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0835: The Links, Incorporated Collection, 1955-2016, Marshall University Special Collections
0835: The Links, Incorporated Collection, 1955-2016, Marshall University Special Collections
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Established in 1955, the Huntington, West Virginia chapter of The Links, Incorporated is a women’s volunteer organization that works to support culture, education, health and wellness for seniors, adults, and youth in the African American community. The national Links, Incorporated organization, founded in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, oversees four regional areas, including the Central Area, which consists of 69 Links chapters in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Huntington, WV chapter is the only Links, Incorporated chapter in West Virginia, and its activities extend to Williamson and Bluefield. Chapter members such …
0827: Rotary International - Huntington, Wv Chapter Collection, 1915-2015, Marshall University Special Collections
0827: Rotary International - Huntington, Wv Chapter Collection, 1915-2015, Marshall University Special Collections
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The collection includes an assortment of Rotary business files, artifacts, and images. It contains a variety of correspondence, meeting records, membership forms, awards, newsletters, memos, financial documents, newspapers, bulletins, and various Rotary artifacts including Rotary flags, proclamations, and Rotary themed desktop items. The collection showcases the Rotary Club of Huntington’s influence both in the Huntington area and within the district and international Rotary community. Many of these files, although mostly dating from time period of 1990-2015, do contain records and documents dating as far back to the founding of the Rotary Club of Huntington in 1915.
0762: Sally Cyrus Collection, 1910-2005, Marshall University Special Collections
0762: Sally Cyrus Collection, 1910-2005, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Sally Cyrus Collection is the donated papers of Sally Cyrus, Peggy Cyrus, and Judy Cyrus. This collection chronicles their material contributions to several prominent Huntington organizations. This collection provides an in-depth look at the lives of one of Huntington’s upper-class families beginning in the 1920s and extending through the 1960s, a period in which Huntington experienced an economic boom and a population increase. The women whose lives are showcased in this collection were educated, socially elite, and financially secure. It is an insight to the gender role of the educated woman in high society and the activities she chose …
0651: Smith Family Papers, 1935-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
0651: Smith Family Papers, 1935-1942, Marshall University Special Collections
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Barboursville, W.Va. family. Papers consist of 4-H project books, activity records and printed items related to 4-H club work in Cabell County, West Virginia, performances by Elizabeth G. Smith and Walter F. Smith.
0586: Eccho (Eastern Cabell County Humanities Organization) Records, 1985-1986, Marshall University Special Collections
0586: Eccho (Eastern Cabell County Humanities Organization) Records, 1985-1986, Marshall University Special Collections
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Cabell County, West Virginia, food and clothing pantry supported by area churches. Records include minutes, financial reports and membership rosters.
0561: Lawrence E. Bruce Jr. Papers, 1990-1993, Marshall University
0561: Lawrence E. Bruce Jr. Papers, 1990-1993, Marshall University
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Huntington, W.Va. native; president and executive director of the United States Committee for UNICEF. Papers include speeches by Mr. Bruce on behalf of UNICEF and materials from his memorial service in New York City.
0534: Huntington League Of Women Voters, 1950-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
0534: Huntington League Of Women Voters, 1950-1991, Marshall University Special Collections
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Scrapbook and files of various community projects undertaken by this civic group.