Name/Title
West Virginia Yesterday and TodayEntry/Object ID
MW.0008Secondary Title
A Textbook in the Geography, History, Resources Industries, and Government of West VirginiaDescription
State history textbook.Context
Exhibited as one part of a chronology of state textbooks showing the omission of the Mine Wars era from their historical accounts.Collection
Publications on ExhibitBook Details
Author
Phil ConleyEdition
FirstPublisher
West Virginia Review PressDate Published
1931Binding
Binding Type
Hardcover or Case BoundExhibitions
Exhibition
From Treason to TriumphNotes
located in second drawer from top, in the Publication CaseInterpretative Labels
Label Type
Cultural/Historical ContextLabel
West Virginia Yesterday and Today, 1931
Phil Conley, West Virginia Review Press
(Charleston, WV)
As seen in this 1931 textbook, labor struggles after World War I are completely omitted from the text.
collection of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
