- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Don West
- Date of Original:
- 1986
- Subject:
- Civil rights workers--West Virginia--Pipestem
Clergy--West Virginia--Pipestem
Teachers--West Virginia--Pipestem
Educators--West Virginia--Pipestem
Political activists--West Virginia--Pipestem
Poets, American--West Virginia--Pipestem
Authors, American--West Virginia--Pipestem - People:
- West, Don, 1906-1992
- Location:
- United States, West Virginia, Summers County, Pipestem, 37.54456, -80.96009
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- An educator, activist, preacher, and poet, Don West worked throughout his life for social justice and the preservation of mountain culture. In 1964 West and his wife helped to open the Appalachian South Folklife Center at Pipestem, West Virginia, where West worked until his death in 1992. This photograph was taken at Pipestem circa 1986.
Photograph of Don West. He wears a woven hat and faces left. An educator, activist, preacher, and poet, West worked throughout his life for social justice and the preservation of mountain culture. In 1964 West and his wife helped to open the Appalachian South Folklife Center at Pipestem, West Virginia, where West worked until his death in 1992. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/don-west-1906-1992/m-6650/
- Rights Holder:
- Courtesy of Yvonne Snyder Farley
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/don-west-1906-1992
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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