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0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2008

0763: Elizabeth Francis Agee Scrapbook, 1929-1934, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of one scrapbook entitled containing photographs, ephemera, and memorabilia collected by Elizabeth Francis (later Agee) during and after her time at Marshall. Materials in the scrapbook include an autograph and note section, dance cards, sorority correspondence and invitations, student government materials, a student directory, event programs, photographs of Francis at Marshall and, later, family photographs, a gradebook for an 8th grade course taught by Francis, and other mixed materials such as handkerchiefs and calling cards. Also included in the scrapbook are slips of paper identifying subjects or items written by Susan Riggs, Agee’s daughter.


0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2004

0735: Marion Vest Fors Papers, 1937-1985, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, clippings, and ephemera related to Marion Vest Fors' murals which were painted in the James E. Morrow Library as part of the centennial celebration of Marshall College. The murals were removed for remodeling circa 1966 and remounted in 2005. The scrapbook was created by Fors about her creation of the mural to justify its emergence from storage and reuse in the Morrow Library. Also included in the collection are paintbrushes used in the painting of the murals.


0496: Karen N. Cartwright Nance Collection, 1775-1989, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1989

0496: Karen N. Cartwright Nance Collection, 1775-1989, Marshall University Special Collections

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`Early Huntington [West Virginia] housing (pre-1871 to 1874): Pilot survey, 1988,' study done for local preservation society; contains appendices, maps, illustrations, and bibliography. "20th Street: A Middle Class Act," describes domestic architecture razed for construction of Marshall University football stadium in 1989.


0456: William Denman Papers, 1974-1986, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1987

0456: William Denman Papers, 1974-1986, Marshall University Special Collections

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Marshall University speech professor; director of Yeager Scholars program. Papers consist of newspaper clippings and other materials related to the Kanawha County textbook controversy in 1974. Includes correspondence from the American Civil Liberties Union, for which Dr. Denman served as West Virginia state coordinator; also notes for an article for Free Speech Yearbook (1976).


0408: James Tull And Lela White Richardson Papers, 1919-1972, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1985

0408: James Tull And Lela White Richardson Papers, 1919-1972, Marshall University Special Collections

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Certificates and photographs of Marshall University sociology professor and wife. Several grade books; scrapbook of clippings and photo album. Oversized Items.


0122: Huntington, Wv Phi Beta Kappa Associates, 1927-1960, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 1975

0122: Huntington, Wv Phi Beta Kappa Associates, 1927-1960, Marshall University Special Collections

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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, membership lists, financial reports and pamphlets related to an attempt to establish a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at Marshall College.