Appalachian Prison Book Project Book Club Writings

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Appalachian Prison Book Project Book Club Writings, A&M 4385, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.1 Linear Feet 1/2 in. (2 items in 1 folder)
Creator:
Appalachian Prison Book Project Book Club at FCI Hazelton, Women of Wisdom Book Club, and Appalachian Prison Book Project
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Appalachian Prison Book Project Book Club Writings, A&M 4385, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Publications of works by incarcerated members of book clubs facilitated by the Appalachian Prison Book Project (APBP). Includes one copy of Holding onto Sand, a collection of writings by the incarcerated members of the APBP Book Club at FCI Hazelton, a men's medium security federal prison in Preston County, West Virginia. Beginning in June of 2016, four APBP volunteers facilitated a book club that met inside the men's medium security federal prison; this publication contains the club members' works through May of 2018. Also includes one copy of Women of Wisdom: Writing by the Women's Book Club at Hazelton, the first collection of writings and artwork by the incarcerated members of the Women of Wisdom Book Club, an APBP-facilitated book club at the Secure Female Facility at FCI Hazelton. Started in October 2014, this group continues to meet every other week (as of January 2019).

Physical location:
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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Prisoners -- Literary collections