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Includes research materials for topics of articles. Subjects and formats treated are: encyclopedia entries in the biographical dictionary African American Architects; drafts and final versions of entries for both people and institutions for the West Virginia Encyclopedia; drafts and final versions of articles about Molly Gabe and Carter G. Woodson for Appalachian Heritage; newspaper articles for the Charleston (WV) Gazette Mail and Village Neighbors (FL) on a number of topics including George Wesley Atkinson, 10th governor of West Virginia, but especially for Black History Month and its founder Carter G. Woodson; Goldenseal articles about a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp, Jessie Moon Thomas, Edward Greer, the Charleston Women's Improvement League, Memphis Tennessee Garrison, and West Virginia's Tuskegee Airmen; contribution to a symposium on diversity and change for Appalachian youth; and a study guide for a Charleston, WV, performance of Zora Neale Hurston's Spunk.

Includes full plays, skits, and historical interpreter scripts depicting characters such as: Ester from the Bible; West Virginia men and women such as Molly Gabe from Braxton County; Deborah Lacks Pullum, daughter of Henrietta Lacks; and many more. Includes manuscripts for a collaboration with Maureen Crocket in writing "Tangled Threads: a Three Act Play" and other plays. For "Two Saint Say," a play performed at the Central Florida Community College, materials include an audition announcement, program, newspaper clipping, and correspondence. Also included is a newspaper clipping and details about Bickley's winning the Florida Senior Playwright Festival contest with "Wade in the Water."

Bickley was a prolific speaker; speeches cover a wide range of topics including faith, WV black history, black history and pride, West Virginia State College, education, black literature, and more. The majority of the speeches are typewritten.