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West Virginia and Regional History Center

Arthurdale, West Virginia Scrapbooks

0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)
Arthurdale, West Virginia, was the first Federal homestead community established under President Franklin Roosevelt during the New Deal. Two scrapbooks, available on microfilm only, document the history of Arthurdale, West Virginia, from 1935 to 1975. Photographs, newspaper clippings, fact sheets about the community, and event programs offer insight into the development of the town, the involvement of Eleanor Roosevelt, students, and reflections on life in Arthurdale. Photographs and clippings on Volume I are chiefly from the 1930s and 1940s. Event programs come from a Labor Day celebration in 1938 and the Mountain Choir Festival in 1946. Book II contains clippings and photographs from the 1940s to the mid-1970s. These chiefly pertain to the Arthurdale church and high school students.
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Arthurdale, West Virginia Scrapbooks 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Hartsell, Sarah
Arthurdale, West Virginia, was the first Federal homestead community established under President Franklin Roosevelt during the New Deal. Two scrapbooks, available on microfilm only, document the history of Arthurdale, West Virginia, from 1935 to 1975. Photographs, newspaper clippings, fact sheets about the community, and event programs offer insight into the development of the town, the involvement of Eleanor Roosevelt, students, and reflections on life in Arthurdale. Photographs and clippings on Volume I are chiefly from the 1930s and 1940s. Event programs come from a Labor Day celebration in 1938 and the Mountain Choir Festival in 1946. Book II contains clippings and photographs from the 1940s to the mid-1970s. These chiefly pertain to the Arthurdale church and high school students.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films

3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)
A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection.
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Milspaw Folklore Collection, Typescripts, Tapes, and Films 3.3 Linear Feet Summary: 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)

Milspaw, Yvonne
A collection of student term papers, submitted to a class in American Folklore, taught by Yvonne Milspaw of West Virginia University. The papers relate to legends, ghost stories, ballads, folk medicine, recipes, crafts, social customs, and games. A card file indicating the subject matter of each paper is included with the collection.
West Virginia and Regional History Center

Motion Picture Collection

105.33 Linear Feet 79 record cartons, 15 or 17 in. each

This collection contains motion pictures related to West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region. Mediums include news footage, documentary films, industrials and West Virginia University footage.

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Motion Picture Collection 105.33 Linear Feet 79 record cartons, 15 or 17 in. each

This collection contains motion pictures related to West Virginia and the greater Appalachian region. Mediums include news footage, documentary films, industrials and West Virginia University footage.

West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Folklife Program Collection

262.11 Gigabytes 2503 files (formats include .pdf, .tiff, .jpeg, .wav, .mov, and .mp4)

Digital photographs, video recordings, oral history recordings and transcripts, folk music recordings and more collected as part of the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council. These recordings and files were generated by folklore fieldwork and programs conducted by the West Virginia Folklife Program state folklorist and other West Virginia Humanities Council staff, interns, and contracted professional folklorists and photographers.

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West Virginia Folklife Program Collection 262.11 Gigabytes 2503 files (formats include .pdf, .tiff, .jpeg, .wav, .mov, and .mp4)

West Virginia Folklife Program

Digital photographs, video recordings, oral history recordings and transcripts, folk music recordings and more collected as part of the West Virginia Folklife Program at the West Virginia Humanities Council. These recordings and files were generated by folklore fieldwork and programs conducted by the West Virginia Folklife Program state folklorist and other West Virginia Humanities Council staff, interns, and contracted professional folklorists and photographers.

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