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He began his political service in the early 1970s working in the cloak room of the U.S. Senate; as a staff member in the Senate Office of the Majority Whip from 1971-1974; and as a delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1972 and 1976. He was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 to represent West Virginia's Third District and was re-elected for nineteen terms, serving from January 3, 1977-January 2, 2015.","Nick Rahall II was born on May 20, 1949, in Beckley, West Virginia, to parents Nick Joe Rahall, the co-founder of the WWNR radio station, and Mary Alice. He is the grandson of Nicholos Rahall, an immigrant from Kefeir, Lebanon, who settled in Beckley in 1909 and was the co-founder of Rahall Communications, a radio broadcasting company with stations in West Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire, and Florida. Rahall graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley and then earned his bachelor's degree from Duke University in 1971. He also received some graduate education from George Washington University. He worked as a sales representative for his family's radio station while also serving as President of the Mountaineer Tour and Travel Agency and President of West Virginia Broadcasting in 1974.","In 1976, he entered the race for the West Virginia Fourth Congressional District and defeated incumbent Congressman Ken Hechler for the Democratic nomination. Hechler tried to reclaim his seat during the 1978 primary, but Rahall gathered support and endorsements from leading Democrats, such as Robert C. Byrd and House Speaker Tip O'Neill. A final challenge from Hechler occurred in 1990, resulting again in a victory for Rahall. Rahall then defeated former Supreme Court Justice Elliot \"Spike\" Maynard during the general election on November 2, 2010.  He was reelected to his nineteenth term in Congress on November 6, 2012 after defeating Republican Rick Snuffer. Rahall represented the Fourth District from 1977-1993 when it was redistricted to become part of the Third District. Rahall represented the Third District from 1993-2015.","When he entered Congress in 1977, Rahall was the youngest member at age 28. He focused on a number of issues, including foreign policy, energy, infrastructure, coal, and environment and tourism. He became well-known for his efforts to provide aid for the benefit of coal miners and those suffering from black lung disease, veteran's benefits, and mine health and safety. 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He was integral to the development of the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which required specific planning factors to be implemented in regional transportation plans, as well as authorizing federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and public transit. He also established the Rahall Transportation Institute (RTI), headquartered at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. RTI has since become a leader in transportation research and economic development for the Appalachian Region.","To promote and diversify southern West Virginia's economic development, he became a front-runner for the Southern Highlands Initiative. This initiative aided in the development of industrial and business parks in the state's southern coal counties. Rahall also considered technological advancement a key component to West Virginia's economic development. He established the Nick J. Rahall, II High Technology Corridors Program, through which he promoted a sustainable approach to economic development by working with local communities to focus on small business and entrepreneurial advancement along major interstates. Rahall additionally helped to establish technology centers at Concord University in Athens, at Greenbrier Valley Airport in Lewisburg, and at the Raleigh County Airport near Beckley.","Proud of his Lebanese-Protestant heritage, he worked to ensure positive relationships between the Middle East and the United States.  He soon became the senior of the few Arab-American lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He became well known for his expertise in foreign policy and was active in dealing with Middle Eastern affairs. He was the co-chair of the 1996 Arab-American tribute at the Democratic National Convention and a member of the board of directors for the American Task Force for Lebanon. 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Accessed September 2017.","\"U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall: Representing West Virginia's Third Congressional District.\" The Spirit of Beckley: Congressman Nick J. Rahall II, 2007 Community Service Award. 2007.","Wallace, Jim. \"Nick Joe Rahall.\" e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. December 2015. Accessed September 2016.","Processed by Danielle Emerling, Christian Vieweg, Shannon Rowe, Dzondria Tarver, Ashley Brooker","The Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II papers are in process. The contents of this finding aid will be revised as progress is made on the collection.","Materials may contain sensitive or private information. Researchers may use data collected from these materials in the statistical aggregate or as an example to illustrate a theme. No identifying information should point to specific individuals or families mentioned in the files.","Materials produced by public servants while carrying out official duties are not copyrighted. 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He worked as a sales representative for his family's radio station while also serving as President of the Mountaineer Tour and Travel Agency and President of West Virginia Broadcasting in 1974.","In 1976, he entered the race for the West Virginia Fourth Congressional District and defeated incumbent Congressman Ken Hechler for the Democratic nomination. Hechler tried to reclaim his seat during the 1978 primary, but Rahall gathered support and endorsements from leading Democrats, such as Robert C. Byrd and House Speaker Tip O'Neill. A final challenge from Hechler occurred in 1990, resulting again in a victory for Rahall. Rahall then defeated former Supreme Court Justice Elliot \"Spike\" Maynard during the general election on November 2, 2010.  He was reelected to his nineteenth term in Congress on November 6, 2012 after defeating Republican Rick Snuffer. Rahall represented the Fourth District from 1977-1993 when it was redistricted to become part of the Third District. Rahall represented the Third District from 1993-2015.","When he entered Congress in 1977, Rahall was the youngest member at age 28. He focused on a number of issues, including foreign policy, energy, infrastructure, coal, and environment and tourism. He became well-known for his efforts to provide aid for the benefit of coal miners and those suffering from black lung disease, veteran's benefits, and mine health and safety. He held a number of leadership positions, including Chairman of the Committee on Natural Resources (2007-2010), Vice Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources (1985-1993).","His district covered the southern region of West Virginia where coal was the dominant source of revenue. He introduced legislation to improve mine health and safety issues, as well as black lung benefits, and publicly opposed legislation to end mountaintop removal mining. His efforts to improve mine health and safety include sponsoring the 1992 Coal Act, along with Senators John D. Rockefeller IV, Robert C. Byrd, and others. In 2006, he was able to secure funding for the Mine Safety Technology Consortium located in Montgomery, a response to the January 2, 2006 Sago Mine Disaster.","While supporting the coal industry, Rahall also sought to preserve the environmental and historical resources of the state. In 1978, he introduced legislation establishing the New River Gorge National River as a unit of the National Park System in southern West Virginia. Ten years later, he worked to designate the Gauley River National Recreation Area and the Bluestone National Scenic River, creating the largest network of federally protected rivers in the eastern United States. In 1996, his leadership also established the National Coal Heritage Area in eleven southern West Virginia counties, which aims to preserve and interpret the structures and landscapes of the state's rich history of coal mining.","Rahall also led efforts in the area of transportation and infrastructure, developing federal highway and transit legislation. His efforts to improve West Virginia's infrastructure began in 1976 when he was first elected. He was integral to the development of the 1998 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, which required specific planning factors to be implemented in regional transportation plans, as well as authorizing federal surface transportation programs for highways, highway safety, and public transit. He also established the Rahall Transportation Institute (RTI), headquartered at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. RTI has since become a leader in transportation research and economic development for the Appalachian Region.","To promote and diversify southern West Virginia's economic development, he became a front-runner for the Southern Highlands Initiative. This initiative aided in the development of industrial and business parks in the state's southern coal counties. Rahall also considered technological advancement a key component to West Virginia's economic development. He established the Nick J. Rahall, II High Technology Corridors Program, through which he promoted a sustainable approach to economic development by working with local communities to focus on small business and entrepreneurial advancement along major interstates. Rahall additionally helped to establish technology centers at Concord University in Athens, at Greenbrier Valley Airport in Lewisburg, and at the Raleigh County Airport near Beckley.","Proud of his Lebanese-Protestant heritage, he worked to ensure positive relationships between the Middle East and the United States.  He soon became the senior of the few Arab-American lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He became well known for his expertise in foreign policy and was active in dealing with Middle Eastern affairs. He was the co-chair of the 1996 Arab-American tribute at the Democratic National Convention and a member of the board of directors for the American Task Force for Lebanon. He was nominated as an honorary of the Middle East Policy Council's National Advisory Committee and worked closely with several other D.C.-based organizations, such as the National Association of Arab-Americans, the Arab-American Institute, and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Throughout his career, he accompanied and led a number of congressional delegation trips to the region. \nIn 2014, Rahall faced fellow Democrat Richard Ojeda in the primary election, coming out ahead with more than sixty-five percent of the vote, but he lost the general election to Republican Evan Jenkins.","Sources:","Cama, Timothy. \"Dem Rahall loses House seat after 38 years.\" The Hill. November 4, 2014. Accessed September 2016","\"Congressman Rahall to Al-Nashra.\" Al-Nashra. November-December 1996.","\"Nick Rahall.\" The Wall Street Journal. 2012. Accessed September 2016","\"Rahall, Nick Joe, II (1949-).\n\" Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed September 2017.","\"U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall: Representing West Virginia's Third Congressional District.\" The Spirit of Beckley: Congressman Nick J. Rahall II, 2007 Community Service Award. 2007.","Wallace, Jim. \"Nick Joe Rahall.\" e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. December 2015. 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In 1968, she married Christopher Wilkinson, with whom she would have one son, Samuel Evan Wilkinson.","While attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between 1972 and 1975, Wilkinson was employed at the Kilmer Area Library in Livingston College in the reference department as a library trainee (1972-1974) and reference librarian and coordinator of instructional services (1974-1975). She graduated with her master's in library science in 1975.","In 1976, she was engaged in graduate studies at the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, where she also worked as a part-time instructor of information services in the music library.","In 1978, Wilkinson became employed by the West Virginia University (WVU) Gerontology Center as a research assistant. She served in this position for a year before becoming a reference librarian and Appalachian bibliographer at WVU Libraries. She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. She also served as president of the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries from 2006-2007. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the WVU Outstanding Librarian Award alongside fellow librarian Penny Pugh.","She taught several classes and gave numerous lectures and presentations focusing on women and library science. Her research interests were particularly centered around women's employment, especially in the coal industry and other traditionally male-dominated industries.","Wilkinson also served on a wide variety of university committees and councils throughout her 41 years of employment, including the West Virginia University Senate, Gerontology Center Executive Committee, Gerontology Center Service Committee, Gerontology Center Library Committee, Center for Women's Studies Executive Committee, Council for Women's Concerns, University Affirmative Action Committee, Center for Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Center for Women's Studies Faculty Associates, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Public Service Grant Committee, University Planning Council, and Faculty Senate Library Committee.","Upon retirement in 2019, she was awarded the Faculty 2019 Center for Women's and Gender Studies Joyce McConnell Award for Feminist Leadership.","As of 2024, Wilkinson holds an active presence in WVU Libraries as University Library Emerita, where she has been focused on collecting and promoting feminist activist history through the West Virginia and Regional History Center Feminist Activist and Women's History Collections.","This collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women's and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. 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She attended Wells College, a historical women's college, in Aurora, New York from 1964 to 1968 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. In 1968, she married Christopher Wilkinson, with whom she would have one son, Samuel Evan Wilkinson.","While attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between 1972 and 1975, Wilkinson was employed at the Kilmer Area Library in Livingston College in the reference department as a library trainee (1972-1974) and reference librarian and coordinator of instructional services (1974-1975). She graduated with her master's in library science in 1975.","In 1976, she was engaged in graduate studies at the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, where she also worked as a part-time instructor of information services in the music library.","In 1978, Wilkinson became employed by the West Virginia University (WVU) Gerontology Center as a research assistant. She served in this position for a year before becoming a reference librarian and Appalachian bibliographer at WVU Libraries. She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. She also served as president of the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries from 2006-2007. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the WVU Outstanding Librarian Award alongside fellow librarian Penny Pugh.","She taught several classes and gave numerous lectures and presentations focusing on women and library science. 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In response to these recommendations, the Caucus was officially accepted by the university as the Council for Women's Concerns (CWC), which included a Women's Studies Subcommittee formed to research and help facilitate a formal women's studies program.","The first proposal for a women's studies program was submitted to the CWC by Renata Pore in 1978, upon which a search committee headed by Dr. Enid Portnoy of the English Department was established. In 1980, the Women's Studies Program (WSP) was officially established as an interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts and Sciences. Judith Stitzel, a founding member of the CWC, was selected to serve as the first part-time coordinator of the WSP.","Under Stitzel's direction, the WSP developed an undergraduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies to be first offered in 1984. Simultaneously, the Center for Women's Studies (CWS) was established in the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Research to provide a collective space for students to gather. Judith Stitzel was made the founding director of the center, a position she would hold until 1992, making her the longest consecutive director of the center. The CWS would become affiliated with the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences in 1993.","The first undergraduate Certificates in Women's Studies at WVU were awarded to six students in 1986, the same year the first Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) graduated in Women's Studies. The Carrie Koeturius Scholarship, which is still offered as of 2024, was first awarded to Deborah Gregory Eck and Lilo Ast in 1987.","One of the early major projects of the CWC, the Women's Centenary, \"Excellence Through Equity\" began planning in 1987 with Dr. Lillian Waugh being chosen as the research coordinator. After several years of planning and research, the Women's Centenary commenced in September 1989 on the 100-year anniversary of the first group of women to be admitted to WVU as degree candidates. Events were held over a two-year period, including lecture series, galas, building rededications, historical tours, exhibits, time capsule creations, and county-wide engagements. The Women's Centenary culminated with a convocation in 1991 on the 100-year anniversary of the first woman to graduate from WVU, Harriet Lyon.","In 1992, Judith Stitzel stepped down as director of the CWC, and the position was taken up by Helen Bannan from 1994 to 1998. Under Barbara Howe's directorship from 1998 to 2007, a BA and undergraduate minor in women's studies was established to coexist with the Certificate in Women's Studies. The first WVU women's studies major, Jamie Lynn Baxter, graduated in December 2003.","Janice Spleth served as interim director between 2008 and 2009, before Ann Oberhauser took directorship in 2009. Under her leadership in 2012, the CWC was renamed the Center for Women's and Gender Studies to incorporate a larger scale of classes and topics. After Oberhauser stepped down in 2013, Jennifer Orlikoff took directorship until 2016. Between 2016 and 2019, Cari Carpenter and Kasi Jackson served as interim directors, during which the LGBTQ+ Center was opened. In 2019, Sharon Bird became director, a position she still holds as of October 2024. 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In response to these recommendations, the Caucus was officially accepted by the university as the Council for Women's Concerns (CWC), which included a Women's Studies Subcommittee formed to research and help facilitate a formal women's studies program.","The first proposal for a women's studies program was submitted to the CWC by Renata Pore in 1978, upon which a search committee headed by Dr. Enid Portnoy of the English Department was established. In 1980, the Women's Studies Program (WSP) was officially established as an interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts and Sciences. Judith Stitzel, a founding member of the CWC, was selected to serve as the first part-time coordinator of the WSP.","Under Stitzel's direction, the WSP developed an undergraduate Certificate Program in Women's Studies to be first offered in 1984. 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After several years of planning and research, the Women's Centenary commenced in September 1989 on the 100-year anniversary of the first group of women to be admitted to WVU as degree candidates. Events were held over a two-year period, including lecture series, galas, building rededications, historical tours, exhibits, time capsule creations, and county-wide engagements. The Women's Centenary culminated with a convocation in 1991 on the 100-year anniversary of the first woman to graduate from WVU, Harriet Lyon.","In 1992, Judith Stitzel stepped down as director of the CWC, and the position was taken up by Helen Bannan from 1994 to 1998. Under Barbara Howe's directorship from 1998 to 2007, a BA and undergraduate minor in women's studies was established to coexist with the Certificate in Women's Studies. The first WVU women's studies major, Jamie Lynn Baxter, graduated in December 2003.","Janice Spleth served as interim director between 2008 and 2009, before Ann Oberhauser took directorship in 2009. Under her leadership in 2012, the CWC was renamed the Center for Women's and Gender Studies to incorporate a larger scale of classes and topics. After Oberhauser stepped down in 2013, Jennifer Orlikoff took directorship until 2016. Between 2016 and 2019, Cari Carpenter and Kasi Jackson served as interim directors, during which the LGBTQ+ Center was opened. In 2019, Sharon Bird became director, a position she still holds as of October 2024. 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Administrative records refer to records related to the operations and management of the parent organization. Service and activity records refer to records created by the parent organization in the course of its activities and related to the institutional goal. The six addenda to the collection are identified as such on the folder's label and can be found throughout the collection.","Series 1. Council for Women's Concerns (CWC), 1975-2007 and undated (Boxes 1, 6, 16-17, 26, 30, and 36)","- Sub-Series 1. Administrative Records, 1977-1999 and undated (Box 1)","- Sub-Series 2. Service and Activity Records, 1975-2007 and undated (Boxes 1, 6, 16-17, 26, 30, and 36)","Series 2. Women's Studies Program (WSP), 1968-1993 and undated (Boxes 2, 16-17, and 31 )","- Sub-Series 1. Administrative Records, 1978-1984 and undated (Box 2)","- Sub-Series 2. Service and Activity Records, 1968-1993 and undated (Boxes 2, 16-17, and 31)","Series 3. 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Materials may be accessed in 2074.","Carroll Wilkinson is a feminist scholar and librarian best known for her 41 years of service in West Virginia University Libraries, where she was a prominent voice for women's rights and an active member of a wide variety of university councils and committees.","Carroll Wilkinson was born Carroll Feild Wetzel on January 17, 1946, in Chicago, Illinois to Anne Tate Feild Wetzel and Theodore Cuyler Wetzel and raised in Lake Bluff, Illinois. She attended Wells College, a historical women's college, in Aurora, New York from 1964 to 1968 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. In 1968, she married Christopher Wilkinson, with whom she would have one son, Samuel Evan Wilkinson.","While attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between 1972 and 1975, Wilkinson was employed at the Kilmer Area Library in Livingston College in the reference department as a library trainee (1972-1974) and reference librarian and coordinator of instructional services (1974-1975). She graduated with her master's in library science in 1975.","In 1976, she was engaged in graduate studies at the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, where she also worked as a part-time instructor of information services in the music library.","In 1978, Wilkinson became employed by the West Virginia University (WVU) Gerontology Center as a research assistant. She served in this position for a year before becoming a reference librarian and Appalachian bibliographer at WVU Libraries. She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. She also served as president of the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries from 2006-2007. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the WVU Outstanding Librarian Award alongside fellow librarian Penny Pugh.","She taught several classes and gave numerous lectures and presentations focusing on women and library science. Her research interests were particularly centered around women's employment, especially in the coal industry and other traditionally male-dominated industries.","Wilkinson also served on a wide variety of university committees and councils throughout her 41 years of employment, including the West Virginia University Senate, Gerontology Center Executive Committee, Gerontology Center Service Committee, Gerontology Center Library Committee, Center for Women's Studies Executive Committee, Council for Women's Concerns, University Affirmative Action Committee, Center for Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Center for Women's Studies Faculty Associates, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Public Service Grant Committee, University Planning Council, and Faculty Senate Library Committee.","Upon retirement in 2019, she was awarded the Faculty 2019 Center for Women's and Gender Studies Joyce McConnell Award for Feminist Leadership.","As of 2024, Wilkinson holds an active presence in WVU Libraries as University Library Emerita, where she has been focused on collecting and promoting feminist activist history through the West Virginia and Regional History Center Feminist Activist and Women's History Collections.","This collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women's and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. It includes materials from her work in several positions within the library and WVU Women's Studies Center, including Chief Circulation Librarian, Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer, Head of Access Services, Director of Instruction and Information Literacy, Director of Strategic Library Initiatives, and Interim Director of Strategy and Planning. It also includes materials from her participation in several councils and committees, such as the Council for Women's Concerns and the Gerontology Center Service Committee.","Materials include memos, minutes, correspondence, grant applications, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, catalogs, manuals, notes, policies, photographs, drafts, bibliographies, agendas, publications, conference materials, book orders, newspaper clippings, budgets, statistics, presentations, and class planning. Also included are two CDs, two VHS tapes, and three medallions.","The collection is divided into two series. There is some overlap between the two series, especially concerning Wilkinson's work as librarian liaison to the WVU Women's and Gender Studies Center.","Series 1. West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries: This series contains materials produced and collected by Carroll Wilkinson during her employment with WVU Libraries between 1979 and 2018, particularly the Wise and Downtown Libraries. Prominent topics include the implementation of faculty status for WVU librarians, implementation of innovative technologies for the WVU library circulations department, library instruction, and library business administration. The types of materials included are memos, minutes, correspondence, grant applications, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, catalogs, manuals, notes, policies, and photographs. Also included are two CDs, two VHS tapes, and three medallions. Box 15 is an addendum of 2024/06/05.","Series 2. 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She attended Wells College, a historical women's college, in Aurora, New York from 1964 to 1968 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. In 1968, she married Christopher Wilkinson, with whom she would have one son, Samuel Evan Wilkinson.","While attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between 1972 and 1975, Wilkinson was employed at the Kilmer Area Library in Livingston College in the reference department as a library trainee (1972-1974) and reference librarian and coordinator of instructional services (1974-1975). She graduated with her master's in library science in 1975.","In 1976, she was engaged in graduate studies at the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, where she also worked as a part-time instructor of information services in the music library.","In 1978, Wilkinson became employed by the West Virginia University (WVU) Gerontology Center as a research assistant. She served in this position for a year before becoming a reference librarian and Appalachian bibliographer at WVU Libraries. She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. She also served as president of the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries from 2006-2007. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the WVU Outstanding Librarian Award alongside fellow librarian Penny Pugh.","She taught several classes and gave numerous lectures and presentations focusing on women and library science. Her research interests were particularly centered around women's employment, especially in the coal industry and other traditionally male-dominated industries.","Wilkinson also served on a wide variety of university committees and councils throughout her 41 years of employment, including the West Virginia University Senate, Gerontology Center Executive Committee, Gerontology Center Service Committee, Gerontology Center Library Committee, Center for Women's Studies Executive Committee, Council for Women's Concerns, University Affirmative Action Committee, Center for Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Center for Women's Studies Faculty Associates, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Public Service Grant Committee, University Planning Council, and Faculty Senate Library Committee.","Upon retirement in 2019, she was awarded the Faculty 2019 Center for Women's and Gender Studies Joyce McConnell Award for Feminist Leadership.","As of 2024, Wilkinson holds an active presence in WVU Libraries as University Library Emerita, where she has been focused on collecting and promoting feminist activist history through the West Virginia and Regional History Center Feminist Activist and Women's History Collections."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carroll Wilkinson Papers, A\u0026amp;M 4576, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carroll Wilkinson Papers, A\u0026M 4576, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women's and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. 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Series and subseries have only been imposed where they accurately categorize the initial physical arrangement, allowing for the majority of Lewis's organization to remain intact. The imposed series — 1. Teaching, 2. Research and Scholarly Activity, and 3. Professional Service and Additional Career Materials — were chosen to represent the three main facets of university faculty work. Series 4 is comprised of an addendum received in 2024, and subseries have been imposed based on the existing series structure.","Many of the folder titles within this collection, including in the addendum, were created by Dr. Lewis and incorporated as-is during archival arrangement. He frequently utilized abbreviations and acronyms, especially in reference to academic institutions and professional organizations.","This collection includes a formerly separate WVRHC collection (A\u0026M 3634, Ronald Lewis, Historian, Research Notes Regarding Timber Industry in West Virginia). 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Service and activity records refer to records created by the parent organization in the course of its activities and related to the institutional goal. The six addenda to the collection are identified as such on the folder's label and can be found throughout the collection.","Series 1. Council for Women's Concerns (CWC), 1975-2007 and undated (Boxes 1, 6, 16-17, 26, 30, and 36)","- Sub-Series 1. Administrative Records, 1977-1999 and undated (Box 1)","- Sub-Series 2. Service and Activity Records, 1975-2007 and undated (Boxes 1, 6, 16-17, 26, 30, and 36)","Series 2. Women's Studies Program (WSP), 1968-1993 and undated (Boxes 2, 16-17, and 31 )","- Sub-Series 1. Administrative Records, 1978-1984 and undated (Box 2)","- Sub-Series 2. Service and Activity Records, 1968-1993 and undated (Boxes 2, 16-17, and 31)","Series 3. Center for Women's Studies (CWS), 1838-2015 and undated (Boxes 2-11, and 16-36)","- Sub-Series 1. 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Digital materials received on external hard drives, USB flash drives, floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs are arranged in the appropriate series and reflect the arrangement of the paper records.","Senator John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV served the people and state of West Virginia for more than 50 years. Rockefeller came to West Virginia in 1964 as a VISTA volunteer in the small community of Emmons, an experience that shaped his extensive career in public service. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968); as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1968-1972); President of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973-1976); and Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985). In 1984 he was elected to the United States Senate and was reelected four times, in 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008, before retiring in 2015.","Jay Rockefeller was born in New York, New York, on June 18, 1937, to philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker. He is the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company, and nephew of businessman and politician Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. Jay Rockefeller graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, in 1955, and graduated from Harvard University in 1961 with a B.A. in Far Eastern Languages and History. In his junior year at Harvard, he attended the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, and he spent three years studying Japanese.","In 1964, Rockefeller joined the newly formed national service program Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) aimed at fighting poverty. He served in Emmons, WV, a small mining community located in Boone and Kanawha Counties, for two years. His efforts in Emmons included starting a Little League baseball team, extending school bus service to the rural area, and providing transportation to dental clinics. He built a community center and obtained access to mobile health screenings for women.","Rockefeller entered politics in 1966 as a Kanawha County candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates. He changed his party affiliation to Democrat, breaking with the family's traditional affiliation with the Republican Party.","In 1967, Rockefeller married Sharon Lee Percy, daughter of U.S. Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. Their Chicago wedding was featured on the cover of Life magazine. They had four children: John Davison (Jamie) V, Valerie, Charles, and Justin Aldrich.","He ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968, winning the election against Republican John Callebs. As Secretary of State, Rockefeller pushed for election law reform and broke up several county Democratic political machines. He was successful in making elections more transparent and in reducing instances of election fraud by removing the names of deceased people from the state's official list of registered voters.","Rockefeller announced his candidacy for governor of West Virginia in 1972 against incumbent Republican Governor Arch Moore. Moore won reelection by 72,000 votes.","Within months of his defeat, Rockefeller was named president of West Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Buckhannon, WV. Some of his biggest accomplishments include increasing enrollment, creating an active recruitment campaign, and streamlining operations. He submitted a letter of resignation to the College in 1975 to prepare for the next gubernatorial election, for which he campaigned throughout 1976.","Rockefeller's second run for governor was successful: he beat Republican candidate Cecil Underwood by more than 242,000 votes, the largest majority in state history. Natural disaster, strikes, and a worsening economy posed serious challenges during his years as governor. In the spring of 1977, major spring floods in the southern West Virginia counties of McDowell, Wayne, Logan, and Ming wiped entire towns away, and made safe housing above flood plains a focus of Rockefeller's administration.","The same year saw the beginning of the 111-day national Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 led by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the AFL-CIO. Rockefeller refused to call upon the National Guard to suppress the miners' strike. At its conclusion, President Jimmy Carter appointed Rockefeller to lead the first major federal study of coal mining in America in three decades. Rockefeller served as chair of the President's Commission on Coal and pushed for a national energy strategy that included Appalachian coal. He also created the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety, reorganized state agencies, and set up senior centers statewide.","In 1980, Rockefeller ran for a second term as governor, again facing Republican Arch Moore, and won by 64,000 votes. Rockefeller faced another challenging four years and worked to maintain the state's economy as the federal government cut funding in the midst of an economic downturn, industries struggled to remain open, and unemployment rates across the state rose.","At the end of his governorship, Rockefeller ran for the United States Senate as a Democrat against businessman John Raese of Morgantown, WV. Rockefeller won the 1984 election by four percentage points and went on to fill the seat left vacant after long-time Senator Jennings Randolph retired.","Rockefeller began his service in the U.S. Senate on January 15, 1985, and served until 2015. He became a leading champion for health care reform, an advocate for improving the lives of children and working families, and a supporter of the nation's soldiers, veterans, and senior citizens. He served as chair of the Committee on Veterans Affairs (1993-1994, 2001-2003); the Select Committee on Intelligence (2007-2009); the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2009-2015); and the Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (1989-1994, 2001-2003, 2007-2014). He also served as vice-chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence (2003-2006).","He held additional leadership positions as chairman on the Pepper Commission (1987-1990), the U.S. Senate Steel Caucus (1989-1994, 2013-2015, co-chair 1995-2013), the National Commission on Children (1989-1993), and the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee (1995-2003). He was also a member of several Senate groups, including the Steering Committee on Democratic Policy, the Alternative Fuels Council, and the Coal Caucus.","Influenced by his two years in Emmons, WV, Rockefeller championed health care issues, and health care reform throughout his Senate career. He supported measures to improve and modernize Medicare, expand access to health care, and increase health coverage for children, authoring the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He introduced and co-sponsored more than 2,000 pieces of major health-related legislation and provided leadership and policy on health care reform for both the Clinton and Obama administrations. During the latter, he contributed to the successful passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a proponent of providing people with a not-for-profit insurance company backed by the government, commonly known as a public option.","He was appointed to the Senate Finance Committee and its Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (later known as the Subcommittee on Health Care) in 1987 and served as chairman of the Subcommittee and ranking member until his retirement. In 1987, he also was elected chair of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, also known as the Pepper Commission, when the commission's original leader, Representative Claude Pepper (D-FL), passed away. The Commission was charged with developing legislation that would provide Americans with comprehensive health and long-term care coverage.","In recognition of his contributions to improving the wellbeing of children and families and supporting education, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed Rockefeller chair of the National Commission on Children. Recommendations made by the Commission centered on the creation of a Child Tax Credit, expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and improvement to the federal approach to child welfare. As a member of the Finance Committee, he worked on the tax code to provide better financial support to the middle class and working poor. He sought to toughen child support enforcement laws, improve federal adoption and foster care services, and ensure a safe environment for children in the child welfare system with educational programs aimed at substance abuse prevention and treatment. He also worked for renewed investment in schools, school construction, and teachers, particularly those located in rural and impoverished areas.","Senator Rockefeller was an advocate for veterans' issues, serving on the Veterans' Affairs Committee for the entirety of his Senate career and acting as both chair and ranking minority member. He especially focused on expanding research and treatment for service-related illnesses, such as Gulf War Illness, Agent Orange, and issues relating to Atomic Veterans. He brought attention to treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the reform of the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.","Throughout his time in the Senate, Rockefeller was deeply involved with issues related to energy, the environment, coal miners, and mine safety. The first bill Rockefeller introduced in the Senate in 1985 was legislation intended to reduce the backlog of pending black lung cases, and he consistently worked to preserve the Black Lung Trust Fund while protecting coal jobs.","In 1992, he introduced the Coal Act to ensure retired miners received health benefits, and he threatened to keep the Senate in session over Christmas if they refused to pass the bill, which he described as a peak moment in his career. The Coal Act was passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, creating two new health care funds to protect the health benefits of all union coal miners, along with their widows and dependents. In 1995, the UMWA named him an honorary member, a distinction rarely bestowed on an elected official, because of his efforts on behalf of miners.","Following the January 2006 West Virginia Sago and Aracoma mine disasters, which together led to the deaths of 14 men, Rockefeller brought several senators from the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to meet with families of the Sago mine workers. Rockefeller then joined Committee Chair Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Ranking Member Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in drafting the MINER Act, which was signed into law in June 2006, establishing important new mine safety regulations.","Senator Rockefeller served on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, 2001-2014, during critical and difficult years for the SSCI and the intelligence community. In January 2001, then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) appointed Rockefeller to the Committee. Eight months later the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred. In the months following the attacks, the United States launched operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and in March 2003, invaded Iraq. These events changed the nature and conduct of intelligence oversight. During Rockefeller's tenure on the committee, and particularly during his time as vice chairman and chairman, he made significant contributions in key areas, including the 9/11 investigation; the Iraq War and flawed intelligence on weapons of mass destruction; intelligence community reform; surveillance oversight and reform; the CIA's detention and interrogation program; cybersecurity; and the intelligence authorization process.","Rockefeller also made significant contributions to communications policy. He co-authored the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, known as E-Rate, which was authorized as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, making telecommunications and information services more affordable for schools and libraries. In 2010, Rockefeller introduced the Public Safety Spectrum Act, which created FirstNet, a nationwide wireless broadband network for the nation's first responders. It was signed into law as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. He also supported net neutrality protections to keep the Internet open and free, and in 2011, he successfully led the Senate Floor against a resolution of disapproval of net neutrality rules.","He also championed the steel industry in West Virginia and the nation, earning him the nickname \"Senator Steel.\" Much of his work, launched largely through his position as co-chair of the Senate Steel Caucus, focused on providing income support and job training to laid-off employees and their families through Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), working with individual steel companies to mitigate the effects of closure and downsizing, and intervening in steel employee strikes. As a member of both the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Finance, Rockefeller also addressed concerns about American manufacturing; trade protections and relief for workers negatively impacted by trade; and tax credits supporting research and development and encouraging businesses to build and expand.","For the state of West Virginia, Senator Rockefeller made jobs and economic development a priority. In 1988 he founded the Discover the Real West Virginia Program (DRWV), later formalized as the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation, which showcased business and investment opportunities in West Virginia. He launched the \"Project Harvest\" trade mission in 1995 to bring state and international business leaders and investors together. Rockefeller's early experiences in Japan and knowledge of the language and culture aided in attracting the Toyota company to the state, resulting in the opening of the Buffalo, WV, plant in 1996. In the ensuing years, more than 20 other Japanese companies followed. Further, he encouraged the growth of the West Virginia tourism and travel industry through legislation that conserved lands, designated scenic areas, and promoted better transportation infrastructure.","In January 2013, Senator Rockefeller announced that he would not seek reelection. In his retirement announcement, he reflected that \"public service demands, and deserves nothing less than every single thing that you have to bring to bear, and that is what I have given.\" As he prepared to leave the Congress in December 2014, his Senate colleagues offered tributes on the Senate Floor recognizing his impressive legislative record, distinguished career, and legacy of compassionate and conscientious service.","Sources:","Grimes, Richard S. \"Jay Rockefeller.\" The West Virginia Encyclopedia.","Jay: A Rockefeller's Journey. Produced by Suzanne Higgins and Russ Barbour. 2015. Online video. West Virginia Public Broadcasting.","\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Energy and Environment Issues (Legacy on Energy, Environment and Coal Miners),\" 2014 May 30, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Review of Senator John D. Rockefeller's Service on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: 2001-2015,\" 2014 December 17, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Rockefeller, John Davison IV (Jay), (1937 - ).\" Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present.","\"Senator Jay Rockefeller Retirement Announcement.\" 2013 January 11, 2013. Online video clip. C-SPAN.","\"Senator Rockefeller's Health Care Accomplishments: 99th-113th Congress Memorandum,\" 2014, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Tributes to John D. Rockefeller.\" 2014 December 4. Congressional Record 160:147 p. S6343. Congress.gov.","\"Veterans' Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 April 11, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\n \n\"West Virginia Wesleyan College Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 October, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Diversifying West Virginia's Economy for the 21st Century (Your Legacy Memo on Jobs and Economic Growth in West Virginia),\" 2014, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. 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Legislative staff files; subject files; correspondence; committee files; and legislative activities, voting records, and accomplishments comprise this subgroup.","The third subgroup, Press files, illustrates Senator Rockefeller's interactions with the media and outreach to the state of West Virginia and his constituents. It contains press staff files, speeches and statements, press releases, photographs, audiovisual materials, clippings, publications, and newsletters and mailings.","The fourth subgroup, Personal and Political files, consists of Legacy Memos, schedules, personal files and correspondence, campaign files, and trip files.","The fifth subgroup, Office files, contains a small number of office management files.","The sixth subgroup, Memorabilia, consists of a large collection of framed items, plaques, and objects, many of which Senator Rockefeller received as gifts during his service. It contains a large number of foreign gifts, particularly from Japan and Taiwan.","Materials may contain sensitive or private information. Researchers may use data collected from these materials in the statistical aggregate or as an example to illustrate a theme. No identifying information should point to specific individuals or families mentioned in the files.","Materials produced by public servants while carrying out official duties are not copyrighted. Materials created outside of official duties, including diaries, personal correspondence, and campaign materials, are protected by copyright. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please contact the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center.","John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV (b. 1937) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate for five terms. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-ninth Congress and served from January 15, 1985, to January 3, 2015. He was not a candidate for reelection in 2014. Rockefeller previously served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968); as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1968-1972); president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973-1976); and Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985). From 1964-1966, he was a volunteer in the Volunteers In Service To America (VISTA) program in Emmons, West Virginia. The bulk of the Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers document his 30-year career in the United States Senate with additional materials related to his earlier political career.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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In 1984 he was elected to the United States Senate and was reelected four times, in 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008, before retiring in 2015.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJay Rockefeller was born in New York, New York, on June 18, 1937, to philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker. He is the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company, and nephew of businessman and politician Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. Jay Rockefeller graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, in 1955, and graduated from Harvard University in 1961 with a B.A. in Far Eastern Languages and History. In his junior year at Harvard, he attended the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, and he spent three years studying Japanese.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1964, Rockefeller joined the newly formed national service program Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) aimed at fighting poverty. He served in Emmons, WV, a small mining community located in Boone and Kanawha Counties, for two years. His efforts in Emmons included starting a Little League baseball team, extending school bus service to the rural area, and providing transportation to dental clinics. He built a community center and obtained access to mobile health screenings for women.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRockefeller entered politics in 1966 as a Kanawha County candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates. He changed his party affiliation to Democrat, breaking with the family's traditional affiliation with the Republican Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1967, Rockefeller married Sharon Lee Percy, daughter of U.S. Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. Their Chicago wedding was featured on the cover of Life magazine. They had four children: John Davison (Jamie) V, Valerie, Charles, and Justin Aldrich.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968, winning the election against Republican John Callebs. As Secretary of State, Rockefeller pushed for election law reform and broke up several county Democratic political machines. He was successful in making elections more transparent and in reducing instances of election fraud by removing the names of deceased people from the state's official list of registered voters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRockefeller announced his candidacy for governor of West Virginia in 1972 against incumbent Republican Governor Arch Moore. Moore won reelection by 72,000 votes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWithin months of his defeat, Rockefeller was named president of West Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Buckhannon, WV. Some of his biggest accomplishments include increasing enrollment, creating an active recruitment campaign, and streamlining operations. He submitted a letter of resignation to the College in 1975 to prepare for the next gubernatorial election, for which he campaigned throughout 1976.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRockefeller's second run for governor was successful: he beat Republican candidate Cecil Underwood by more than 242,000 votes, the largest majority in state history. Natural disaster, strikes, and a worsening economy posed serious challenges during his years as governor. In the spring of 1977, major spring floods in the southern West Virginia counties of McDowell, Wayne, Logan, and Ming wiped entire towns away, and made safe housing above flood plains a focus of Rockefeller's administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe same year saw the beginning of the 111-day national Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 led by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the AFL-CIO. Rockefeller refused to call upon the National Guard to suppress the miners' strike. At its conclusion, President Jimmy Carter appointed Rockefeller to lead the first major federal study of coal mining in America in three decades. Rockefeller served as chair of the President's Commission on Coal and pushed for a national energy strategy that included Appalachian coal. He also created the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety, reorganized state agencies, and set up senior centers statewide.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1980, Rockefeller ran for a second term as governor, again facing Republican Arch Moore, and won by 64,000 votes. Rockefeller faced another challenging four years and worked to maintain the state's economy as the federal government cut funding in the midst of an economic downturn, industries struggled to remain open, and unemployment rates across the state rose.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAt the end of his governorship, Rockefeller ran for the United States Senate as a Democrat against businessman John Raese of Morgantown, WV. Rockefeller won the 1984 election by four percentage points and went on to fill the seat left vacant after long-time Senator Jennings Randolph retired.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRockefeller began his service in the U.S. Senate on January 15, 1985, and served until 2015. He became a leading champion for health care reform, an advocate for improving the lives of children and working families, and a supporter of the nation's soldiers, veterans, and senior citizens. He served as chair of the Committee on Veterans Affairs (1993-1994, 2001-2003); the Select Committee on Intelligence (2007-2009); the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2009-2015); and the Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (1989-1994, 2001-2003, 2007-2014). He also served as vice-chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence (2003-2006).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe held additional leadership positions as chairman on the Pepper Commission (1987-1990), the U.S. Senate Steel Caucus (1989-1994, 2013-2015, co-chair 1995-2013), the National Commission on Children (1989-1993), and the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee (1995-2003). He was also a member of several Senate groups, including the Steering Committee on Democratic Policy, the Alternative Fuels Council, and the Coal Caucus.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by his two years in Emmons, WV, Rockefeller championed health care issues, and health care reform throughout his Senate career. He supported measures to improve and modernize Medicare, expand access to health care, and increase health coverage for children, authoring the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He introduced and co-sponsored more than 2,000 pieces of major health-related legislation and provided leadership and policy on health care reform for both the Clinton and Obama administrations. During the latter, he contributed to the successful passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a proponent of providing people with a not-for-profit insurance company backed by the government, commonly known as a public option.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe was appointed to the Senate Finance Committee and its Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (later known as the Subcommittee on Health Care) in 1987 and served as chairman of the Subcommittee and ranking member until his retirement. In 1987, he also was elected chair of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, also known as the Pepper Commission, when the commission's original leader, Representative Claude Pepper (D-FL), passed away. The Commission was charged with developing legislation that would provide Americans with comprehensive health and long-term care coverage.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn recognition of his contributions to improving the wellbeing of children and families and supporting education, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed Rockefeller chair of the National Commission on Children. Recommendations made by the Commission centered on the creation of a Child Tax Credit, expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and improvement to the federal approach to child welfare. As a member of the Finance Committee, he worked on the tax code to provide better financial support to the middle class and working poor. He sought to toughen child support enforcement laws, improve federal adoption and foster care services, and ensure a safe environment for children in the child welfare system with educational programs aimed at substance abuse prevention and treatment. He also worked for renewed investment in schools, school construction, and teachers, particularly those located in rural and impoverished areas.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Rockefeller was an advocate for veterans' issues, serving on the Veterans' Affairs Committee for the entirety of his Senate career and acting as both chair and ranking minority member. He especially focused on expanding research and treatment for service-related illnesses, such as Gulf War Illness, Agent Orange, and issues relating to Atomic Veterans. He brought attention to treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the reform of the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThroughout his time in the Senate, Rockefeller was deeply involved with issues related to energy, the environment, coal miners, and mine safety. The first bill Rockefeller introduced in the Senate in 1985 was legislation intended to reduce the backlog of pending black lung cases, and he consistently worked to preserve the Black Lung Trust Fund while protecting coal jobs.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn 1992, he introduced the Coal Act to ensure retired miners received health benefits, and he threatened to keep the Senate in session over Christmas if they refused to pass the bill, which he described as a peak moment in his career. The Coal Act was passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, creating two new health care funds to protect the health benefits of all union coal miners, along with their widows and dependents. In 1995, the UMWA named him an honorary member, a distinction rarely bestowed on an elected official, because of his efforts on behalf of miners.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFollowing the January 2006 West Virginia Sago and Aracoma mine disasters, which together led to the deaths of 14 men, Rockefeller brought several senators from the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to meet with families of the Sago mine workers. Rockefeller then joined Committee Chair Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Ranking Member Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in drafting the MINER Act, which was signed into law in June 2006, establishing important new mine safety regulations.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSenator Rockefeller served on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, 2001-2014, during critical and difficult years for the SSCI and the intelligence community. In January 2001, then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) appointed Rockefeller to the Committee. Eight months later the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred. In the months following the attacks, the United States launched operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and in March 2003, invaded Iraq. These events changed the nature and conduct of intelligence oversight. During Rockefeller's tenure on the committee, and particularly during his time as vice chairman and chairman, he made significant contributions in key areas, including the 9/11 investigation; the Iraq War and flawed intelligence on weapons of mass destruction; intelligence community reform; surveillance oversight and reform; the CIA's detention and interrogation program; cybersecurity; and the intelligence authorization process. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eRockefeller also made significant contributions to communications policy. He co-authored the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, known as E-Rate, which was authorized as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, making telecommunications and information services more affordable for schools and libraries. In 2010, Rockefeller introduced the Public Safety Spectrum Act, which created FirstNet, a nationwide wireless broadband network for the nation's first responders. It was signed into law as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. He also supported net neutrality protections to keep the Internet open and free, and in 2011, he successfully led the Senate Floor against a resolution of disapproval of net neutrality rules.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHe also championed the steel industry in West Virginia and the nation, earning him the nickname \"Senator Steel.\" Much of his work, launched largely through his position as co-chair of the Senate Steel Caucus, focused on providing income support and job training to laid-off employees and their families through Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), working with individual steel companies to mitigate the effects of closure and downsizing, and intervening in steel employee strikes. As a member of both the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Finance, Rockefeller also addressed concerns about American manufacturing; trade protections and relief for workers negatively impacted by trade; and tax credits supporting research and development and encouraging businesses to build and expand.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor the state of West Virginia, Senator Rockefeller made jobs and economic development a priority. In 1988 he founded the Discover the Real West Virginia Program (DRWV), later formalized as the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation, which showcased business and investment opportunities in West Virginia. He launched the \"Project Harvest\" trade mission in 1995 to bring state and international business leaders and investors together. Rockefeller's early experiences in Japan and knowledge of the language and culture aided in attracting the Toyota company to the state, resulting in the opening of the Buffalo, WV, plant in 1996. In the ensuing years, more than 20 other Japanese companies followed. Further, he encouraged the growth of the West Virginia tourism and travel industry through legislation that conserved lands, designated scenic areas, and promoted better transportation infrastructure.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIn January 2013, Senator Rockefeller announced that he would not seek reelection. In his retirement announcement, he reflected that \"public service demands, and deserves nothing less than every single thing that you have to bring to bear, and that is what I have given.\" As he prepared to leave the Congress in December 2014, his Senate colleagues offered tributes on the Senate Floor recognizing his impressive legislative record, distinguished career, and legacy of compassionate and conscientious service.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSources: \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eGrimes, Richard S. \"\u003ca href=\"http://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/110\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJay Rockefeller.\u003c/a\u003e\" The West Virginia Encyclopedia. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.pbs.org/video/jay-rockefellers-journey-jay-rockefellers-journey/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJay: A Rockefeller's Journey.\u003c/a\u003e Produced by Suzanne Higgins and Russ Barbour. 2015. Online video. West Virginia Public Broadcasting.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Energy and Environment Issues (Legacy on Energy, Environment and Coal Miners),\" 2014 May 30, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Review of Senator John D. Rockefeller's Service on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: 2001-2015,\" 2014 December 17, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000361\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Rockefeller, John Davison IV (Jay), (1937 - ).\"\u003c/a\u003e Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.c-span.org/video/?310340-1/senator-jay-rockefeller-retirement-announcement\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Senator Jay Rockefeller Retirement Announcement.\"\u003c/a\u003e 2013 January 11, 2013. Online video clip. C-SPAN. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Senator Rockefeller's Health Care Accomplishments: 99th-113th Congress Memorandum,\" 2014, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.congress.gov/113/crec/2014/12/04/160/147/CREC-2014-12-04.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\"Tributes to John D. Rockefeller.\"\u003c/a\u003e 2014 December 4. Congressional Record 160:147 p. S6343. Congress.gov.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Veterans' Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 April 11, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\n \n\"West Virginia Wesleyan College Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 October, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Diversifying West Virginia's Economy for the 21st Century (Your Legacy Memo on Jobs and Economic Growth in West Virginia),\" 2014, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Your Legacy on FirstNet – Public Safety Spectrum Act,\" 2014 October 24, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\"Your Legacy on Net Neutrality,\" 2014 October 3, A\u0026amp;M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Senator John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV served the people and state of West Virginia for more than 50 years. Rockefeller came to West Virginia in 1964 as a VISTA volunteer in the small community of Emmons, an experience that shaped his extensive career in public service. He served in the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968); as Secretary of State of West Virginia (1968-1972); President of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973-1976); and Governor of West Virginia (1977-1985). In 1984 he was elected to the United States Senate and was reelected four times, in 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008, before retiring in 2015.","Jay Rockefeller was born in New York, New York, on June 18, 1937, to philanthropists John Davison Rockefeller III and Blanchette Ferry Hooker. He is the great-grandson of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company, and nephew of businessman and politician Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller. Jay Rockefeller graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire, in 1955, and graduated from Harvard University in 1961 with a B.A. in Far Eastern Languages and History. In his junior year at Harvard, he attended the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, and he spent three years studying Japanese.","In 1964, Rockefeller joined the newly formed national service program Volunteers In Service to America (VISTA) aimed at fighting poverty. He served in Emmons, WV, a small mining community located in Boone and Kanawha Counties, for two years. His efforts in Emmons included starting a Little League baseball team, extending school bus service to the rural area, and providing transportation to dental clinics. He built a community center and obtained access to mobile health screenings for women.","Rockefeller entered politics in 1966 as a Kanawha County candidate for the West Virginia House of Delegates. He changed his party affiliation to Democrat, breaking with the family's traditional affiliation with the Republican Party.","In 1967, Rockefeller married Sharon Lee Percy, daughter of U.S. Senator Charles Percy of Illinois. Their Chicago wedding was featured on the cover of Life magazine. They had four children: John Davison (Jamie) V, Valerie, Charles, and Justin Aldrich.","He ran for West Virginia Secretary of State in 1968, winning the election against Republican John Callebs. As Secretary of State, Rockefeller pushed for election law reform and broke up several county Democratic political machines. He was successful in making elections more transparent and in reducing instances of election fraud by removing the names of deceased people from the state's official list of registered voters.","Rockefeller announced his candidacy for governor of West Virginia in 1972 against incumbent Republican Governor Arch Moore. Moore won reelection by 72,000 votes.","Within months of his defeat, Rockefeller was named president of West Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Buckhannon, WV. Some of his biggest accomplishments include increasing enrollment, creating an active recruitment campaign, and streamlining operations. He submitted a letter of resignation to the College in 1975 to prepare for the next gubernatorial election, for which he campaigned throughout 1976.","Rockefeller's second run for governor was successful: he beat Republican candidate Cecil Underwood by more than 242,000 votes, the largest majority in state history. Natural disaster, strikes, and a worsening economy posed serious challenges during his years as governor. In the spring of 1977, major spring floods in the southern West Virginia counties of McDowell, Wayne, Logan, and Ming wiped entire towns away, and made safe housing above flood plains a focus of Rockefeller's administration.","The same year saw the beginning of the 111-day national Bituminous Coal Strike of 1977-1978 led by the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) and the AFL-CIO. Rockefeller refused to call upon the National Guard to suppress the miners' strike. At its conclusion, President Jimmy Carter appointed Rockefeller to lead the first major federal study of coal mining in America in three decades. Rockefeller served as chair of the President's Commission on Coal and pushed for a national energy strategy that included Appalachian coal. He also created the West Virginia Board of Coal Mine Health and Safety, reorganized state agencies, and set up senior centers statewide.","In 1980, Rockefeller ran for a second term as governor, again facing Republican Arch Moore, and won by 64,000 votes. Rockefeller faced another challenging four years and worked to maintain the state's economy as the federal government cut funding in the midst of an economic downturn, industries struggled to remain open, and unemployment rates across the state rose.","At the end of his governorship, Rockefeller ran for the United States Senate as a Democrat against businessman John Raese of Morgantown, WV. Rockefeller won the 1984 election by four percentage points and went on to fill the seat left vacant after long-time Senator Jennings Randolph retired.","Rockefeller began his service in the U.S. Senate on January 15, 1985, and served until 2015. He became a leading champion for health care reform, an advocate for improving the lives of children and working families, and a supporter of the nation's soldiers, veterans, and senior citizens. He served as chair of the Committee on Veterans Affairs (1993-1994, 2001-2003); the Select Committee on Intelligence (2007-2009); the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (2009-2015); and the Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (1989-1994, 2001-2003, 2007-2014). He also served as vice-chair of the Select Committee on Intelligence (2003-2006).","He held additional leadership positions as chairman on the Pepper Commission (1987-1990), the U.S. Senate Steel Caucus (1989-1994, 2013-2015, co-chair 1995-2013), the National Commission on Children (1989-1993), and the Democratic Technology and Communications Committee (1995-2003). He was also a member of several Senate groups, including the Steering Committee on Democratic Policy, the Alternative Fuels Council, and the Coal Caucus.","Influenced by his two years in Emmons, WV, Rockefeller championed health care issues, and health care reform throughout his Senate career. He supported measures to improve and modernize Medicare, expand access to health care, and increase health coverage for children, authoring the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He introduced and co-sponsored more than 2,000 pieces of major health-related legislation and provided leadership and policy on health care reform for both the Clinton and Obama administrations. During the latter, he contributed to the successful passage of the Affordable Care Act and was a proponent of providing people with a not-for-profit insurance company backed by the government, commonly known as a public option.","He was appointed to the Senate Finance Committee and its Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-term Care (later known as the Subcommittee on Health Care) in 1987 and served as chairman of the Subcommittee and ranking member until his retirement. In 1987, he also was elected chair of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care, also known as the Pepper Commission, when the commission's original leader, Representative Claude Pepper (D-FL), passed away. The Commission was charged with developing legislation that would provide Americans with comprehensive health and long-term care coverage.","In recognition of his contributions to improving the wellbeing of children and families and supporting education, in 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed Rockefeller chair of the National Commission on Children. Recommendations made by the Commission centered on the creation of a Child Tax Credit, expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, and improvement to the federal approach to child welfare. As a member of the Finance Committee, he worked on the tax code to provide better financial support to the middle class and working poor. He sought to toughen child support enforcement laws, improve federal adoption and foster care services, and ensure a safe environment for children in the child welfare system with educational programs aimed at substance abuse prevention and treatment. He also worked for renewed investment in schools, school construction, and teachers, particularly those located in rural and impoverished areas.","Senator Rockefeller was an advocate for veterans' issues, serving on the Veterans' Affairs Committee for the entirety of his Senate career and acting as both chair and ranking minority member. He especially focused on expanding research and treatment for service-related illnesses, such as Gulf War Illness, Agent Orange, and issues relating to Atomic Veterans. He brought attention to treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the reform of the Veterans Affairs (VA) health care system.","Throughout his time in the Senate, Rockefeller was deeply involved with issues related to energy, the environment, coal miners, and mine safety. The first bill Rockefeller introduced in the Senate in 1985 was legislation intended to reduce the backlog of pending black lung cases, and he consistently worked to preserve the Black Lung Trust Fund while protecting coal jobs.","In 1992, he introduced the Coal Act to ensure retired miners received health benefits, and he threatened to keep the Senate in session over Christmas if they refused to pass the bill, which he described as a peak moment in his career. The Coal Act was passed as part of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, creating two new health care funds to protect the health benefits of all union coal miners, along with their widows and dependents. In 1995, the UMWA named him an honorary member, a distinction rarely bestowed on an elected official, because of his efforts on behalf of miners.","Following the January 2006 West Virginia Sago and Aracoma mine disasters, which together led to the deaths of 14 men, Rockefeller brought several senators from the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee to meet with families of the Sago mine workers. Rockefeller then joined Committee Chair Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) and Ranking Member Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) in drafting the MINER Act, which was signed into law in June 2006, establishing important new mine safety regulations.","Senator Rockefeller served on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, 2001-2014, during critical and difficult years for the SSCI and the intelligence community. In January 2001, then-Democratic leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) appointed Rockefeller to the Committee. Eight months later the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks occurred. In the months following the attacks, the United States launched operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and in March 2003, invaded Iraq. These events changed the nature and conduct of intelligence oversight. During Rockefeller's tenure on the committee, and particularly during his time as vice chairman and chairman, he made significant contributions in key areas, including the 9/11 investigation; the Iraq War and flawed intelligence on weapons of mass destruction; intelligence community reform; surveillance oversight and reform; the CIA's detention and interrogation program; cybersecurity; and the intelligence authorization process.","Rockefeller also made significant contributions to communications policy. He co-authored the Universal Service Program for Schools and Libraries, known as E-Rate, which was authorized as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, making telecommunications and information services more affordable for schools and libraries. In 2010, Rockefeller introduced the Public Safety Spectrum Act, which created FirstNet, a nationwide wireless broadband network for the nation's first responders. It was signed into law as part of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012. He also supported net neutrality protections to keep the Internet open and free, and in 2011, he successfully led the Senate Floor against a resolution of disapproval of net neutrality rules.","He also championed the steel industry in West Virginia and the nation, earning him the nickname \"Senator Steel.\" Much of his work, launched largely through his position as co-chair of the Senate Steel Caucus, focused on providing income support and job training to laid-off employees and their families through Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), working with individual steel companies to mitigate the effects of closure and downsizing, and intervening in steel employee strikes. As a member of both the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Committee on Finance, Rockefeller also addressed concerns about American manufacturing; trade protections and relief for workers negatively impacted by trade; and tax credits supporting research and development and encouraging businesses to build and expand.","For the state of West Virginia, Senator Rockefeller made jobs and economic development a priority. In 1988 he founded the Discover the Real West Virginia Program (DRWV), later formalized as the Discover the Real West Virginia Foundation, which showcased business and investment opportunities in West Virginia. He launched the \"Project Harvest\" trade mission in 1995 to bring state and international business leaders and investors together. Rockefeller's early experiences in Japan and knowledge of the language and culture aided in attracting the Toyota company to the state, resulting in the opening of the Buffalo, WV, plant in 1996. In the ensuing years, more than 20 other Japanese companies followed. Further, he encouraged the growth of the West Virginia tourism and travel industry through legislation that conserved lands, designated scenic areas, and promoted better transportation infrastructure.","In January 2013, Senator Rockefeller announced that he would not seek reelection. In his retirement announcement, he reflected that \"public service demands, and deserves nothing less than every single thing that you have to bring to bear, and that is what I have given.\" As he prepared to leave the Congress in December 2014, his Senate colleagues offered tributes on the Senate Floor recognizing his impressive legislative record, distinguished career, and legacy of compassionate and conscientious service.","Sources:","Grimes, Richard S. \"Jay Rockefeller.\" The West Virginia Encyclopedia.","Jay: A Rockefeller's Journey. Produced by Suzanne Higgins and Russ Barbour. 2015. Online video. West Virginia Public Broadcasting.","\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Energy and Environment Issues (Legacy on Energy, Environment and Coal Miners),\" 2014 May 30, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Review of Senator John D. Rockefeller's Service on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: 2001-2015,\" 2014 December 17, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Rockefeller, John Davison IV (Jay), (1937 - ).\" Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present.","\"Senator Jay Rockefeller Retirement Announcement.\" 2013 January 11, 2013. Online video clip. C-SPAN.","\"Senator Rockefeller's Health Care Accomplishments: 99th-113th Congress Memorandum,\" 2014, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"Tributes to John D. Rockefeller.\" 2014 December 4. Congressional Record 160:147 p. S6343. Congress.gov.","\"Veterans' Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 April 11, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.\n \n\"West Virginia Wesleyan College Legacy Memorandum,\" 2014 October, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV papers, West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries.","\"A Record of Achievement for West Virginia: Diversifying West Virginia's Economy for the 21st Century (Your Legacy Memo on Jobs and Economic Growth in West Virginia),\" 2014, A\u0026M 4050, Senator John D. 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She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. 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Her research interests were particularly centered around women's employment, especially in the coal industry and other traditionally male-dominated industries.","Wilkinson also served on a wide variety of university committees and councils throughout her 41 years of employment, including the West Virginia University Senate, Gerontology Center Executive Committee, Gerontology Center Service Committee, Gerontology Center Library Committee, Center for Women's Studies Executive Committee, Council for Women's Concerns, University Affirmative Action Committee, Center for Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Center for Women's Studies Faculty Associates, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Public Service Grant Committee, University Planning Council, and Faculty Senate Library Committee.","Upon retirement in 2019, she was awarded the Faculty 2019 Center for Women's and Gender Studies Joyce McConnell Award for Feminist Leadership.","As of 2024, Wilkinson holds an active presence in WVU Libraries as University Library Emerita, where she has been focused on collecting and promoting feminist activist history through the West Virginia and Regional History Center Feminist Activist and Women's History Collections.","This collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women's and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. 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She attended Wells College, a historical women's college, in Aurora, New York from 1964 to 1968 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music. In 1968, she married Christopher Wilkinson, with whom she would have one son, Samuel Evan Wilkinson.","While attending Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in New Brunswick, New Jersey between 1972 and 1975, Wilkinson was employed at the Kilmer Area Library in Livingston College in the reference department as a library trainee (1972-1974) and reference librarian and coordinator of instructional services (1974-1975). She graduated with her master's in library science in 1975.","In 1976, she was engaged in graduate studies at the Institute for Communication Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, where she also worked as a part-time instructor of information services in the music library.","In 1978, Wilkinson became employed by the West Virginia University (WVU) Gerontology Center as a research assistant. She served in this position for a year before becoming a reference librarian and Appalachian bibliographer at WVU Libraries. She would stay with WVU Libraries for the next 40 years before retiring in 2019.","During this long consecutive employment with WVU Libraries, Wilkinson worked in several roles, including Chief Circulation Librarian/Head of Access Services for the Wise Library (1980-2006), Adjunct Instructor in the Center for Women's Studies (1988), Women and Gender Studies Bibliographer (1993-2019), Head of the Math Library (2004-2006), Director of Instruction and Information Literacy (2006-2014), Women's Studies Subject Librarian (2009-2019), Director of Strategic Library Initiatives (2014-2019), WVU Libraries Interim Director of Strategy and Planning (2017-2019), and University Librarian Emerita (2019-present).","Additionally, she was a participant in the \"Women in the Community Project\" sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and Radcliffe College from 1981 to 1983.","In 1988, she was awarded the Mary Catherine Buswell Award, for providing outstanding services for women at WVU.","While Head of Access Services for the Wise Library between 2002 and 2006, Wilkinson oversaw the opening of WVU Libraries' first book depository and led the development of the electronic reserves system. She also served as president of the Western Pennsylvania/West Virginia chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries from 2006-2007. In 2007, she was a co-recipient of the WVU Outstanding Librarian Award alongside fellow librarian Penny Pugh.","She taught several classes and gave numerous lectures and presentations focusing on women and library science. Her research interests were particularly centered around women's employment, especially in the coal industry and other traditionally male-dominated industries.","Wilkinson also served on a wide variety of university committees and councils throughout her 41 years of employment, including the West Virginia University Senate, Gerontology Center Executive Committee, Gerontology Center Service Committee, Gerontology Center Library Committee, Center for Women's Studies Executive Committee, Council for Women's Concerns, University Affirmative Action Committee, Center for Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, Center for Women's Studies Faculty Associates, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Public Service Grant Committee, University Planning Council, and Faculty Senate Library Committee.","Upon retirement in 2019, she was awarded the Faculty 2019 Center for Women's and Gender Studies Joyce McConnell Award for Feminist Leadership.","As of 2024, Wilkinson holds an active presence in WVU Libraries as University Library Emerita, where she has been focused on collecting and promoting feminist activist history through the West Virginia and Regional History Center Feminist Activist and Women's History Collections."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carroll Wilkinson Papers, A\u0026amp;M 4576, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carroll Wilkinson Papers, A\u0026M 4576, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection contains materials collected and created by Carroll Wilkinson during her time working for West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries and Women's and Gender Studies Center between 1979 and 2019. 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It also includes materials from her participation in several councils and committees, such as the Council for Women's Concerns and the Gerontology Center Service Committee.","Materials include memos, minutes, correspondence, grant applications, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, catalogs, manuals, notes, policies, photographs, drafts, bibliographies, agendas, publications, conference materials, book orders, newspaper clippings, budgets, statistics, presentations, and class planning. Also included are two CDs, two VHS tapes, and three medallions.","The collection is divided into two series. There is some overlap between the two series, especially concerning Wilkinson's work as librarian liaison to the WVU Women's and Gender Studies Center.","Series 1. West Virginia University (WVU) Libraries: This series contains materials produced and collected by Carroll Wilkinson during her employment with WVU Libraries between 1979 and 2018, particularly the Wise and Downtown Libraries. Prominent topics include the implementation of faculty status for WVU librarians, implementation of innovative technologies for the WVU library circulations department, library instruction, and library business administration. The types of materials included are memos, minutes, correspondence, grant applications, pamphlets, brochures, newsletters, catalogs, manuals, notes, policies, and photographs. Also included are two CDs, two VHS tapes, and three medallions. Box 15 is an addendum of 2024/06/05.","Series 2. West Virginia University (WVU) Center for Women's and Gender Studies: This series contains materials created and collected by Carroll Wilkinson during her work with the West Virginia University (WVU) Women's and Gender Studies Center (formerly the WVU Women's Studies Center) and various women's councils and committees such as the Council for Women's Concerns and the Women's Studies Curriculum Committee. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.","4052","Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China.","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976.","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights.","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. 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Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.\nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.\nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.\nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.\nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.\nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.\nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.\nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.\nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.\nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.\nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.\nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.\nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.\nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.\nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.\nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.\nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.\nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.\nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.\nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.\nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.\nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.\nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.\nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34. \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.\nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.\nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.","Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEast Wind, West Wind,\u003c/emph\u003e was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Good Earth\u003c/emph\u003e in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSons\u003c/emph\u003e (1932), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA House Divided\u003c/emph\u003e (1935), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe First Wife and Other Stories\u003c/emph\u003e (1933), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAll Men are Brothers\u003c/emph\u003e (1933, translation), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Mother\u003c/emph\u003e (1934), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Exile\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFighting Angel\u003c/emph\u003e (1936), and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThis Proud Heart\u003c/emph\u003e (1938). 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Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, in 1892 to Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker and Absalom Sydenstricker, Southern Presbyterian missionaries who returned to China shortly after their daughter's birth. Pearl was raised and educated in Chinkiang (Zhenjiang), China, but studied in the United States at Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, when she was seventeen. She returned to China after her graduation in 1914, and in 1917 Pearl married agricultural economist and missionary John Lossing Buck. The Bucks lived in Nanhsuchou (Nanxuzhou) in rural Anhwei (Anhui) Province and later in Nanking (Nanjing), China, until 1934. They had one biological daughter, Carol, who had severe intellectual and physical disabilities, and adopted another daughter, Janice.","Pearl began writing about Chinese peasant life and culture and the interactions between East and West in the 1920s, and her first novel, East Wind, West Wind, was published in 1930. She published the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Good Earth in 1931, and went on to write more than seventy novels, plays, and short stories and to author numerous articles and essays. Other early books include Sons (1932), A House Divided (1935), The First Wife and Other Stories (1933), All Men are Brothers (1933, translation), The Mother (1934), The Exile (1936), Fighting Angel (1936), and This Proud Heart (1938). In 1938 Pearl Buck was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.","By 1935, Pearl had divorced her husband and married her publisher and editor, Richard J. Walsh. They settled at Green Hills Farm in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to be close to Carol, and the Walshes adopted six more children. Pearl was a prolific writer, and most of her fiction remained set in China and the Far East. Other novels include Dragon Seed (1942), Pavilion of Women (1946), God's Men (1951), Come, My Beloved (1953), Imperial Woman (1956), Letter from Peking (1957), and The Living Reed (1963). However, due to personal and political circumstances, Pearl never returned to China after she left in 1934.","Pearl campaigned tirelessly for issues related to Chinese human rights, interracial understanding, and orphaned and disabled children for the rest of her life. In 1949 she founded Welcome House, the first interracial adoption agency in the United States. In 1964 she established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation to provide medical care and education for Amerasian children. Pearl also championed civil rights and women's rights in the United States.","Richard Walsh died in 1960, and in the early 1960s Pearl began a loving relationship with lifelong friend William Ernest Hocking that lasted until Hocking's death in 1966. By 1969, Pearl had moved to Danby, Vermont. Pearl S. Buck died in Vermont in 1973 and is buried at Green Hills Farm in Pennsylvania."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Pearl S. Buck, Author, Papers, A\u0026M 0727, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e4052\u003c/p\u003e  "],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["4052"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProminent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAddenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFor additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026amp;M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThere are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1. \u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China.  Though she was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia, Buck was the daughter of Presbyterian missionaries and she was raised in and lived the first part of her adult life in China.","Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976.","Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights.","Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers.","Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, artifacts, and other material.","For additional Pearl Buck material, see A\u0026M 4052, Pearl S. Buck, Author, Literary Manuscripts.","There are twelve series in this collection, plus addenda. Most of the material in series 1-6 was written by Buck.","Series 1. Articles; circa 1937-1944; box 1 - box 2, folder 39.\nSeries 2. Book Reviews; undated; box 2, folder 40-51. \nSeries 3. Fiction; circa 1930-1960; box 2, folder 52 - box 5, folder 7.\nSeries 4. Biographical Writings; undated; box 5, folder 8 - box 6, folder 1.\nSeries 5. Book Manuscripts; undated; box 6, folder 2 - box 7B.\nSeries 6. Speeches; circa 1930-1969; box 8, folders 1-27.\nSeries 7. Reference Materials; circa 1937-1950s; box 8, folders 28-32.\nSeries 8. Miscellaneous Materials; circa 1900-1967, undated; box 9.\nSeries 9. Writings by Other Authors; 1930-1931, undated; box 10.\nSeries 10. James Comstock Collection; 1939-1970, undated; box 11.\nSeries 11. Addenda--Correspondence; 1933-1966, undated; boxes 12-14.\nSeries 12. Oversized; ca. 1930s-1970s, undated; box 28, folders 1-9.\nAddendum of 2006/05/22; 1948; box 34.\nAddendum of 2015/04/24; 1939-1988, undated; box 14, folder 14.\nAddendum of 2015/05/08; 1921-1945; boxes 15-24.\nAddendum of 2015/11/09; circa 1943; box 14, folder 15-19.\nAddendum of 2016/06/08; circa 2002; box 25.\nAddendum of 2017/04/10; circa 1937-1983; box 26, folders 1-3.\nAddendum of 2017/06/22; circa 1940-1983, undated; box 27, folders 1-17.\nAddendum of 2017/07/17; 2017; box 25.\nAddendum of 2017/07/28; 1983; box 25, folder 3.\nAddendum of 2017/08/07; circa 1941, 1982; box 28, folder 10.\nAddendum of 2017/08/22; 2010; box 26, folder 4.\nAddendum of 2018/02/27; 2015; box 26, folder 5.\nAddendum of 2018/05/23; undated; box 35, folder 4.\nAddendum of 2018/06/01; 1943-1962; box 35, folder 6.\nAddendum of 2018/08/16; 1932; box 35, folder 2.\nAddendum of 2018/08/17; 1942; box 35, folder 3.\nAddendum of 2019/02/18; 1973; box 29.\nAddendum of 2019/03/19; 2015-2018; boxes 30-31.\nAddendum of 2019/07/23; 2015-2018; boxes 32-33.\nAddendum of 2019/10/01; undated; box 34. \nAddendum of 2020/08/17; 1946-1983; box 35, folder 5.\nAddendum of 2021/03/07; September 2015; box 32, folder 1.\nAddendum of 2021/04/28; circa 1971-1972; box 35, folder 1. \nAddendum of 2023/07/30; 1938-1940 and undated; box 32, folder 2."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOriginal signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026amp;M 435, Rare Signatures.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Original signed letter from Buck to Mrs. Charles Wilde (1962) moved to A\u0026M 435, Rare Signatures."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_333ae7a4aced96d0a9d85dffabb69677\"\u003ePapers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, and other material.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), an American fiction writer and humanitarian who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1938 for her novels about peasant life in China. Dating chiefly from 1933 to 1966, the collection contains typescript and handwritten drafts of articles, reviews, novels, plays, short stories, and speeches; reference materials; and correspondence that document Pearl Buck's literary, political, and humanitarian activities from 1933 to 1976. Prominent topics include Buck's writing, including novels, short stories, articles, and speeches, and publication of her work; Chinese history, politics, and culture; American culture; interracial and international adoption; children with disabilities; and Buck's work for human rights. Prominent correspondents include Richard Walsh, William E. Hocking, and various authors and politicians. Papers also include materials related to the Pearl S. Buck Birthplace and to other Chinese and American writers. Addenda include photos, correspondence, publications, drafts of Buck's work, ephemera, recordings, and other material."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_b80b18ed2fa6efaf420bb73ebeea23dd\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\"\u003eWest Virginia \u0026amp; Regional History Center\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/physloc\u003e\n    "],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center"],"corpname_ssim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center","New York City Ballet"],"persname_ssim":["Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973","Bepari, Rasheeda Begum","Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966"],"names_coll_ssim":["Buck, Pearl S. 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