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Marion County, White Day Creek History, 1820/1997 0.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)

White Day Creek Watershed Association

Records regarding the history of the White Day Creek region of Marion County, WV. There are also photocopies of primary sources of information supplementary to the White Day Creek book, including: letters and financial ledger of the Watson family (1820-1890); essay titled "Smithtown Local History" (1922); business ledger of George Washington Stevens, a cobbler (1890s); deeds and estate sale documents of William Morris (1854); grist mill business ledger of Sam Smith (1894); financial ledger and "folk wisdom" of Levi Devault (ca. 1875-1900); and the history of the Weaver family, including estate sale information (1854). The history of education in Marion County is documented in the photocopied "1992 Dedication of the Snodgrass One-Room Schoolhouse Museum; October 30, 1992." (Original in Printed Ephemera Collection.) This dedication program also features a reminiscence of Ethel Ferrell (b. 1898), a Marion County school teacher.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

New River Symposiums Proceedings, 1982/1999 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in.

New River Gorge National River (Agency : U.S.)
Compact disc of a searchable database of 1200 facsimile pages of New River Symposium Proceedings dating from 1982-1999. Articles in the Proceedings discuss the natural and cultural features of the New River region of West Virginia, including the following topics: botany, Civil War, coal mining, environmentalism, folklore, folk music, geology, Green Sulphur Springs, historic preservation, iron industry, native Americans, railroads, rivers (Bluestone, Gauley, New), transportation, and Mary Draper Ingles.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peace Tree Exhibit Photographs and Brochures, 1992/1995 1.8 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 9 1/2 in. (4 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 card box, 5 in.); (1 oversize package, 1 in.)

Schein, Anna M.
An exhibit created by Anna M. Schein to commemorate the planting of a peace tree and its annual honoring ceremonies conducted by leaders of various Native American peoples including the Iroquois. Representative leaders were Peterson Zah, Navajo Nation President; Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation Faithkeeper and Leon Shenandoah Tadodaho, Presiding Moderator of the Grand Council of the Iroquois Confederacy. The tree planting ceremony dates back to the founding of the Iroquois Confederacy (ca. 1450) by the legendary leaders Deganawidah, Hiawatha, Atotarho and Jigonhsasee. The latter being the earliest noted of the clan mothers, an institution crucial for the Iroquois in determining who would be designated league chief. The peace tree, a white pine, under which war hatchets were originally buried by the Iroquois, is a primary symbol of unity and peace as well as that of reason and health. Symbolically, it signifies that Mankind should take Nature as an example of nurture superseding the need for Man to make war.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Racial and Ethnic Ephemera Collection, 1778/2005 4 Linear Feet

The racial and ethnic ephemera collection contains various materials regarding race, ethnicity, and racism in the United States. The collection includes papers and items that promote racial prejudice and propaganda. The collection also contains items and papers that exemplify the fight for civil and equal rights. African Americans are the most broadly represented group in the collection. Other ethnic groups include Native Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, and Cuban Americans. Ku Klux Klan pamphlets and anti-immigration publications are also included. Through this collection, the American struggle of racism and prejudice is realized.

  1. College of William and Mary

Thomasina E. Jordan collection, 1978/2007 15.01 Linear Feet 36 boxes

The Thomasina E. Jordan collection contains the personal and professional papers of American Indian activist Thomasina E. Jordan. The collection includes awards, certificates, correspondence, newspaper articles, and photographs. The Thomasina E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act, H.R. 984 granted federal recognition status to six native tribes in Virginia. This act provides eligible ethnic groups services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized tribes, without regard to the existence of a reservation for the tribe. The act was named in honor of Thomasina E. Jordan.

  1. College of William and Mary

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