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Start Over Date range 1970 Subjects Environmentalism Level Collection

Daniel Hale, Physician and Conservationist, Papers 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each)

Hale, Daniel, 1912-1975
The correspondence, scrapbooks, articles and speeches of the collection document the later portion of the life of Daniel Hale (1912-1975), a Princeton physician and conservationist, who was a creator of the board of the Southern Soil Conservation District, and a founder of the Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Area. Correspondents include Robert C. Byrd, James Kee, Arch A. Moore, Jr., and Jennings Randolph.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

International Association of Machinists, Local 598, Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

International Association of Machinists. Local 598 (South Charleston, W. Va.)
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers of the International Association of Machinists, Local 598, concerning working conditions in Union Carbide plants. The papers concern working conditions in Union Carbide Corporation chemical plants, vinyl chloride health hazards for chemical plant employees in South Charleston, and the history of Local 598.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

John Paul and Marie Hall Jones Papers 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Jones, John Paul and Marie Hall

Papers of the Jones family of Fairmont, West Virginia, 1930-1973. Includes correspondence of Marie to family and friends in West Virginia from Malaysia, where John was a petroleum engineer in the 1930s; investment records of John Paul Jones, 1930-1965; specifications for their home in Fairmont, 1949; and papers of the West Virginia Nature Conservancy, 1960s, in which the Joneses were active.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Linda Cooper, Environmentalist, Canaan Valley Papers 27.9 Linear Feet Summary: 27 ft. 11 in. (22 records cartons, 15 in.; 1 document case, 5 in.)

Cooper Elkinton, Linda

These records document Linda Cooper's efforts to preserve the environment of Canaan Valley, WV, and to establish a National Wildlife Refuge there. These include reports, brochures, and other material regarding the development and creation of the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, correspondence, memoranda, and other material regarding the construction and development of the Davis Pumped Storage Project (a hydroelectric energy storage facility), and newspaper articles, newsletters, correspondence, essays, and other material regarding the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and other conservation efforts and organizations in West Virginia. Also included are maps of the proposed Refuge and several slide shows from presentations on the Davis Pumped Storage Project, the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, and other similar projects.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

National Audubon Society, Mountaineer Chapter, Records 2.5 Linear Feet 2 record cartons, 15 in. each

National Audubon Society. Mountaineer Chapter
Administrative records of the Mountaineer Chapter of the National Audubon Society. Includes copy of original charter (1971), minutes, correspondence, newsletters, financial records, and brochures. There are numerous bird count records for the Morgantown area. Local topical files include material regarding a NASCAR lawsuit, a Wal-Mart expansion, and a West Virginia Ecology Youth Camp. There are also two videos related to National Audubon's "Protect the Arctic Campaign".
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Peoples' Appalachian Research Collective Papers regarding Strip Mining 0.8 Linear Feet 2 document cases, 5 in. each

Dix, Keith

This collection consists of correspondence, notes, articles, newsletters, news clippings, reports, studies, Congressional testimony, and other materials collected by Keith Dix and other members of the Peoples' Appalachian Research Collective for the purpose of preparing a 1971 issue of Peoples' Appalachia concerning strip mining in Appalachia. The bulk of the material is newsletters from anti-strip mining organizations and reports, studies, and testimonies on regulation of this industry.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Philip Bagdon, Research Notes regarding Cass, West Virginia 1.54 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Bagdon, Philip V.
Notes compiled by Philip Bagdon which were used by Dr. Roy Clarkson to complete his history of the logging town of Cass entitled Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga. Bagdon's notes, composed of maps, tables and quotes from newspapers, correspondence and business records, are arranged chronologically and topically covering subjects important to the history of Cass, the Greenbrier River valley and east central West Virginia. Subjects mentioned are land purchases, timber appraisals, railroads, conservation and forest management, the lumber industry, and local social and economic development. Prominent names mentioned are Joseph K. Cass, James C. Lacey, John G. Luke, Edwin Mower, S. E. Slaymaker, E. P. Shaffer.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Pocahontas Operators Association Records 1.15 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.; 5 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each

Pocahontas Operators Association
The minutes, correspondence, and financial records of the Pocahontas Operators Association and of its successors, the Smokeless Operators Association and the Southern Virginias Operators Association. Topics mentioned are foreign competition, environmental legislation, labor strife and union negotiations, and lobbying efforts in Congress and with state legislatures. Special mention is made of the conditions in the coal industry during World War II, the impact of the Taft-Hartley Act on bargaining for the 1948 contract, and the effects in the coalfields of union dissension in the UMWA over the role of the Tony Boyle administration during the early 1970s.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Academy of Science Records 5 Linear Feet Summary: 5 ft. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (3 records cartons, 15 in. each)

West Virginia Academy of Science
Records from the files of the secretary of the West Virginia Academy of Science. Material concerning the Academy newsletter and published proceedings, membership, and Academy relations with other scientific organizations is included. Also correspondence, minutes of meetings, committee reports, and organizational papers are in the archives. Much material relates to the Academy's Scientific Talent Fund.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps Records 0.15 Linear Feet Summary: 1 3/4 in. (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps
Journals and newsletters of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal agency involved in environmental reclamation projects such as reforestation. Includes diaries and newspapers of CCC involvement in West Virginia documented in district and local camp periodicals, programs, and pictoral reviews.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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