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Start Over Collection Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011 Date range 1858

John Brown, 1803/1987 Box 8, Folder 4

West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter with articles re: slave letters. West Virginia Then and Now article re: John Brown's letter. Research re: images of blacks in journalism. Research notes.

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  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Slavery, 1775/2011

Maps of Slavery, 1850/2011 Box 1, Folder 24

West Virginia map. "Number of Slaves in Counties Which Became WV" 1850, 1860. Typescript of Historical Atlas of West Virginia by Frank S. Riddel.

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Ohio Valley Slaves, 1850/1999 Box 7, Folder 47

Research materials about slaves in Ohio Valley plantations and adjacent WV counties. Photocopies of photographs of Mary and plantation sites.

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Parkersburg, 1847/1990 Box 8, Folder 5

Research notes re: Parkersburg black history. Facsimile of letter and transcription of letter from ex-slave Isaac Fairfax to George Washington Henderson.

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Research Materials on Many Topics, 1850/2011 Box 1, Folder 23

Post card from Mabel Hunter with Storer College Brackett Hall dorm room circled (1946). Photo of statue of Carter G. Woodson. 1850 mortality statistics for western section of Virginia. Bulletin of the West Virginia State Teachers' Association, 1940. Program for the Mountain State Bar Association, Inc. Annual Awards Banquet, June 18, 1988. Partial transcript of "Interview with Doris Miller, Huntington, WV" regarding house purported to be on the underground railroad. Marriage records, 1869, Trinity Church, Parkersburg. "Reading the Names" program at Virginia Sate University of those lynched, 1868-1935; AB read the WV names, ca. 2011. Handwritten research notes. Notes on census slave records. Proposed black history highway markers, 2001. Newspaper clipping about Huntington Tuskegee Airmen, 2009. Email from Brucella Jordan requesting a recommendation; paragraph regarding the founding of the African American Heritage Family Tree Museum, 2010. Email from David Trobridge invitation to speak at Marshall University, 2011. Facsimile of pages from the Bureau of Negro Welfare and Statistics regarding the Episcopal Church in West Virginia. Roster of Negroes serving in state and local government, ca. 1968. "The West Virginia Medical Society [Black]." "Slavery in Western Virginia" (notes for an exhibit?)

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Series 3. Genealogy, 1844/2013

Includes genealogical research material, notes, and charts in print as well as handwritten for these families, mostly from the Huntington, West Virginia area and across the Ohio River: Twyman, Spurlock, Barnett, Payne, Jones, Woodson, Wilson, Johnson, Summers, Smoot, Peters, Radford, Layne/Lane, Jones, Straham, Cabell, and Parker. Additional genealogical information is included in oral history interviews with individuals (see Interviews and Oral History Interviews series); the Others' Works series; the Biography subseries of Research Notes and Collected Materials; and other locations throughout the collections.

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Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013

This series includes eleven subseries which highlight Bickley's research on black history in West Virginia and to a smaller extent black history in general. The subseries include her work on black history for many West Virginia counties with her research being more extensive for Cabell, Jefferson, and Kanawha Counties which have their own subseries. The subseries for Research Notes and Collected Papers are: General, Biography; Cabell County, WV; Jefferson County, WV; Kanawha County, WV; Other WV Counties; Churches, Education; General; Organizations; Slavery; and the Underground Railroad.

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Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Cabell County, WV, 1793/2002

Covers a wide range of topics on the history of Cabell County; Huntington, WV; and adjacent Ohio counties. Notable are Nelson Barnett's transcriptions of late 19th century Huntington newspaper articles regarding blacks. Also included are newspaper clippings, monographs, photos, biographies, and interviews about veterans, church history, education, organizations, and more.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
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Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--General, 1850/2011

Bickley researched a wide range of black history and black culture topics; for example, Aunt Jemima and the statue of a black boy as yard ornament, in addition to persons and events. The research provided background for her writings and was often incorporated into her works of fiction as well as historical accounts. Her papers include research notes and supporting sources on a wide range of topics with reference to black history and West Virginia black history.

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Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Jefferson County, WV, 1855/2004

Covers research about blacks in Charlestown and Harpers Ferry as well as other locations in Jefferson County. Materials include obituaries, school histories, correspondence, cemetery records, research notes, and more about school integration, Storer College, slave collars, Fisherman's Hall, and more.

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