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["The Flatwoods Monster Museum, which also serves as the Braxton County Visitors Center, is located in downtown Sutton in Braxton County, West Virginia. The Museum displays ephemera, folk art, videos, and souvenirs related to the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, which was first sighted in Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952 by Kathleen May, Eugene Lemon, Teddy May, Ronald Shaver, Neal Nunley, Teddy Neal, and Tommy Hyer. West Virginia Humanities Council Executive Director Eric Waggoner and State Folklorist Emily Hilliard visited the museum and met with Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Braxton County CVB and Flatwoods Monster Museum, on January 30, 2020.Visit the Flatwoods Museum website here: https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/visit-the-museum/For more on the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, visit e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192"]

13. Homemade Flatwoods Monster children's costume displayed at the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton

Identifier:
4224.FlatwoodsMonsterMuseum.Photo.014.1.30.20
Title:
Homemade Flatwoods Monster children's costume displayed at the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton
Date:
2020-01-30
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folk art, Community museums, Flatwoods (Braxton County, W. Va.), Children's costumes, Folklore, and Monsters
Location:
Braxton County (W. Va.)
["The Flatwoods Monster Museum, which also serves as the Braxton County Visitors Center, is located in downtown Sutton in Braxton County, West Virginia. The Museum displays ephemera, folk art, videos, and souvenirs related to the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, which was first sighted in Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952 by Kathleen May, Eugene Lemon, Teddy May, Ronald Shaver, Neal Nunley, Teddy Neal, and Tommy Hyer. West Virginia Humanities Council Executive Director Eric Waggoner and State Folklorist Emily Hilliard visited the museum and met with Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Braxton County CVB and Flatwoods Monster Museum, on January 30, 2020.Visit the Flatwoods Museum website here: https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/visit-the-museum/For more on the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, visit e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192"]

14. Homemade Flatwoods Monster costume used in a local theater production, on display at the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton

Identifier:
4224.FlatwoodsMonsterMuseum.Photo.015.1.30.20
Title:
Homemade Flatwoods Monster costume used in a local theater production, on display at the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton
Date:
2020-01-30
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folklore, Flatwoods (Braxton County, W. Va.), Folk art, Children's costumes, Community museums, and Monsters
Location:
Braxton County (W. Va.)
["The Flatwoods Monster Museum, which also serves as the Braxton County Visitors Center, is located in downtown Sutton in Braxton County, West Virginia. The Museum displays ephemera, folk art, videos, and souvenirs related to the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, which was first sighted in Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952 by Kathleen May, Eugene Lemon, Teddy May, Ronald Shaver, Neal Nunley, Teddy Neal, and Tommy Hyer. West Virginia Humanities Council Executive Director Eric Waggoner and State Folklorist Emily Hilliard visited the museum and met with Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Braxton County CVB and Flatwoods Monster Museum, on January 30, 2020.Visit the Flatwoods Museum website here: https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/visit-the-museum/For more on the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, visit e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192"]

15. Flatwoods Monster Museum Executive Director Andrew Smith and West Virginia Humanities Council Director Eric Waggoner stand in front of a Flatwood Monster figure at the Flatwoods Monster Museum

Identifier:
4224.FlatwoodsMonsterMuseum.Photo.016.1.30.20
Title:
Flatwoods Monster Museum Executive Director Andrew Smith and West Virginia Humanities Council Director Eric Waggoner stand in front of a Flatwood Monster figure at the Flatwoods Monster Museum
Date:
2020-01-30
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Monsters, Folklore, Flatwoods (Braxton County, W. Va.), Community museums, and Folk art
Location:
Braxton County (W. Va.)
["The Flatwoods Monster Museum, which also serves as the Braxton County Visitors Center, is located in downtown Sutton in Braxton County, West Virginia. The Museum displays ephemera, folk art, videos, and souvenirs related to the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, which was first sighted in Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952 by Kathleen May, Eugene Lemon, Teddy May, Ronald Shaver, Neal Nunley, Teddy Neal, and Tommy Hyer. West Virginia Humanities Council Executive Director Eric Waggoner and State Folklorist Emily Hilliard visited the museum and met with Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Braxton County CVB and Flatwoods Monster Museum, on January 30, 2020.Visit the Flatwoods Museum website here: https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/visit-the-museum/For more on the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, visit e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192"]

16. Storefront of the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.FlatwoodsMonsterMuseum.Photo.017.1.30.20
Title:
Storefront of the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton, 1 of 2
Date:
2020-01-30
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Folklore, Flatwoods (Braxton County, W. Va.), Community museums, and Monsters
Location:
Braxton County (W. Va.)
["The Flatwoods Monster Museum, which also serves as the Braxton County Visitors Center, is located in downtown Sutton in Braxton County, West Virginia. The Museum displays ephemera, folk art, videos, and souvenirs related to the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, which was first sighted in Flatwoods, West Virginia on September 12, 1952 by Kathleen May, Eugene Lemon, Teddy May, Ronald Shaver, Neal Nunley, Teddy Neal, and Tommy Hyer. West Virginia Humanities Council Executive Director Eric Waggoner and State Folklorist Emily Hilliard visited the museum and met with Andrew Smith, Executive Director of the Braxton County CVB and Flatwoods Monster Museum, on January 30, 2020.Visit the Flatwoods Museum website here: https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/visit-the-museum/For more on the legend of the Flatwoods Monster, visit e-WV: https://www.wvencyclopedia.org/articles/2192"]

17. Storefront of the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.FlatwoodsMonsterMuseum.Photo.018.1.30.20
Title:
Storefront of the Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton, 2 of 2
Date:
2020-01-30
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Monsters, Flatwoods (Braxton County, W. Va.), Folklore, and Community museums
Location:
Braxton County (W. Va.)

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18. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.001.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 1 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
African Americans--History, Segregation in education, Berkeley County (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and School integration
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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19. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.002.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 2 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), School integration, African Americans--Appalachian Region, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)

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20. Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.AudioInt.003.7.20.16
Title:
Oral history of Leonard Harris, 3 of 3
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
School integration, African Americans--History, Community museums, Martinsburg (W. Va.), African Americans--Appalachian Region, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and Segregation in education
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, October 30, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]

21. Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.IntTranscript.7.20.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Leonard Harris
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Harris, Leonard
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Martinsburg (W. Va.), Segregation in education, Community museums, African Americans--History, School integration, Berkeley County (W. Va.), and African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)
["With his wife, Leonard Harris (b. Martinsburg, WV, 1936) is the co-founder of Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg, West Virginia. He is an alumnus of Sumner-Ramer, which was the Black school in Berkeley County during segregation. The school closed in 1965, one year after schools in the county were integrated and 10 years after the Brown v. Board ruling. The Sumner-Ramer Museum and Archive is located in a ground-floor room of the school building and contains materials from the school and its alumni, including ephemera, photos, artifacts, portraits, and more."]

22. Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg

Identifier:
4224.HarrisLeonard.Photo.001.7.20.16
Title:
Leonard Harris at the Sumner-Ramer School African American Museum and Archive in Martinsburg
Date:
2016-07-20
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Berkeley County (W. Va.), Martinsburg (W. Va.), Community museums, African Americans--History, Segregation in education, School integration, and African Americans--Appalachian Region
Location:
Martinsburg (W. Va.) and Berkeley County (W. Va.)

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23. Oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell

Identifier:
4224.HeiskellCharliSheaFortney.AudioInt.3.23.19
Title:
Oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell
Date:
2019-03-23
Creator:
Heiskell, Charli Shea Fortney
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Coal mines and mining, Community museums, and Scott's Run (W. Va.)
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.)
["Charli Shea Fortney-Heiskell of Morgantown, WV is 11 years old and the granddaughter of Mary Jane Coulter, the Executive Director of the Scotts Run Museum. Charli Shea is often at the Museum during the Saturday coffee shop.This interview is part of a collection of interviews conducted with Scotts Run natives/residents and/or members of the Scotts Run Museum."]

24. Transcript of oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell

Identifier:
4224.HeiskellCharliSheaFortney.IntTranscript.3.23.19
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Charli Shea Fortney Heiskell
Date:
2019-03-23
Creator:
Heiskell, Charli Shea Fortney
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Scott's Run (W. Va.), Coal mines and mining, and Community museums
Location:
Scott's Run (W. Va.)