Author: Joanne Raetz Stuttgen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738552309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Based on vintage postcards, this new book is a unique and welcome addition to the small number of works devoted to the history of Martinsville. Captured here in more than 220 postcard images is an important chronicle of the past 100 years in the "City of Mineral Water." This visual record showcases the sanitariums--including the glorious Home Lawn and its sibling, the Martinsville--industries and businesses, buildings and people, courthouse square, and special events that shaped the past and influenced the present. This fascinating retrospective is an indispensable companion to and expansion of Morgan County, the authors' first book in Arcadia's Postcard History Series.
Martinsville
Author: Joanne Raetz Stuttgen
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738552309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Based on vintage postcards, this new book is a unique and welcome addition to the small number of works devoted to the history of Martinsville. Captured here in more than 220 postcard images is an important chronicle of the past 100 years in the "City of Mineral Water." This visual record showcases the sanitariums--including the glorious Home Lawn and its sibling, the Martinsville--industries and businesses, buildings and people, courthouse square, and special events that shaped the past and influenced the present. This fascinating retrospective is an indispensable companion to and expansion of Morgan County, the authors' first book in Arcadia's Postcard History Series.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738552309
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Based on vintage postcards, this new book is a unique and welcome addition to the small number of works devoted to the history of Martinsville. Captured here in more than 220 postcard images is an important chronicle of the past 100 years in the "City of Mineral Water." This visual record showcases the sanitariums--including the glorious Home Lawn and its sibling, the Martinsville--industries and businesses, buildings and people, courthouse square, and special events that shaped the past and influenced the present. This fascinating retrospective is an indispensable companion to and expansion of Morgan County, the authors' first book in Arcadia's Postcard History Series.
The Martinsville Seven
Author: Eric W. Rise
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813918303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the case of the Martinsville Seven, a group of young black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia. Covering every aspect of the proceedings from the commission of the crime through two appeals, Eric W. Rise reexamines common assumptions about the administration of justice in the South. Although the defendants confessed to the crime, racial prejudice undeniably contributed to their eventual executions. Rise highlights the efforts of the attorneys who, rather than focusing on procedural errors, directly attacked the discriminatory application of the death penalty. The Martinsville Seven case was the first instance in which statistical evidence was used to prove systematic discrimination against blacks in capital cases.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813918303
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the case of the Martinsville Seven, a group of young black men executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman in Martinsville, Virginia. Covering every aspect of the proceedings from the commission of the crime through two appeals, Eric W. Rise reexamines common assumptions about the administration of justice in the South. Although the defendants confessed to the crime, racial prejudice undeniably contributed to their eventual executions. Rise highlights the efforts of the attorneys who, rather than focusing on procedural errors, directly attacked the discriminatory application of the death penalty. The Martinsville Seven case was the first instance in which statistical evidence was used to prove systematic discrimination against blacks in capital cases.
Martinsville Memories
Author: Stephen H. Provost
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949971033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Martinsville Memories by Stephen H. Provost examines the history of Martinsville, a town in southern Virginia. A town of fewer than 15,000 people, it's been the plug tobacco capital of the world and the sweatshirt capital of the world. It hosts two stock-car races each year at a speedway that holds four times that many people - the oldest on the NASCAR circuit. It's a place of verdant beauty and blue skies a few miles north of the North Carolina state line, in the Goldilocks zone: seldom too hot in summer or two cold in winter. It has thrived as the town with the nation's most millionaires per capita and struggled through factory closures during the era of globalization.Packed with more than 200 images, Martinsville Memories looks at the town from its beginnings through its is a textual and photographic look a diverse town built on tobacco, textiles and furniture that occupies a unique place in the nation's fabric and history. From its the town's historic beginnings through its 20th century prosperity, this volume offers a nostalgic trek through time, with stops at drive-ins, old hotels and iconic storefronts along the way. Martinsville Memories doesn't stop at the city limits, but gives the reader a tour of surrounding communities such Collinsville, Ridgeway, Bassett, Spencer and Axton, as well.With a foreword by author and Martinsville native Stephen Mark Rainey, Martinsville Memories captures the triumphs and struggles of a city at the heart of the South and the soul of America.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949971033
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Martinsville Memories by Stephen H. Provost examines the history of Martinsville, a town in southern Virginia. A town of fewer than 15,000 people, it's been the plug tobacco capital of the world and the sweatshirt capital of the world. It hosts two stock-car races each year at a speedway that holds four times that many people - the oldest on the NASCAR circuit. It's a place of verdant beauty and blue skies a few miles north of the North Carolina state line, in the Goldilocks zone: seldom too hot in summer or two cold in winter. It has thrived as the town with the nation's most millionaires per capita and struggled through factory closures during the era of globalization.Packed with more than 200 images, Martinsville Memories looks at the town from its beginnings through its is a textual and photographic look a diverse town built on tobacco, textiles and furniture that occupies a unique place in the nation's fabric and history. From its the town's historic beginnings through its 20th century prosperity, this volume offers a nostalgic trek through time, with stops at drive-ins, old hotels and iconic storefronts along the way. Martinsville Memories doesn't stop at the city limits, but gives the reader a tour of surrounding communities such Collinsville, Ridgeway, Bassett, Spencer and Axton, as well.With a foreword by author and Martinsville native Stephen Mark Rainey, Martinsville Memories captures the triumphs and struggles of a city at the heart of the South and the soul of America.
Inventory of the County Archives of Indiana: Morgan County (Martinsville)
Author: Indiana Historical Records Survey
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Category : Archives
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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Route 57, Intersection Route 58 to East of E.C.L. Martinsville, Henry County
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Pages : 22
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SH-220/SR-58 Proposed Construction, Martinsville Bypass, Henry County
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Languages : en
Pages : 58
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Pages : 58
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Jewett V. Martinsville Milling Company
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Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Pages : 28
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Corporation Report of Secretary of State
Author: West Virginia. Secretary of State
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Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
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Category : Charters
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
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Annual Report of the Chemical Division of the Laboratory of Hygiene
Author: Indiana State Board of Health
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Annual Report
Author: Indiana State Board of Health
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Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Reports for 1957/58- are condensations of the unavailable official annual reports published as issues of the Board's Monthly bulletin.
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Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Reports for 1957/58- are condensations of the unavailable official annual reports published as issues of the Board's Monthly bulletin.