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0843: Katharine Rodier Collection, 1974-2011, Marshall University Special Collections
0843: Katharine Rodier Collection, 1974-2011, Marshall University Special Collections
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Personal writing, class notes, photograph, professional works, correspondences, professional materials, and mementos of Katharine Rodier during her collegiate career and career in the English Department of Marshall University.
0829: John Mckernan Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
0829: John Mckernan Collection, Marshall University Special Collections
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The John McKernan Collection contains mostly published materials that John McKernan collected related to his own poetry. There are a limited number of non-McKernan publications that he saved.
0820: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
0820: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection is composed of papers related to Ken Hechler's careers in teaching and writing as well as his personal life. Some political materials are represented as well as artifacts and other memorabilia.
0800: Chris Greene Collection, 2000-2009, Marshall University Special Collections
0800: Chris Greene Collection, 2000-2009, Marshall University Special Collections
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The Chris Greene Collection includes essays submitted for the MLK, Jr. Symposium Essay Competition, the winners chosen for the competition in 2007, and the winning entries booklets for 2005-2007. This collection also includes information about the Marshall University and Appalachian Studies Association NEH Challenge Grant Application. Along with this, you will find newspaper clippings, letters and emails to and from Chris Greene, and notes taken by Greene.
0777: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
0777: Kenneth Hechler Papers, 1958-1976, Marshall University Special Collections
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Personal family papers, photographs and correspondence. Includes research material for Hechler's book, "The Bridge at Remagen". Also includes campaign material for Congressional races, West Virginia Secretary of State and a bid for the governorship of West Virginia.
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
0702: Kenneth Hechler Collection, Book Correspondence, 1954-1998, Marshall University Special Collections
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Letters to Cecil Roberts of Fort Worth, Texas about Hechler's book, "The Bridge at Remagen"; includes a letter from L. E. Engeman, Col. U. S. Army ret., who commanded the 14th Tank Battalion at the taking of the bridge.
0525: Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
0525: Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989, Marshall University Special Collections
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Doris Copley Miller was a Huntington, West Virginia poet, newspaperwoman, and local historian. Papers include her work in draft and printed form and correspondence, notably the Jesse Stuart letters. It also contains poetry submissions from other friends and the public as well as working files from her years as religion, education and poetry editor at the Huntington Publishing Company. In addition to her newspaper columns, she also conducted genealogical research.
To view materials from this collection that are digitized and available online, search the Doris C. Miller Papers, 1915-1989 here.
0394: Nancy Jane Tyson Papers, 1981, Marshall University Special Collections
0394: Nancy Jane Tyson Papers, 1981, Marshall University Special Collections
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Drafts and corrected copy for Tyson’s book, 'Eugene Aram: literary history and typology of the scholar-criminal,' published by Archon Press, 1983.
0248: James N. Potts Papers, 1861-1906, Marshall University Special Collections
0248: James N. Potts Papers, 1861-1906, Marshall University Special Collections
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This collection predominately consists of a Civil War diary by James Potts. Legibility of the copy of the diary is limited given that it is a xeroxed black and white copy.
The cover of the diary says, “Romance of the War by James N. Potts [illegible] Commissary [illegible] Book Commencing Dec. 12th, 1861 Hunter’sville, Va, Pocahontas Co., Virginia”. The first thirty-one pages consist of a ledger tracking provisions for 1861-1862. In order, the contents after are as follows: recipes, ciphers or “enigmas”, journal entries from 1861 to 1867, an 1869 letter to the editor of the “Herald” from Williamsville, VA, …
0140: Tessa Sweazy Webb Letter, 1936, Marshall University Special Collections
0140: Tessa Sweazy Webb Letter, 1936, Marshall University Special Collections
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Letter from Columbus, Ohio, newspaper columnist to Charles Stater of Huntington, West Virginia, commenting on her columns and on poetry published in the newspaper.
0109: Ron Tickfer Bibliography, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections
0109: Ron Tickfer Bibliography, 1975, Marshall University Special Collections
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An Annotated Bibliography of Fiction about Southern Appalachia, prepared for the course Appalachian Culture, Anthropology 557, at Marshall University.