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New People’s University Series Features Fairy Tales for Grown-Ups

February 10, 2022 29

For the Winter session 2022, People’s University at the Ohio County Public Library will offer a series on the origins...

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Next People’s University Celebrates Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote

Wheeling WV History

August 17, 2020 92

The Ohio County Public Library’s free six-part People’s University course, “The Struggle for Women’s Rights,” kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 20. Adult programming coordinator, Seán Duffy, provides us with a preview of each upcoming class and details on how to attend.

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Travel Around the World and Through Time Without Leaving Your Living Room

June 10, 2020 61

For Summer Reading 2020, the Ohio County Public Library in Wheeling will offer a new People’s University Livestream series to...

Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books Partners With People’s University for Fall Series

November 2, 2019 23

The Upper Ohio Valley Festival of Books will return on Tuesday, Nov. 5, in partnership with the People’s University at...

Javersak: Job Sea Change the Historic Rule for Wheeling

August 14, 2019 25

Editor’s note: In continuing coverage of Wheeling employment and business, Weelunk asked local historian David Javersak to put recent job...

People’s University to Explore Wheeling’s Labor History

Press Releases Wheeling WV History

August 2, 2019 34

Wheeling was a hotbed of unionism throughout its industrial period. In observation of the 250th anniversary of Wheeling’s founding, People’s...

Wee Asked Sean Duffy

People WeelunkHome

June 24, 2019 63

WEEasked some simple questions — and your neighbors, friends, co-workers, acquaintances, even some strangers, answered. Get to know them a...

People’s University Uncovers the Obscure McLure

Christina Fisanick

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May 19, 2019 48

Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...

Political Peculiarities and the Blues at People’s University

Dr. Joseph Laker

WeelunkHome Wheeling WV History

May 10, 2019 15

Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...

Weird Stories of Wheeling in the Civil War

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April 28, 2019 178

Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...

A Mad Dash for Suffrage, Odd Immigrant Stories, Obscure Strikes and Communists

WeelunkHome Wheeling WV History

April 19, 2019 25

Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...

Don’t Miss ‘Victorian Era Mayhem & Murder’ at People’s University

WeelunkHome Wheeling WV History

April 14, 2019 28

Editor’s note: The Ohio County Public Library has launched its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series featuring weird, wild, wacky,...

Weird Stories From Wheeling’s Wild Frontier and Native History

Alan Fitzpatrick

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April 6, 2019 205

Editor’s note: On Tuesday, April 9, the Ohio County Public Library will launch its 26th People’s University, an eight-week series...

New People’s U Explores W.Va. Watersheds

August 30, 2018 2

In recognition of the elemental importance of our water to all life and human activity, including lifelong learning, the Ohio...

Program Will Explore the Role of African-American Women in WWII

Press Releases Wheeling WV History

July 8, 2018 20

The People’s University, WWII at the Ohio County Public Library, will present a special program on the role of African-American...

People’s University Fall Schedule

September 25, 2017 2

FALL 2017 PEOPLE’S UNIVERSITY: West Virginia History through Archives–Preserving the Mountain State’s Stories From documents that record the formation of...