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West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Primary Collecting Areas:
West Virginia and Appalachia History and Culture
Description:
The West Virginia & Regional History Center preserves and provides access to the records that document the history and culture of the state and the central Appalachian region. The Center is part of West Virginia University Libraries.
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Start Over Repository West Virginia and Regional History Center Collection Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011 Date range 1964

1830 Census & Research Aids, 1930/2002 Box 9, Folder 35

Facsimile of tables of free Negro listings from 1830 census. "Researching Virginia's Slave and Free Negro Records"

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Slavery, 1775/2011

Alberta Coleman, Opan Coates Carter, 1964/2006 Box 3, Folder 22

Research notes on schools in Keyser and Piedmont, WV, including a facsimile of book pages from Howard School: a History, 1877-1955regarding a black student strike for a better school in 1939. Notes on interview with Alberta Coleman, Piedmont, WV. Notes from interview with Opal Coates Carter, and other research notes, regarding Woolworth Fire, Charleston, WV, [ca. 1964s].

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Education, 1867/2006

Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011 13.1 Linear Feet 13 ft. 1/2 in. (9 record cartons, 15 in. each); (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Bickley, Ancella R.

This collection documents the research, public service, and life of Ancella Bickley, writer, educator, speaker, and historian. Includes writings, research materials, and more, focusing on the history of African Americans in West Virginia and the black experience in West Virginia. Collected research materials are predominantly facsimiles. Printed formats include correspondence, clippings, interview transcripts, typescript writings, publications, pamphlets, ephemera, speeches, articles, military records, and more. Other formats include photographs, slides, and audiocassettes.

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Black Soldiers--Shomburg Collection, 1943/2005 Box 10, Folder 33

Spiral bound notebook containing notes from oral history interviews with black soldiers, 1945-46. References to color-coded folders. Notes on soldiers' letters, 1943-45. List of themes in interviews. Follow up on specific soldiers, 2005, titled "Negative behavior of Blk soldiers." Diagram of Army organization.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 4. Interviews and Oral History Interviews, 1943/2014
  4. Series 4. Interviews and Oral History Interviews--General, 1943/2014

Black Teachers Project, 1955/2003 Box 3, Folder 29

Typed manuscript for "Black Education in West Virginia," a joint project between Ancella Bickley and Rita Wicks-Nelson. Notes regarding Mrs. T. McDaniel interview; text of interview. Correspondence regarding book on black female teachers. Research notes. Text of speech about black WV schools. List of narrators. Facsimiles of newspaper clippings "from Mrs. Rayford's Collection" regarding desegregation of schools, 1955-1956. Newspaper clipping of AB interview regarding MTG.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 4. Interviews and Oral History Interviews, 1943/2014
  4. Series 4. Interviews and Oral History Interviews--Black Teachers, 1955/2011

Black Women in Military, William Cathay, 1876/2011 Box 10, Folder 31

Facsimile of photo of "Gabriel, Pardoned by VA Governor Tim Kaine, June 26, 2007." Research notes. Paper "Major General Gwen McMillion Bingham," ca. 2011 with newspaper clipping. Facsimile of unidentified photograph of woman in uniform. Paper "'Who Was William Cathay?' adapted from a piece in the St. Louis Daily Times, January 2, 1876." Poem "Cathay Williams," 1997. Facsimile of enlarged photo of face of unidentified soldier. Summary/timeline for Cathay Williams/William Cathay.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography, 1876/2012

Black WV Legislators, 1948/1998 Box 10, Folder 28

Text of a speech? "African Americans in the West Virginia Legislature." Letter from C.A. Blankenship to The Negro History Bulletin adding names of Negroes who served in the WV Legislature, 1964. "West Virginia's Black Female Legislators" ca. 1991. Facsimile of photo with caption: "President Harry S. Truman being shown a copy of America's first Black pictorial magazine. [There is some question which came first Color or Ebony] Left to right: Sippi Coleman, Pres. Truman, W.VA. Congressman, Dr. I.J.K. Wells Editor and Publisher of Color," ca. 1948. Newspaper clipping of article re: female legislators, 1998.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Biography, 1876/2012

Blennerhassett Island & Sumner School, 1887/2002 Box 10, Folder 2

Facsimiles of newspaper articles. Correspondence with Ray Swick, Blennerhassett Island State Park. Research materials about blacks in Wood County. Research notes. "A History of Sumner School" written by Sally Browning, 1996. The Island Packet from the Friends of Blennerhassett Island.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Other WV Counties, 1818/2006

Bluefield, 1934/1997 Box 6, Folder 23

Photo of Lomax Hospital in Bluefield. Brochures for Afro-Appalachian Performance Company. Correspondence with Joseph Bundy re: history alive performances. Research materials about black Bluefield hospitals.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Other WV Counties, 1818/2006

Blues Music, 1961/1971 Box 1, Folder 35

Various articles regarding blues music. Multiple facsimiles of "Bessie Smith, 1898-1937, A Short Blues Anthology," 1971; one with annotations.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center
  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans, 1775/2018, bulk 1970/2011
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials, 1775/2013
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--General, 1850/2011

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