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This series includes original and facsimile clippings from newspapers and magazines, as well as printed articles from news websites, copies of book pages, and more. (Similar types of material can also be found in Series 5, Printed Material.) Included is an extensive selection of facsimile clippings from WVU's student newspaper, the Daily Athenaeum, related to Jerry West's career at WVU. Other subjects include West Virginia history, Chelyan/Cabin Creek from the Korean War era, WVU basketball, Chick and Marge Hearn, West's career as a basketball player and coach, West's gifts to WVU, his son Mark, Rodney "Hot Rod" Hundley, 1950s basketball in general, and other subjects. Also includes an article from the Wall Street Journal titled "It's the Demography, Stupid" with West's hand annotations. Digital scans of clippings can be found in Series 12, Digital Files--Other.

This series includes books, programs, magazines, and other material. Content is sorted roughly into chronological order. Subjects include East Bank High School, WVU sports during Jerry West's time at the university, the Los Angeles Lakers, events honoring West, and more. Highlights include basketball game and tournament programs from 1956-1971.

This series includes typescripts, correspondence, clippings, and other material. Subjects include Ann Dinardi, David West, and the West and Creasey families.

This series includes facsimile and original photographs, with some photo postcards and negatives.

This series includes mini DV tapes, MP 120 video cassettes, DVDs, and CDs.

Subjects of the videos include West family events and vacations, West's basketball career in college and in the NBA, and special events he attended. Some of the videos may be original; others are copies from TV programs on which West appeared or was referenced. Some of the video content dates back to the 1950s.

The three mini DV tapes in box 14 and the discs in box 15 have been digitized. The eight MP 120 video cassette tapes in box 14 and the discs in boxes 16 and 17 are not yet digitized.

Five discs in box 17 contain the audiobook version of West by West, in which Jerry narrates the prologue and dedication, and his son Ryan narrates the rest.

Digitized content from this series, as well as additional digital audiovisual content, can be found in Series 12, Digital Files and Series 13, Digital Files--Interviews.

This series includes various artifacts: a framed poem about Jerry West by Alex Omalev (1990); a framed color photo of West with wife Martha Jane and three sons (ca. 1970s); an oval colorized tintype or family photo engraved on metal plate, depicting two young children (undated); a stamp of West's signature (undated); a brass belt buckle (undated); two strips of fabric with words "NOEL" and one with "U.S. ARMY" (undated); an inspirational magnet (undated); and two replicas of West's basketball jerseys from WVU and his time with the Lakers (ca. 2016).