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West Virginia History. West Virginia Historical Society. ISSN 0043-325X. Delf Norona (1958). West Virginia Imprints, 1790-1863: A Checklist of Books, Newspapers, Periodicals and Broadsides. Moundsville: West Virginia Library Association. OCLC 863601 – via Internet Archive. G. Thomas Tanselle (1971). "General Studies: West Virginia".
William E. Chilton, newspaper publisher and politician; J. R. Clifford, journalist, first African-American lawyer in West Virginia; founder of the Pioneer Press; George Esper, newspaper reporter; known for his coverage of the Vietnam War for the Associated Press; John S. Knight, newspaper publisher and editor; Hoda Kotb, television reporter ...
This category contains articles about journalists associated with the U.S. state of West Virginia. This category also includes journalists who resided in the region that would become West Virginia prior to its separation from Virginia in 1863.
The West Virginia Wesleyan College Archives and Special Collections houses materials documenting the history of West Virginia Wesleyan College and materials documenting the Buckhannon and Upshur County area. Collections include photographs, manuscripts, newspapers, alumni magazines, and performance arts programs. [55]
Founded as the Wheeling Intelligencer in August 1852 by Eli B. Swearingen and Oliver Taylor, The Intelligencer is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the state of West Virginia. The paper was initially established as a means to promote Winfield Scott and the Whig Party in the 1852 United States presidential election .
James Franklin Comstock (25 February 1911, Richwood, West Virginia - 22 May 1996, Huntington, West Virginia) was a West Virginia writer, newspaper publisher and humorist. He founded the weekly West Virginia Hillbilly (1957-1980) and compiled a definitive 51-volume encyclopedia of West Virginia history and culture.