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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 Women in community organization Level Collection

Annette Oxindine Papers 0.21 Linear Feet 1 document case, 2.5 in.

Oxindine, Annette
Annette Oxindine is a professor of English at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio (as of 2025 June). She attended West Virginia University (WVU) between 1982 and 1985, during which she became active with the Artemis Sisters Collective, a local feminist collective formed in 1982 September for the purpose of promoting women's empowerment through creative, political, and social engagement. This collection contains photographs from her time with the Artemis Sisters and written responses to an interview regarding her participation.
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Artemis Sisters Collective Records 1 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3 in. 1.60 Gigabytes 18 files, including .mp4, .doc, .m4a

Flynn, Michele
The Artemis Sisters Collective was a local Morgantown, West Virginia feminist collective formed in September 1982 for the purpose of promoting women's empowerment through creative, political, and social engagement. The bulk of materials range in dates from 1980 to 1987 and include information regarding the SisterSpace Collective, various women's defense committees, musical acts, and social activism. Materials include posters, pamphlets, correspondence, cassette tapes, meeting minutes, flyers, press releases, photographs and t-shirts.
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Carrie Koeturius Papers 0.21 Linear Feet 2.5 in. (1 document case)

Koeturius, Carrie

This collection includes materials pertaining to Carrie Koeturius and her career at and connections with West Virginia University. Koeturius is an alumna of WVU, and has worked at WVU as manager of its Conference Center (1984), served as co-chair of the WVU Conference on Women and Creativity (1984), and was recipient of the Mary Catherine Buswell Award (1984). In 1984 she moved to California. Formats include clippings, correspondence, conference materials and publications, etc.

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Christine Weiss Daugherty Papers 3.5 Linear Feet 2 record cartons, 15 in. each; 2 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 flat storage boxes, 1 in. each 0.847 Gigabytes 1. wav file

Daugherty, Christine Weiss, 1938-

This collection includes materials pertaining to Christine Weiss Daugherty and her work with women's economic development, rural economic development, non-profit management, and international development.

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Maryat Lee, Playwright, Papers 63.54 Linear Feet 63 ft. 6.5 in. (42 records cartons, 15 in. each); (9 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3.5 in.); (7 medium flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 small flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (5 large item boxes, 5 in. each); (1 small item box, 3 in.); (1 large clamshell box, 5 in.); (9 paintings, 1.5 in. each); (1 framed item, 0.5 in.); (1 plaster bust, 7 in.)

Lee, Maryat, 1923-1989
Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was an American playwright and theater director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theater. She pioneered street theater in Harlem and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community-based theater project. Materials include reports, newsletters, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, cassette tapes, VHS tapes, posters, manuscripts, notes, scripts, screenplays, published plays, genealogical research, journals, drawings, and paintings. Also present is a piece of stained glass created by Lee, a dress worn by Lee, and an EcoTheater T-Shirt.
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West Virginia University, Justitia Law Students Wives' Club Records 2.3 Linear Feet 3 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in. each.

Justitia
Papers and other materials of Justitia, the Law Students Wives' Club (1952 – 1983) of West Virginia University College of Law. Founded by June Santee and Pat Simonton in 1957, Justitia was a women's organization designed to offer a community of support to law student wives, to create an opportunity to socialize, and support their husbands and the WVU College of Law through meetings, publications, fundraisers and activities.
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Womynkind Foundation Newsletters and Other Records 0.42 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.

The Womynkind Foundation was formed in Charleston, West Virginia and sought to promote the artistic endeavors and issues relevant to women. The Womynkind Foundation started a newsletter, the Womynkind's Community Newsletter to spread events of interest for women and feature women's thoughts, poetry, and experiences. This collection contains a full run of the Womynkind's Community Newsletter published by the Womynkind Foundation and the Women's Center of West Virginia, Inc. between 1990 and 1997. The newsletter was named as the Women's Community Newsletter under its first issue and was renamed as the Womynkind's Community Newsletter for all subsequent issues. It also contains budgets for monthly potluck dinners hosted by the Womynkind Foundation between 1990 and 1991.
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