Series 1. Audiovisual and Media, 1990/2012

Containers:
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 25
Scope and content:

Series 1 consists of mixed audiovisual and media materials (1990-2012). The formats in this series include CDRs, DVDs, audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes, VHS, VHS-C, Mini DV tapes, and 3.5-inch floppy discs.
Series 1 includes news broadcasts (60 Minutes, (Bill Moyer), photographs, interviews, congressional hearings and protest music regarding mountaintop removal mining, Clean Elections, Apple Grove Paper and Pulp Mill, Kayford Mountain, Draft Environmental Impact Statements, Blair Mountain, coal sludge, and fracking. Additionally, there are several commercially released DVDs of documentaries on mountaintop removal mining and other subjects.
One of the highlights of Series 1 is the ten-minute debate between OVEC's Vivian Stockman and coal operator Don Blankenship on mountaintop removal mining (several copies in Box 1).

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

Audiovisual recordings must be digitized for research access. Researchers must contact the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department.
Researchers may access born-digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia & Regional History Center reference department.

Parent restrictions:
Researchers may access born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item (the web crawl) or by requesting to view the material (the newsletters or the web crawl) in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department.
Parent terms of access:
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.