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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 …
0371: Irene Drukker Broh Papers, 1880-1978, Marshall University Special Collections
0371: Irene Drukker Broh Papers, 1880-1978, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of scanned copies of clippings, a book, two scrapbooks primarily about Irene Drukker Broh and her mother Sara Tobias Broh. Included are one scrapbook each by Irene and Sara, each consisting primarily of clippings about social issues and other ephemera. Also included in the collection is a significant number of clippings about Irene throughout her life, a term paper written about Irene’s activist work, and a copy of “A Literary Find” by Sara Tobias Drukker, composed of a posthumous publication of Drukker’s work. As all items in the collections are scanned, legibility varies.
0214: Virgie Giles Papers, 1932-1959, Marshall University Special Collections
0214: Virgie Giles Papers, 1932-1959, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection consists of a minute book for the Parkersburg Colored Civic Welfare League covering the period from 1932-1934, a letter of thanks from a League-funded college student in Florida with 1932 minutes on the back, Virgie Giles membership card to the Ohio Association of Colored Women’s Clubs, an invitation to a charity ball, and a card announcing the opening of Giles’ “La Giles Beauty Parlor” in Parkersburg.