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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 Date range 1846

Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans 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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Eastern Panhandle Slavery Box 7, Folder 53

Facsimiles of: newpaper slave ads; Virginia law re: Kanawha Slave Insurance Company; Dunsmore's Proclamation freeing slaves; Va. Law to send slave to Liberia; slaves in Bunker Hill; New York Times article re: slave uprising; and drawing of [Harpers Ferry]. Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Afro-American materials. "History of Gerrardstown" in The Berkeley Journal. Handwritten list of properties, including slave names, of Richard B. Washington, [1864]. Letter of transmittl and facsimile of bill of sale for slave, 18[4]5. Transcription of Rumsey-Polk letters re: slaves.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Slavery

Fayette County, WV Box 5, Folder 11

Newspaper articles, facsimiles of historical records. Partial manuscript for To Be Black in Fayette and annotated pages. "Black Politics in Fayette County, West Virginia, 1896-1918" by Daniel Wright. Text of speech by Daniel Wright. Brochure titled "Camp Washington-Carver: a Compendium of the First African-American 4-H Camp."

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Other WV Counties

Greenbottom Church Box 6, Folder 5

Correspondence with Clara Knight. Facsimiles of Greenbottom Church, Huntington, records listing black members. Records regarding John Ball freeing his slaves, 1793. Map of Millersport, OH, 1887.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Cabell County, WV

John Brown Box 8, Folder 4

West Virginia and Regional History Collection Newsletter with articles re: slave letters. West Virginia Then and Now article re: John Brown's letter. Research re: images of blacks in journalism. Research notes.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials
  4. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Slavery

Series 3. Genealogy

Includes genealogical research material, notes, and charts in print as well as handwritten for these families, mostly from the Huntington, West Virginia area and across the Ohio River: Twyman, Spurlock, Barnett, Payne, Jones, Woodson, Wilson, Johnson, Summers, Smoot, Peters, Radford, Layne/Lane, Jones, Straham, Cabell, and Parker. Additional genealogical information is included in oral history interviews with individuals (see Interviews and Oral History Interviews series); the Others' Works series; the Biography subseries of Research Notes and Collected Materials; and other locations throughout the collections.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans

Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials

This series includes eleven subseries which highlight Bickley's research on black history in West Virginia and to a smaller extent black history in general. The subseries include her work on black history for many West Virginia counties with her research being more extensive for Cabell, Jefferson, and Kanawha Counties which have their own subseries. The subseries for Research Notes and Collected Papers are: General, Biography; Cabell County, WV; Jefferson County, WV; Kanawha County, WV; Other WV Counties; Churches, Education; General; Organizations; Slavery; and the Underground Railroad.

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Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials--Cabell County, WV

Covers a wide range of topics on the history of Cabell County; Huntington, WV; and adjacent Ohio counties. Notable are Nelson Barnett's transcriptions of late 19th century Huntington newspaper articles regarding blacks. Also included are newspaper clippings, monographs, photos, biographies, and interviews about veterans, church history, education, organizations, and more.

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  2. Ancella Bickley, Historian, Research Papers regarding African-Americans
  3. Series 8. Research Notes and Collected Materials

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