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Marshall University

1996

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Oral History Interview: Calvin Jean Zirkle, Calvin Jean Zirkle Jan 1996

Oral History Interview: Calvin Jean Zirkle, Calvin Jean Zirkle

0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection

This interview is one of series conducted concerning the Oral History of Appalachia. This file contains an appendix of writings, photographs, and supporting information. Calvin J. Zirkle discusses: his family; his personal background; his service in the Korean War; difficulties he faced finding a job after the war; joining the military again (in the Air Force); his service in Vietnam (including being superintendent of vehicle maintenance); West Virginians in military service; his Bronze Star medal; his retirement; and other topics. This folder also contains works of poetry and prose.

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Integration And Athletics: Integrating The Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969, George M. Reger Jan 1996

Integration And Athletics: Integrating The Marshall University Basketball Program, 1954-1969, George M. Reger

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

In 1954, Marshall College followed the national law that banned segregation in the school systems of the United States. The law included the integration of athletic programs. While only a small part of the process, athletic programs often presented integration on a more visible stage than the integration of classrooms.

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0622: Critical Issues Committee Papers, 1971-1973, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

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.

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0631: Bean-Kesinger-Ballard Family Manuscript, 1790-1898, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0631: Bean-Kesinger-Ballard Family Manuscript, 1790-1898, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection consists of a copy of a manuscript written about the history of the Bean (sometimes Beane), Kesinger, and Ballard families in Monroe County, West Virginia, beginning in 1789. It is estimated the manuscript was written circa 1900. Due to the scanned nature of this item, legibility is extremely limited.

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0621: Harold S. Straus Papers, 1970-1983, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0621: Harold S. Straus Papers, 1970-1983, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains a copy of a typewritten manuscript by Harold S. Straus titled, “The Planet Earth Calendar 20000” alongside other handwritten material drafts from the manuscript, including a section called the “The Aquarius Calendar”. Also included is an application for copyright for “The Aquarius Calendar.”

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0620: Ms. W.A. Millard And Allene Wilson Manuscript, 1924, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

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

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0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0625: Mark Freeman Papers, 1934-1969, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains two scrapbooks and several loose photographs documenting Mark Freeman’s personal life and time in the United States Navy in the 1950s. The green scrapbook is composed entirely of unidentified and unlabeled photographs of Freeman’s navy service, mostly of photos taken from his ship. Other notable groups of photographs in the scrapbook include photographs of women and sights in Japan. The brown scrapbook is composed of family photographs (most labelled), photographs of Freeman in Spencer, West Virginia, in the 1960s working with the West Virginia Department of Employment Security, and additional photographs of Freeman’s time in the Navy, …

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0630: R. Clinton Woodson Papers, 1942, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0630: R. Clinton Woodson Papers, 1942, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection contains a photograph of Clinton R. Woodson as well as a plaque stating, “Sgt. R. Clinton Woodson, Camp Lee, Va.” with a United States Army crest in the center.

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0636: James R. Shephard Papers, 1942-1965, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0636: James R. Shephard Papers, 1942-1965, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is primarily composed of aerial reconnaissance photographs of ballistic missile bases taken during and immediately after the Cuban Missile Crisis in October and November, 1962. These photographs feature extensive captions and labels that became part of the report, ““Cuba Know, Yankee See! A Picture Story with an Object Lesson: Castro had his 10,000 words, but we got the picture.” and was used as part of a Department of Defense Special Cuba Briefing by Robert S. McNamara in February 1963. Other less significant portions of the collection include constructions reports on the Thule Air Base in Thule, Greenland (the …

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0641: Warren D. Morrison Typescript, 1996, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0641: Warren D. Morrison Typescript, 1996, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

This collection is composed of a copy of a manuscript titled, ‘A branch of the Andrew Morrison family of Greenbrier County, (W) Virginia.’ It covers the families of Johnathan Howell Morrison (1825-1914), John Morrison (1802-1857), Andrew Morrison (1750s?-1840s?), and Nathaniel Morrison(1730?-1810?), and includes transcriptions or copies of wills and other documents related to the Morrisons.

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0645: Beecher R. Burnett Letters, 1943, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

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.

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0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0632: Dolores Imogene Dowling Papers, 1942-1994, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Huntington, West Virginia, civic leader; Second World War veteran. Papers consist primarily of Dowling’s scrapbooks and memorabilia related to her service as an army nurse with the 1st Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (M.A.S.H.) unit; included are photocopies of certificates and letters related to her civic activities and election to the Huntington Hall of Fame.

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0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0634: Cary Howard Rayburn Papers, 1804-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

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.

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0627: Robert O. Ellis Papers, 1968-1977, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0627: Robert O. Ellis Papers, 1968-1977, Marshall University Special Collections

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Huntington, West Virginia, attorney; magician. Papers relate to the construction of his home on Castle Hill, rental properties, Republican Party politics and his magic act.

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0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

0639: Huntington Homemakers Papers, 1957-1992, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

African-American extension homemakers’ group of Huntington, West Virginia Papers consist of programs of events, correspondence, certificates, photographs, club rosters and newspaper clippings.

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0642: Current History Club Scrapbook, 1908-1950, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1996

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.

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