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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, \u003cspan\u003eThe Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia,\u003c/span\u003e and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. 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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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\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\n","\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\n","\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. Walker has also provided biographical sketches and extensive notes to better contextualize her research findings.\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","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","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","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","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","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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."],"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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"],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":146,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T00:45:36.485Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_7073","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_7073","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_7073","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_7073","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_7073.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/257555","title_ssm":["Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy"],"title_tesim":["Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy"],"unitdate_ssm":["1878-2025"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1878-2025"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 4670","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/7073"],"text":["A\u0026M 4670","Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/7073","Garnie Walker Testa Papers and Walker-Testa Family Genealogy","Clay County, West Virginia -- Genealogy","Education -- West Virginia -- Clay County","World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- West Virginia","Farm life -- West Virginia","Researchers may access digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Researchers may access digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Researchers may access digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","Researchers may access digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","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.","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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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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\n","\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. 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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. 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They held an annual National Coming Out Day Social, every October 11, and a Lesbigay Awareness Week every spring. Lesbigay Awareness week was usually held in conjunction with the Annual Breaking the Ice Winter Gay Pride Festival in Webb Center co-hosted by the GLSU and the Hampton Roads Gay and Lesbian Pride Coalition.\n    \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe GLSU also co-hosted the Sexual Orientation Support committee. This group was made up largely of straight, female staff members who had previously worked on the campus AIDS committee. 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In January of 1992, the GLSU met with President Koch and other University officials to discuss their concerns about the safety and security of LGBTQ+ students.They called for the abolishment of other inequities on campus toward gay and lesbian students, faculty, and staff, as well as advancements that would help make the campus more equal for gays and lesbians. Other wish list items included an office for Gay and Lesbian concerns, partner benefits for faculty/staff, expanding ODU curricula to include Gay and Lesbian Studies courses, and removing ROTC from campus until it complies with ODU's non-discrimination policy. Many of these things did not come to pass, but a insturctor was brought on campus in 1992 to train staff on LGBTQ+ student issues.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical or Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["The Gay Alliance was organized in 1976 and was open to faculty, staff, and alumni, not just students, but disbanded in the early 1980s. The ODU Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) was founded in 1988 and held its first meeting in January 1989. Before that time, in the mid and late 1980s, gay and lesbian students met at a weekly support group held at the University's Campus Catholic Ministry. In 1993, the Gay and Lesbian Student Union changed its name to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Students and Allies in order to be more inclusive. The group changed its name in 2002 to become Old Dominion University Out (ODU Out) and again in 2018 to Old Dominion University Sexuality and Gender Alliance (ODUSAGA).","\nIn the early days the organization was met with some degree of intolerance, if not outright hostility. Flyers and posters were torn down or defaced with anti-gay slurs.  The group sought to change stereotypes and misconceptions through a \"Shattering the Myths\" poster and flyer campaign. They held an annual National Coming Out Day Social, every October 11, and a Lesbigay Awareness Week every spring. Lesbigay Awareness week was usually held in conjunction with the Annual Breaking the Ice Winter Gay Pride Festival in Webb Center co-hosted by the GLSU and the Hampton Roads Gay and Lesbian Pride Coalition.\n    ","The GLSU also co-hosted the Sexual Orientation Support committee. This group was made up largely of straight, female staff members who had previously worked on the campus AIDS committee. Staff from the Student Health Center, Counseling Services, the Women's Center, Student Activities, and other departments were represented.\n    ","The GLSU also went to gay and lesbian conferences hosted by other Virginia colleges, and  networked with other Virginia colleges through two grassroots organizations known as the Triangle Network and the Virginia Area Rainbow Student Alliance (VARSA).  Many GLSU members were also a part of a Hampton Roads gay and lesbian youth groups known as Youth Out United (Y.O.U.). In fact, both groups shared common founders.\n    ","After a series to anti-gay propgranda and vandalisim in 1991,the GLSU has concerns. In January of 1992, the GLSU met with President Koch and other University officials to discuss their concerns about the safety and security of LGBTQ+ students.They called for the abolishment of other inequities on campus toward gay and lesbian students, faculty, and staff, as well as advancements that would help make the campus more equal for gays and lesbians. Other wish list items included an office for Gay and Lesbian concerns, partner benefits for faculty/staff, expanding ODU curricula to include Gay and Lesbian Studies courses, and removing ROTC from campus until it complies with ODU's non-discrimination policy. Many of these things did not come to pass, but a insturctor was brought on campus in 1992 to train staff on LGBTQ+ student issues."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Constitution, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Correspondence, 1988-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Meeting Agendas, 1991-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Organization, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: P.R. Committee, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Student Organization Assistance Manual, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Name Change, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2000-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2001-2002, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, ODU Out: Announcements, 2002-2003, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, ODU Out: Announcements, 2004-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, ODU Out: Announcements, 2007-2008, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, ODU Out: Announcements, 2008-2009, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, ODU Out: Announcements, 2009-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, ODU Out/SAGA: Announcements, 2012-2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, ODU Out Electronic Files (Compact Disc), 2007-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Breaking the Ice Festival, 1991-2024, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture Month, 2001 October, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, GLSU Calendar of Events, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Essex Hemphill, 1992 December 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Kathy Obear Workshop, 1992 June 1-2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, LesBiGay Awareness Week, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, March on Washington, 1993 April 25, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Memorial Service for Diana Van Valen \"Niah\", 1995 January 27, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, National Coming Out Day, 1989, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, National Coming Out Day, 1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, President's Lecture Series: \"Who Should Be Allowed to Marry: The Same-Sex Debate\", 2000 November 9, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Pride Picnic and March on Military Base, 1992 June 13, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Shattering the Myths Campaign, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Speaker's Program on GLBT issues, 1990-1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 16, Miscellaneous Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 17, Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 18, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Academic/Education Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 19, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Breakfast Club Meetings, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 20, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Discrimination and Harassment Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 21, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Faculty/Staff Recommendations, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 22, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Graduate Assistant, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 23, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- ROTC Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 24, GLB (Gay Lesbian Bisexual) Discussion Group, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 25, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance: E-mail List, 2000-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 26, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance Flyer, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 27,  Sexual Orientation Support Committee (SOS), 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 28, Delta Lambda Phi E-mails, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Dignity Norfolk, 1986-1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Budget, 1993-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Bylaws, 1993 October 21, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Board, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Retreat, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Correspondence, 1991-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Fact Sheets and Surveys, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Press Releases, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Miscellaneous, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Queer Nation, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Tidewater National Organization for Women (NOW) -- Lesbian Rights Taskforce, 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Triangle Network, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Virginia Area Rainbow Student Alliance (VARSA), 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Virginians for Justice, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Virginians for Justice -- Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Virginians for Justice -- Hate Crimes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1995-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1999-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Virginians for Justice -- Politics, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Virginians for Justice -- Virginia Laws, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 35, Youth Out United, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Human Rights Campaign Fund, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute \"Creating Change\" Conference, November 12-14, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, United States Student Association (USSA) Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Caucus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Anti-Gay Flyers and Graffiti on Campus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, Conservative Student Alliance (CSA), undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, Cracker Barrel, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Harassment and Hate Crimes at ODU, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, Graduate Student for GLBT Concerns, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, March on Washington, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, Matthew Shepard Vigil, 2000 September 28, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, Mel White Protest at CBN, 1995 February, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, ODU Discrimination and Harassment Policies and Procedures, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, ODU Non-Discrimination Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Presidential Campaign, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, ROTC: Combating ROTC's Anti-Gay Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Shooting at Anvil Bar, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Skull and Bones, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Southern Baptist's Anti-Gay Ad, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star Anti-Gay Ad Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Bibliographies/Resource Lists, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Coming Out Resources, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, Creating a Campus Environment that Discourages Gay Bashing, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Gay/Lesbian Identity Development, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 26, Gay Employees Article, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 27, Gay Fraternities, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 28, Gay Marriage, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 29, Gays in the Media, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 30, Gays and Religion, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 31, Gay Republicans, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 32, Hate Speech, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 33, Homophobia and Heterosexism, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 34, Humor, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 35, Lesbians and AIDS: What's the Connection?, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 36, Methods of Non-Violent Protest and Civil Disobedience, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 37, Problems and Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students in a University Setting, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 38, Quotes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 39, Strategy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 40, Miscellaneous Articles, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Gaynet Messages, 1993 November 3-4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Gaynet Messages I, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Gaynet Messages II, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Gaynet Messages III, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Gaynet Messages – Unsorted, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Index of Mace and Crown/Our Own Articles Related to ODU GLBT Student Groups, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Courier Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Mace and Crown Articles – Anti-Gay Graffiti, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Mace and Crown Articles – Conservative Student Alliance, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Mace and Crown Articles – Gays Upset with Mace and Crown, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 11, Mace and Crown Articles – Graduate Assistant, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 12, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous I, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 13, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous II, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Our Own Articles, circa 1990-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Our Own – Farewell Issue, 1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, USA Today Article, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Virginian Pilot Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Miscellaneous GLBT Ads, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Newsletters, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, ODU Spectrum, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 8, Miscellaneous, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice T-Shirt, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice Bag, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice Pen, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransgender Day of Rememberance Button, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: GLSU Graffiti and News Clips, 1991-1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: Out for the Count, Why Gays Should Vote for Clinton, 1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: Laura Winons and Julieanne Williams Case, 2002 April 10, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Constitution, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Correspondence, 1988-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Meeting Agendas, 1991-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Organization, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: P.R. Committee, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Student Organization Assistance Manual, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Name Change, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2000-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2001-2002, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, ODU Out: Announcements, 2002-2003, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, ODU Out: Announcements, 2004-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, ODU Out: Announcements, 2007-2008, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, ODU Out: Announcements, 2008-2009, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, ODU Out: Announcements, 2009-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, ODU Out/SAGA: Announcements, 2012-2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, ODU Out Electronic Files (Compact Disc), 2007-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Breaking the Ice Festival, 1991-2024, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture Month, 2001 October, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, GLSU Calendar of Events, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Essex Hemphill, 1992 December 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Kathy Obear Workshop, 1992 June 1-2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, LesBiGay Awareness Week, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, March on Washington, 1993 April 25, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Memorial Service for Diana Van Valen \"Niah\", 1995 January 27, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, National Coming Out Day, 1989, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, National Coming Out Day, 1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, President's Lecture Series: \"Who Should Be Allowed to Marry: The Same-Sex Debate\", 2000 November 9, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Pride Picnic and March on Military Base, 1992 June 13, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Shattering the Myths Campaign, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Speaker's Program on GLBT issues, 1990-1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 16, Miscellaneous Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 17, Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 18, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Academic/Education Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 19, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Breakfast Club Meetings, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 20, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Discrimination and Harassment Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 21, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Faculty/Staff Recommendations, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 22, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Graduate Assistant, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 23, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- ROTC Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 24, GLB (Gay Lesbian Bisexual) Discussion Group, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 25, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance: E-mail List, 2000-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 26, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance Flyer, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 27,  Sexual Orientation Support Committee (SOS), 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 28, Delta Lambda Phi E-mails, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Dignity Norfolk, 1986-1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Budget, 1993-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Bylaws, 1993 October 21, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Board, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Retreat, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Correspondence, 1991-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Fact Sheets and Surveys, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Press Releases, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Miscellaneous, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Queer Nation, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Tidewater National Organization for Women (NOW) -- Lesbian Rights Taskforce, 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Triangle Network, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Virginia Area Rainbow Student Alliance (VARSA), 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Virginians for Justice, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Virginians for Justice -- Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Virginians for Justice -- Hate Crimes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1995-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1999-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Virginians for Justice -- Politics, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Virginians for Justice -- Virginia Laws, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 35, Youth Out United, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Human Rights Campaign Fund, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute \"Creating Change\" Conference, November 12-14, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, United States Student Association (USSA) Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Caucus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Anti-Gay Flyers and Graffiti on Campus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, Conservative Student Alliance (CSA), undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, Cracker Barrel, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Harassment and Hate Crimes at ODU, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, Graduate Student for GLBT Concerns, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, March on Washington, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, Matthew Shepard Vigil, 2000 September 28, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, Mel White Protest at CBN, 1995 February, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, ODU Discrimination and Harassment Policies and Procedures, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, ODU Non-Discrimination Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Presidential Campaign, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, ROTC: Combating ROTC's Anti-Gay Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Shooting at Anvil Bar, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Skull and Bones, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Southern Baptist's Anti-Gay Ad, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star Anti-Gay Ad Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Bibliographies/Resource Lists, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Coming Out Resources, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, Creating a Campus Environment that Discourages Gay Bashing, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Gay/Lesbian Identity Development, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 26, Gay Employees Article, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 27, Gay Fraternities, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 28, Gay Marriage, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 29, Gays in the Media, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 30, Gays and Religion, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 31, Gay Republicans, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 32, Hate Speech, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 33, Homophobia and Heterosexism, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 34, Humor, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 35, Lesbians and AIDS: What's the Connection?, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 36, Methods of Non-Violent Protest and Civil Disobedience, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 37, Problems and Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students in a University Setting, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 38, Quotes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 39, Strategy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 40, Miscellaneous Articles, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Gaynet Messages, 1993 November 3-4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Gaynet Messages I, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Gaynet Messages II, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Gaynet Messages III, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Gaynet Messages – Unsorted, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Index of Mace and Crown/Our Own Articles Related to ODU GLBT Student Groups, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Courier Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Mace and Crown Articles – Anti-Gay Graffiti, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Mace and Crown Articles – Conservative Student Alliance, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Mace and Crown Articles – Gays Upset with Mace and Crown, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 11, Mace and Crown Articles – Graduate Assistant, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 12, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous I, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 13, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous II, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Our Own Articles, circa 1990-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Our Own – Farewell Issue, 1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, USA Today Article, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Virginian Pilot Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Miscellaneous GLBT Ads, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Newsletters, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, ODU Spectrum, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 8, Miscellaneous, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","Breaking the Ice T-Shirt, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","Breaking the Ice Bag, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","Breaking the Ice Pen, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","Transgender Day of Rememberance Button, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","VHS: GLSU Graffiti and News Clips, 1991-1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","VHS: Out for the Count, Why Gays Should Vote for Clinton, 1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","VHS: Laura Winons and Julieanne Williams Case, 2002 April 10, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection was processed and a finding aid was created by Mel Frizzell, Special Collections Assistant.\u003c/p\u003e"],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The collection was processed and a finding aid was created by Mel Frizzell, Special Collections Assistant."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOur Own Community Press (MG 143).\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related Materials"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["Our Own Community Press (MG 143)."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains administrative and related records of the Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU), the first student organization dedicated to the LGBTQIA+ community at Old Dominion University. Included in the collection are organizational materials such as constitutions, bylaws, minutes of meetings, and announcements; material related to various events held by the organization; documents related to other LGBTQIA+ organizations on the regional, state, and national level; and other miscellaneous material related to LGBTQIA+ issues. The organization is currently known as the ODU Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), and the collection includes documents from the various name changes of the group over the years.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains organizational materials such as the GLSU's constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, committees, and materials related to the 1993 name change.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains information on GLSU and GLSU related events including social events, homophobia and other awareness workshops and campaigns, Gay pride festivals, speakers, and protests.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes information on the other gay and lesbian campus groups and committees, including minutes and agendas from the GLBAC meetings that met in 1991 and 1992 to address the graffiti and inequities toward gays and lesbians.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes materials related to the GLSU's interaction with other gay and lesbian groups in Hampton Roads and Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes materials related to national organizations advocating for gay and lesbian rights.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes materials on various issues and protests that members of the GLSU were involved with both on campus and off.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes resources including bibliographies, articles, resources, and guides.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains messages from a gay and lesbian student listserv/message board called Gaynet.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains news clippings, articles, and letters to the editor that appeared in the Courier, Mace and Crown, Our Own, USA Today, and Virginian Pilot. Most of these relate specifically to the GLSU, but a few are on gay and lesbian issues in general. Also included is an index of Mace and Crown and Courier Articles related to the ODU gay, lesbian, and bisexual student groups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous items such as ads, newsletters, and other items not specifically related to the GLSU.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne white t-shirt with \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" written in blue on the front.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne plastic blue bag given out at the Breaking the Ice winter pride festival. \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" is written in black across the bag.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne blue pen with \"Breaking the Ice 2019\" written on it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne blue button with \"Safe Space, March 31, Transgender Day of Remembrance\" written on the front. ODU SAGA was a co-sponsor of the event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two VHS tapes. One tape shows the anti-gay graffiti on campus in 1991 and includes some television news clips related to these incidents. 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Included in the collection are organizational materials such as constitutions, bylaws, minutes of meetings, and announcements; material related to various events held by the organization; documents related to other LGBTQIA+ organizations on the regional, state, and national level; and other miscellaneous material related to LGBTQIA+ issues. The organization is currently known as the ODU Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), and the collection includes documents from the various name changes of the group over the years.","This series contains organizational materials such as the GLSU's constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, committees, and materials related to the 1993 name change.","This series contains information on GLSU and GLSU related events including social events, homophobia and other awareness workshops and campaigns, Gay pride festivals, speakers, and protests.","This series includes information on the other gay and lesbian campus groups and committees, including minutes and agendas from the GLBAC meetings that met in 1991 and 1992 to address the graffiti and inequities toward gays and lesbians.","This series includes materials related to the GLSU's interaction with other gay and lesbian groups in Hampton Roads and Virginia.","This series includes materials related to national organizations advocating for gay and lesbian rights.","This series includes materials on various issues and protests that members of the GLSU were involved with both on campus and off.","This series includes resources including bibliographies, articles, resources, and guides.","This series contains messages from a gay and lesbian student listserv/message board called Gaynet.","This series contains news clippings, articles, and letters to the editor that appeared in the Courier, Mace and Crown, Our Own, USA Today, and Virginian Pilot. Most of these relate specifically to the GLSU, but a few are on gay and lesbian issues in general. Also included is an index of Mace and Crown and Courier Articles related to the ODU gay, lesbian, and bisexual student groups.","This series contains miscellaneous items such as ads, newsletters, and other items not specifically related to the GLSU.","One white t-shirt with \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" written in blue on the front.","One plastic blue bag given out at the Breaking the Ice winter pride festival. \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" is written in black across the bag.","One blue pen with \"Breaking the Ice 2019\" written on it.","One blue button with \"Safe Space, March 31, Transgender Day of Remembrance\" written on the front. ODU SAGA was a co-sponsor of the event.","This series contains two VHS tapes. One tape shows the anti-gay graffiti on campus in 1991 and includes some television news clips related to these incidents. The other tape is a political advertisement for Bill Clinton and his views on gay issues in 1992.","Ken Gideon of the FSGLBA speaks on News 3 about the Laura Winons and Julieanne Williams Hate Crime Murder Case","This series contains administrative material mostly pertaining to ODU Out and ODU SAGA."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8f9363cd10b7198270967ca77ffc86ce\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eMaterials for this collection date from the 1980s through the present, with most of the materials dating from the 1990s. 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Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Discrimination and Harassment Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 21, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Faculty/Staff Recommendations, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 22, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Graduate Assistant, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 23, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- ROTC Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 24, GLB (Gay Lesbian Bisexual) Discussion Group, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 25, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance: E-mail List, 2000-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 26, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance Flyer, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 27,  Sexual Orientation Support Committee (SOS), 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 28, Delta Lambda Phi E-mails, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Dignity Norfolk, 1986-1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Budget, 1993-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Bylaws, 1993 October 21, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Board, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Retreat, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Correspondence, 1991-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Fact Sheets and Surveys, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Press Releases, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Miscellaneous, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Queer Nation, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Tidewater National Organization for Women (NOW) -- Lesbian Rights Taskforce, 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Triangle Network, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Virginia Area Rainbow Student Alliance (VARSA), 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Virginians for Justice, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Virginians for Justice -- Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Virginians for Justice -- Hate Crimes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1995-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1999-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Virginians for Justice -- Politics, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Virginians for Justice -- Virginia Laws, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 35, Youth Out United, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Human Rights Campaign Fund, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute \"Creating Change\" Conference, November 12-14, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, United States Student Association (USSA) Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Caucus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Anti-Gay Flyers and Graffiti on Campus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, Conservative Student Alliance (CSA), undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, Cracker Barrel, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Harassment and Hate Crimes at ODU, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, Graduate Student for GLBT Concerns, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, March on Washington, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, Matthew Shepard Vigil, 2000 September 28, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, Mel White Protest at CBN, 1995 February, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, ODU Discrimination and Harassment Policies and Procedures, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, ODU Non-Discrimination Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Presidential Campaign, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, ROTC: Combating ROTC's Anti-Gay Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Shooting at Anvil Bar, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Skull and Bones, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Southern Baptist's Anti-Gay Ad, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star Anti-Gay Ad Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Bibliographies/Resource Lists, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Coming Out Resources, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, Creating a Campus Environment that Discourages Gay Bashing, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Gay/Lesbian Identity Development, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 26, Gay Employees Article, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 27, Gay Fraternities, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 28, Gay Marriage, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 29, Gays in the Media, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 30, Gays and Religion, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 31, Gay Republicans, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 32, Hate Speech, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 33, Homophobia and Heterosexism, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 34, Humor, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 35, Lesbians and AIDS: What's the Connection?, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 36, Methods of Non-Violent Protest and Civil Disobedience, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 37, Problems and Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students in a University Setting, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 38, Quotes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 39, Strategy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 40, Miscellaneous Articles, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Gaynet Messages, 1993 November 3-4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Gaynet Messages I, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Gaynet Messages II, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Gaynet Messages III, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Gaynet Messages – Unsorted, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Index of Mace and Crown/Our Own Articles Related to ODU GLBT Student Groups, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Courier Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Mace and Crown Articles – Anti-Gay Graffiti, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Mace and Crown Articles – Conservative Student Alliance, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Mace and Crown Articles – Gays Upset with Mace and Crown, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 11, Mace and Crown Articles – Graduate Assistant, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 12, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous I, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 13, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous II, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Our Own Articles, circa 1990-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Our Own – Farewell Issue, 1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, USA Today Article, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Virginian Pilot Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Miscellaneous GLBT Ads, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Newsletters, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, ODU Spectrum, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 8, Miscellaneous, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice T-Shirt, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice Bag, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBreaking the Ice Pen, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eTransgender Day of Rememberance Button, 2019, Oversize Box 7, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: GLSU Graffiti and News Clips, 1991-1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: Out for the Count, Why Gays Should Vote for Clinton, 1992, Box 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVHS: Laura Winons and Julieanne Williams Case, 2002 April 10, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Constitution, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Correspondence, 1988-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Meeting Agendas, 1991-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Organization, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: P.R. Committee, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Gay and Lesbian Student Union: Student Organization Assistance Manual, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Name Change, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2000-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Students and Allies: Announcements, 2001-2002, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, ODU Out: Announcements, 2002-2003, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, ODU Out: Announcements, 2004-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, ODU Out: Announcements, 2007-2008, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, ODU Out: Announcements, 2008-2009, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, ODU Out: Announcements, 2009-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2010-2011, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, ODU Out: Announcements I, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, ODU Out: Announcements II, 2011-2012, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, ODU Out/SAGA: Announcements, 2012-2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, ODU Out Electronic Files (Compact Disc), 2007-2010, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Breaking the Ice Festival, 1991-2024, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender History and Culture Month, 2001 October, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, GLSU Calendar of Events, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Essex Hemphill, 1992 December 2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Kathy Obear Workshop, 1992 June 1-2, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, LesBiGay Awareness Week, circa 1990-1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, March on Washington, 1993 April 25, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Memorial Service for Diana Van Valen \"Niah\", 1995 January 27, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, National Coming Out Day, 1989, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, National Coming Out Day, 1999, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, President's Lecture Series: \"Who Should Be Allowed to Marry: The Same-Sex Debate\", 2000 November 9, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Pride Picnic and March on Military Base, 1992 June 13, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Shattering the Myths Campaign, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Speaker's Program on GLBT issues, 1990-1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 16, Miscellaneous Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 17, Transgender Day of Remembrance, 2019, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 18, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Academic/Education Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 19, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Breakfast Club Meetings, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 20, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Discrimination and Harassment Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 21, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Faculty/Staff Recommendations, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 22, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- Graduate Assistant, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 23, Gay Lesbian Bisexual Action Committee (GLBAC) -- ROTC Committee, 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 24, GLB (Gay Lesbian Bisexual) Discussion Group, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 25, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance: E-mail List, 2000-2006, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 26, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Alliance Flyer, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 27,  Sexual Orientation Support Committee (SOS), 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 28, Delta Lambda Phi E-mails, 2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Dignity Norfolk, 1986-1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Agendas, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Budget, 1993-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Bylaws, 1993 October 21, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Board, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Coalition Retreat, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Correspondence, 1991-1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Fact Sheets and Surveys, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Flyers, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Press Releases, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1990, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1994, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Minutes, 1995, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Hampton Roads Lesbian and Gay Pride Coalition (HRLGPC) -- Miscellaneous, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Queer Nation, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Tidewater National Organization for Women (NOW) -- Lesbian Rights Taskforce, 1991-1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Triangle Network, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Virginia Area Rainbow Student Alliance (VARSA), 1991, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Virginians for Justice, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Virginians for Justice -- Events, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Virginians for Justice -- Hate Crimes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1992-1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1995-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Virginians for Justice -- Newsletter \"The Voice\", 1999-2001, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Virginians for Justice -- Politics, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Virginians for Justice -- Virginia Laws, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 35, Youth Out United, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, ACLU Lesbian and Gay Rights Project, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Human Rights Campaign Fund, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute \"Creating Change\" Conference, November 12-14, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, United States Student Association (USSA) Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Caucus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Anti-Gay Flyers and Graffiti on Campus, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, Conservative Student Alliance (CSA), undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, Cracker Barrel, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Harassment and Hate Crimes at ODU, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, Graduate Student for GLBT Concerns, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, March on Washington, 1993, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, Matthew Shepard Vigil, 2000 September 28, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, Mel White Protest at CBN, 1995 February, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, ODU Discrimination and Harassment Policies and Procedures, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, ODU Non-Discrimination Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Presidential Campaign, 1992, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, ROTC: Combating ROTC's Anti-Gay Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Shooting at Anvil Bar, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Skull and Bones, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Southern Baptist's Anti-Gay Ad, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star Anti-Gay Ad Policy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Bibliographies/Resource Lists, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Coming Out Resources, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, Creating a Campus Environment that Discourages Gay Bashing, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Gay/Lesbian Identity Development, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 26, Gay Employees Article, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 27, Gay Fraternities, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 28, Gay Marriage, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 29, Gays in the Media, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 30, Gays and Religion, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 31, Gay Republicans, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 32, Hate Speech, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 33, Homophobia and Heterosexism, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 34, Humor, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 35, Lesbians and AIDS: What's the Connection?, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 36, Methods of Non-Violent Protest and Civil Disobedience, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 37, Problems and Challenges of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Students in a University Setting, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 38, Quotes, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 39, Strategy, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 40, Miscellaneous Articles, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, Gaynet Messages, 1993 November 3-4, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Gaynet Messages I, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Gaynet Messages II, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Gaynet Messages III, 1994 March 3, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Gaynet Messages – Unsorted, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Index of Mace and Crown/Our Own Articles Related to ODU GLBT Student Groups, undated, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Courier Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Mace and Crown Articles – Anti-Gay Graffiti, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Mace and Crown Articles – Conservative Student Alliance, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Mace and Crown Articles – Gays Upset with Mace and Crown, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 11, Mace and Crown Articles – Graduate Assistant, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 12, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous I, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 13, Mace and Crown Articles – Miscellaneous II, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Our Own Articles, circa 1990-1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Our Own – Farewell Issue, 1998, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, USA Today Article, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Virginian Pilot Articles, circa 1990-2000, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Miscellaneous GLBT Ads, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.","[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Miscellaneous Newsletters, Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU) Records, Special 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Most of these relate specifically to the GLSU, but a few are on gay and lesbian issues in general. Also included is an index of Mace and Crown and Courier Articles related to the ODU gay, lesbian, and bisexual student groups.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains miscellaneous items such as ads, newsletters, and other items not specifically related to the GLSU.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne white t-shirt with \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" written in blue on the front.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne plastic blue bag given out at the Breaking the Ice winter pride festival. \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" is written in black across the bag.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne blue pen with \"Breaking the Ice 2019\" written on it.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOne blue button with \"Safe Space, March 31, Transgender Day of Remembrance\" written on the front. ODU SAGA was a co-sponsor of the event.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains two VHS tapes. One tape shows the anti-gay graffiti on campus in 1991 and includes some television news clips related to these incidents. 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Included in the collection are organizational materials such as constitutions, bylaws, minutes of meetings, and announcements; material related to various events held by the organization; documents related to other LGBTQIA+ organizations on the regional, state, and national level; and other miscellaneous material related to LGBTQIA+ issues. The organization is currently known as the ODU Sexuality and Gender Alliance (SAGA), and the collection includes documents from the various name changes of the group over the years.","This series contains organizational materials such as the GLSU's constitution, meeting agendas, correspondence, committees, and materials related to the 1993 name change.","This series contains information on GLSU and GLSU related events including social events, homophobia and other awareness workshops and campaigns, Gay pride festivals, speakers, and protests.","This series includes information on the other gay and lesbian campus groups and committees, including minutes and agendas from the GLBAC meetings that met in 1991 and 1992 to address the graffiti and inequities toward gays and lesbians.","This series includes materials related to the GLSU's interaction with other gay and lesbian groups in Hampton Roads and Virginia.","This series includes materials related to national organizations advocating for gay and lesbian rights.","This series includes materials on various issues and protests that members of the GLSU were involved with both on campus and off.","This series includes resources including bibliographies, articles, resources, and guides.","This series contains messages from a gay and lesbian student listserv/message board called Gaynet.","This series contains news clippings, articles, and letters to the editor that appeared in the Courier, Mace and Crown, Our Own, USA Today, and Virginian Pilot. Most of these relate specifically to the GLSU, but a few are on gay and lesbian issues in general. Also included is an index of Mace and Crown and Courier Articles related to the ODU gay, lesbian, and bisexual student groups.","This series contains miscellaneous items such as ads, newsletters, and other items not specifically related to the GLSU.","One white t-shirt with \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" written in blue on the front.","One plastic blue bag given out at the Breaking the Ice winter pride festival. \"Breaking the Ice Spring 2019\" is written in black across the bag.","One blue pen with \"Breaking the Ice 2019\" written on it.","One blue button with \"Safe Space, March 31, Transgender Day of Remembrance\" written on the front. ODU SAGA was a co-sponsor of the event.","This series contains two VHS tapes. One tape shows the anti-gay graffiti on campus in 1991 and includes some television news clips related to these incidents. The other tape is a political advertisement for Bill Clinton and his views on gay issues in 1992.","Ken Gideon of the FSGLBA speaks on News 3 about the Laura Winons and Julieanne Williams Hate Crime Murder Case","This series contains administrative material mostly pertaining to ODU Out and ODU SAGA."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBefore publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_8f9363cd10b7198270967ca77ffc86ce\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eMaterials for this collection date from the 1980s through the present, with most of the materials dating from the 1990s. Included are organizational materials such as the group's constitution, meeting agendas, and correspondence; flyers and information on various events and protests; agendas and minutes from other campus gay and lesbian groups.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Materials for this collection date from the 1980s through the present, with most of the materials dating from the 1990s. Included are organizational materials such as the group's constitution, meeting agendas, and correspondence; flyers and information on various events and protests; agendas and minutes from other campus gay and lesbian groups."],"names_coll_ssim":["Old Dominion University","Old Dominion University. Gay and Lesbian Student Union (GLSU)"],"names_ssim":["ODU University Archives","Old Dominion University. 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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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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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\n","\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. 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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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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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\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\n","\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\n","\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. 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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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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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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She was an educator, a World War II veteran, a farmer and a local historian. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\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\n","\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\n","\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. Walker has also provided biographical sketches and extensive notes to better contextualize her research findings.\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","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","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","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","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","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["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."],"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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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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Testa, Garnie Walker, 1914-1999","Walker, Karen Jo","English \n.    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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\n","\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. 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