*Please note this is an abbreviated list, designed to help you start research on a topic in West Virginia History. A far more exhaustive bibliography is available in the Rice and Brown text, West Virginia (your textbook for this course). All of the following works are available at one of the West Virginia University Libraries.

Bibliographies:

Appalachian Bibliography. Morgantown, WV: The Library, 1983.

Forbes, Harold M. West Virginia History: A Bibliography and Guide to Research. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 1981.

Lewis, Ronald L. and John C. Hennen.

Steel, Edward M. Labor in West Virginia: A Bibliography. Morgantown, WV: Airliewood Press, 1991.

Encyclopedias:

Comstock Jim F., West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia. Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976. 25 volumes.

CLASSICS AND NEW WORKS OF SCHOLARSHIP

Callahan, James M. History of West Virginia. Chicago: The American Historical Society, 1923.

Williams, John Alexander. West Virginia: A Bicentennial History. New York: Norton, 1976.