Coal Company and Pine Hill Smokeless Coal Company, financial secretary's ledgers from UMWA Local Union No. 935, Cassandra, PA, assorted mine payroll sheets, rolled certificates from the Commonwealth of PA Department of Mines for Simon J. Callahan, and other material.","Items with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","Annual Reports, 1952-1979\n\"A Chronology of the U.M.W.A. Welfare and Retirement Fund, Covering the Period between 1945 and April 26, 1951\"\n\"Rehabilitation of the Disabled\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\n\"Pensions for Coal Miners\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\nList of Principal Medical Staff Publications\nCopies of 38 Medical Staff Publications (see list in inventory folder)","Copy of \"A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, Report of the Coal Mines Administration, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC,\" 1947, prepared by Admiral Joel T. Boone, Director, Medical Survey Group. (\"The Boone Report\") Also included is a folder of assorted documents including blank samples of Fund forms and paperwork and a copy of \"Analysis of Proposed Personnel Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1957.\"","\"Bibliography - UMWA Health and Retirement Funds,\" prepared by Marilyn Abbott. Covers materials both about the Funds and by Funds' staff.","This series consists of correspondence and reports from regional medical offices of the UMWA, other medical studies and reports, and other material.","This series includes interoffice correspondence between regional offices regarding supply vendors, reports, articles by Dr. Warren Draper, assorted reports, assorted photographs (including several of Josephine Roche receiving an honorary degree at the University of Colorado), and other material.","This series includes interoffice and outside correspondence regarding the retention of medical and health services and negotiations with outside hospitals regarding retainer fees, excerpts of works on common medical issues, newsletters from various medical organizations, audit reports, and other material.","This series includes interoffice health-related correspondence, reports written by Koplin regarding the Health and Retirement Fund, insurance, and more, assorted notes, clippings, reports, and other material.","This series consists of wage agreements, depositions, other court papers, and other material.","The following material has been separated from Series 14. ADD of 1982/02/27, Area Medical Offices and Other Material:","Printed material sent to WVU Medical Center Library:\nHarry E. Handley and Carolina R. Randolph, \"Eight Years of Public Health Work, Jones Conty Mississippi, 1937-1944,\" NY, Commonwealth Fund, 1946.\nLeslie A. Falk, \"Medical Sociology: The Contribution of Dr. Henry E. Siquist,\" Repritn from journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1958 Vol. 13, No. 2.\n\"25 Anniversary Report from the Hospital Research and Education Trust\" (1970)","Printed material sent to WVU Evansdale Library:\n\"USDA Testimony Proposing Long Range Agricultural Policy and Programs,\" before Congressional Committees on Agriculture, April 21, October 6-8, 1947.","Printed material discarded:\n\"Appalachia\" Vol. 7, No. 4 (1974)","The following material has been separated to the Map Collection:\nPopulation distribution map, Benefit Trust Beneficiaries, 1950.","The following audiotape reels were separated and added to the Oral History Collection:","Reel #1. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Kennedy Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #5. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #6. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nJohn L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation-John L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins (continues--overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #3. House Joint Subcommittee/John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. 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Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis (Questions and Answers Continued Overlaps on Tape #6) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], ca. 1959/05/13 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis; Applause for Waiters with 40 cakes. John Owens - Toast-master, Tony Boyle, John Owens, Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlaps Tape #1) John Owens, John L. Lewis (This tape starts on Tape #3 also) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. John L. Lewis (Starts on Tape #2 also) (This tape overlaps on Tape #4) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Dedication Program: Dedication Program [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/02 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis, National Coal Policy Conference. Copy Four.: National Coal Policy Conference; Mr. John L. Lewis (complete on this tape); Mr. Love thanks above; Rt. Rev. Mons. John J. McClafferty; Adjournment [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/04/27 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Union Songs: R-1 - 3 3/4 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Union Songs: R.2 - 3 3/4 Union Songs [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Program, Dedication Ceremony for 10 UMWF Hospitals: Program, Reel 1 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Program, All Lewis: Program, All Lewis [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech: J.L.L. Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends at applause. Picks up on tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech: John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. Continued applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \nReel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy:\" J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends with applause; picks up on Tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, \"Autonomy:\" John L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by UMW. No overlap. This tape continues with applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \nReel #1. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Acting Chairman Senator Clark - opening statement. Mr. Marling J. Anthony (with Sen. Clark and Sen. Randolph. Only questions and answers recorded) Mr. Charles Ferguson (continued and overlapped on #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nUnited Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records A\u0026M.2769 - Page 178- Reel #2. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. Charles Ferguson (cont.-overlaps #1) Introduction by Sen. Randolph; Sen. Clark; also comment by Sen. Cooper; Mr. John L. Lewis starts, overlaps #3. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nReel #3. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. John L. Lewis, starts on tape #2 and overlapped on #4. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nReel #4. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety. 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Pikesville Ground Breaking: Pikesville Ground Breaking. 57 min. long. [7 in. tape, unknown IPS], 1952/10/07 \nReel #1. Henry J. Kaiser: Henry J. Kaiser [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #2. Henry J. Kaiser: Henry J. Kaiser [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. Draper Interview: Dr. Draper interview of Tris Coffin Show; C\u0026O news summary [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1954/05/26 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis Testimony Highlights: Tris Coffin - John L. Lewis Testimony Highlights. [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1955/12/14 \nReel #3. Program - Hospital Dedication Program: Program - Hospital Dedication. George Higgins speaks. (10 Hospitals not specified) [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #3. Program - Hospital Dedication Program: Program - Hospital Dedication. George Higgins speaks. (same as previous) [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #25. Kentucky Legislature Hearings on UMWF Free Choice of Physician: Tom Hamlin, football [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. No.5 Hymntime. C. 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Lewis demanded a pension and medical care program for American coal miners.  The collective bargaining agreement of the same year between the Union and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug established two trust funds, one for welfare and retirement payments and another for medical care benefits.  Krug signed the agreement on behalf of the industry because the U.S government had seized the country's coal mines during the miners' 1946 strike.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe original names for the pension and medical care plan was the Welfare and Retirement Fund.  Coal companies paid money to the Fund according to a royalty per ton of coal mined.  The royalty rose gradually from five cents per ton in 1946 to eighty-two cents per ton in 1974.  The first welfare and medical checks reached beneficiaries in 1947, but a dispute between the union and the coal industry held up the first pension check to a retired miner until 1948.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFrom 1946 until 1971, there was a close relationship between the UMWA and the Fund.  There were three members of the Fund Board of Trustees, one each for the union and the industry and one \"neutral\" trustee.  John L Lewis held the Union's trusteeship from 1946 until his death in 1969, while his close associate and director of the Fund, Josephine Roche, was the neutral trustee from 1950 to 1971.  UMWA President W.A. \"Tony\" Boyle served as the Union's trustee from 1969 to 1971.  Collective bargaining agreements between the Union and the coal industry established the royalty payments to the Fund.  But the collaboration between Lewis and Roche, and later Boyle and Roche, placed policy-making decisions in the Union's hands and indirectly led to the abuses and mismanagement of the Funds that were made public in the late 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe 1946 Kruger-Lewis agreement called for an investigation of coal miners' health and medical treatment, sanitation, and housing in the coal fields.  This study took place in 1946-47 under the direction of Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone, Navy Medical Corps.  Boone's report, \"Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry,\" revealed inadequate health facilities, lack of qualified physicians, and poor housing and sanitation in many parts of the coal fields.  Accordingly, in 1948 Warren F. Draper became the Fund's executive medical officer in charge of ten Area Medical Offices covering mining districts.  These offices arranged for the delivery of medical care to eligible coal miners by doctors in the coal fields.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe host of difficulties with the Fund's health care program from 1948 to 1951 led to a decision to build and staff ten hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.  These Miners Memorial Hospitals opened their doors in 1955 and 1956, offering modern facilities and equipment and well-trained medical staff to the Fund's beneficiaries.  Due to the gradual decline of the coal industry during the 1950s and 1960s and to the corresponding decrease in the number of beneficiaries for medical care programs, the Fund decided in 1963 to transfer the hospitals to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc., a non-profit corporation established by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe problem which led to the transfer of the hospitals also affected the other parts of the Fund's programs.  The Board of Trustees changed eligibility requirements for pensions in 1953 and 1960, responding to declining payments form the royalty on coal tonnage.  These changes reduced the number of retired miners who qualified for pensions.  A revision in the health care program in 1962 denied benefits to miners whose employers were delinquent in making payments to the Fund.  These changes in the Fund's programs, coupled with the Board of Trustees' investment decisions for Fund financial reserves, stirred much resentment among coal miners.  Their criticism of the Fund escalated in step with their dissatisfaction with the UMWA leadership in the late 1960s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFriction between rank and file coal miners, the UMWA, and the Fund produced the 1969 \u003ctitle\u003eBlankenship vs. Boyle\u003c/title\u003e class action lawsuit.  On behalf of 17,000 miners who had been denied benefits by the Fund, this suit alleged that Fund finances had been mismanaged and that pension eligibility requirements were arbitrary and capricious.  The presiding judge's decision in 1971 found in favor of the plaintiffs and began a series of important changes for the Fund, including the removal of trustees and the director, diverting Fund monies to new bank accounts and investments, and implementing new pension application procedures. As a result of the eligibility portion of the judge's decision, thousands of miners previously denied pensions began to receive them.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["In 1946, the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) President John L. Lewis demanded a pension and medical care program for American coal miners.  The collective bargaining agreement of the same year between the Union and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Julius A. Krug established two trust funds, one for welfare and retirement payments and another for medical care benefits.  Krug signed the agreement on behalf of the industry because the U.S government had seized the country's coal mines during the miners' 1946 strike.","The original names for the pension and medical care plan was the Welfare and Retirement Fund.  Coal companies paid money to the Fund according to a royalty per ton of coal mined.  The royalty rose gradually from five cents per ton in 1946 to eighty-two cents per ton in 1974.  The first welfare and medical checks reached beneficiaries in 1947, but a dispute between the union and the coal industry held up the first pension check to a retired miner until 1948.","From 1946 until 1971, there was a close relationship between the UMWA and the Fund.  There were three members of the Fund Board of Trustees, one each for the union and the industry and one \"neutral\" trustee.  John L Lewis held the Union's trusteeship from 1946 until his death in 1969, while his close associate and director of the Fund, Josephine Roche, was the neutral trustee from 1950 to 1971.  UMWA President W.A. \"Tony\" Boyle served as the Union's trustee from 1969 to 1971.  Collective bargaining agreements between the Union and the coal industry established the royalty payments to the Fund.  But the collaboration between Lewis and Roche, and later Boyle and Roche, placed policy-making decisions in the Union's hands and indirectly led to the abuses and mismanagement of the Funds that were made public in the late 1960s.","The 1946 Kruger-Lewis agreement called for an investigation of coal miners' health and medical treatment, sanitation, and housing in the coal fields.  This study took place in 1946-47 under the direction of Rear Admiral Joel T. Boone, Navy Medical Corps.  Boone's report, \"Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry,\" revealed inadequate health facilities, lack of qualified physicians, and poor housing and sanitation in many parts of the coal fields.  Accordingly, in 1948 Warren F. Draper became the Fund's executive medical officer in charge of ten Area Medical Offices covering mining districts.  These offices arranged for the delivery of medical care to eligible coal miners by doctors in the coal fields.","The host of difficulties with the Fund's health care program from 1948 to 1951 led to a decision to build and staff ten hospitals in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.  These Miners Memorial Hospitals opened their doors in 1955 and 1956, offering modern facilities and equipment and well-trained medical staff to the Fund's beneficiaries.  Due to the gradual decline of the coal industry during the 1950s and 1960s and to the corresponding decrease in the number of beneficiaries for medical care programs, the Fund decided in 1963 to transfer the hospitals to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc., a non-profit corporation established by the Board of National Missions of the United Presbyterian Church.","The problem which led to the transfer of the hospitals also affected the other parts of the Fund's programs.  The Board of Trustees changed eligibility requirements for pensions in 1953 and 1960, responding to declining payments form the royalty on coal tonnage.  These changes reduced the number of retired miners who qualified for pensions.  A revision in the health care program in 1962 denied benefits to miners whose employers were delinquent in making payments to the Fund.  These changes in the Fund's programs, coupled with the Board of Trustees' investment decisions for Fund financial reserves, stirred much resentment among coal miners.  Their criticism of the Fund escalated in step with their dissatisfaction with the UMWA leadership in the late 1960s.","Friction between rank and file coal miners, the UMWA, and the Fund produced the 1969 Blankenship vs. Boyle class action lawsuit.  On behalf of 17,000 miners who had been denied benefits by the Fund, this suit alleged that Fund finances had been mismanaged and that pension eligibility requirements were arbitrary and capricious.  The presiding judge's decision in 1971 found in favor of the plaintiffs and began a series of important changes for the Fund, including the removal of trustees and the director, diverting Fund monies to new bank accounts and investments, and implementing new pension application procedures. As a result of the eligibility portion of the judge's decision, thousands of miners previously denied pensions began to receive them."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records, A\u0026amp;M 2769, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], United Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records, A\u0026M 2769, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) archives consists of the records of the first industry-wide pension and medical care plans for coal miners and their families in the United States.  The archives comprise approximately 156 linear feet of records from the years 1946-1974, and include minutes, resolutions, correspondence, memos, reports, transcribed speeches, lawsuit documents, construction plans, contracts, statistical reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, microfilmed reading files, sound recordings, and movie film.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, memos, and reports in the archives document the relationship between the UMWA and the Health and Retirement Funds.  There are correspondence files for John L. Lewis, Josephine Roche, W.A. (Tony) Boyle, and\nother members of the Funds' Board of Trustees, 1946-1974. There are also newspaper clippings, letters, and lawsuit documents concerning the 1969 UMWA election, the \u003ctitle\u003eBlankenship vs. Boyle\u003c/title\u003e class action lawsuit, and the U.S. Senate investigation of the Funds.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe archives also include extensive records on the creation and implementation of hospitalization and medical care policies.  There are letters, memos, reports, minutes, and agenda of professional health care meetings, speeches and addresses concerning the administration of health care delivery in the coal fields, the hiring and retention of physicians and other medical personnel, and the provision of various types of medical care, from routine examinations to vocational rehabilitation for the victims of mining accidents.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe archives include a variety of documents on the building, dedication, and administration of the Miners Memorial Hospitals in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.  There are volumes of minutes, resolutions, and exhibits from meetings of the Miners Memorial Hospital Associations of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, from 1951-1964.  There are also construction plans, contracts, photographs, sound recordings, and movie film of groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies, as well as extensive documentation on the implementation of medical care programs through the hospitals. Additional letters, memos, reports, contracts, and printed material concern the transfer of the Miners Memorial Hospitals from the Funds to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, incorporated in 1963.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe archives' medical care records also include material on the dispute between the Funds' medical professionals and the American Medical Association (AMA) concerning the issue of free choice of physicians  There are letters,\ntranscribed hearings of local medical associations, sound recordings of Kentucky legislative hearings, and printed material revealing the policies of both the Funds and the AMA and the cases of individual physicians employed or retained by the Funds whom the AMA barred from membership.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere is voluminous correspondence among the Funds' trustees, officers, administrators, and beneficiaries concerning the eligibility requirements for pensions, funeral expense payments, disability payments, widow's\nmaintenance payments, and hospitalization and health care.  These letters, appearing in large groups throughout the archives, reveal the changes in the Funds eligibility and benefit requirements and the attitudes of coal miners and their dependents to the establishment of the pension and medical care programs and the revision of these programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are also multiple addenda to the main collection and a set of ledgers, certificates, and other material. These addenda contain wage agreements, correspondence between area medical offices and others, court papers, correspondence regarding the retention of medical services at various facilities, annual reports, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence, benefit and trust plans, contracts, and court orders and opinions. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence, lawsuit documents, memos, policy guidelines and formulations, collective bargaining agreements, and newspaper clippings. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include 1946 Fund Files, Actuary and Insurance Company Data, Bank Correspondence, Board of Trustees Correspondence, Administrative Files, UMWA Correspondence, Legal Counsel General Correspondence, Contracts, Conventions, 1969 UMWA Election, Investigation of Fund, Blankenship, Medical Hospital and Health Services Correspondence, Miscellaneous, and Directors' Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence, reports, memos, speeches and addresses, microfilm of reading files, and statistical data. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Hospitals and Medical Care Agencies, Subject Files, Health Care Delivery, Reading Files, and Regional Office Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of reports, memos, contracts, construction plans, budgets, operations manuals, bylaws, minutes, resolutions, hospital utilization statistics, press releases, personnel statistics, and correspondence. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Subject Files, Construction/Administration, Clinical Operations, Hospital Weekly Admission Notices, Legal and Contracts, Henry C. Daniel's Files, and Harlan Memorial Hospital. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of printed and typescript statisctical reports and statistical summaries. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Medical Care Statistics, Statistical Report, Hospital Statistics-Most Frequently Used, Hospital Statistics-Case Rates, Hospital Statistics-Utilization, Physicians, Coal Mine Inspection, Mortality, Vocational Rehabilitation, Summary Statistics, MMHA-Surgery, MMHA-Miscellaneous, Special Centers, Statistical Abstract, Regional Medical Budgets, and Summary of Retainers. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of news releases, photographs, biographical data, and correspondence. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence, notes, memos, news releases, financial records, and newspaper clippings.  Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of 1,350 photographs separately arranged by subject. These photographs show Funds staff, hospitals, hospital staff, beneficiaries, and coal mining scenes. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003es1 - Dr. Reed\ns2 - Dr. Reed\ns3, s4 - J.L. Lewis\ns7, s8 - J.L. Lewis\ns9, s10, s11 - J.L. Lewis\ns12 - Miss Roche\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003es1 - (Opener)\ns2 - Presentation\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e(1) Westchester Fire Dept. Gallup and Damon, used 1958/08/26\n(2) Public Utilities - John Wingate, used 1956/09/01\n(3) Dairy - Frank Blair, used 1956/06/03\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes individual payroll tax assessment record ledgers from Ponfeigh Smokeless Coal Company and Pine Hill Smokeless Coal Company, financial secretary's ledgers from UMWA Local Union No. 935, Cassandra, PA, assorted mine payroll sheets, rolled certificates from the Commonwealth of PA Department of Mines for Simon J. Callahan, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eItems with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnnual Reports, 1952-1979\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\"A Chronology of the U.M.W.A. Welfare and Retirement Fund, Covering the Period between 1945 and April 26, 1951\"\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\"Rehabilitation of the Disabled\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\n\"Pensions for Coal Miners\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nList of Principal Medical Staff Publications\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCopies of 38 Medical Staff Publications (see list in inventory folder)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eCopy of \"A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, Report of the Coal Mines Administration, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC,\" 1947, prepared by Admiral Joel T. Boone, Director, Medical Survey Group. (\"The Boone Report\") Also included is a folder of assorted documents including blank samples of Fund forms and paperwork and a copy of \"Analysis of Proposed Personnel Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1957.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Bibliography - UMWA Health and Retirement Funds,\" prepared by Marilyn Abbott. Covers materials both about the Funds and by Funds' staff.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of correspondence and reports from regional medical offices of the UMWA, other medical studies and reports, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes interoffice correspondence between regional offices regarding supply vendors, reports, articles by Dr. Warren Draper, assorted reports, assorted photographs (including several of Josephine Roche receiving an honorary degree at the University of Colorado), and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes interoffice and outside correspondence regarding the retention of medical and health services and negotiations with outside hospitals regarding retainer fees, excerpts of works on common medical issues, newsletters from various medical organizations, audit reports, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes interoffice health-related correspondence, reports written by Koplin regarding the Health and Retirement Fund, insurance, and more, assorted notes, clippings, reports, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of wage agreements, depositions, other court papers, and other material.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) archives consists of the records of the first industry-wide pension and medical care plans for coal miners and their families in the United States.  The archives comprise approximately 156 linear feet of records from the years 1946-1974, and include minutes, resolutions, correspondence, memos, reports, transcribed speeches, lawsuit documents, construction plans, contracts, statistical reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, microfilmed reading files, sound recordings, and movie film.","Letters, memos, and reports in the archives document the relationship between the UMWA and the Health and Retirement Funds.  There are correspondence files for John L. Lewis, Josephine Roche, W.A. (Tony) Boyle, and\nother members of the Funds' Board of Trustees, 1946-1974. There are also newspaper clippings, letters, and lawsuit documents concerning the 1969 UMWA election, the Blankenship vs. Boyle class action lawsuit, and the U.S. Senate investigation of the Funds.","The archives also include extensive records on the creation and implementation of hospitalization and medical care policies.  There are letters, memos, reports, minutes, and agenda of professional health care meetings, speeches and addresses concerning the administration of health care delivery in the coal fields, the hiring and retention of physicians and other medical personnel, and the provision of various types of medical care, from routine examinations to vocational rehabilitation for the victims of mining accidents.","The archives include a variety of documents on the building, dedication, and administration of the Miners Memorial Hospitals in Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky.  There are volumes of minutes, resolutions, and exhibits from meetings of the Miners Memorial Hospital Associations of Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky, from 1951-1964.  There are also construction plans, contracts, photographs, sound recordings, and movie film of groundbreaking and dedication ceremonies, as well as extensive documentation on the implementation of medical care programs through the hospitals. Additional letters, memos, reports, contracts, and printed material concern the transfer of the Miners Memorial Hospitals from the Funds to the Appalachian Regional Hospitals, incorporated in 1963.","The archives' medical care records also include material on the dispute between the Funds' medical professionals and the American Medical Association (AMA) concerning the issue of free choice of physicians  There are letters,\ntranscribed hearings of local medical associations, sound recordings of Kentucky legislative hearings, and printed material revealing the policies of both the Funds and the AMA and the cases of individual physicians employed or retained by the Funds whom the AMA barred from membership.","There is voluminous correspondence among the Funds' trustees, officers, administrators, and beneficiaries concerning the eligibility requirements for pensions, funeral expense payments, disability payments, widow's\nmaintenance payments, and hospitalization and health care.  These letters, appearing in large groups throughout the archives, reveal the changes in the Funds eligibility and benefit requirements and the attitudes of coal miners and their dependents to the establishment of the pension and medical care programs and the revision of these programs from the late 1940s to the early 1970s.","There are also multiple addenda to the main collection and a set of ledgers, certificates, and other material. These addenda contain wage agreements, correspondence between area medical offices and others, court papers, correspondence regarding the retention of medical services at various facilities, annual reports, and other material.","This series consists of correspondence, benefit and trust plans, contracts, and court orders and opinions. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, lawsuit documents, memos, policy guidelines and formulations, collective bargaining agreements, and newspaper clippings. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include 1946 Fund Files, Actuary and Insurance Company Data, Bank Correspondence, Board of Trustees Correspondence, Administrative Files, UMWA Correspondence, Legal Counsel General Correspondence, Contracts, Conventions, 1969 UMWA Election, Investigation of Fund, Blankenship, Medical Hospital and Health Services Correspondence, Miscellaneous, and Directors' Correspondence and Miscellaneous Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, reports, memos, speeches and addresses, microfilm of reading files, and statistical data. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Hospitals and Medical Care Agencies, Subject Files, Health Care Delivery, Reading Files, and Regional Office Files. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of reports, memos, contracts, construction plans, budgets, operations manuals, bylaws, minutes, resolutions, hospital utilization statistics, press releases, personnel statistics, and correspondence. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Subject Files, Construction/Administration, Clinical Operations, Hospital Weekly Admission Notices, Legal and Contracts, Henry C. Daniel's Files, and Harlan Memorial Hospital. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of printed and typescript statisctical reports and statistical summaries. The title for each file begins with the subseries title; these include Medical Care Statistics, Statistical Report, Hospital Statistics-Most Frequently Used, Hospital Statistics-Case Rates, Hospital Statistics-Utilization, Physicians, Coal Mine Inspection, Mortality, Vocational Rehabilitation, Summary Statistics, MMHA-Surgery, MMHA-Miscellaneous, Special Centers, Statistical Abstract, Regional Medical Budgets, and Summary of Retainers. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of news releases, photographs, biographical data, and correspondence. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of correspondence, notes, memos, news releases, financial records, and newspaper clippings.  Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","This series consists of 1,350 photographs separately arranged by subject. These photographs show Funds staff, hospitals, hospital staff, beneficiaries, and coal mining scenes. Files with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","s1 - Dr. Reed\ns2 - Dr. Reed\ns3, s4 - J.L. Lewis\ns7, s8 - J.L. Lewis\ns9, s10, s11 - J.L. Lewis\ns12 - Miss Roche","s1 - (Opener)\ns2 - Presentation","(1) Westchester Fire Dept. Gallup and Damon, used 1958/08/26\n(2) Public Utilities - John Wingate, used 1956/09/01\n(3) Dairy - Frank Blair, used 1956/06/03","This series includes individual payroll tax assessment record ledgers from Ponfeigh Smokeless Coal Company and Pine Hill Smokeless Coal Company, financial secretary's ledgers from UMWA Local Union No. 935, Cassandra, PA, assorted mine payroll sheets, rolled certificates from the Commonwealth of PA Department of Mines for Simon J. Callahan, and other material.","Items with titles beginning with \"R - \" are restricted; please contact a curator for further information.","Annual Reports, 1952-1979\n\"A Chronology of the U.M.W.A. Welfare and Retirement Fund, Covering the Period between 1945 and April 26, 1951\"\n\"Rehabilitation of the Disabled\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\n\"Pensions for Coal Miners\" (UMWA Welfare and Retirement Fund, n.d.)\nList of Principal Medical Staff Publications\nCopies of 38 Medical Staff Publications (see list in inventory folder)","Copy of \"A Medical Survey of the Bituminous Coal Industry, Report of the Coal Mines Administration, Department of the Interior, Washington, DC,\" 1947, prepared by Admiral Joel T. Boone, Director, Medical Survey Group. (\"The Boone Report\") Also included is a folder of assorted documents including blank samples of Fund forms and paperwork and a copy of \"Analysis of Proposed Personnel Budget for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1957.\"","\"Bibliography - UMWA Health and Retirement Funds,\" prepared by Marilyn Abbott. Covers materials both about the Funds and by Funds' staff.","This series consists of correspondence and reports from regional medical offices of the UMWA, other medical studies and reports, and other material.","This series includes interoffice correspondence between regional offices regarding supply vendors, reports, articles by Dr. Warren Draper, assorted reports, assorted photographs (including several of Josephine Roche receiving an honorary degree at the University of Colorado), and other material.","This series includes interoffice and outside correspondence regarding the retention of medical and health services and negotiations with outside hospitals regarding retainer fees, excerpts of works on common medical issues, newsletters from various medical organizations, audit reports, and other material.","This series includes interoffice health-related correspondence, reports written by Koplin regarding the Health and Retirement Fund, insurance, and more, assorted notes, clippings, reports, and other material.","This series consists of wage agreements, depositions, other court papers, and other material."],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials","Separated Materials","Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following material has been separated from Series 14. ADD of 1982/02/27, Area Medical Offices and Other Material:","Printed material sent to WVU Medical Center Library:\nHarry E. Handley and Carolina R. Randolph, \"Eight Years of Public Health Work, Jones Conty Mississippi, 1937-1944,\" NY, Commonwealth Fund, 1946.\nLeslie A. Falk, \"Medical Sociology: The Contribution of Dr. Henry E. Siquist,\" Repritn from journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, 1958 Vol. 13, No. 2.\n\"25 Anniversary Report from the Hospital Research and Education Trust\" (1970)","Printed material sent to WVU Evansdale Library:\n\"USDA Testimony Proposing Long Range Agricultural Policy and Programs,\" before Congressional Committees on Agriculture, April 21, October 6-8, 1947.","Printed material discarded:\n\"Appalachia\" Vol. 7, No. 4 (1974)","The following material has been separated to the Map Collection:\nPopulation distribution map, Benefit Trust Beneficiaries, 1950.","The following audiotape reels were separated and added to the Oral History Collection:","Reel #1. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Kennedy Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #5. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nReel #6. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \nJohn L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation-John L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins (continues--overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #3. House Joint Subcommittee/John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis (Continued-overlaps Tape #2) Questions and answers (Continued--overlaps on Tape #4) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #4. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (overlaps Tape #3) (This tape continues and is overlapped on Tape #5) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #5. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (Continued overlaps on Tape #6) (This continues and is overlapped on Tape #6) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #6. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (Continued overlaps on Tape #5) (This tape continues and is overlapped on Tape #7) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \nReel #7. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis (Questions and Answers Continued Overlaps on Tape #6) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], ca. 1959/05/13 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis; Applause for Waiters with 40 cakes. John Owens - Toast-master, Tony Boyle, John Owens, Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlaps Tape #1) John Owens, John L. Lewis (This tape starts on Tape #3 also) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nReel #3. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. John L. Lewis (Starts on Tape #2 also) (This tape overlaps on Tape #4) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Dedication Program: Dedication Program [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/02 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis, National Coal Policy Conference. Copy Four.: National Coal Policy Conference; Mr. John L. Lewis (complete on this tape); Mr. Love thanks above; Rt. Rev. Mons. John J. McClafferty; Adjournment [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/04/27 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Union Songs: R-1 - 3 3/4 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Union Songs: R.2 - 3 3/4 Union Songs [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Program, Dedication Ceremony for 10 UMWF Hospitals: Program, Reel 1 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Program, All Lewis: Program, All Lewis [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech: J.L.L. Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends at applause. Picks up on tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech: John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. Continued applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \nReel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy:\" J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends with applause; picks up on Tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \nReel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, \"Autonomy:\" John L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by UMW. No overlap. This tape continues with applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \nReel #1. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Acting Chairman Senator Clark - opening statement. Mr. Marling J. Anthony (with Sen. Clark and Sen. Randolph. Only questions and answers recorded) Mr. Charles Ferguson (continued and overlapped on #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nUnited Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records A\u0026M.2769 - Page 178- Reel #2. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. Charles Ferguson (cont.-overlaps #1) Introduction by Sen. Randolph; Sen. Clark; also comment by Sen. Cooper; Mr. John L. Lewis starts, overlaps #3. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nReel #3. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. John L. Lewis, starts on tape #2 and overlapped on #4. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nReel #4. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety. Mr. John L. Lewis (cont. and overlaps on #3) 8 min. in, Sen. Cooper. Note: Sen. Cooper didn't have mic - was too far from closest mic to be picked up. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \nReel #1. Coal Policy Conference: (1) Coal Policy Conference - Mr. Lewis retires; (2) \"Instant Poverty\" Closing of Renton, PA mine. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], ca. 1960 \nReel #1. Hospital Dedication Program: Hospital Dedication Program. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \nReel #2. Hospital Dedication Program: All Lewis [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \nReel #3. Hospital Dedication Program: Program. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \nReel #1. Ground Breaking Ceremony: Ground Breaking ceremonies at Man, West Virginia. Approximately 55 minutes. WLOG Logan, W.Va. [7 in. tape, 3.25 IPS], 1953/10/31 \nReel #1. Speaker Weintraub, G. Davis, G. Archer, J. Brown: Speaker Weintraub - opening; Ghines (?) Davis, Atty.; Dr. George Archer; John Y. Brown [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. Kentucky Hearing, Master-complete: Medical Bill Hearing - Frankfort. Archer, Draper, Brown, Barnes, Cart, Ezelle, Brown, Sparks, Afton. [7 in. tape, 3.75 IPS], ca. March 14 \nReel #1. Beckley Radio Program \"Anything Goes:\" UMW. \"Anything Goes\" radio program, Beckley, West Virginia. (Complaints Beckley Hospital cheese sandwich dispute) [7 in. tape, unknown IPS], Spring 1959 \nReel #3. Untitled: Dr. Barnes. I.E. Cart, C\u0026O Railroad employees health association. Sam Ezelle, AFL-CIO (Kentucky State Federation of Labor. Atty. Brown) [7 in. tape, unknown IPS], undated \nReel #1. Pennsylvania Medical Society Interview: Three reporters interview Pennsylvania Medical Society leaders in Atlantic City after P.M.S. declared its agreement with the Fund \"null, void, terminated, and ended.\" [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. Pikesville Ground Breaking: Pikesville Ground Breaking [7 in. tape, unknown IPS], 1952/10/07 \nReel #2. Pikesville Ground Breaking: Pikesville Ground Breaking. 57 min. long. [7 in. tape, unknown IPS], 1952/10/07 \nReel #1. Henry J. Kaiser: Henry J. Kaiser [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #2. Henry J. Kaiser: Henry J. Kaiser [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. Draper Interview: Dr. Draper interview of Tris Coffin Show; C\u0026O news summary [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1954/05/26 \nReel #1. John L. Lewis Testimony Highlights: Tris Coffin - John L. Lewis Testimony Highlights. [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1955/12/14 \nReel #3. Program - Hospital Dedication Program: Program - Hospital Dedication. George Higgins speaks. (10 Hospitals not specified) [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #3. Program - Hospital Dedication Program: Program - Hospital Dedication. George Higgins speaks. (same as previous) [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #25. Kentucky Legislature Hearings on UMWF Free Choice of Physician: Tom Hamlin, football [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #1. No.5 Hymntime. C. Rhea Bill Head, Medical Bill: No.5 Hymntime. Claude Rhea, Bill Head. #5 Medicaid Bill [5 in. tape, unknown IPS], ca. May 17 \nReel #1. Dr. Clyde Sparks, Brown, Speaker, Davis: Dr. Clyde Sparks, Brown, Speaker, Davis. [5 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \nReel #2. Dr. Draper: Dr. Draper [5 in. tape, unknown IPS], undated \nReel #1. L73 - UK AG 3: L73 - UK - AG 3. Kentucky Legislature Hearings on UMWF Free Choice of Physicians [5 in. tape, unknown IPS], undated","The following material has been separated from this series:","Printed material sent to WVU Medical Center Library:","Harry E. Handley and Carolina R. Randolph, \"Eight Years of Public Health Work, Jones Conty Mississippi, 1937-1944,\" NY, Commonwealth Fund, 1946.","Leslie A. Falk, \"Medical Sociology: The Contribution of Dr. Henry E. 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(Josephine Aspinwall), 1886-1976","Schmidt, Godfrey P.  (Godfrey Peter), 1903-1998","Van Horn, Ezra.","Ward, Harold.","Woods, Philip, Dr., D.D.S.","Yablonski, Joseph A., 1910-1969","Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961"],"language_ssim":["English\n."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":3183,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T07:59:42.179Z","separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following material has been separated from Series 14. ADD of 1982/02/27, Area Medical Offices and Other Material:\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePrinted material sent to WVU Medical Center Library:\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHarry E. Handley and Carolina R. Randolph, \"Eight Years of Public Health Work, Jones Conty Mississippi, 1937-1944,\" NY, Commonwealth Fund, 1946.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLeslie A. Falk, \"Medical Sociology: The Contribution of Dr. Henry E. 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John L. Lewis: Testimony before Kennedy Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony before Labor Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #2. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #4. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #5. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #6. John L. Lewis: Testimony, Borden Committee [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/07/09 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation-John L. Lewis, Rep. Perkins (continues--overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. House Joint Subcommittee/John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis (Continued-overlaps Tape #2) Questions and answers (Continued--overlaps on Tape #4) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #4. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (overlaps Tape #3) (This tape continues and is overlapped on Tape #5) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #5. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (Continued overlaps on Tape #6) (This continues and is overlapped on Tape #6) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #6. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis Questions and answers (Continued overlaps on Tape #5) (This tape continues and is overlapped on Tape #7) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #7. House Joint Subcommittee, John L. Lewis: House Joint Subcommittee on Labor Management Reform Legislation; John L. Lewis (Questions and Answers Continued Overlaps on Tape #6) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], ca. 1959/05/13 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis; Applause for Waiters with 40 cakes. John Owens - Toast-master, Tony Boyle, John Owens, Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlapped on Tape #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #2. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. Tom Kennedy. (This tape overlaps Tape #1) John Owens, John L. Lewis (This tape starts on Tape #3 also) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. John L. Lewis Testimonial Dinner: Testimonial Dinner for John L. Lewis. John L. Lewis (Starts on Tape #2 also) (This tape overlaps on Tape #4) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/01/14 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Dedication Program: Dedication Program [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/06/02 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis, National Coal Policy Conference. Copy Four.: National Coal Policy Conference; Mr. John L. Lewis (complete on this tape); Mr. Love thanks above; Rt. Rev. Mons. John J. McClafferty; Adjournment [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1957/04/27 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Union Songs: R-1 - 3 3/4 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Union Songs: R.2 - 3 3/4 Union Songs [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. Program, Dedication Ceremony for 10 UMWF Hospitals: Program, Reel 1 [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. Program, All Lewis: Program, All Lewis [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech: J.L.L. Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends at applause. Picks up on tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohn L. Lewis - Assorted Speeches -- Reel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech: John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, Netherland Hilton Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio. This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. Continued applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/06 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy:\" J.L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by United Mine Workers. No overlap. This tape ends with applause; picks up on Tape #2 with same applause. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #2. John L. Lewis Dinner Speech, \"Autonomy:\" John L. Lewis Dinner Speech \"Autonomy.\" This tape duplicated from tape furnished by UMW. No overlap. This tape continues with applause from Tape #1. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1960/10/10 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Acting Chairman Senator Clark - opening statement. Mr. Marling J. Anthony (with Sen. Clark and Sen. Randolph. Only questions and answers recorded) Mr. Charles Ferguson (continued and overlapped on #2) [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nUnited Mine Workers of America, Health and Retirement Funds, Records A\u0026amp;M.2769 - Page 178- Reel #2. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. Charles Ferguson (cont.-overlaps #1) Introduction by Sen. Randolph; Sen. Clark; also comment by Sen. Cooper; Mr. John L. Lewis starts, overlaps #3. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Coal Mine Safety. Mr. John L. Lewis, starts on tape #2 and overlapped on #4. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #4. Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety: Senate Subcommittee on Labor/Mine Safety. Mr. John L. Lewis (cont. and overlaps on #3) 8 min. in, Sen. Cooper. Note: Sen. Cooper didn't have mic - was too far from closest mic to be picked up. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1959/07/21 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Coal Policy Conference: (1) Coal Policy Conference - Mr. Lewis retires; (2) \"Instant Poverty\" Closing of Renton, PA mine. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], ca. 1960 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Hospital Dedication Program: Hospital Dedication Program. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #2. Hospital Dedication Program: All Lewis [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #3. Hospital Dedication Program: Program. [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], 1956/02/06 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Ground Breaking Ceremony: Ground Breaking ceremonies at Man, West Virginia. Approximately 55 minutes. WLOG Logan, W.Va. [7 in. tape, 3.25 IPS], 1953/10/31 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Speaker Weintraub, G. Davis, G. Archer, J. Brown: Speaker Weintraub - opening; Ghines (?) Davis, Atty.; Dr. George Archer; John Y. Brown [7 in. tape, 7.5 IPS], undated \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. Kentucky Hearing, Master-complete: Medical Bill Hearing - Frankfort. Archer, Draper, Brown, Barnes, Cart, Ezelle, Brown, Sparks, Afton. [7 in. tape, 3.75 IPS], ca. March 14 \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nReel #1. 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