Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #8 Released

Podcast #8 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 2, 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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #9 Released

Podcast #9 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 4, 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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #10 Released

Podcast #10 will be available through Archiving Wheeling's SoundCloud page or your favorite podcast app November 5, 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…

People’s U: Preparing for and Coping with Water Damage

Ohio County Public Library 52 16th Street, Wheeling, WV, United States

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…

People’s U: Authors in the Archives

Ohio County Public Library 52 16th Street, Wheeling, WV, United States

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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #11 Released

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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #12 Released

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…

People’s U: Our Industrious Past: Bethany’s Upper Ohio Valley Collection

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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #13 Released

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…

Archiving Wheeling Podcast “From Camp Lee to the Great War” #14 Released

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…