Photographs of Schools in West Virginia
Antebellum Education
Academies in West Virginia
Act Establishing Female Seminary at Morgantown
Amendment to Act Establishing Morgantown Female Academy
History of Morgantown Female Seminary
Advertisement for Morgantown Female Academy
Officers of the Morgantown Female Collegiate Institute
"Alexander Campbell: A Brief Sketch of His Life and Public Career"
Sources on Alexander Campbell
Alexander Campbell Immigrates to America
"Joseph Ray, The Mathematician, and The Man"
Death Notice of Joseph Ray
Cover of Ray's Arithmetic
Act of the Virginia General Assembly Establishing Lewisburg Female Institute
Articles on the Establishment of Lewisburg Female Institute
Advertisement for the Lewisburg Female Institute
"Booker T. Washington's West Virginia Boyhood"
Booker T. Washington Biography
"Booker Taliaferro Washington"
Sources on Booker T. Washington
Extract From Up From Slavery
Program For the Dedication of the Booker T. Washington Monument Memorial
"Bolder Booker T. Washington envisioned"
"Booker T. Washington's Boyhood Home May Be Rebuilt"
Storer College Catalog, 1869 (Xso1.1:1869)
Storer College
"Alma Mater," written by Don Redman (Xso1.2:g5)
"Storer College Room Historic Exhibit Unveiled"
A Brief Historical Sketch of Storer College
Establishment of West Virginia University
"West Virginia College" (WVU)
Founding of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Act Establishing the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
First Annual Report of the Board of Regents & Principal of the West Virginia Institution for the Deaf, Dumb and Blind
Catalogue of the Glenville Branch of the West Virginia State Normal School, 1884-85
"A West Virginia Dilemma: Martin v. Board of Education, 1896"
"Anything But Cordial: Coeducation and West Virginia University's Early Women"
"Prof. Wade Dies" (Alexander Wade)
"Prof. Wade's Work" (Alexander Wade)
"A Royal Welcome Extended to Prof. J. McHenry Jones, Yesterday and Last Night"
"Prof. J. M'H. Jones Appointed to the Principalship of the State Colored Institute"
"Has Jones Been Elected?"
"Prof. Jones Accepts"
"J. M'Henry Jones Educator And Great Negro Dead"
"Judge M'Whorter Pays Tribute To J. M'Henry Jones"
"Prominent Men Attend Funeral Of J. M'Henry Jones"
Cover Page of Hearts of Gold
Biography of Byrd Prillerman
"Byrd Prillerman, Educator, Is Dead"
Letter, Byrd Prillerman to Governor William Glasscock, 16 April 1912 (photocopy), Ms84-178
Byrd Prillerman Death Certificate
Opening of the West Virginia Normal and Industrial School for Colored Orphans
Biography of Charles E. McGhee
Establishment of Alderson Academy
"The Alderson Academy"
"The Alderson Academy"
Alderson Academy
Establishment of Concord State Normal School
The Concord State Normal School
"The West Virginia Colored Institute"
Legislative Act Creating West Virginia Colored Institute
Death of Morris Harvey
Jared Arter and the West Virginia College and Seminary at Hilltop
Biography of Jared Maurice Arter
Early Negro Education In West Virginia
"C. G. Woodson, Educator, Dies"
Early Negro Education in West Virginia, by Carter G. Woodson
Sources on Carter G. Woodson
Carter G. Woodson Highway Historical Marker
Photographs of Carter G. Woodson and Family
Birth of West Virginia State College President John W. Davis
"W. Va. Academy Of Science In Session Today"
"State Academy of Science Will Be Organized Today" (West Virginia Academy of Science)
"Bancroft Now Head Of State Science Order" (West Virginia Academy of Science)
"Teachers of Science Urge New Building" (West Virginia Academy of Science)
Biography of John Warren Davis
Civilian Pilot Training Program at West Virginia State College
"Persecution and Acceptance: The Strange History of Discrimination Against Married Women Teachers in West Virginia"
Jameson vs. Board of Education: Supreme Court Decision
"Mrs. Jameson Finally Wins Famous Suit"
Barnette v. Board of Education
State Board of Education Resolution on Salute to the Flag
"Flag Salute Rule Voided" (Barnette v. Board of Education)
"On the Homefront in World War II: Soldier-Scholars at West Virginia State College"
"State Moves Toward Integration"
Integration of Schools in West Virginia
"Segregation and Integration in the Appalachian Coalfields: McDowell County Responds to the Brown Decision"
Integration of Matoaka High School
"Integration Makes History In Mercer County Schools"
"Two Area Schools Stage Integration Protests"
"Police On Guard At Matoaka High"
"Area Schools Returning To Normal After Integration Demonstrations"
Integration of West Virginia's Teachers' Associations
"Mrs. Fannie Carter, Educator, Dies at 100"
"Remembering Miss Fannie"
Tribute From Governor John D. Rockefeller IV
Proclamation For Fannie Cobb Carter Day
"Struggle For Recognition: The Marshall University Students for a Democratic Society and the Red Scare in Huntington, 1965-1969"
"SDS Chapter Being Formed at Marshall"
"Chairman Raps SDS, Says Parade Celebrates End of War"
Explosion at Bluefield State College
"Bricks Thrown, Threats Made To BSC Officials"
"It Is Time To Clean Up The Mess At Bluefield State"
"Dorms Are Evacuated For Bomb Scare At BSC"
"Dr. Hardway Says Death Threats Don't Worry Him"
"Bluefield State Phys Ed Building Ripped By Explosion"
"Campus Is Closed At BSC; Reward Is Set"
"Negro Leader At BSC Is Arrested"
"Three More Are Arrested In Bombing At BSC"
Documents on the Bombing at Bluefield State College From the Papers of Governor Hulett Smith
"A Generation in Revolt: Student Dissent and Political Repression at West Virginia University"
Kanawha County Textbook Controversy
"County Schools Closed In Face of Text Fight"
"United Parcel Worker Shot At Rand" (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy)
"Moore, Melton Sniping Catches Public In Middle" (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy)
Letter on Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, Sc93-3
Open Letter to Superintendent Underwood (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy), Sc2002-053
Caricature of Alice Moore by Taylor Jones (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy), Taylor Jones Collection, Sc85-01
Caricature of Rev. Jim Lewis by Taylor Jones (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy), Taylor Jones Collection, Sc85-01
Tree of Two Sides in Kanawha County Textbook Controversy, Sc2002-053
Alice Moore Re-election Poster (Kanawha County Textbook Controversy), Sc93-3
Video Clip of the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy
"Temporary Quarters, Mine Health and Safety Academy Opens Here"
"MESA's Formal Dedication Scheduled For Tuesday"
"MESA Students Adjust To Schoolwork, Environment"
"Coal Miners Not Expendable, Kleppe Says at Dedication"
Video Clip of the Dedication of the Mine Health and Safety Academy
"Teacher in 30 counties vote to walk out" (Teachers' Walkout of 1980)
"Thousands rally to push pay hike" (Teachers' Walkout of 1980)
Increasing Salaries For Teachers (Teachers' Walkout of 1980)
The Recht Decision
Extracts From the Recht Decision
"School Funds Ruling Outrages State Officials" (Recht Decision)
"School Ruling Pleases Small Counties" (Recht Decision)
"State takes control of Logan school system"
"State takes control"
Golden Horseshoe Database

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