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0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains materials from the Critical Issues Committee between 1971 and 1973. Of interest are minutes and declarations covering topics including Marshall University and Huntington, WV town and gown issues, establishing vocational educational initiatives, the establishment of the Huntington Human Rights Commission, and library funding. Also included are two editions of a planning directory that contains information about regional agencies, organizations, and boards, including the purpose and accomplishments of groups.
0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections
0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection contains a manuscript by W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson titled “Farm Bureau Community History of Pea Ridge.” The manuscript includes information beyond history such as natural resources and community stories. This community was later incorporated in Huntington, West Virginia. Ms. W.A. Millard and Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924
0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections
0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection is composed of letters written daily, sometimes multiple times a day, from Beecher Ray Burnett to his wife Anita between September 3 and October 5, 1943 from Burnett while he was being trained as part of the 47th Army Air Force Training Detachment in Huntington and other cities in West Virginia. Topics mentioned in the letter include what he was learning and doing in training, social events, and personal matters.
0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections
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Point Pleasant, West Virginia, teacher. Papers consist primarily of letters written to Mrs. Rayburn from West Virginia state legislators regarding her lobbying efforts to raise teacher retirement benefits. Includes material related to the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and local history of Point Pleasant and Mason Co., West Virginia.
0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections
0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections
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African-American extension homemakers’ group of Huntington, West Virginia Papers consist of programs of events, correspondence, certificates, photographs, club rosters and newspaper clippings.
0642: Current History Club Scrapbook, 1908-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
0642: Current History Club Scrapbook, 1908-1950, Marshall University Special Collections
Guides to Manuscript Collections
This collection consists of loose scrapbook pages with clippings, handmade invitations, and a 1923-1924 yearly club report. The clippings focus on the club’s efforts to improve literacy and health conditions of disadvantaged children of Huntington, West Virginia. Areas of note include the Club’s work to fight tuberculosis through yearly drives and educational scholarships prioritizing women.