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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Subjects Poets and poetry.

Anna Shue Atkins Papers, 1918/2013 3.75 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 9 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each)

Atkins, Anna Blanche Shue, 1918-2010
Papers of Anna Shue Atkins (1918-2010), a poet, writer, and schoolteacher who was born and spent her early life in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Contains Atkins's poetry and autobiographical writings, as well as her genealogical research, legal documents, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other material. See "Scope and Content Note" and "Historical Note" for further information.
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Bessie Jane Reed Papers, 1918/1924 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Reed, Bessie Jane
Correspondence, poems, and clippings of a secondary and normal school librarian in Fairmont and West Liberty, West Virginia. Subjects include the West Virginia Library Association. There is one letter each from Mary Meek Atkeson and Waitman Barbe.
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Danske Dandridge (1854-1914) Letters, 1869/1913 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Dandridge, Danske, 1858-1914
This collection contains incoming correspondence of Danske Dandridge. The majority of correspondents are members of her family, including her husband, children, parents, siblings, and cousins. Other correspondents include New York Independent editor William Hayes Ward, H.C. Hopkins, the Reverend Washington Gladden, and the publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons. Subjects include Dandridge's literary career, personal and social news, and legal matters, among other topics. Part of the correspondence relates to the Bedinger and Lawrence-Townley families. Please see "historical note" for further information concerning Danske Dandridge.
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Herbert P. McGinnis Papers, 1908/1967 2.6 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (6 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

McGinnis, Herbert P.
Well leases and records, geologic reports, maps, printed material, photographs, and other papers of McGinnis, an oil and gas operator who owned the Tri-State Oil & Gas Co. of West Virginia, and who, after graduating from Marshall University in 1910, became a leading figure in the oil and gas business. Some of his poetry is included in the collection.
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Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Poet, Publications and Other Material, 1977/2025 5.38 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 9 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.; 2 flat storage boxes, 1.25 in. each; 1 oversize folder, 0.01 in.; 1 item (box), 4.5 in.

Wright, Jeffrey C. (Jeffrey Cyphers)

Publications and other material by poet Jeffrey Cyphers Wright.

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Jesse Stuart, Author, Papers, 1934/1982 1.5 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat box, 3 in.)

Stuart, Jesse, 1906-1984

Letters, books, clippings, biographical and literary articles, and other papers regarding Appalachian poet and author, Jesse Stuart, gathered by family friend, Maryan Dahmer. There are over 90 letters from Stuart to Dahmer, dating from 1966 to 1976, which discuss travel, speaking engagements, publishers, opinions of authors and scholars, teaching, personal matters, etc. The collection also includes a large number of Stuart's books, many of which are first editions inscribed to Dahmer, as well as publications by his daughter Jane Stuart. Jesse Hilton Stuart was born on August 8, 1906 in Greenup County, Kentucky. He published over 2000 poems and over 60 books, writing primarily about Appalachian life in poems, novels, children's books, autobiographical works, and short stories. He received several prestigious accolades for his work, including the highest award for poetry in America, the Fellowship for the Academy of American Poets. Stuart spent the majority of his life in his hometown of Greenup and remained deeply devoted to his Appalachian roots until he died on 17 Feburary 1984.

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Joseph F. McNeely (b.1868) Papers, 1930/1955 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

McNeely, Joseph F. (b. 1868)

There are typescripts containing some of the writings and articles of Mr. J. F. McNeely of Morgantown, W. Va. They are as follows: "Economic Facts You Should Know," and "From The Writings of J. F. McNeely."

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Lillian Arline Walbert, Poet. Papers, 1928/1948 0.56 Linear Feet Summary: 6 3/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Walbert, Lillian
Papers of poet Lillian Walbert (1913-1995) of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Collection contains a poetry notebook and loose leaf poems. Notebook appears to be from a class that Walbert took in 1928 and 1929, when she was a student at Central Junior High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania. It contains notes on poetry, sketches, poems by well-know poets such as James Whitcomb Riley and Carl Sandburg, and handwritten poems by Walbert. Loose-leaf pages contain poems written by Walbert between 1926 and the early 1930s, though many are undated. Most of the poems are handwritten. This collection is also available on microfilm.
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Louise McNeill (1911-1993), Poet, Typescript of "Gauley Mountain", 1937/1989 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (2 folders)

McNeill, Louise
Typescript with annotations of Louise McNeill (Pease)'s book of poems entitled Gauley Mountain, first published in 1939. Also includes typescript rough drafts of chapters from McNeill's Elderberry Flood (undated) and correspondence. Letters include one from Margaret P. Montague to McNeill (1937); two letters from McNeill to Pennsylvania State University (1958); and two letters from McNeill to West Virginia University President Neil Bucklew (May and June 1989), thanking him for the hospitality and the experience of getting her honorary degree at WVU.
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Mahala Chapman Mace Gregory Manuscripts, 1940/1967 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Gregory, Mahala Chapman Mace
A bound copybook of songs written from memory by Mahala Gregory, age 80. Contains poems, hymns, hand-drawn illustrations, and a short biography of Mrs. Gregory. The volume was bound by Berlin B. Chapman in 1967 and titled "Echo of Literature from the West Virginia Hills."
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