Cecil Rose Collection

Collection

Identifier: AppMs-0329

Staff Only

Cecil Rose Collection Digital Collection

Scope and Contents

The Cecil Rose collection includes writings by Rose, clippings from magazines and newspapers, and photographs primarily on Southwest Virginia and West Virginia history. Among the subjects covered in the collection are local feuds, mining, and lawmen and outlaws. The five black and white 5" x 7" photographs are copies which have been placed in the appropriate subject file.

Dates

1927-1988
Majority of material found in 1927, 1947, 1984-1988

Creator

Rose, Cecil (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Extent

0.40 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

The Cecil Rose Collection was donated to the Archives of Appalachia on November 8, 1988 by Cecil Rose.

Processing Information

Scott Schwartz and Marie Tedesco completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers in December 1992.

Subjects

Altizer, Noah
Day, Malcolm Malachi, 1873-1925
Osborne, Chap
Sheffey, Robert Sayers, 1820-1920
Whittaker, William
Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Law enforcement--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Outlaws--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Tazewell (Va.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Tazewell County (Va.) Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Whittaker-Altizer Feud Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source