A&M 0652Scotts Run Community Center Scrapbook, 1927-1938 A&M 0652Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:38:49 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Scotts Run Community Center Scrapbook A&M 0652 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/2963 0.48 Linear Feet Summary: 5 3/4 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 wrapped package, 1 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1927-1938 Scotts Run Community Center scrapbook containing photographs, clippings, attendance statistics, and a survey of families. The survey documents families inhabiting the area, indicating their nationalities, religious affiliations, and number of children. The Scotts Run Community Center, known as 'The Shack,' was started in 1928 under the auspices of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. Particularly active during the height of the Depression, its organized activities included youth groups, educational seminars, ethnic forums and political and labor meetings. The Shack has been especially beneficial to the children of destitute coal miners in trying to keep them in school by providing food, clothing tutoring. Its main impact has been in trying to better the residents' economic plight ranging from education extension programs to the creation of self help industries and workshops. 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/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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Monongalia County (W. Va.) Scotts Run (W. Va.) Churches -- Presbyterian and Reformed Coal mining - camps and company towns. Depression. Labor Scotts Run Community Center