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0849: Guyandotte Poetry Society Papers, 1989-2018, Marshall University Special Collections
0849: Guyandotte Poetry Society Papers, 1989-2018, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collections contains the professional documents of the Guyandotte Poetry Society. The contents in this collection span from 1989 to 2018. The collection includes correspondence, directions to meetings, directories of poets who participated in the Society, and poems that were submitted and workshopped. The materials in this collection document the various writers who either served as reviewers or submitted poetry for review. This list of writers is included following the list of folders and their contents.
0841: Mary Lois Garrett Collection, 1941-1954, Marshall University Special Collections
0841: Mary Lois Garrett Collection, 1941-1954, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection spans the years 1941-1954, with the bulk of the research covering the years 1950-1954. File contents were maintained in the way in which they were originally received, but folders have been arranged in a more chronological order. Some notes are entirely handwritten, while logs and records consist of typed templates which have been filled-in by hand. Notes contain illustrations of birds and nests, graphs of bird activity during observance, and descriptions of bird behavior. Nesting logs have mostly been filled out by Mary Lois Garrett, but other authors contributed, including Twila Hessin, Ruth Geib, and an unspecified ornithology …
0850: Oley Elementary Corner-Stone Time Capsule Of 1888 Papers, Marshall University Special Collections
0850: Oley Elementary Corner-Stone Time Capsule Of 1888 Papers, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection includes materials found in the Cornerstone Time Capsule from 1888 that was buried at Oley Elementary School. Included in this collection are the personal business cards of prominent people in the Huntington, West Virginia community who were members of secret society groups such as the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. Additionally, this collection contains business cards from local Huntington shops from the 1880s, some of which contain artwork or are featured in color. Further, this collection contains books and manuals, where the majority emphasize the Huntington, WV community either in education, city statistics, religion, and masonry. This collection …