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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Shirley Eagan, West Virginia University Extension Service, A&M 4411,
West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Files of WVU Extension Service employee Shirley Eagan. Includes her work files dating from ca. 1980-2010; also includes historical
publications related to 4-H in West Virginia (ca. 1920-2004) and to WVU Extension (1914-1996), among other material.
Books forwarded to Stewart Plein, Rare Book Librarian, for processing:
Hardesty's West Virginia Counties, Gilmer, Ritchie, Lincoln, and Wayne (Jim Comstock; 1973)
Knock About Notes (John Jacob Cornwell; undated)
West Virginia's African-American Women of Distinction Volume I (2002)
Missing Chapters II: West Virginia Women in History (1986)
Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries, Through 1993 (Janet Hodge; 1995)
A New Deal for America (Arthurdale Heritage Inc.; Bryan Ward; 1995)
Standard Postcard Catalog (James Lewis Lowe; 1982)
Paper Advertising Collectibles, Treasures from Almanacs to Window Signs (Robert Reed; 1998)
Postcards from the Holidays, Identification and Value Guide (Robert and Claudette Reed; undated)
Montgomery Ward Co. Catalog and Buyers Guide, 1884-1885, No. 56 (Joseph Schroeder; 1970)
The Book of Postcard Collecting (Thomas E. Range; 1980)
The Collectors Guide to Postcards (Jane Wood; 1984)
Postcard Companion, Collector's Reference (Jack H. Smith; 1989)
Postcards from the Boys (Ringo Starr; 2004)
The Real F.D.R. (Clark Kinnaird; 1945)
Daddy Long Legs (Jean Webster; 1912)
Fine Old Dixie Recipes (wooden cover) (Lillie Lustig, S. Claire Sondheim, Sarah Reusel; 1939)
Aspiring to Greatness: West Virginia University Since World War II (Ronald L. Lewis; 2013)
Encyclopedia of Appalachia (Rudy Abrahamson and Jean Haskell; 2006)
The West Virginia Encyclopedia (Ken Sullivan; 2006)
Book forwarded to Library Subject Liason:
Homesteading in the South Dakota Badlands (Ernest G. Bormann; 1912)
Records includes material documenting programs of WVU Extension on topics such as: leadership, volunteering, getting older,
"Putting Your Best Foot Forward," staying active after retirement, heart health, time management, and risk management, among
others.
Caontains primarily prospectuses, programs, and historical narratives pertaining to the West Virginia 4-H program. These materials
were collected by Shirley Eagan to preserve them.
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
West Virginia 4-H Jackson Mills prospectus
ca. 1920
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (includes photographs and descriptions of buildings of the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
ca. 1920
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
West Virginia 4-H printed materials
ca. 1920-1950
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (contains schedule of 4-H events for October 24th through October 27th at Jackson's Mill)
1945
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (advertises Jackson's Mill as a training center for leaders)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (advertises Jackson's Mill as a training center for 4-H leaders and contains schedule of events
for 1950)
ca. 1949
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (titled "A Day at Jackson's Mill" and advertises locations and activities at the Jackson's Mill
4-H camp)
1924
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
Newsletter, Jackson's Mill (newsletter titled "The Grist")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2
4-H stationery
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
West Virginia 4-H printed materials
1927-1949, 1973
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (gives general information for the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1973
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (gives general information for the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1967
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (advertises Jackson's Mill as a training center for leaders and contains a schedule of events for
1949)
ca. 1948
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (22 page booklets containing general information about the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3
prospectus, Jackson's Mill (titled "A Day at Jackson's Mill" and advertises locations and activities at the Jackson's Mill
4-H camp)
1927
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
West Virginia 4-H history
1928, 1936
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
history, West Virginia 4-H (correspondence between Wm. H. Kendrick, the director of the West Virginia 4-H camp, and Lester
Williams regarding a gift for a "Mrs. Becker")
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4
history, West Virginia 4-H (letter sent by Wm. H. Kendrick, director of the West Virginia 4-H camp)
1928
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
West Virginia 4-H history
1952, 1960, 1982, 1984
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
pamphlet, West Virginia 4-H (memorial pamphlet for C. H. "Uncle Charley" Hartley, a founder of the Jackosn's Mill 4-H camp)
1960
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (a brief biography of Charles H. Hartley, a founder of the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1984
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (an account of the early history of the 4-H club by Ivan McKeever)
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (titled "Teepi" and gives an early account of the life and ancestry of William H. Kendrick, a former
4-H camp director)
1982
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
West Virginia 4-H history, I. B. "Tubby" Boggs
1952, 1955, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
newsletter clipping, West Virginia 4-H (article celebrating "Tubby" Boggs and his 30 years of service in extension work)
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
clipping, West Virginia 4-H (clipping announcing the death of "Tubby" Boggs in 1955)
1955
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
pamphlet, West Virginia 4-H (pamphlet for the I. B. "Tubby" Boggs memorial fund)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
West Virginia 4-H book
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
books, West Virginia 4-H (A compilation of articles by I. B. "Tubby" Boggs titled "Wa-Kon-Da Dhe-Dhu". The articles are referred
to as " Chummy Chats" and were featured in the West Virginia Farm News from 1926-1955)
1957
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
West Virginia 4-H history
1956-2004
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (titled "Progress Report: West Virginia 4-H All Stars" that describes the 4-H All Star Foundations
and what is required to be inducted. Also includes list and pictures of members of the All Stars)
1956
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (list of inductees to the West Virginia 4-H Hall of Fame for the year 2003)
2003
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (list of inductees to the West Virginia 4-H Hall of Fame for the year 2004)
2004
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (two copies of "The Torch: West Virginia 4-H All Stars" a newsletter providing articles on topics
such as scholarship winners, the future of the 4-H program, and All Stars, among others)
1969
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
West Virginia 4-H history
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
program, West Virginia 4-H ( program for the play "A Leaf Unfurled" by Mary Lucille DeBerry)
ca. 1963
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
script, West Virginia 4-H (script for the play "A Leaf Unfurled" by Mary Lucille DeBerry, presented by the 4-H clubs of West
Virginia)
ca. 1963
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
West Virginia 4-H printed materials
1937-1952
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
program, West Virginia 4-H (program for the dedication of the Northern Panhandle Cottage at the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1952
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
program, West Virginia 4-H (program for the dedication for the "Teepi Shrine" in memory of William Henry "Teepi" Kendrick
at the Jackson's Mill 4-H camp)
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
photograph, West Virginia 4-H (photograph of the Northern Panhandle Cottage with printed words that reads "The Northern Panhandle
Cottage State 4-H Camp---Jackson's Mill Dedicated May 28, 1952")
ca. 1952
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
script, West Virginia 4-H (script for the play "Follow the Gleam" which was performed at the Jackson's Mill amphitheatre on
October 1st, 1949)
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
West Virginia 4-H music
1980, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
booklet, music, West Virginia 4-H (small Music book titled "West Virginia Sings: 4-H Club Song Book")
1951
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
music, West Virginia 4-H (single sheet of music for the song "We're Proud of the State of West Virginia")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
music, West Virginia 4-H (single sheets of the lyrics to the song "World, Take My Son By the Hand")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
music, West Virginia 4-H (sheet music to the song " Old Man Pete" with a note explaining that this song is to the tune of
the now-unacceptable song "Old Black Joe")
1990
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
music, West Virginia 4-H (single sheet of the lyrics for the song "Dem Bones Are Gonna Rise Again")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
West Virginia 4-H cookbook titled "Outdoor Cookery"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
West Virginia 4-H miscellaneous materials
1942, ca. 1935-1940, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
miscellaneous, West Virginia 4-H (photograph of a statue, presumably at a 4-H camp)
ca. 1935-1940
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
booklet, West Virginia 4-H (booklet titled "County 4-H Camps In West Virginia: suggestions and Recommendations" that briefly
gives details of how a 4-H camp should be run)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
miscellaneous, West Virginia 4-H (single sheet of paper with the words to a song or prayer titled "Let Us Give Thanks" by
Rev, Max Coots)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 13
miscellaneous, West Virginia 4-H (compilation of poems titled "I sing a New Song in a Strange Land" by Alberta Egbert)
1942
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
West Virginia 4-H Stonewall Jackson
1960s, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
article, Stonewall Jackson (two copies of an article by Roy Bird Cook titled "Stonewall Jackson --- a West Virginian" featuring
a picture of Jackson's Mill, Stonewall Jackson's home as a child)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
pamphlet, Stonewall Jackson (two copies of a pamphlet titled "The Life of Stonewall Jackson" and gives a brief biography of
Stonewall Jackson and his efforts in the war)
1963
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1
picture, Jackson's Mill
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
West Virginia 4-H Jackson's Mill
1982, 1983, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
booklet, Jackson's Mill (booklet by Michael M. Meador titled "A Walking Tour of Historic Jackson's Mill")
1982
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
booklet, Jackson's Mill (booklet by Herbert J. Moore titled "A History of Indian Lore of Jackson's Mill")
book, Jackson's Mill ( book by Brad Davis titled "The Nature of Jackson's Mill" that describes aspects of Jackson's Mill such
as the history, natural environment, and lore around Jackson's Mill)
1982
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
article, Jackson's Mill (print out of an internet article titled "Mysteries of the West Virginia Building: The structure at
historic Jackson's Mill holds many secrets")
2007
Mixed Materials Box: 13
West Virginia 4-H articles (oversized storage box containing a clipping of the Clarksburg Exponent with an article pertaining
to Jackson's Mill and a newsletter titled "West Virginia 4-H Suggestions")
prospectus, WVU Agricultural Extension Department titled "Organization and Management of Farmers' Clubs")
1914
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
document, WVU Extension Service (four page document from the West Virginia Agricultural Program titled "Relationships Between
Extension Forces and Cooperative Associations")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
document, WVU Extension Service (one page document from the West Virginia Farm Bureau to the officers of the Farm Bureaus
and Farm Women's Bureau addressing an issues regarding the dismissal of a director)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
document, WVU Extension Service (single page document that is a public statement by Nat Frame, a former director of a branch
of the Extension Service)
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
document, WVU Extension Service (letter between two unknown individuals regarding the dismissal of Nat Frame, a former director
of a branch of the Extension Service)
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
Miscellaneous
1931,1937
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
booklet, West Virginia Extension Service (booklet titled "West Virginia Land Use Day" sponsored by the Jackson County Agricultural
Council)
1949
Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
document, West Virginia Extension Service (Article titled "Oglebay Park and its History" that contains a reference to the
Agricultural Extension Division of West Virginia)
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
WVU Extension Service publications
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1
booklets (three booklets titled "Cranesville Swamp", "Sentinels in the Sky: Seneca Rocks & Spruce Knob", and "Cathedral State
Park"; includes information on the history, wildlife, plants, etc. of each natural area)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
WVU Extension Service publications
1976-1988, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
booklet, "Randolph County Extension Homemakers Devotional Book"
1977
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
booklet, "Harrison County Extension Homemakers Devotions"
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
booklet, 1988 annual report of the West Virginia University Extension Service
1988
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
booklet, May and June 1976 Issue of "Extension Service Review" published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (includes historical
photo essay on extension service in the U.S.)
1976
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
article, "'A Splendid Job Done', Mattress Making in the Great Depression" (regarding the WVU Extension Service during the
Great Depression)
1996
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
WVU Extension Service book ("Sometimes My Buggy Gets Stuck... and so do I!" by Phyllis Sullivan, an Extension worker)
1985
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
WVU Extension Service articles
1982, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
clippings, regarding Phyllis Sullivan, an Extension worker confined to a wheelchair and author of "Sometimes My Buggy Gets
Stuck... and so do I!")
book, "The First 100 Years: A History of West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experimentation Station"
1988
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
booklets
1975, 1995, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
"High Times in Corton: A History of Corton/Cornwell Station" by Mack Samples
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
"Recipes from The Old Mill", cookbook from Harman, West Virginia
1975
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 1
"A Guide to Pronunciation of Place Names in West Virginia"
1995
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
article, booklets
1974-2001
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
article, "Rediscovering West Virginia's Art and Artists" (from the West Virginia University Alumni Magazine)
2001
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
booklet, "The West Virginia Capitol: A Commemorative History" (published by the Senate of West Virginia to celebrate the
50th anniversary of its dedication)
1982
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
booklet, "Cookin' from Scratch: Time Proven Classics from West Virginia Kitchens" (cookbook by Dean Six)
1995
Mixed Materials Box: 8 Folder: 2
booklet, "Up In Years (... and off my rocker)" (observations on life by Clara Cassidy)
booklet, "Games, Stunts, Programs: Handbook book on Organizing the Rural Community for Work and Play" (Minnesota)
1931
Mixed Materials Box: 9a
book, "Taking the University to the People: Seventy-five Years of Cooperative Extension" (book by Wayne D. Rasmussen regarding
the history of extension service in America)
1989
Mixed Materials Box: 9a
book, "Voices of American Homemakers: An Oral History of the National Extension Homemakers Council" (by Eleanor Arnold; includes
numerous photographs)
ca. 1985
Mixed Materials Box: 9a
book, "Heritage Horizons: Extension's Commitment to People" (regarding history, present, and future of Extension)
1976
Mixed Materials Box: 9a
book, "The Cooperative Extension Service" (edited by H. C. Sanders, et al.; comprehensive description of extension services,
including its purposes, objectives, and methods)
1966
Mixed Materials Box: 9a
book, "An Official History of the National Extension Homemakers Council, Inc., 1930-1990"
1991
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
publications
1933-1944, 1996
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
booklet, "Recollections of Extension History" (by J.A. Evans)
1938
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
booklet, "You Know You're in Extension When..." (collection of humorous aphorisms; edited by Karen DeBord, North Carolina
Cooperative Extension)
1996
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
booklet, "Childhood Memories of Life on the Farm" (by Dr. David Lee Hunter, Extension Service, University of Tennessee, signed
copy; at one time Hunter worked as an agent in Lincoln County, West Virginia)
1985
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
booklet, "Focus on Living" (by Mattie Kessler, from columns that appeared in the "Cooperative Farmer")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
article, "Select Quotations from Dr. Seaman A. Knapp" ("father of co-operative farm and home demonstration work")
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 1
article, "Thirty Years of Extension Work" (regarding philosophy, principles, and future of extension work; by M. L. Wilson)
1944
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 2
books
1961, 1979
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 2
book, "The People and the Profession, Selected Memories of Veteran Extension Workers" (published by Epsilon Sigma Phi, an
honorary Extension fraternity)
1979
Mixed Materials Box: 9b Folder: 2
book, "Education For Action: A Thirty Year History of the National Extension Homemakers Council, 1936-1966"
book, "4-H: An American Idea: 1900-1980, A History of 4-H (by Thomas Wessel and Marilyn Wessel)
1982
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
publications
1946-1966
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
booklet, "4-H Club Story, Origins and Early Growth of the Work in Minnesota" (by Theodore A. Erikson)
1947
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
booklet, "Dorothy Emerson's Scrapbook, A Collection of Writings and Notes of Dorothy Emerson" (published by the National 4-H
Club Foundation)
1966
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
booklet, "Speak Up Young People" (by Dorothy Emerson)
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
booklet, "You'll Be Surprised, The Teaching Techniques and Philosophy of Dorothy Emerson" (by Deanna V. Boone)
1986
Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1
booklet, "Life Worth While, Essays and Poems of Dr. C. B. Smith" (by C. B. Smith, former Chief of the Office of Cooperative
Extension Work, U.S. Department of Agriculture; includes material regarding 4-H and Extension)
booklet, "West Virginia Women: In Perspective, Executive Summary (A Statistical Handbook from The West Virginia Women's Commission")
1994
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1a
booklet, "WVU Women: The First Century" ("An official publication of the WVU Women's Centenary Project")
1989
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1a
clipping, "Women in regional history are mostly unsung heroines" (by Sandy Metheney in the Dominion Post newspaper, 4 March
1984, regarding some women in West Virginia history; includes preservation copy)
1984
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 1a
newspaper, "Women Win the Vote, Celebrating the 85th Anniversary of Woman Suffrage" (published by National Women's History
Project)
2005
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2
Gertrude Humphreys, A WVU Extension Service Leader
booklet, "The Spirit of the Land-Grant Institutions" (Addresses delivered at the Forty-Fifth Annual Convention of the Association
of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities at Chicago, Ill., November 16-18, 1931; copy signed by Humphreys)
1931
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 2
greeting card and letter (Christmas items authored and signed by Humphreys)
1985
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 3
book, "Adventures in Good Living" (by Gertrude Humphreys of the West Virginia Extension Homemakers Council)
1972
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Leadership, Time Management, and Success (five books published in 1903, 1963, 1990, 1995, and 2003)
1903, 1963-2003
Mixed Materials Box: 12
Miscellaneous
1924-1997
Mixed Materials Box: 12
book, "Map Guide to American Migration Routes" (by William Dollarhide; signed by author)
1997
Mixed Materials Box: 12
book, "The First Liar Doesn't Have a Chance, And Other Stories From the Farms of Tennessee" (by Gene Money; signed by author)
1990
Mixed Materials Box: 12
book, "Cutlip's Quotem Pole, Quotes, Mis-quotes and Harley-isms" (by Harley V. Cutlip; signed by author)
1992
Mixed Materials Box: 12
booklet, "The Lighter Side, Prepared Especially For Youth" (by Clyde Murdock, Executive Director of the Union Mission, Charleston,
W. Va.)
clipping, "Fair Exhibit in New Home at Mill Camp; Display Shown at Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago to be Preserved;
New $35,000 Building at Jackson's Mill Houses West Virginia World Fair Exhibit" (published in Clarksburg Exponent Telegram)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2
newsletter, "West Virginia 4-H Suggestions 'To Make the Best Better'" (vol. 17 no. 12, August 1936)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3
publications, 3 items regarding U.S. commemorative stamp "Homemakers" issued in 1964
1964
Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3
poster, "Extension Workers Creed"
undated
framed item, illustration, "The Progressive Farmer, March 1942" (unboxed)
1942
framed item, illustration on cloth, "U.S. 5 Cents, Homemakers" (unboxed)
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