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["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

1. Various marbles in Nola Morgan's collection

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.001.4.25.17
Title:
Various marbles in Nola Morgan's collection
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Marbles (Game objects), Toys, and Collectors and collecting
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

2. Box of West Virginia-made marbles in Nola Morgan's collection

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.002.4.25.17
Title:
Box of West Virginia-made marbles in Nola Morgan's collection
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Collectors and collecting, Marbles (Game objects), and Toy industry--United States
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

3. Kokomo Opalescent Glass Company marbles in Nola Morgan's collection

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.003.4.25.17
Title:
Kokomo Opalescent Glass Company marbles in Nola Morgan's collection
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Toy industry--United States, Glass manufacture, Collectors and collecting, Marbles (Game objects), and Toys
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

4. Box of Marble King marbles in Nola Morgan's collection

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.004.4.25.17
Title:
Box of Marble King marbles in Nola Morgan's collection
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Toys, Collectors and collecting, Marbles (Game objects), and Toy industry--United States
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

5. A box of Nola Morgan's Champion Agate marbles made in Pennsboro, West Virginia, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.005.4.25.17
Title:
A box of Nola Morgan's Champion Agate marbles made in Pennsboro, West Virginia, 1 of 2
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Collectors and collecting, Toy industry--United States, and Marbles (Game objects)
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

6. A box of Nola Morgan's Champion Agate marbles made in Pennsboro, West Virginia, 2 of 2

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.006.4.25.17
Title:
A box of Nola Morgan's Champion Agate marbles made in Pennsboro, West Virginia, 2 of 2
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Toy industry--United States, Collectors and collecting, Glass manufacture, and Marbles (Game objects)
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

7. Box of Nola Morgan's West Virginia-made Alley Agate marbles

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.007.4.25.17
Title:
Box of Nola Morgan's West Virginia-made Alley Agate marbles
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Collectors and collecting, Toy industry--United States, Glass manufacture, and Marbles (Game objects)
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

8. Boxes of various West Virginia-made marbles in Nola Morgan's collection

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.008.4.25.17
Title:
Boxes of various West Virginia-made marbles in Nola Morgan's collection
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Collectors and collecting, Glass manufacture, Marbles (Game objects), and Toy industry--United States
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) is an avid marble collector living in Jackson County, West Virginia. She is a founding member of the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and is particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of her collectors hobby, she has conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.Nola Morgan displayed some of her marble collection at Sandyville, WV's Gilmore Elementary School Community Interest Fair on April 25, 2017.Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

9. Nola Morgan's maps identifying where machine-made marbles were produced in the United States and West Virginia

Identifier:
4224.MorganNola.Photo.009.4.25.17
Title:
Nola Morgan's maps identifying where machine-made marbles were produced in the United States and West Virginia
Date:
2017-04-25
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Maps, Collectors and collecting, Marbles (Game objects), and Toy industry--United States
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)

Listen to Audio

10. Oral history of Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd

Identifier:
4224.MorganNolaShepherdRon.AudioInt.11.9.16
Title:
Oral history of Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd
Date:
2016-11-09
Creator:
Shepherd, Ron and Morgan, Nola
Contributor:
Singleton, Jane and Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Collectors and collecting, Glass manufacture, Marbles (Game objects), and Ravenswood (W. Va.)
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) and Ron Shepherd (b. Parkersburg, WV) are avid marble collectors living in Jackson County, West Virginia. They are founding members or the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and are particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of their collectors hobby, they have conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.In this interview they speak about their marble collecting hobby, the history of marble-making in West Virginia, the marble collecting community, and the varieties of marbles they collect. Emily Hilliard was introduced to Morgan and Shepherd by Janey Singleton of Sandyville, WV who sits in on the interview. Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

11. Transcript of oral history of Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd

Identifier:
4224.MorganNolaShepherdRon.IntTranscript.11.9.16
Title:
Transcript of oral history of Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd
Date:
2016-11-09
Creator:
Morgan, Nola and Shepherd, Ron
Contributor:
Hilliard, Emily and Singleton, Jane
Subject:
Ravenswood (W. Va.), Glass manufacture, Marbles (Game objects), and Collectors and collecting
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)
["Nola Morgan (b. Ronceverte, WV) and Ron Shepherd (b. Parkersburg, WV) are avid marble collectors living in Jackson County, West Virginia. They are founding members or the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club and are particularly interested in machine-made marbles, once made at various factories in West Virginia, including Alley, Vitro, and the newer company Jabo, which is still in operation. As part of their collectors hobby, they have conducted digs at the site of the old Alley factory to excavate vintage marbles.In this interview they speak about their marble collecting hobby, the history of marble-making in West Virginia, the marble collecting community, and the varieties of marbles they collect. Emily Hilliard was introduced to Morgan and Shepherd by Janey Singleton of Sandyville, WV who sits in on the interview. Learn more about the West Virginia Marble Collectors Club: https://westvirginiamarblecollectorsclub.com/members/"]

12. Marble collectors Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd in Morgan's Sandyville home, 1 of 2

Identifier:
4224.MorganNolaShepherdRon.Photo.001.11.9.16
Title:
Marble collectors Nola Morgan and Ron Shepherd in Morgan's Sandyville home, 1 of 2
Date:
2016-11-09
Creator:
Hilliard, Emily
Subject:
Glass manufacture, Collectors and collecting, and Marbles (Game objects)
Location:
Jackson County (W. Va.)