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Lecture Series

West Virginia Archives and History Library Lectures and Workshops

“Order from Chaos: The Creation of West Virginia’s State Police Department”
with Aaron Parsons
March 30, 2019

Next up at the Archives Lecture: The symposium “West Virginia Women and the Right to Vote,” scheduled for March 21 in the Archives and History Library, has been postponed until further notice. We will attempt to reschedule the event at a future date.

Coming Soon:


Images from Recent Sessions:
“Order from Chaos: The Creation of West Virginia’s State Police Department,” with Aaron Parsons, March 30, 2019
“The Evolution of the West Virginia Movie Theatre,” with Kelli Shapiro, April 13, 2019
“African American Life: A Personal Perspective,” with Monique M. Chouraeshkenazi, May 11, 2019
“African American Life: A Personal Perspective,” with Betty Cardwell Spencer, June 29, 2019
“African American Life: A Personal Perspective,” with Elliot G. Hicks, July 20, 2019
“West Virginia in the Civil War Symposium,” with Richard Armstrong, Hunter Lesser, Dr. Katharine Antolini, and Terry Lowry, September 28, 2019
“Rebecca Harding Davis,” with Rebekah Karelis and Margaret Brennan, October 26, 2019
“A Veterans Day Commemorative,” with George Washington High School JROTC, November 9, 2019

Images from Previous Years:
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2018

Watch older programs on Archives and History’s YouTube Channel.

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