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The Collections Studio brings together staff-published finding aids, oral histories, films, and images, with a family evidence lab and citation workbench.
Enter the MCHS Collections Studio →These curated links point to records held by West Virginia University Libraries. The Society has not copied or republished the images.
West Virginia History OnView permits research, teaching, and private study. Public reproduction or exhibition requires written permission from the West Virginia & Regional History Center. Check each record and the collection's rights page before reuse, and retain the full collection and institutional credit.
Read WVU's rights and reproduction terms ↗These links support deeper research and document where this visitor guide obtained its factual framework.
Bluefield State and Craft Memorial publicly describe dedicated archival collections. Concord provides broad research, catalog, microform, and government-document access. Princeton Public Library provides catalog, electronic-resource, and staff help but does not advertise a dedicated local-history archive on its public site. Contact each repository to confirm the exact collection, appointment, access, copying, and rights conditions.
A Smithsonian search result is a research lead, not automatic permission to reproduce an object or image. Review the record's usage conditions. Items marked CC0 may be reused under Smithsonian Open Access guidance; other records can carry separate restrictions or third-party rights.
Read Smithsonian Open Access guidance ↗Ask the Museum about architecture, coal communities, Black history, family research, museums, maps, markers, or a specific town.