June 22, 2006
Suggested Reading:
---A HISTORY OF BRUSHY RIDGE (COLORED) by Frank U.G. Peck (1924) can be found at
http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/brushyrg.html
---THE NEGRO IN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL STUDY by Edward C. Clay (1946). This was his thesis submitted to the faculty of the Division of Graduate Studies of Virginia State College. This thesis can be found at Johnson Memorial Library, Virginia State College & the Greenbrier Historical Society (GHS) at Lewisburg, WV.
---AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY by William O. Lindsey is available through the Allegheny Regional Family History Society.
---DEATHS IN THE WEST VIRGINIA COLORED TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM AT DENMAR- HTTP://WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM/~WVGREENB/AA/AFRIAMER.HTM
(It can also be found on the WV Divison of Culture site)
---PACK SLAVES OF UPPER NEW RIVER WEST VIRGINIA & THEIR FAMILIES (2002) by Dr. John F. Vallentine which can be ordered from Dr. Vallentine or found at the GHS.
---HISTORIC LEWISBURG'S 64 ORIGINAL LOTS 1782 - 2001 by James Talbert which can be ordered from the GHS.
---COAL, CLASS, AND COLOR - BLACKS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA 1915-1932 by Joe William Trotter, University of Illinois Press (can be found at the public library or obtained through inter-library loan)
---AFRICAN AMERICAN RECORDS IN GREENBRIER COUNTY - BIRTH, DEATHS, WILLS, & DEEDS by Mary F. Bodemuller can be ordered from the GHS.
also
I recently heard that a new book will be coming out soon called TO BE BLACK IN FAYETTE & it will be published by/available from the Fayette County Historical Society.
Suggested videos:
---BERTHA'S STORY - PAINFUL RECOLLECTIONS - produced and directed by Gail Jackson Fitzgerald (Singletone Productions)
Interesting internet sites:
There are 114 photographs of WV African Americans on the WV Culture & History site
http://www.wvculture.org/
Suggested Reading:
---A HISTORY OF BRUSHY RIDGE (COLORED) by Frank U.G. Peck (1924) can be found at
http://www.wvculture.org/history/agrext/brushyrg.html
---THE NEGRO IN GREENBRIER COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - A SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND EDUCATIONAL STUDY by Edward C. Clay (1946). This was his thesis submitted to the faculty of the Division of Graduate Studies of Virginia State College. This thesis can be found at Johnson Memorial Library, Virginia State College & the Greenbrier Historical Society (GHS) at Lewisburg, WV.
---AFRICAN AMERICAN RESIDENTS OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY by William O. Lindsey is available through the Allegheny Regional Family History Society.
---DEATHS IN THE WEST VIRGINIA COLORED TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUM AT DENMAR- HTTP://WWW.ROOTSWEB.COM/~WVGREENB/AA/AFRIAMER.HTM
(It can also be found on the WV Divison of Culture site)
---PACK SLAVES OF UPPER NEW RIVER WEST VIRGINIA & THEIR FAMILIES (2002) by Dr. John F. Vallentine which can be ordered from Dr. Vallentine or found at the GHS.
---HISTORIC LEWISBURG'S 64 ORIGINAL LOTS 1782 - 2001 by James Talbert which can be ordered from the GHS.
---COAL, CLASS, AND COLOR - BLACKS IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA 1915-1932 by Joe William Trotter, University of Illinois Press (can be found at the public library or obtained through inter-library loan)
---AFRICAN AMERICAN RECORDS IN GREENBRIER COUNTY - BIRTH, DEATHS, WILLS, & DEEDS by Mary F. Bodemuller can be ordered from the GHS.
also
I recently heard that a new book will be coming out soon called TO BE BLACK IN FAYETTE & it will be published by/available from the Fayette County Historical Society.
Suggested videos:
---BERTHA'S STORY - PAINFUL RECOLLECTIONS - produced and directed by Gail Jackson Fitzgerald (Singletone Productions)
Interesting internet sites:
There are 114 photographs of WV African Americans on the WV Culture & History site
http://www.wvculture.org/
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