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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Records

64.48 Linear Feet 2 artifact trays, 1 in. each; 2 flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 5 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 2 notecard boxes, 12 in. each; 3 flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in.; 38 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 roll storage box, 9 in.; 25 record cartons, 15 in. each; 6 record cartons, 15.5 in. each; 2 record cartons, 17 in. each; 4 items, 3.5 in. total; 22 oversized folders, 5.75 in. total 47.21 Gigabytes 1 .warc file and 120 .pdf files

Records of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), a social and environmental justice organization that operated out of Huntington, WV (circa 1987 to 2022). Its activities are documented through the materials in this collection; formats include audiovisual materials, digital files, the organization's website, printed materials, ephemera, photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports, correspondence, legal briefs, general office files, artifacts, and posters. Subjects covered in the collection include environmental policy, justice, and science in general; mountaintop removal mining and Kayford Mountain; Clean Elections (or Clean Money Election Reform); coal sludge and related disasters; fracking; and efforts to stop the proposed construction of Parsons & Whittemore Incorporated's Apple Grove Paper & Pulp Mill in Apple Grove, Mason County, WV, among others.
Collection does not include a box 35, 69, 70, 81, or 82.

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Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition Records 64.48 Linear Feet 2 artifact trays, 1 in. each; 2 flat storage boxes, 1.5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 5 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 2 notecard boxes, 12 in. each; 3 flat storage boxes, 3.5 in. each; 1 flat storage box, 4 in.; 38 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 roll storage box, 9 in.; 25 record cartons, 15 in. each; 6 record cartons, 15.5 in. each; 2 record cartons, 17 in. each; 4 items, 3.5 in. total; 22 oversized folders, 5.75 in. total 47.21 Gigabytes 1 .warc file and 120 .pdf files

Records of the Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), a social and environmental justice organization that operated out of Huntington, WV (circa 1987 to 2022). Its activities are documented through the materials in this collection; formats include audiovisual materials, digital files, the organization's website, printed materials, ephemera, photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports, correspondence, legal briefs, general office files, artifacts, and posters. Subjects covered in the collection include environmental policy, justice, and science in general; mountaintop removal mining and Kayford Mountain; Clean Elections (or Clean Money Election Reform); coal sludge and related disasters; fracking; and efforts to stop the proposed construction of Parsons & Whittemore Incorporated's Apple Grove Paper & Pulp Mill in Apple Grove, Mason County, WV, among others.
Collection does not include a box 35, 69, 70, 81, or 82.

Series 10. Artifacts and Ephemera Box 75, Box 76, Box 77, Box 78, Box 79, Box 80, Box 83, Box 84, Box 85, Box 86, Box 87, Box 88, Box 89, Box 90, Box 91, Box 92, Box 93, Item 3, Item 4, Map Case Oversized Folders 1-15

Series 10 consists of OVEC artifacts and ephemeral items. The artifacts include OVEC staff trophy awards, engraved recognition plaques, certificates of achievement, pinback buttons, and various bumper stickers for various causes. Additionally, there are a number of ephemeral items including OVEC Christmas ornaments (1999-2000) (see Boxes 79 & 88), Masseypoly (Monopoly board game parody) (see Box 86), a Joe Manchin marionette doll (see Box 76), Vivian Stockman's Ms. Renewable Energy top hat and printed coal cash (see Box 75), and a solid foam model of Kayford Mountain with removable mountaintops and insertable valley fills (see Box 85). There are also miscellaneous rolled OVEC banners and environmental posters (see Box 91).

Series 1. Audiovisual and Media Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 25

Series 1 consists of mixed audiovisual and media materials (1990-2012). The formats in this series include CDRs, DVDs, audiocassettes and reel-to-reel tapes, VHS, VHS-C, Mini DV tapes, and 3.5-inch floppy discs.
Series 1 includes news broadcasts (60 Minutes, (Bill Moyer), photographs, interviews, congressional hearings and protest music regarding mountaintop removal mining, Clean Elections, Apple Grove Paper and Pulp Mill, Kayford Mountain, Draft Environmental Impact Statements, Blair Mountain, coal sludge, and fracking. Additionally, there are several commercially released DVDs of documentaries on mountaintop removal mining and other subjects.
One of the highlights of Series 1 is the ten-minute debate between OVEC's Vivian Stockman and coal operator Don Blankenship on mountaintop removal mining (several copies in Box 1).

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