People’s U: Our Industrious Past: Bethany’s Upper Ohio Valley Collection
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People’s U: Our Industrious Past: Bethany’s Upper Ohio Valley Collection
November 21, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories
CLASS 7: “Our Industrious Past: Bethany’s Upper Ohio Valley Collection”
From catalogs to postcards to advertisements, the ephemera of yesterday tells the story of our industrious past. Bethany’s extensive Upper Ohio Valley collection contains materials collected from Ohio counties Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson, and Monroe; West Virginia counties Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, and Ohio; and Washington in Pennsylvania — counties connected by the Ohio River, the National Road, and the Baltimore & Ohio and the Pennsylvania railroads. Sharon Monigold, Director of Bethany Heritage Program and Archivist, will give an overview of the Upper Ohio Valley collection and show us, through archival materials, the industries that sprung up throughout the valley along these major transportation routes.
Instructor Sharon Monigold has a BA in History from Youngstown State University and a MLIS from Kent State University. She was the Director of Historic Bethany and Archivist at Bethany College and is the Reference, Instruction, & Archives Librarian for the Bethany’s T.W. Phillips Memorial Library.
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The People’s University is a free program for adults who wish to continue their education in the liberal arts, featuring courses taught by experts in each subject that enable patrons to pursue their goal of lifelong learning in subjects such as history, philosophy, and literature. There are no grades and patrons are welcome to attend all classes in a series or individual programs on a class by class basis.
To register for The People’s University: West Virginia History through Archives – Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories, please call the library at 304-232-0244, send an email to ocplarchives@gmail.com, or visit the Reference Desk. Classes are free and open to the public. Registration is not a commitment and you are welcome to attend any or all classes. Complimentary refreshments will be provided.