West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories CLASS 5: "'And the Creek Don't Rise': Preparing for and Coping with Water Damage to Archives and Heirlooms" From roof leaks and burst pipes to basement floods and hurricanes, everyone faces some possibility of water damage to their homes. Lori Hostuttler and Jane LaBarbara of the…
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…
Podcast #11 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 16, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
Podcast #12 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 18, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
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…
Podcast #13 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 24, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
Podcast #14 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 25, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
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…
Podcast #15 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 29, 2017. World War I soldiers from Wheeling, West Virginia, Lester Scott and Charles “Dutch” Riggle were drafted in 1917 and trained at Camp Lee, Virginia, where so many Wheeling draftees and volunteers were trained. Lester Scott served as a Wagoner (mule…
