Collections : [West Virginia and Regional History Center]

Includes materials documenting the personal and professional accomplishments of Fred Wyant, Jr. Series 1, comprised solely of digital scans of original content, includes binders, scrapbooks, and memorabilia retained throughout Wyant's life. There are materials relating to his early life, like childhood report cards; athletic achievements, like news clippings, game programs, and WVU Sports Hall of Fame correspondence; professional records, like NFL Official contracts and correspondence; and additional items relating to Wyant's death and memorial service. Series 2, comprised solely of audiovisual materials, includes recordings of 5 West Virginia University football games from the period when Wyant was on the team.

Collection documents the Friends of Blackwater's project to highlight the life and career of J.R. Clifford, a Black West Virginia lawyer and newspaper owner. It includes play scripts, programs, flyers, book marks, social studies lesson plans, press releases and press coverage, and photographs. Project administrative materials (mostly Box 4 and some in Box 8) include contracts and agreements, grant applications, correspondence, tax exempt status documents, funding, personnel matters, planning and programming logistics including ticket sales and contact lists.

Includes the papers of Garnie Wilma Walker Testa (1914-1999) and genealogical research about the Walker-Testa family. The papers include material retained from her high school, college, and graduate school years, like graduation photographs and academic texts – all in Series 1 Subseries 1. The collection also includes documentation of her military service in the Army during World War II, featuring items like field guides for military procedures, photographs of herself and peers in uniform, and travel books acquired while serving internationally – all in Series 1 Subseries 2. There are materials from Walker Testa's time as a teacher in Kanawha and Clay Counties, West Virginia, like certificates commemorating her work and books used in the classroom – all in Series 1 Subseries 3. A copy of Walker Testa's historical survey of education in Clay County, The Ringing of the Bells: A Bicentennial History of Education in Clay County, West Virginia, and other items related to the book's production are featured, including some digital material – all in Series 1 Subseries 4. Additionally, there is genealogical research material that explores her life and her family's lineage through material like descendant charts, biographical sketches, and old family photographs – all in Series 1 Subseries 5 and the collection's addendum of 2025.