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An
Annotated Bibliography of Scotts Run, West Virginia
Compiled
by Scott Marsh, August 2002
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Articles
and Books
Armstead,
Robert. Black Days, Black Dust: The Memories
of an African American Coal Miner. Knoxville:
University of Tennessee Press, 2002.
A
memoir of an African American coal miner from
Grant Town and Fairmont, West Virginia, from
the 1930’s until the 1990’s.
Arthurdale:
A Partial Pattern for the New American Way of
Life. United States: Committee for Economic
Recovery, 1937. (Colson)
A
detailed financial report of Arthurdale prepared
for President FDR in 1937 that includes a list
of government loans, average family size and
income, number of cows, etc.
Biles,
Roger. The South and the New Deal. Lexington,
K.Y.: University of Kentucky Press, 1994.
The
impact of FDR’s New Deal on the South in
the 1930’s.
Black,
Allida, ed. Courage in a Dangerous World: The
Political Writings of Eleanor Roosevelt. New
York: Columbia University Press, 1999. (Downtown)
Includes
“Subsistence Farmsteads” which originally
appeared in Forum, April 1934. ER explains the
reasoning behind the Subsistence Farmstead Program.
“If the West Virginia experiment (Arthurdale)
succeeds it may be the model for many other
similar plans throughout the United States.”
Chadakoff,
Rochelle, ed. Eleanor Roosevelt’s My Day.
New York: Pharos Books, 1989. (Downtown)
Selected
newspaper articles by ER including one from
Arthurdale, West Virginia, December 2, 1936,
describing the progressive school, the short-lived
vacuum cleaner plant, and cooperative agriculture.
Also an article from June 1, 1942 describing
commencement at the Arthurdale school and a
mine-disaster at Osage, West Virginia.
Clapp,
Elsie Ripley. Community Schools in Action.
New York: Viking Press, 1939. (Colson)
A
book by the educator that led the “progressive”
school at Arthurdale for several years in the
1930’s. Her ideas centered around “community”
education, including adult education, health
care, a nursery school, and hands-on learning.
Cook,
Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume One,
1884-1933. New York: Viking Penguin, 1992.
(Downtown)
Volume
One of a biography covering ER’s early
life.
Cook,
Blanche Wiesen. Eleanor Roosevelt: Volume Two,
1933-1938. New York: Viking, 1999. (Downtown)
Volume
two of a biography covering ER’s New Deal
years, 1933-1938. Chapter 8, “Creating
a New Community,” is an excellent overview
of the Arthurdale project and its difficulties.
Core,
Earl L. The Monongalia Story: A Bicentennial
History. Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing
Co., 1974-1984. (Downtown and Colson)
(5 Volumes)
The
most comprehensive history of Monongalia County,
West Virginia.
Core,
Earl L. and Mildred S. Clark, eds. The Bicentennial
of Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1976.
Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia Historical
Society; Parsons, West Virginia: McClain Printing
Co., 1980. (Colson)
Covers
the Bicentennial celebration (1976) in Monongalia
County, including a list of events and photographs
of the parade. Includes some history of the
region.
Cowan,
Holly. Arthurdale. Master’s thesis.
Columbia University, 1968. (Colson)
An
excellent overview of the New Deal Subsistence
Farmstead at Arthurdale, West Virginia. Includes
a short history of back-to-the-land proposals,
the difficulties of the Arthurdale project,
and the method of selecting the residents.
Davis,
Kenneth S. Invincible Summer: An Intimate Portrait
of the Roosevelts, Based on the Recollections
of Marion Dickerman. New York: Atheneum, 1974.
(Downtown)
A
friend’s memories and interpretation of
ER’s efforts at Scotts Run and Arthurdale
on pages 119-123.
Eleanor
Roosevelt Encyclopedia. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 2001. (Downtown)
Emblidge,
David, ed. My Day: The Best of Eleanor Roosevelt’s
Acclaimed Newspaper Columns, 1936-1962. New
York: Da Capo Press, 2001. (Downtown)
Includes
an article from Hyde Park, New York, June 29,
1946, describing Arthurdale, West Virginia,
and Roosevelt, New Jersey, as successful homesteads
on a human level. ER was still trying to answer
criticism about the Subsistence Homestead Act
in 1946.
Eble,
Charles and Jettie, eds. The Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Homesteading of Arthurdale, West Virginia.
Arthurdale, West Virginia: Arthurdale Commemorative
Committee, 1984. (Downtown and Colson)
First
Lady: A Bibliography of Selected Materials By
and About Eleanor Roosevelt. Washington: Library
of Congress, 1984. (Downtown)
Frazier,
Claude A. with F. K. Brown. Miners and Medicine:
West Virginia Memories. Norman: University
of Oklahoma Press, 1992. (Downtown and Colson)
The author, the son of a McDowell County coal
company doctor, tells of growing up in a coal
mining community in the 1930’s. There is
a lot of information about the working conditions
of the coal miners and the medical consequences.
Freedman,
Russell. Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery.
New York: Clarion Books, 1993. (Evansdale Library,
WVU)
(Juvenile
Literature) An excellent overview of ER’s
life and her accomplishments.
Gates,
Louis Jr. Colored People: A Memoir. New
York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1994.
(Downtown and Colson)
Growing
up in Piedmont, West Virginia, in the 1950’s.
Giesen,
Carol A. B. Coal Miners’ Wives: Portraits
of Endurance. Lexington: University of Kentucky
Press, 1995. (Downtown)
An
overview of what it is like to be a coal miner’s
wife, both past and present.
Gnatuk,
Wayne A. The Report to the Mission of the Church
Committee of Grafton Presbytery, Presbyterian
Parish and Neighborhood Services, and the Session
of The Shack United Presbyterian Church and its
Neighborhood House, and Related Topics: Giving
recommendations for the Future Directions of the
United Presbyterian Ministry in Scotts Run, and
Suggestions About the Connected Matters. West
Virginia, 1982. (Colson)
Survey
conducted between June 1, 1981, and May 28,
1982, by the Interim Pastor of The Shack United
Presbyterian Church. Includes demographics,
field observations, interviews, and the history
of The Shack’s ministry in Scotts Run.
Haid,
Stephen Edward. “Arthurdale: An Experiment
in Community Planning, 1933- 1947.” Ph.D.
diss. West Virginia University, 1975. (Downtown)
A
comprehensive overview of the Arthurdale project
and its problems.
Hareven,
Tamara K. Eleanor Roosevelt: An American Conscience.
Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1968. (Downtown)
Chapter
Five is Arthurdale: A Venture in Utopia, and
is a very good overview of the Arthurdale project
and its problems. Concludes, “the experiment
at Arthurdale was a failure,” (108) but
admits, “Mrs. Roosevelt never looked at
Arthurdale in financial terms.” ER saw
Arthurdale as “a chance of happiness for
deprived people and an opportunity for long-overdue
social reform” (109).
Hidalgo,
Thomas G. “Reconstructing a History of Spanish
Immigration in West Virginia: Implications for
Multicultural Education.” Ph.D. diss. University
of Massachusetts, 1999. (Colson)
The
history of Spanish immigration to West Virginia,
especially for coal mining in the 1920’s
and 1930’s.
Hoff-Wilson,
Joan and Marjorie Lightman, eds. Without Precedent:
The Life and Career of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1984. (Downtown)
A
collection of essays about ER’s life and
achievements.
Hoffman,
Nancy. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Arthurdale
Experiment. North Haven, Conn.: Linnet Books,
2001. (Downtown and Colson)
(Juvenile
Literature) Although targeted at grades 5-8,
this is an excellent book for adults about the
Arthurdale experiment.
King
Coal Holds Court in Northern West Virginia: A
Series of Articles on Coal, its Uses, Possibilities
and Future Importance. Fairmont, West Virginia:
Upper Monongahela Valley Association, 1940. (Colson)
A
publication based on a series of radio broadcasts
from the spring of 1940 designed to help promote
coal and its many uses.
King,
Louis Eugene. “Negro Life in a Rural Community.”
Ph.D. diss. Columbia University, 1951. (Colson)
Study
of a black community in West Virginia from 1927-1931.
Lash,
Joseph P. Love. Eleanor: Eleanor Roosevelt
and her Friends. Garden City, New York: Doubleday,
1982. (Downtown)
Includes
sections about conditions at Scotts Run (166)
and comments about Arthurdale (171).
Lash,
Joseph P. Eleanor Roosevelt, a Friend’s
Memoir. Garden City, New York: Doubleday,
1964. (Downtown)
Contains
some of ER’s criticisms of the Arthurdale
project (110-111).
Lash,
Joseph P. Eleanor and Franklin: The Story of
Their Relationship, Based on Eleanor Roosevelt’s
Private Papers. New York: W. W. Norton and
Co., Inc., 1971. (Downtown)
Chapter
37: “Mrs. Roosevelt’s ‘Baby’—Arthurdale,”
is a detailed overview of the Arthurdale project.
Lee,
Sidney D. And the Trees Cried. Morgantown,
West Virginia: Sidney D. Lee, 1991. (Downtown
and Colson)
The
first part of the autobiography is a first-hand
account of growing up in Scotts Run, West Virginia,
during the 1920’s and 1930’s.
Little,
Richard S. and Margaret. Arthurdale: Its History,
Its Lesson for Today. Morgantown, West Virginia:
Richard S. and Margaret Little, 1976. (Downtown
and Colson)
Good
overview of the Arthurdale project and the reasoning
behind the experiment. Many photographs.
Monongalia
Blacks Speak of Today and Yesterday/ Part One—Black
Men. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia
County Board of Education, 1977. (Downtown and
Colson)
Personal
narratives about growing up in Monongalia County,
including men from Scotts Run.
Monongalia
Blacks Speak of Today and Yesterday/ Part Two—Black
Women. Morgantown, West Virginia: Monongalia
County Board of Education, 1977. (Downtown and
Colson)
Personal
narratives about growing up in Monongalia County,
including women from Scotts Run.
Report
of the Survey of Arthurdale School/ by the Staff
of the College of Education of the West Virginia
University. Morgantown, West Virginia, 1940.
(Colson)
Comprehensive
study of the Arthurdale school.
Rice,
Connie Park. Our Monongalia: A History of African
Americans in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
Terra Alta, West Virginia: Headline Books, Inc.,
1999. (Colson)
A
comprehensive history of African-Americans in
Monongalia County from 1770 to the present.
Roosevelt,
Eleanor. This I Remember. New York: Harper,
1949. (Downtown)
(130-133)
ER’s personal memories of the Arthurdale
project: “Oh, yes, the human values were
most rewarding, even if the financial returns
to the government were not satisfactory”
(133).
Scharf,
Lois. Eleanor Roosevelt: First Lady of American
Liberalism. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1987.
(Downtown)
Includes
a general overview of Arthurdale (102-103).
Sesqui-centennial
of Monongalia County, West Virginia, October 20,
21, 22, 23, 1926, Morgantown, West Virginia, 1776-1926;
Celebrating One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary
of the Declaration of Independence. Morgantown,
West Virginia: Monongalia Historical Society,
1928. (Downtown and Colson)
Interesting
because of the details. In a statement of payrolls
from 1926, 13 of the 23 leading companies were
coal companies. In 1926, coal ($4,719,000.00)
and glass ($1,776,000.00) had the largest annual
payrolls in Monongalia County (126-127).
A
Taste of History, with Ethnic Flavor: Recipes
from Scotts Run, Published with the 60th Anniversary
of the Beginning of the Work. Osage, West
Virginia: The House, 1982. (Colson)
Interesting
because of the wide variety of the contributors
and their origins. Also includes a history of
the Scotts Run Settlement House.
Thomas,
Jerry Bruce. Appalachian New Deal: West Virginia
in the Great Depression. Lexington: University
Press of Kentucky, 1998. (Downtown and Colson)
An
excellent, comprehensive study of New Deal projects
in West Virginia.
Tuchalski,
Stanley T., ed. We Have Come This Far: A Historical
Reflection of the Catholic Community in Western
Monongalia County, West Virginia. Westover,
West Virginia: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1998.
(Colson)
Includes
a history of Saint Ursula Mission Church, Pursglove,
West Virginia, 1933-1998.
Turner,
William H. and Edward J. Cabbell, eds. Blacks
in Appalachia. Lexington: University of Kentucky
Press, 1985. (Colson)
An
excellent collection of essays about the Black
experience in Appalachia. Includes, “The
Negro Miner in Appalachia,” by James T.
Laing, and “A Judicious Mixture: Negroes
and Immigrants in West Virginia Mines, 1880-1917,”
by Kenneth R. Bailey.
Ward,
Bryan, ed. A New Deal for America: Proceedings
from a National Conference on New Deal Communities.
Arthurdale, West Virginia: Arthurdale Heritage,
Inc., 1995. (Downtown and Colson)
An
excellent collection of essays about Scotts
Run and Arthurdale. Includes, “Scotts Run:
America’s Symbol of the Depression in the
Coal Fields,” by Ronald L. Lewis and “Arthurdale:
An Overview,” by Stephen Haid.
West
Virginia History, Volume 53, 1994.
Includes:
“ ‘I wonder whom God will hold responsible.’
Mary Behner and the Presbyterian Mission on
Scotts Run”/ Christine M. Kreiser, ed.
“Casualties on the Homefront: Scotts Run
Mining Disasters During World War II”/
Paul H. Rakes
“Health Service in a Stranded Community:
Scotts Run, 1920-1947”/ Sandra Barney
“On the Homefront in WWII: Soldier-Scholars
at West Virginia State College”/ Louis
E. Keefer
“Scotts Run: A Community in Transition”/
Matthew Yeager
“Scotts Run: An Introduction”/ Ronald
L. Lewis
“The Scotts Run Coalfield From the Great
War to the Great Depression: A Study in Overdevelopment”/
Phil Ross
Wiley,
Samuel T. History of Monongalia County, West
Virginia, From its First Settlements to the Present
Time, with Numerous Biographical and Family Sketches.
Kingwood, West Virginia: Preston Publishing Co.,
1883. (Downtown and Colson)
An
early history of Monongalia County.
Williams,
Ellis Ray. “Contacts of Negroes and Whites
in Morgantown.” M.A. thesis. West Virginia
University, 1952. (Downtown)
Very
interesting study of segregation in Morgantown
in 1952. “Segregation means not total isolation
but regulated contacts.”
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