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Archives and Manuscript Repositories in West Virginia(1479 clicks)
Library of Congress supplies links.

Coal Miners and Their Communities in Southern Appalachia, 1925-1941(372 clicks)
By Rhonda Janney Coleman. West Virginia Historical Society Quarterly, VOLUME XV, NO. 2 April, 2001

John McCaffary and the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Wisconsin(1311 clicks)
"John McCaffary and the Abolition of Capital Punishment in Wisconsin:A Collection of Historical Accounts Actual historical documents and accounts of the events surrounding the abolition of the death penalty in Wisconsin ."

Journey Up Coal River(207 clicks)

Promoting a Cultural Odyssey of the Mountains(1507 clicks)
"http://www.AppalachianPower.com, a site devoted to understanding Appalachian culture and values and passing on the heritage to the students today. The site has numerous first-person interviews with the Scots-Irish settlers and other immigrants who have struggled through coal mine tragedies, union wars, floods, and industrialization and de-industrialization to help form the modern Appalachia. It has prescriptions for reform, celebrations of things that are worth preserving in the modern world, and paints a unique portrait of mountain people in their own words.

Raid on Hsrper's Ferry(196 clicks)
video

West Virginia and Regional History(107 clicks)
Photos

West Virginia Divsion of Culture and History(1514 clicks)
Well-designed site

West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research(1561 clicks)
"The following links connect to chapters scanned from an out of print book published by the West Virginia University Press in 1981." PDF format.