West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories CLASS 8: "Stories For Future Generations: Organizing, Processing, and Preserving Collections" Shelley Jacobs became interested in restoration history when she realized the younger generations in Western Canada, where she grew up, no longer knew the stories of their past. Concerned the history would be lost without…
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…
West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories CLASS 6: "Authors in the Archives: Manuscripts, Memoirs, and More" While a manuscript archivist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, Laura Carroll processed the papers of award-winning author and international figure Salman Rushdie. In addition to the correspondence, journals, numerous drafts and proofs of manuscripts that…
