“’Our Women Are Made of the Right Stuff:’ Gender, Politics, and Conflict in Civil War West Virginia” examines the lives and contributions of white West Virginia women and argues that they were not merely victims of the war, but dynamic participants whose opinions were influentia…
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This thesis argues that Confederate heritage groups leading the Lost Cause Movement in West Virginia promoted Stonewall Jackson, through tactics such as ceremonies, publications, and monuments, to the point where his appeal expanded beyond that of former Confederates and their d…
The natural beauty and the environment of the Appalachian mountains have been decimated by contemporary methods of coal extraction known as surface mining or mountaintop removal. In order to preserve the natural environment moving forward, architectural integration must raise aw…
The purpose of this study is to capture the history, atmosphere, and experience of HOPE (Housing Outreach Project Express). Charleston Catholic High School’s HOPE is a story of service and learning put into action. For 25 years, Charleston Catholic students, teachers, administra…
Tens of thousands of anti-secessionist Virginians joined the Union Army between 1861 and 1865, forming an organized military effort to resist the Confederate government and preserve the Union, and yet surprisingly little attention has been paid by historians to these formations …
Minden is a small former coal mining town located in mountains of West Virginia. At its peak in the mid-20th Century, it was a thriving community of about 1,200. By 2010, the town’s population had shriveled to 250, about 100 of whom having been diagnosed with some form of cancer…