Accession Number: Ph2025-022
Repository: West Virginia State Archives
Creator: Eddie Isom
Title: WV Public Broadcasting collection
Date [inclusive]: 1930-1970s
Extent: 0.083 linear feet, 1 legal folder, 2 prints, 9 slides
Name of Creator(s): Eddie Isom
Language: English
Citation: [item, collection number], WV Public Broadcasting collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Processing information: Meredith Barbery, May 2025
Conditions on Use and Access: none
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Provenance: This collection was transferred to West Virginia Archives and History at The Cultural Center by West Virginia Public Broadcasting in March 2023.
Processing Notes:
Sources of Information [if applicable]:
Historical Note:
Scope and Content: Prints and slides from former WV Public Broadcasting employee's office which depict landscapes from the coal industry in Mercer & Raleigh counties and industrial development around the Kanawha Valley area.
Related Materials [if applicable]:
Arrangement: Kept in original order.
Contents
Folder 1: WV Public Broadcasting collection, 1930s-1970s
1. Aerial photo of snow-covered mountains. Pocahontas Coal Operators Association, Bluefield, WV. B&W, 8x10.
2. Crab Orchard, WV. 1935. Coal train with a man sitting on top of coal.
3. Industrial development slides:
1. Carbide towers
2. Aerial shot over Carbide plant.
3. Carbide plant in South Charleston, 1980.
4. Blaine Island. Charleston, WV.
5. Another view of Blaine Island.
6. Third view of Blaine Island.
7. Carbide plant in South Charleston, zoomed.
8. Blaine Island from further away.
9. Armco Mine. Prenter, WV.