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0817: Rikki Miller Collection, 2012-2014, Marshall University Special Collections

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This collection consists of research materials gathered by Rikki Miller while doing research on the Colored Orphan's Home and the Barnett Hospital and Nursing School, an African American hospital, in Huntington, West Virginia. Materials are primarily photocopies of articles, photographs, surveys, and reports from various sources. Also included is Miller’s final presentation titled, “Case Study: An Appalachian ‘Black Hospital’”

John Wesley "Bubba" Mcneil

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mr. Haywood Anthony Hills

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Halfway Out Of The Dark: Christmas 1863, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

A note received any day letting you know a son is gravely wounded is horrible. Receiving it on the first day of December is particularly horrible. In this month of gathering together, hearing your son is suffering can't be cheering. [excerpt]

Tarnish'd With Ashes And Soot: A Classic Poem’S Dank Corners, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

The legend is striking: Clement Clarke Moore, sitting with his children on a Christmas Eve in 1822, reading them a poem he has scrawled out that day, inspired by a winter shopping trip. Little Charity and Mary were likely entranced at six and three. Clement, a one-year-old, and Emily, a newborn, likely weren’t as enrapt by the lilting rhymes.

The poem for Moore’s children found new life a year later, published in a Troy, New York newspaper. And since then, A Visit From Saint Nicholas has been embedded in our culture. [excerpt]

Mrs. Neest Renae Taylor

African American Funeral Programs

Mrs_Neest_-Renae-_Taylor.pdf - Funeral program for Mrs. Neest Renae Taylor

Mrs. Burnestine Hayton Mincey

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral Program for Mrs. Burnestine Hayton Mincey at Hodges Grove Baptist Church on Dec. 21, 2013

And With The Sound The Carols Drowned: Captives In Bleak December, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

Christmas was coming, and a knot of officers of the 87th Pennsylvania suddenly found their December a bit brighter. Nine boxes had been sent along to the officers, packed to the brim with, "all kinds of necessaries and delicacies, such as will be conducive to our comfort and health while in our present condition." And the soldiers were pleased.

Any soldier would be pleased to have a pair of warm socks, a stack of stationary or a can of preserved vegetables from home. But these men were doubly pleased.

The letter of gratitude they wrote to the Gettysburg Compiler was …

Carol Marie Booker

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ollie Mae Johnson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Ollie James Robinson Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Elbert Larry Canty

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Miss Kadence Chanell Chavers

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Rosa Lee Jones Reese

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Obsessive Digging In Carolina Sand And Baltimore Asphalt, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

My parents moved to Wilmington, North Carolina a couple years ago. I have to admit, I am fascinated when I visit the South, for the sheer fact that it is such a vastly different environment than I'm used to. For one thing, the war happened there. For another, the war got very complex and interesting there. [excerpt]

Buckeye Blood Waters The Longleaf Pines, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

In the woods south of Wilmington, men in blue uniforms moved forward in a loose skirmish line. They were probing, trying to find General Hoke's last line of defense. Brig. General Charles Paine sent the men forward to develop the enemy. But in the pine thicket ahead, in a thin, ragged line, the bedraggled rebel troops likely had more to fear than bullets as those skirmishers probed and prodded on a February day in 1865. [excerpt]

Mrs. Christene Johnson

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Lona Mae Williams Menefield

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Barbara Ann Haynes

African American Funeral Programs

Barbara_-Ann-_Haynes.pdf - Funeral program for Barbara Ann Haynes

Amanda Young Lee

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mrs. Annie Mae Roberson "Pammy"

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Mr. Harold Ernestbell Mckahand, Jr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Lawrence L. Alexander

African American Funeral Programs

Funeral program for Lawrence L. Alexander. Service held on November 23, 2013 at Wonderly-Hovarth-Hanes Funeral Home Chapel.

Interpretation Is Evolution: Whose History?, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

When I try to explain to non-history people what my degree means, I used to hit wall after all. It was so hard explaining exactly what, "Applied History," really means. People understand, "History," but the idea of public history has a certain brand of special sauce added on top.

I used to say something akin to, "doing Park Ranger things," though that never really worked. When I had a group on an historical landscape, I'd often just say, "Public History is this."

It doesn't work. Those definitions aren't clear. [excerpt]

Mary Lou Byrd

African American Funeral Programs

Mary_Lou_Byrd.pdf - Funeral program for Mary Lou Byrd

Chloe Moon Dart

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Randy Jones, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

Interment: Cone Cemetery in Stilson, Georgia.

Landmark Report (Vol. 31, No. 3), Kentucky Library Research Collections

Landmark Report

Newsletter published by the Landmark Association; this local group advocates the preservation, protection and maintenance of architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky.

Elon Leo Green

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Chardae Re'nee Hill

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.