Volume 25, Number 4

Beautiful glass paperweights such as these are the work of glass artist Jennings Bonnell of Jane Lew. Photograph by Michael Keller.

Published by the
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA
Cecil H. Underwood, Governor

Department of Arts, Culture and History
Renay Conlin, Commissioner

John Lilly, Editor

John Gillispie
Assistant Editor

Cornelia Crews Alexander
Circulation Manager

Anne H. Crozier
Designer

Winter 1999

2 Letters from Readers

7 FDR in Elkins

8 Current Programs, Events, Publications

12 December 6, 1907: No Christmas at Monongah

By Eugene Wolfe

21 "I Know Them All":

Monogah's Faithful Father Brigs

By Barbara Smith

25 My First Night in the Mines

By Buddy French

36 "A Home Away From Home":

Harrisville's Whitehall Hotel

By Mary Lucille DeBerry

40 Poet O.O. Eckels

By Larry Bartlett

44 A Nicholas Couty Christmas

By Margaret Grose Winebrenner

47 Celebrating Old Christmas

48 Sharing the Weight:

A Visit With Glassmaker Jennings Bonnell

By James R. Mitchell

54 The Students of Jennings Bonnell

Photo essay by Michael Keller

56 Camp Washington-Carver:

An African American Landmark in Fayette County

By Norman Jordan

64 Mountain Music Roundup

By Danny Williams