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Silicon Valley (Fernsehserie)

2014-04-02T12:19:08Z

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{{about|the TV series|the area known for technology corporations|Silicon Valley}}
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| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator = {{Plainlist|
* Dave Krinsky
* John Altschuler
* [[Mike Judge]]
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* [[T. J. Miller]]
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* [[Kumail Nanjiani]]
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* [[Christopher Evan Welch]]
* [[Amanda Crew]]
* [[Angela Trimbur]]
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* Dave Krinsky
* John Altschuler
* Michael Rotenberg
* Mike Judge
* [[Scott Rudin]]
* Tom Lassally
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* Chrisann Verges
* Jim Kleverweis
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| camera = [[Single-camera setup|Single]]
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* Ternion Productions
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| channel = [[HBO]]
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| first_aired = {{Start date|2014|4|6}}
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| website = http://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley#/
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'''''Silicon Valley''''' is an upcoming American [[sitcom]] that centers on six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in [[Silicon Valley]].<ref name=information1>{{cite web|title=HBO Filming ‘Silicon Valley’ Pilot In Palo Alto|url=http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2013/03/12/hbo-filming-silicon-valley-pilot-in-palo-alto/|work=CBS San Francisco|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name=information2>{{cite web|title=HBO's ''Silicon Valley'' sitcom: A first impression|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/entertainment/ci_24875519/hbos-silicon-valley-sitcom-first-impression|work=Contra Costa Times|publisher=San Jose Mercury News|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> The series will premiere April 6, 2014, on [[HBO]].<ref name=information3>{{cite press release|last=Bibel|first=Sara|title=Mike Judge's ''Silicon Valley'' to Premiere April 6 on HBO|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/01/09/mike-judges-silicon-valley-to-premiere-april-6-on-hbo/228073/|work=TV by the Numbers|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=January 9, 2014}}</ref> The first season will consist of eight episodes.<ref name=information2/>

==Production==
Creator [[Mike Judge]] is familiar with the [[Silicon Valley]] region of northern California. After graduating from [[UCSD]] with a degree in physics, his first job was as a programmer working on the [[F-18]] fighter. In 1987 he moved to Silicon Valley and joined Parallax, a [[startup company|startup]] [[video card]] company with about 40 employees. Disliking the company's culture and his colleagues ("The people I met were like [[Stepford Wives]]. They were true believers in something, and I don't know what it was"), Judge quit after less than three months.<ref name="scott201404">{{cite news | title=Mike Judge Does Silicon Valley | work=Wired | date=2014-04 | accessdate=30 March 2014 | author=Scott, Zachary | pages=88-93}}</ref>

Filming for the [[Television pilot|pilot]] of ''Silicon Valley'' began on March 12, 2013, in [[Palo Alto, California]].<ref name=information1/> HBO [[green-lit]] the series on May 16, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=HBO Gives Mike Judge’s ''Silicon Valley'' Sitcom a Series Order|url=http://www.vulture.com/2013/05/hbo-picks-up-mike-judges-silicon-valley-sitcom.html|work=Vulture|publisher=New York Media LLC|accessdate=20 January 2014|author=Jesse David Fox|date=May 16, 2013}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Thomas Middleditch]] as Thomas<ref name=cast1>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch Cast In Mike Judge’s HBO Comedy Pilot ''Silicon Valley''|url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/t-j-miller-thomas-middleditch-cast-in-mike-judges-hbo-comedy-pilot-silicon-valley/|work=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=January 30, 2013}}</ref>
* [[T. J. Miller]] as Erlich<ref name=cast1/>
* [[Zach Woods]] as Jared Dunn<ref name=cast3>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Quintet Cast In HBO Pilot ''Silicon Valley''|url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/quintet-cast-in-hbo-pilot-silicon-valley/|work=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=February 8, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Kumail Nanjiani]] as Dinesh<ref name=cast3/>
* [[Martin Starr]]<ref name=information3/>
* [[Josh Brener]] as Big Head<ref name=cast2>{{cite web|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|title=Josh Brener & Lindsey Broad Cast In Mike Judge’s HBO Comedy Pilot ''Silicon Valley''|url=http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/josh-brener-lindsay-broad-cast-in-mike-judge’s-hbo-comedy-pilot-‘silicon-valley’/|work=Deadline Hollywood|accessdate=20 January 2014|date=February 1, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Christopher Evan Welch]] as Peter Gregory<ref name=cast3/>
* [[Amanda Crew]] as Monica<ref name=cast3/>
* [[Angela Trimbur]] as Langdon<ref name=cast3/>
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley#/}}
* {{IMDb title|2575988}}
* {{tv.com show|silicon-valley|Silicon Valley}}

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Anne Carson

2012-04-17T23:53:47Z

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'''Anne Carson''' (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator and professor of Classics. Carson lived in [[Montreal]] for several years and taught at [[McGill University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news-archive.mcgill.ca/w97/poet.htm |title=McGill News - Winter '97 |publisher=News-archive.mcgill.ca |date= |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref> the [[University of Michigan]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phf.upenn.edu/09-10/carson.shtml |title=Penn Humanities Forum | Anne Carson |publisher=Phf.upenn.edu |date=2009-12-02 |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref> and at [[Princeton University]] from 1980-1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/317 |title=Anne Carson- Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More |publisher=Poets.org |date=1950-06-21 |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref>
She was a 1998 [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/2333-anne-carson |title=Anne Carson - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |publisher=Gf.org |date= |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref> and in 2000 she was awarded a [[MacArthur Fellowship]].
She has also won a [[Lannan Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lannan.org/lf/bios/detail/anne-carson/ |title=Lannan Foundation - Anne Carson |publisher=Lannan.org |date=2001-03-21 |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref>

==Life and work==
Though distinguished, Carson's academic training did not run a straight path. The fascination with classical literature which dominates her work began to take root in high school. There, a Latin instructor introduced her to the world and language of Ancient Greece and tutored the future poet privately.<ref name="Anne Carson, online biography">{{cite web|url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=758|title=Anne Carson, online biography}}</ref> Enrolling at [[University of St. Michael's College|St. Michael's College]] at the [[University of Toronto]], she left twice—at the end of her first and second years. Carson, disconcerted by curricular constraints (particularly by a required course on [[John Milton|Milton]]), retired to the world of graphic arts for a short time.<ref name="Anne Carson, online biography"/> She did eventually return to the University of Toronto where she completed her B.A. in 1974, her M.A. in 1975 and her Ph.D. in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/01spring/carson.asp|title=University of Toronto Magazine}}</ref> She also spent a year studying Greek metrics and Greek textual criticism at the [[University of St Andrews]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scottishreviewofbooks.org/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=18&id=185&Itemid=122|title=Scottish Review of Books}}</ref>

A professor of the classics, with background in [[classical language]]s, comparative literature, [[anthropology]], history, and commercial art, Carson blends ideas and themes from many fields in her writing. She frequently references, modernizes, and translates [[Greek mythology]]. She has published fifteen books as of 2010, all of which blend the forms of poetry, essay, prose, criticism, translation, dramatic dialogue, fiction, and non-fiction.

Carson was an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the [[American Academy in Berlin]], Germany, for Fall 2007. The Classic Stage Company, a New York–based theatre company, produced three of Carson's translations: [[Aeschylus]]' ''[[Agamemnon (play)|Agamemnon]]''; [[Sophocles]]' ''[[Electra (Sophocles)|Electra]]''; and [[Euripides]]' ''[[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]'' (as ''An Oresteia''), in repertory, in the 2008/2009 season. She was Poet-in-Residence at [[New York University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/object/carsonsimic.html |title=NYU > CWP > Anne Carson, Charles Simic Join Faculty |publisher=Cwp.fas.nyu.edu |date= |accessdate=2010-10-28}}</ref> and was a judge for the 2010 [[Griffin Poetry Prize]].

She will also be partaking in the [[Bush Theatre]]'s project ''Sixty Six'' (October 2011) where she has written a piece based upon a chapter of the [[King James Bible]].<ref>http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/</ref>

==Selected works==
*''Odi et Amo Ergo Sum'' (1986) PhD Dissertation, [[University of Toronto]]
*''Eros the Bittersweet'' (1986) [[Princeton University Press]]
*''Glass, Irony, and God'' (1992) [[New Directions Publishing|New Directions]] Publishing Company
*''Short Talks'' (1992) Brick Books
*''Plainwater'' (1995) [[Knopf]]
*''[[Autobiography of Red]]: A Novel in Verse'' (1998) Knopf
*''Economy of the Unlost: Reading [[Simonides of Ceos]] with [[Paul Celan]]'' (1999) Princeton University Press
*''Men in the Off Hours'' (2001) Knopf
*''Electra'' (translation) (2001) Oxford
*''The Beauty of the Husband'' (2001) Knopf
*''If Not, Winter: Fragments of [[Sappho]]'' (2002) Knopf
*''Wonderwater (Alice Offshore)'' (volume two, ''Answer Scars'', a collaboration with [[Roni Horn]]) (2004) Steidl
*''Decreation: Poetry, Essays, Opera (2005) Knopf
*''Grief Lessons: Four Plays by [[Euripides]]'' (translation) (2006) [[New York Review Books Classics]]
*''An Oresteia'' (Translation of [[Agamemnon (play)|Agamemnon]], [[Electra (Sophocles)|Elektra]], [[Orestes (play)|Orestes]]. (2009) Faber and Faber
*''NOX'' (2010) New Directions, incorporating [[Catullus 101|''Catullus'' 101]] of [[Catullus]]

==Selected awards and honors ==
*[[Lannan Literary Award]] (1996)
*[[Pushcart Prize]] (1997)
*[[Guggenheim Fellowship]] (1998)
*[[MacArthur Fellowship]] (2000)
*[[Griffin Poetry Prize]] (2001) for ''Men in the Off Hours''
*[[T. S. Eliot Prize]] (2001) for ''The Beauty of the Husband''

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html?id=1114 Poems by Anne Carson at PoetryFoundation.org]
* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/awards-and-poets/shortlists/2001-shortlist/anne-carson/ Griffin Poetry Prize biography]
*[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009826 Anne Carson's] entry in [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=HomePage&Params=A1 The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/see-and-hear-poetry/a-g/anne-carson/ Griffin Poetry Prize reading, including video clip]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2095317/ Hermetic Hotties/What is Anne Carson doing on The L Word? by Meghan O'Rourke, ''Slate'']
* [http://www.poetrymagazines.org.uk/magazine/record.asp?id=14974# Criticism of Carson's poetry in "Subduing the reader" by Laurie Smith in ''Magma'', No. 23, Summer 2002]
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=758 Anne Carson Biography by Ian Rae.]
* [http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/01spring/carson.asp Classic Carson by Val Ross in U of T Magazine, Spring 2001.]
* {{cite journal| url=http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5420/the-art-of-poetry-no-88-anne-carson| title=Anne Carson, The Art of Poetry No. 88| work=Paris Review| date=Fall 2004| author=Will Aitken }}
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/bw/bw970807anne_carson Anne Carson interview on KCRW's "Bookworm," August 7, 1997, discussing the roots of her writing, particularly in "Plainwater" and "Glass, Irony and God"]
* [http://poetry.la/page143.html - Video of Anne Carson's reading at the Geffen Playhouse] in Westwood, CA, 02/25/08
*[http://www.lannan.org/lf/rc/event/anne-carson/ "Anne Carson, with Brighde Mullins"], Lannan Readings & Conversations, March 21, 2001


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Martinsburg (West Virginia)

2010-06-23T21:48:53Z

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'''Martinsburg''' is a city in the [[Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia|Eastern Panhandle]] region of [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The city's population was 14,972 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]; according to a 2008 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,020, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest municipality in West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-04-54.csv Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in West Virginia, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008], U.S. Census Bureau. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01]</ref> Martinsburg is the [[county seat]] of [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley County]]{{GR|6}} and one of the core cities in the [[Hagerstown Metropolitan Area|Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Martinsburg and Berkeley County are growing very rapidly from the influx of people moving from [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Baltimore]].

==History==
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Martinsburg was founded in 1778 by General [[Adam Stephen]] who named it in honor of Colonel [[Thomas Bryan Martin]], a nephew of [[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]].

The first post office in what is now West Virginia was established at Martinsburg in 1792.

The Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad reached Martinsburg in 1842. The B&O Roundhouse and Station Complex was first constructed in 1849.

In 1863, Isabelle “Belle” Boyd, a famous spy for the Confederacy, was arrested in Martinsburg by the Union Army and imprisoned.

The city of Martinsburg was incorporated by an act of the [[West Virginia Legislature]] on March 30, 1868.

The [[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]] began July 14, 1877 in Martinsburg and spread nationwide.

Telephone service first began in Martinsburg in 1883.

In 1889, electricity began to be furnished to Martinsburg as part of a franchise granted to the United Edison Manufacturing Company of New York.

The Interwoven mills began operations in Martinsburg in 1891 and grew to be the largest manufacturer of men's hosiery in the world.

Construction of the "Apollo Civic Theatre" was completed in 1913.

Over one thousand (1,039) men from Berkeley County participated in World War I. Of these, forty-one were killed and twenty-one were wounded in battle. A monument to those who fell in battle was erected in 1925.

During World War II, the Newton D. Baker Hospital in Martinsburg treated thousands of soldiers wounded in the war. In 1946 this military hospital became a part of the Veterans Administration (VA). The VA Medical Center in Martinsburg is still in service providing care to our nation's veterans.

Beginning in the late 1940s and through the 1950s, many of the great mills operating in Martinsburg shut down and went out of business, dealing a major blow to the local economy.

Today, Martinsburg and Berkeley County are growing very rapidly from the influx of people and businesses moving in from the expanding Washington, D.C. and Baltimore metros areas.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 14,972 people, 6,684 households, and 3,689 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,977.4 people per square mile (1,149.2/km²). There were 7,432 housing units at an average density of 1,478.0/sq mi (570.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.63% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.26% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.17% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.91% of the population.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,495, and the median income for a family was $36,954. Males had a median income of $29,697 versus $22,212 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,314. About 14.7% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.

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==Geography==
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Martinsburg is located at {{coord|39|27|33|N|77|58|4|W|city}} (39.459207, -77.967814){{GR|1}}. As per [[MapQuest]], Martinsburg is approximately 92 miles driving distance northwest of [[Washington, D.C.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 5.1 [[square mile]]s (13.1 [[km²]]), of which, 5.0 square miles (13.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.

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==Commerce==
Major private employers in and around Martinsburg include [[Quad/Graphics]], EcoLab, Orgill, World Color, Sino-Swearingen, [[General Motors]], and [[FedEx]].

The city also has numerous federal government employers including the [[Internal Revenue Service]], U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center, U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center, [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]], and the Veteran Administration Center.

The Martinsburg IRS Facility is one of the two Enterprise Computing Centers of the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (the other is in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]). The Martinsburg facility processes most of the country's electronically filed tax documents from businesses, and about one-third of electronically-filed [[tax return (United States)|tax return]]s.

The area is also home to the [[167th Airlift Wing]] of the [[West Virginia Air National Guard]], based in [[Eastern WV Regional Airport]].

Martinsburg had its own automobile company from 1912 to 1922, called Norwalk. The cars that were assembled here are the longest-made known cars to be built in the state of West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer03/norwalk.html The Norwalk: Martinsburg's Motor Car]</ref>

==Healthcare==
* City Hospital - affiliated with West Virginia University Hospitals East
* Veterans Affairs Medical Center

==Shopping==
Martinsburg has one Shopping Mall
* Martinsburg Mall: 551,351 square feet with approximately 50 stores and anchored by Walmart, JCPenney, Sears, and The Bon-Ton. Opened in 1991. Location: Foxcroft Avenue, Interstate 81 Exit 12 & 13.

Other retail centers/areas in Martinsburg include:
* [[The Commons Shopping Center]]: 400,000 square feet anchored by Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Staples, Books A Million, Bed Bath and Beyond, Michaels, Petsmart, and Five Below. Opened in 2009. Location: Retail Commons Parkway, Interstate 81 Exit 12.
* Old Courthouse Square: 201,350 square feet anchored by Food Lion, Schewels, and Auto Zone. Opened in 1987. Location: Edwin Miller Blvd.
* Apple Harvest Drive: K-Mart, Food Lion, Lowes, and Advance Auto.
* North Queen Street: Weis Markets, Tractor Supply, Big Lots, and Aarons.
* Other shopping areas in the city are the Berkeley Plaza on Williamsport Pike and Martinsburg Plaza on Winchester Ave.

==Education==
===High Schools===
* [[Martinsburg High School]]

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Blue Ridge Community and Technical College]], Martinsburg
* [[James Rumsey Technical Institute]], Martinsburg
* [[Mountain State University]], Martinsburg Campus - located on the western fringe of town offers a handful of 4-year degree offerings including Nursing, Leadership, and Forensics.
* [http://www.vct.edu/ Valley College of Technology], Martinsburg Campus

==Transportation==
[[Image:B&O Roundhouse.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O]] Roundhouse and Station Complex]]
===Major highways===
* [[Image:I-81.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 81]]
* [[Image:WV-9.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 9]]
* [[Image:WV-45.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 45]]
* [[Image:WV-51.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 51]]
* [[Image:WV-901.svg|25px]] [[West Virginia Route 901]]

===Mass transportation===
{{seealso|Martinsburg (Amtrak station)}}

[[Amtrak]] provides service to Martinsburg. The city's passenger rail station is located downtown at 229 East Martin Street. [[MARC Train|MARC]], Maryland's commuter rail system, operates trains on weekdays on its {{MARC lines|Brunswick}} which terminates in Martinsburg. Service is provided to [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] in Washington, D.C.

Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority, known more popularly as "Pan Tran," operates bus routes in Martinsburg, surrounding Berkeley County, and neighboring [[Jefferson County, West Virginia]].

[[Eastern WV Regional Airport]], south of the city, handles general aviation. The closest airport with commercial air service is [[Hagerstown Regional Airport]], that is about 25 miles driving distance north. The closest international airport is [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], which is about 60 miles driving distance east.

==Media==
===Print===
* Martinsburg has one daily community newspaper, The Journal.

===Radio===
* The city is home to WRNR/740 AM, [[WEPM/1340 AM]], WICL/95.9 FM, [[WLTF/97.5 FM]], AND WVEP/88.9 FM radio stations. The following box details all of the radio stations in the Eastern Panhandle market.
{{EasternPanhandleWV Radio}}

===Television===
* Martinsburg is home to WNPP Channel 50 (WV Public Television), W44AA Channel 44 (WV Educational Broadcasting), and ([[WWPX]] 60 ([[ION Television|ION]]), all part of the [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]] sub-market that is further grouped under the Nielsen-designated Washington, D.C.-Hagerstown, Md. market, the ninth largest market in the nation.<ref>[http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf Local Television Market Universe Estimates], Nielsen, 27 September 2008. Retrieved 02 November 2008.</ref> The box below lists television stations available in the region.
{{Washington TV}}

Martinsburg, WV was the setting of the X-Files episode "Small Potatoes" (Season 4, episode 20). However, the filming did not take place in the vicinity.

==Notable natives and residents==
* [[Newton D. Baker]], Secretary of War
* [[Belle Boyd]], [[American Civil War spies|Confederate spy]] in the [[American Civil War]]
* [[Scott Bullett]], Former [[outfielder]] for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Chicago Cubs]]
* [[Vicky Bullett]], Olympic gold medalist in women's basketball
* [[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.]], [[United States Senator]] and [[Governor of Virginia]]
* [[Robert Lee Castleman]], Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
* [[Charles James Faulkner]], [[United States Representative]] from Virginia
* [[Karl Hess]], former D.C. insider turned Libertarian and appropriate technology activist, relocated to the Martinsburg area in the 1970s.
* [[Shannon Larkin]], drummer for the hard rock band Godsmack
* [[Walter Dean Myers]], author
* [[Bruce Van Wyk]], notable entrepreneur, married to health activist Mikki Van Wyk
* [[John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch]], colonel in [[Confederate States Army]]
* [[Cecil B. Perkins]], former pitcher for the New York Yankees
* [[Kevin Pittsnogle]], former pro basketball player, former [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball]] player
* [[Ronald Radosh]], ex-New Left, ex-libertarian, now neoconservative author
* [[Absalom Willis Robertson]], United States Senator from Virginia
* [[David Hunter Strother]] (aka [[Porte Crayon]]), artist
* [[Hack Wilson]], Hall of Fame baseball player
* [[Fulton Walker]], former football player for the [[Miami Dolphins]]
* [[Darrell Sanders]], professional bluegrass musician, former banjo player for Charlie Moore and the Dixie Partners, and Bill Harrell and the Virginians

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Martinsburg, West Virginia}}
* [http://www.berkeleycounty.org/ Chamber of Commerce of Martinsburg and Berkeley County]
* [http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/bcschools/s502/ Martinsburg High School]
* [http://tlc.library.net/martin/ Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library]
* [http://www.wepm.com/ WEPM Radio station, established 1946]
* [http://www.martinsburgonline.com/ Martinsburg Community Website]
* [http://www.pantran.com/ Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority "Pan Tran"]
*[http://encyclopediavirginia.org/Martinsburg_Virginia_During_the_Civil_War Martinsburg, Virginia, During the Civil War in ''Encyclopedia Virginia'']

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The Faith

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Jermerc:

{{Unreferenced|date=April 2007}}
'''The Faith''' was an early American [[hardcore punk]] band, from [[Music of Washington, DC|Washington DC]], with strong connections to the scene centered on the [[Dischord records|Dischord]] label.

[[Image:The-faith-chancery-3.JPG|thumb|350px|left|Alec MacKaye and Michael Hampton of The Faith, The Chancery, Washington, D.C., 1982]]The band formed as a four piece in the summer of 1981 and featured [[Alec MacKaye]] on vocals, former vocalist for the [[Untouchables (D.C. band)|Untouchables]], as well as [[Michael Hampton]] of [[State of Alert (SOA)|State Of Alert]] on guitar. After recording a demo, the band released a [[split record|split LP]] with fellow D.C. hardcore band, [[Void (band)|Void]]. It was released by Dischord Records, a local independent label founded by MacKaye's older brother and [[Minor Threat]] vocalist, [[Ian MacKaye]]. It featured the song "You're X'd," which addressed the [[straight edge]] philosophy popularized by Minor Threat and S.O.A.

In 1983 The Faith released an eight song [[extended play|twelve inch EP]] called "Subject to Change." It was produced by Ian MacKaye and showed the band progressing into more melodic territory with the addition of a second guitarist. Within a few months of recording the record The Faith broke up, and three out of five members went on to join [[Embrace (U.S. band)|Embrace]] with Ian MacKaye on vocals. Guitarist Eddie Janney joined [[Rites of Spring]] and later was reunited with Michael Hampton for [[One Last Wish]]. Alec MacKaye went on to sing for Ignition and then later [[The Warmers]].

Their split LP with hardcore punk group, Void, was one of [[Kurt Cobain]]'s favorite albums {{Fact|date=April 2007}}.

==Band members==
* Alec MacKaye - vocals
* Eddie Janney - guitar
* Michael Hampton - guitar
* Chris Bald - bass
* Ivor Hanson - drums

==Discography==
*[[Void/Faith split]] LP/CD (Dischord, 1982)
*''Subject to Change E.P.'' (Dischord, 1983)
*''Combined C.D.'' (compiling Subject to Change and the Faith/Void split)
*''20 Years Of Dischord compilation'' (featuring the song, "Subject to Change")

==See also==
*[[Washington DC Hardcore]]
* The Faith - [[Leonard Cohen]] song from latest album (Dear Heather).

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Martinsburg (West Virginia)

2009-12-05T07:41:27Z

Jermerc:

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'''Martinsburg''' is a city in the [[Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia|Eastern Panhandle]] region of [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The city's population was 14,972 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]; according to a 2008 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,020, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest municipality in West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-04-54.csv Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in West Virginia, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008], U.S. Census Bureau. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01]</ref> Martinsburg is the [[county seat]] of [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley County]]{{GR|6}} and one of the core cities in the [[Hagerstown Metropolitan Area|Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Martinsburg and Berkeley County are growing very rapidly from the influx of people moving from [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Baltimore]].

==History==
{{Expand-section|date=August 2008}}
Martinsburg was founded in 1778 by General [[Adam Stephen]] who named it in honor of Colonel [[Thomas Bryan Martin]], a nephew of [[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]].

Martinsburg was incorporated by an act of the [[West Virginia Legislature]] on March 30, 1868.

==Demographics==
As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 14,972 people, 6,684 households, and 3,689 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,977.4 people per square mile (1,149.2/km²). There were 7,432 housing units at an average density of 1,478.0/sq mi (570.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.63% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.26% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.17% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.91% of the population.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,495, and the median income for a family was $36,954. Males had a median income of $29,697 versus $22,212 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,314. About 14.7% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.

{{USCensusPop|1990=14073|2000=14972|estimate=17020|estyear=2008}}
==Geography==
===Location and topography===
Martinsburg is located at {{coord|39|27|33|N|77|58|4|W|city}} (39.459207, -77.967814){{GR|1}}. As per [[MapQuest]], Martinsburg is approximately 92 miles driving distance northwest of [[Washington, D.C.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 5.1 [[square mile]]s (13.1 [[km²]]), of which, 5.0 square miles (13.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.

===Climate===
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==Commerce==
Major private employers in and around Martinsburg include [[Quad/Graphics]], EcoLab, Orgill, Quebecor World, Sino-Swearingen, [[General Motors]], and [[FedEx]].

The city also has numerous federal government employers including the [[Internal Revenue Service]], U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center, U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center, [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]], and the Veteran Administration Center.

The Martinsburg IRS Facility is one of the two Enterprise Computing Centers of the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (the other is in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]). The Martinsburg facility processes most of the country's electronically filed tax documents from businesses, and about one-third of electronically-filed [[tax return (United States)|tax return]]s.

The area is also home to the [[167th Airlift Wing]] of the [[West Virginia Air National Guard]], based in [[Eastern WV Regional Airport]].

Martinsburg had its own automobile company, called Norwalk. The cars that were assembled here are the longest-made known cars to be built in the state of West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer03/norwalk.html The Norwalk: Martinsburg's Motor Car]</ref>

==Healthcare==
* City Hospital - affiliated with West Virginia University Hospitals East
* Veterans Affairs Medical Center

==Shopping==
Martinsburg has one Shopping Mall
* Martinsburg Mall: 551,351 square feet with approximately 50 stores and anchored by Walmart, JCPenney, Sears, and The Bon-Ton. Opened in 1991. Location: Foxcroft Avenue, Interstate 81 Exit 12 & 13.

Other retail centers/areas in Martinsburg include:
* [[The Commons Shopping Center]]: 400,000 square feet anchored by Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Staples, Books A Million, Bed Bath and Beyond, Michaels, Petsmart, and Five Below. Opened in 2009. Location: Retail Commons Parkway, Interstate 81 Exit 12.
* Old Courthouse Square: 201,350 square feet anchored by Food Lion, Schewels, and Auto Zone. Opened in 1987. Location: Edwin Miller Blvd.
* Apple Harvest Drive: K-Mart, Food Lion, and Advance Auto.
* North Queen Street: Weis Markets, Tractor Supply, Big Lots, and Aarons.
* Other shopping areas in the city are the Berkeley Plaza on Williamsport Pike and Martinsburg Plaza on Winchester Ave.

==Education==
===High Schools===
*[[Martinsburg High School]]

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Blue Ridge Community and Technical College]], Martinsburg
* [[James Rumsey Technical Institute]], Martinsburg
* [[Mountain State University]], Martinsburg Campus - located on the western fringe of town offers a handful of 4-year degree offerings including Nursing, Leadership, and Forensics.
* [http://www.vct.edu/ Valley College of Technology], Martinsburg Campus

==Transportation==
[[Image:B&O Roundhouse.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O]] Roundhouse and Station Complex]]
===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-81.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 81]]
*[[Image:WV-9.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 9]]
*[[Image:WV-45.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 45]]
*[[Image:WV-51.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 51]]
*[[Image:WV-901.svg|25px]] [[West Virginia Route 901]]

===Mass transportation===
{{seealso|Martinsburg (Amtrak station)}}

[[Amtrak]] provides service to Martinsburg. The city's passenger rail station is located downtown at 229 East Martin Street. [[MARC Train|MARC]], Maryland's commuter rail system, operates trains on weekdays on its {{MARC lines|Brunswick}} which terminates in Martinsburg. Service is provided to [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] in Washington, D.C.

Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority, known more popularly as "Pan Tran," operates bus routes in Martinsburg, surrounding Berkeley County, and neighboring [[Jefferson County, West Virginia]].

[[Eastern WV Regional Airport]], south of the city, handles general aviation. The closest airport with commercial air service is [[Hagerstown Regional Airport]], that is about 25 miles driving distance north. The closest international airport is [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], which is about 60 miles driving distance east.

==Media==
===Print===
*Martinsburg has one daily community newspaper, The Journal.

===Radio===
*The city is home to [[WEPM]] and [[WLTF]] radio stations. The following box details all of the radio stations in the Eastern Panhandle market.
{{EasternPanhandleWV Radio}}

===Television===
*Martinsburg is home to [[WWPX]] 60 ([[ION Television|ION]]), which is part of the [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]] sub-market that is further grouped under the Nielsen-designated Washington, D.C.-Hagerstown, Md. market, the ninth largest market in the nation.<ref>[http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf Local Television Market Universe Estimates], Nielsen, 27 September 2008. Retrieved 02 November 2008.</ref> The box below lists television stations available in the region.
{{Washington TV}}

==Notable natives and residents==
*[[Newton D. Baker]], Secretary of War
*[[Belle Boyd]], [[American Civil War spies|Confederate spy]] in the [[American Civil War]]
*[[Scott Bullett]], Former [[outfielder]] for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Chicago Cubs]]
*[[Vicky Bullett]], Olympic gold medalist in women's basketball
*[[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.]], [[United States Senator]] and [[Governor of Virginia]]
*[[Robert Lee Castleman]], Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
*[[Charles James Faulkner]], [[United States Representative]] from Virginia
*[[Shannon Larkin]], drummer for the hard rock band Godsmack
*[[Walter Dean Myers]], author
*[[John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch]], colonel in [[Confederate States Army]]
*[[Cecil B. Perkins]], former pitcher for the New York Yankees
*[[Kevin Pittsnogle]], former pro basketball player, former [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball]] player
*[[Absalom Willis Robertson]], United States Senator from Virginia
*[[David Hunter Strother]] (aka [[Porte Crayon]]), artist
*[[Hack Wilson]], Hall of Fame baseball player
*[[Fulton Walker]], former football player for the [[Miami Dolphins]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]]

==External links==
{{Commonscat|Martinsburg, West Virginia}}
*[http://www.berkeleycounty.org/ Chamber of Commerce of Martinsburg and Berkeley County]
*[http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/bcschools/s502/ Martinsburg High School]
*[http://tlc.library.net/martin/ Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library]
*[http://www.wepm.com/ WEPM Radio station, established 1946]
*[http://www.martinsburgonline.com/ Martinsburg Community Website]
*[http://www.pantran.com/ Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority "Pan Tran"]
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'''Martinsburg''' is a city in the [[Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia|Eastern Panhandle]] region of [[West Virginia]], [[United States]]. The city's population was 14,972 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]; according to a 2008 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,020, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest municipality in West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.census.gov/popest/cities/tables/SUB-EST2008-04-54.csv Table 4: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in West Virginia, Listed Alphabetically: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008], U.S. Census Bureau. 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2009-07-01]</ref> Martinsburg is the [[county seat]] of [[Berkeley County, West Virginia|Berkeley County]]{{GR|6}} and one of the core cities in the [[Hagerstown Metropolitan Area|Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. Martinsburg and Berkeley County are growing very rapidly from the influx of people moving from [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Baltimore]].

==History==
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Martinsburg was founded in 1778 by General [[Adam Stephen]] who named it in honor of Colonel [[Thomas Bryan Martin]], a nephew of [[Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron]].

Martinsburg was incorporated by an act of the [[West Virginia Legislature]] on March 30, 1868.

==Demographics==
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As of the [[census]]{{GR|2}} of 2000, there were 14,972 people, 6,684 households, and 3,689 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was 2,977.4 people per square mile (1,149.2/km²). There were 7,432 housing units at an average density of 1,478.0/sq mi (570.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 83.90% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.63% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.40% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.63% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.02% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.26% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.17% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.91% of the population.

In the city the population was spread out with 23.1% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $29,495, and the median income for a family was $36,954. Males had a median income of $29,697 versus $22,212 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,314. About 14.7% of families and 20.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 28.8% of those under age 18 and 15.1% of those age 65 or over.

==Geography==
===Location and topography===
Martinsburg is located at {{coord|39|27|33|N|77|58|4|W|city}} (39.459207, -77.967814){{GR|1}}. As per [[MapQuest]], Martinsburg is approximately 92 miles driving distance northwest of [[Washington, D.C.]]

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of 5.1 [[square mile]]s (13.1 [[km²]]), of which, 5.0 square miles (13.0 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (0.40%) is water.

===Climate===
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==Commerce==
Major private employers in and around Martinsburg include [[Quad/Graphics]], EcoLab, Orgill, Quebecor World, Sino-Swearingen, [[General Motors]], and [[FedEx]].

The city also has numerous federal government employers including the [[Internal Revenue Service]], U.S. Coast Guard Operations Systems Center, U.S. Coast Guard National Maritime Center, [[Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives]], and the Veteran Administration Center.

The Martinsburg IRS Facility is one of the two Enterprise Computing Centers of the [[Internal Revenue Service]] (the other is in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]). The Martinsburg facility processes most of the country's electronically filed tax documents from businesses, and about one-third of electronically-filed [[tax return (United States)|tax return]]s.

The area is also home to the [[167th Airlift Wing]] of the [[West Virginia Air National Guard]], based in [[Eastern WV Regional Airport]].

Martinsburg had its own automobile company, called Norwalk. The cars that were assembled here are the longest-made known cars to be built in the state of West Virginia.<ref>[http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/summer03/norwalk.html The Norwalk: Martinsburg's Motor Car]</ref>

==Healthcare==
* City Hospital - affiliated with West Virginia University Hospitals East
* Veterans Affairs Medical Center

==Shopping==
Martinsburg has one Shopping Mall
* Martinsburg Mall: 551,351 square feet with approximately 50 stores and anchored by Walmart, JCPenney, Sears, and The Bon-Ton. Opened in 1991. Location: Foxcroft Avenue, Interstate 81 Exit 12 & 13.

Other retail centers/areas in Martinsburg include:
* [[The Commons Shopping Center]]: 400,000 square feet anchored by Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Best Buy, TJ Maxx, Staples, Books A Million, Bed Bath and Beyond, Michaels, Petsmart, and Five Below. Opened in 2009. Location: Retail Commons Parkway, Interstate 81 Exit 12.
* Old Courthouse Square: 201,350 square feet anchored by Food Lion, Schewels, and Auto Zone. Opened in 1987. Location: Edwin Miller Blvd.
* Apple Harvest Drive: K-Mart, Food Lion, and Advance Auto.
* North Queen Street: Weis Markets, Tractor Supply, Big Lots, and Aarons.
* Other shopping areas in the city are the Berkeley Plaza on Williamsport Pike and Martinsburg Plaza on Winchester Ave.

==Education==
===High Schools===
*[[Martinsburg High School]]

===Colleges and universities===
* [[Blue Ridge Community and Technical College]], Martinsburg
* [[James Rumsey Technical Institute]], Martinsburg
* [[Mountain State University]], Martinsburg Campus - located on the western fringe of town offers a handful of 4-year degree offerings including Nursing, Leadership, and Forensics.
* [http://www.vct.edu/ Valley College of Technology], Martinsburg Campus

==Transportation==
[[Image:B&O Roundhouse.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Baltimore and Ohio Railroad|B&O]] Roundhouse and Station Complex]]
===Major highways===
*[[Image:I-81.svg|20px]] [[Interstate 81]]
*[[Image:WV-9.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 9]]
*[[Image:WV-45.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 45]]
*[[Image:WV-51.svg|20px]] [[West Virginia Route 51]]
*[[Image:WV-901.svg|25px]] [[West Virginia Route 901]]

===Mass transportation===
{{seealso|Martinsburg (Amtrak station)}}

[[Amtrak]] provides service to Martinsburg. The city's passenger rail station is located downtown at 229 East Martin Street. [[MARC Train|MARC]], Maryland's commuter rail system, operates trains on weekdays on its {{MARC lines|Brunswick}} which terminates in Martinsburg. Service is provided to [[Union Station (Washington, D.C.)|Union Station]] in Washington, D.C.

Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority, known more popularly as "Pan Tran," operates bus routes in Martinsburg, surrounding Berkeley County, and neighboring [[Jefferson County, West Virginia]].

[[Eastern WV Regional Airport]], south of the city, handles general aviation. The closest airport with commercial air service is [[Hagerstown Regional Airport]], that is about 25 miles driving distance north. The closest international airport is [[Washington Dulles International Airport]], which is about 60 miles driving distance east.

==Media==
===Print===
*Martinsburg has one daily community newspaper, The Journal.

===Radio===
*The city is home to [[WEPM]] and [[WLTF]] radio stations. The following box details all of the radio stations in the Eastern Panhandle market.
{{EasternPanhandleWV Radio}}

===Television===
*Martinsburg is home to [[WWPX]] 60 ([[ION Television|ION]]), which is part of the [[Hagerstown, Maryland|Hagerstown]] sub-market that is further grouped under the Nielsen-designated Washington, D.C.-Hagerstown, Md. market, the ninth largest market in the nation.<ref>[http://www.nielsen.com/pdf/2008_09_DMA_Ranks.pdf Local Television Market Universe Estimates], Nielsen, 27 September 2008. Retrieved 02 November 2008.</ref> The box below lists television stations available in the region.
{{Washington TV}}

==Notable natives and residents==
*[[Newton D. Baker]], Secretary of War
*[[Belle Boyd]], [[American Civil War spies|Confederate spy]] in the [[American Civil War]]
*[[Scott Bullett]], Former [[outfielder]] for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], [[Chicago Cubs]]
*[[Vicky Bullett]], Olympic gold medalist in women's basketball
*[[Harry F. Byrd|Harry Flood Byrd, Sr.]], [[United States Senator]] and [[Governor of Virginia]]
*[[Robert Lee Castleman]], Grammy-winning singer/songwriter
*[[Charles James Faulkner]], [[United States Representative]] from Virginia
*[[Shannon Larkin]], drummer for the hard rock band Godsmack
*[[Walter Dean Myers]], author
*[[John Quincy Adams Nadenbousch]], colonel in [[Confederate States Army]]
*[[Cecil B. Perkins]], former pitcher for the New York Yankees
*[[Kevin Pittsnogle]], former pro basketball player, former [[West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball]] player
*[[Absalom Willis Robertson]], United States Senator from Virginia
*[[David Hunter Strother]] (aka [[Porte Crayon]]), artist
*[[Hack Wilson]], Hall of Fame baseball player
*[[Fulton Walker]], former football player for the [[Miami Dolphins]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Great Railroad Strike of 1877]]

==External links==
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*[http://www.berkeleycounty.org/ Chamber of Commerce of Martinsburg and Berkeley County]
*[http://boe.berk.k12.wv.us/bcschools/s502/ Martinsburg High School]
*[http://tlc.library.net/martin/ Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library]
*[http://www.wepm.com/ WEPM Radio station, established 1946]
*[http://www.martinsburgonline.com/ Martinsburg Community Website]
*[http://www.pantran.com/ Eastern Panhandle Transit Authority "Pan Tran"]
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:''For the former [[Australian rules football]]er, see [[Charlie Ricketts]].''
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| birth_date = [[2 October]] [[1866]]
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'''Charles De Sousy Ricketts''' ([[2 October]] [[1866]] - [[7 October]] [[1931]]) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and [[typographer]] from 1896 to 1904 with the '''Vale Press''', and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.

==Life and career==
Ricketts was born in [[Geneva]] to a French mother and an English father. He grew up mainly in [[France]] and [[Italy]]. He began his studies in art at the City and Guilds Technical Art School in [[Lambeth]], in 1882, after both his parents had died.

According to [[William Rothenstein]], ''Ricketts, with his pale, delicate features, fair hair and pointed red-gold beard, looked like a Clouet drawing. Half French, he had the quick mind and the rapid speech of a southerner.''
[[Image:Charles Ricketts05.jpg|thumb|left|[[Charles Haslewood Shannon]] and Charles Ricketts by George Charles Beresford]]

At the Art School he met [[Charles Shannon]] (1863-1937), painter and lithographer, who would be his lifelong partner in both his artistic and personal life.<ref name="illustrator">{{citation |title=The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 |first=Gordon Norton |last=Ray |year=1992 |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |isbn=0486269558 |page=160}}.</ref> On the advice of [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], they settled in England rather than abroad.

==Vale Press and artistic career==
They founded ''The Dial'', a magazine, which had five issues from 1889 to 1897, and the Vale Press, named after their house, The Vale, in [[Chelsea, London]]. "The portrait of Ricketts by Shannon was painted two years after Ricketts had founded the Vale Press. It is a record of their friendship, slightly tentative in its character, with Ricketts turning his head away so that he is seen in profile. He liked it precisely for this reason since it shows him 'turning away from the 20th century to think only of the 15th.' It is labelled on the back 'The Man in an Inverness Cloak'." - National Portrait Gallery

Ricketts was one of two well-known illustrators of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s work, the other being [[Aubrey Beardsley]] who worked on ''Salomé''. He and Shannon were friends and supporters of Wilde.

[[Image:Mikado_Ricketts.jpg|thumb|Costume design for ''[[The Mikado]]'', 1926.]]
[[Image:Charles Ricketts06.jpg|thumb|Costume design for Tremouille in [[G. B. Shaw]]`s play [[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]] - Watercolour]]
It was in the work of the Vale Press that Ricketts would find his talents were best employed. The enterprise also involved [[Thomas Sturge Moore]], and later William Llewellyn Hacon (1860-1910), a [[barrister]]. The actual printing was carried out by Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles McCall. A total of about 75 books were produced, including a complete [[Shakespeare]] in 39 volumes, before the special type fonts were destroyed. In parallel, Ricketts was involved with the '''Eragny Press''', run by [[Lucien Pissarro]] and his wife Esther, from 1894 to 1914.

After 1902, he turned more to painting and sculpture. His principal pictures in public galleries are "The Death of Don Juan" ([[Tate Gallery]]), "The Plague" ([[Musée du Luxembourg]], [[Paris]]) and "Montezuma" ([[Manchester Art Gallery]]).<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

Ricketts also wrote on art, was a collector, and was elected an Associate of the [[Royal Academy]] in 1922 and a full member in 1928.<ref>''The Times'' 29 February 1928, p. 16</ref> In 1929 he was appointed a member of the Royal Fine Arts Commission.<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

===Theatre design===
Ricketts became a celebrated and sought-after designer for the stage. "Mr Ricketts is infallible in his ideas on costume" observed ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>''The Times'', 25 November 1910, p. 13</ref> Plays on which he worked included Oscar Wilde's ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]'' (1906), [[Laurence Binyon]]'s ''Attila'' (1907), ''[[King Lear]]'' (1909), [[Bernard Shaw]]'s ''The Dark Lady'' (1910), [[Arnold Bennett]]'s ''Judith'' (1916), [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s ''The Betrothal'' (1920), Shaw's ''[[Saint Joan]]'' (1924), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1926) and [[John Masefield]]'s ''The Coming of Christ'' (1928).<ref>''The Times'', 9 June, 1909, 25 November 1910, 25 January 1916, 25 November 1920, 17 April 1924, 28 December 1926 and 14 May 1928</ref> Outside London he worked for the [[Abbey Theatre]], [[Dublin]] on plays by [[William Butler Yeats|W. B. Yeats]] and [[J.M. Synge]].<ref>''The Times'', 5 January 1933, p. 8</ref> Ricketts also designed much-publicised new productions of ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' and ''[[The Mikado]]'' for [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]] in the 1920s.<ref>Most of Ricketts's costume designs for ''The Mikado'' were retained by subsequent designers for more than 50 years - see Bell, Diana: ''The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan'', Wellfleet Press, New Jersey, 1989, ISBN 1-55521-440-1, pp. 148-52. See also [http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/carte/1926/index.html these photos and information about the 1926 ''Mikado'' designs]</ref>

A play, ''Last Romantics'' by [[Michael Lewis MacLennan]], has been based on Ricketts and Shannon and their circle, including [[Michael Field (pseudonym)|Michael Field]].

==Works==
*The Prado and its Masterpieces (1903)
*Titian (1910)
*Pages on Art (1913)
*Beyond the Threshold (1929), [under pseudonym Jean Paul Raymond]
*Oscar Wilde: Recollections (1932), [under pseudonym Jean Paul Raymond]
*Self-Portrait (1939)

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*''Self-Portrait Taken from the Letters & Journals of Charles Ricketts, R.A.'' (1939) edited by [[T. Sturge Moore]] and [[Cecil Lewis]]
*Binnie, Eric. ''The theatrical designs of Charles Ricketts'' (1985) Ann Arbor, Mich: Umi Research Press ISBN 0835715841
*Calloway, Stephen. ''Charles Ricketts: Subtle and Fantastic Decorator'' (1979)
*Darracott, Joseph. ''The world of Charles Ricketts'' (1980) New York: Methuen ISBN 0416007112
*Darracott, Joseph. ''All for ar : the Ricketts and Shannon Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1979) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521228417
*Delaney, J. G. Paul. ''Charles Ricketts: a biography'' (1990) Oxford: Clarendon Press ISBN 0198172125
*Genz, Marcella D. ''History of the Eragny Press, 1894-1914'' (2003)
*Watry, Maureen M. ''The Vale Press: Charles Ricketts, a Publisher in Earnest'' (2003) New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press ISBN 158456072X

==External links==
*{{worldcat id|lccn-n80-43407}}

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Charles Ricketts

2008-05-08T16:47:09Z

Jermerc: /* Works */

:''For the former [[Australian rules football]]er, see [[Charlie Ricketts]].''
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| image = Charles Ricketts04.jpg
| caption = Charles Ricketts by [[Charles Haslewood Shannon]]
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'''Charles De Sousy Ricketts''' ([[2 October]] [[1866]] - [[7 October]] [[1931]]) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and [[typographer]] from 1896 to 1904 with the '''Vale Press''', and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.

==Life and career==
Ricketts was born in [[Geneva]] to a French mother and an English father. He grew up mainly in [[France]] and [[Italy]]. He began his studies in art at the City and Guilds Technical Art School in [[Lambeth]], in 1882, after both his parents had died.

According to [[William Rothenstein]], ''Ricketts, with his pale, delicate features, fair hair and pointed red-gold beard, looked like a Clouet drawing. Half French, he had the quick mind and the rapid speech of a southerner.''
[[Image:Charles Ricketts05.jpg|thumb|left|[[Charles Haslewood Shannon]] and Charles Ricketts by George Charles Beresford]]

At the Art School he met [[Charles Shannon]] (1863-1937), painter and lithographer, who would be his lifelong partner in both his artistic and personal life.<ref name="illustrator">{{citation |title=The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 |first=Gordon Norton |last=Ray |year=1992 |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |isbn=0486269558 |page=160}}.</ref> On the advice of [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], they settled in England rather than abroad.

==Vale Press and artistic career==
They founded ''The Dial'', a magazine, which had five issues from 1889 to 1897, and the Vale Press, named after their house, The Vale, in [[Chelsea, London]]. "The portrait of Ricketts by Shannon was painted two years after Ricketts had founded the Vale Press. It is a record of their friendship, slightly tentative in its character, with Ricketts turning his head away so that he is seen in profile. He liked it precisely for this reason since it shows him 'turning away from the 20th century to think only of the 15th.' It is labelled on the back 'The Man in an Inverness Cloak'." - National Portrait Gallery

Ricketts was one of two well-known illustrators of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s work, the other being [[Aubrey Beardsley]] who worked on ''Salomé''. He and Shannon were friends and supporters of Wilde.

[[Image:Mikado_Ricketts.jpg|thumb|Costume design for ''[[The Mikado]]'', 1926.]]
[[Image:Charles Ricketts06.jpg|thumb|Costume design for Tremouille in [[G. B. Shaw]]`s play [[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]] - Watercolour]]
It was in the work of the Vale Press that Ricketts would find his talents were best employed. The enterprise also involved [[Thomas Sturge Moore]], and later William Llewellyn Hacon (1860-1910), a [[barrister]]. The actual printing was carried out by Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles McCall. A total of about 75 books were produced, including a complete [[Shakespeare]] in 39 volumes, before the special type fonts were destroyed. In parallel, Ricketts was involved with the '''Eragny Press''', run by [[Lucien Pissarro]] and his wife Esther, from 1894 to 1914.

After 1902, he turned more to painting and sculpture. His principal pictures in public galleries are "The Death of Don Juan" ([[Tate Gallery]]), "The Plague" ([[Musée du Luxembourg]], [[Paris]]) and "Montezuma" ([[Manchester Art Gallery]]).<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

Ricketts also wrote on art, was a collector, and was elected an Associate of the [[Royal Academy]] in 1922 and a full member in 1928.<ref>''The Times'' 29 February 1928, p. 16</ref> In 1929 he was appointed a member of the Royal Fine Arts Commission.<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

===Theatre design===
Ricketts became a celebrated and sought-after designer for the stage. "Mr Ricketts is infallible in his ideas on costume" observed ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>''The Times'', 25 November 1910, p. 13</ref> Plays on which he worked included Oscar Wilde's ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]'' (1906), [[Laurence Binyon]]'s ''Attila'' (1907), ''[[King Lear]]'' (1909), [[Bernard Shaw]]'s ''The Dark Lady'' (1910), [[Arnold Bennett]]'s ''Judith'' (1916), [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s ''The Betrothal'' (1920), Shaw's ''[[Saint Joan]]'' (1924), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1926) and [[John Masefield]]'s ''The Coming of Christ'' (1928).<ref>''The Times'', 9 June, 1909, 25 November 1910, 25 January 1916, 25 November 1920, 17 April 1924, 28 December 1926 and 14 May 1928</ref> Outside London he worked for the [[Abbey Theatre]], [[Dublin]] on plays by [[William Butler Yeats|W. B. Yeats]] and [[J.M. Synge]].<ref>''The Times'', 5 January 1933, p. 8</ref> Ricketts also designed much-publicised new productions of ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' and ''[[The Mikado]]'' for [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]] in the 1920s.<ref>Most of Ricketts's costume designs for ''The Mikado'' were retained by subsequent designers for more than 50 years - see Bell, Diana: ''The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan'', Wellfleet Press, New Jersey, 1989, ISBN 1-55521-440-1, pp. 148-52. See also [http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/carte/1926/index.html these photos and information about the 1926 ''Mikado'' designs]</ref>

A play, ''Last Romantics'' by [[Michael Lewis MacLennan]], has been based on Ricketts and Shannon and their circle, including [[Michael Field (pseudonym)|Michael Field]].

==Works==
*The Prado and its Masterpieces (1903)
*Titian (1910)
*Pages on Art (1913)
*Beyond the Threshold (1929), published under the pseudonym Jean Paul Raymond
*Oscar Wilde: Recollections (1932), published under the pseudonym Jean Paul Raymond
*Self-Portrait (1939)

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*''Self-Portrait Taken from the Letters & Journals of Charles Ricketts, R.A.'' (1939) edited by [[T. Sturge Moore]] and [[Cecil Lewis]]
*Binnie, Eric. ''The theatrical designs of Charles Ricketts'' (1985) Ann Arbor, Mich: Umi Research Press ISBN 0835715841
*Calloway, Stephen. ''Charles Ricketts: Subtle and Fantastic Decorator'' (1979)
*Darracott, Joseph. ''The world of Charles Ricketts'' (1980) New York: Methuen ISBN 0416007112
*Darracott, Joseph. ''All for ar : the Ricketts and Shannon Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1979) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521228417
*Delaney, J. G. Paul. ''Charles Ricketts: a biography'' (1990) Oxford: Clarendon Press ISBN 0198172125
*Genz, Marcella D. ''History of the Eragny Press, 1894-1914'' (2003)
*Watry, Maureen M. ''The Vale Press: Charles Ricketts, a Publisher in Earnest'' (2003) New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press ISBN 158456072X

==External links==
*{{worldcat id|lccn-n80-43407}}

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Charles Ricketts

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:''For the former [[Australian rules football]]er, see [[Charlie Ricketts]].''
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| death_date = [[7 October]] [[1931]]
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'''Charles De Sousy Ricketts''' ([[2 October]] [[1866]] - [[7 October]] [[1931]]) was a versatile English artist, illustrator, author and printer, and is best known for his work as book designer and [[typographer]] from 1896 to 1904 with the '''Vale Press''', and his work in the theatre as a set and costume designer.

==Life and career==
Ricketts was born in [[Geneva]] to a French mother and an English father. He grew up mainly in [[France]] and [[Italy]]. He began his studies in art at the City and Guilds Technical Art School in [[Lambeth]], in 1882, after both his parents had died.

According to [[William Rothenstein]], ''Ricketts, with his pale, delicate features, fair hair and pointed red-gold beard, looked like a Clouet drawing. Half French, he had the quick mind and the rapid speech of a southerner.''
[[Image:Charles Ricketts05.jpg|thumb|left|[[Charles Haslewood Shannon]] and Charles Ricketts by George Charles Beresford]]

At the Art School he met [[Charles Shannon]] (1863-1937), painter and lithographer, who would be his lifelong partner in both his artistic and personal life.<ref name="illustrator">{{citation |title=The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914 |first=Gordon Norton |last=Ray |year=1992 |publisher=Courier Dover Publications |isbn=0486269558 |page=160}}.</ref> On the advice of [[Pierre Puvis de Chavannes]], they settled in England rather than abroad.

==Vale Press and artistic career==
They founded ''The Dial'', a magazine, which had five issues from 1889 to 1897, and the Vale Press, named after their house, The Vale, in [[Chelsea, London]]. "The portrait of Ricketts by Shannon was painted two years after Ricketts had founded the Vale Press. It is a record of their friendship, slightly tentative in its character, with Ricketts turning his head away so that he is seen in profile. He liked it precisely for this reason since it shows him 'turning away from the 20th century to think only of the 15th.' It is labelled on the back 'The Man in an Inverness Cloak'." - National Portrait Gallery

Ricketts was one of two well-known illustrators of [[Oscar Wilde]]'s work, the other being [[Aubrey Beardsley]] who worked on ''Salomé''. He and Shannon were friends and supporters of Wilde.

[[Image:Mikado_Ricketts.jpg|thumb|Costume design for ''[[The Mikado]]'', 1926.]]
[[Image:Charles Ricketts06.jpg|thumb|Costume design for Tremouille in [[G. B. Shaw]]`s play [[Saint Joan (play)|Saint Joan]] - Watercolour]]
It was in the work of the Vale Press that Ricketts would find his talents were best employed. The enterprise also involved [[Thomas Sturge Moore]], and later William Llewellyn Hacon (1860-1910), a [[barrister]]. The actual printing was carried out by Ballantyne Press under the supervision of Charles McCall. A total of about 75 books were produced, including a complete [[Shakespeare]] in 39 volumes, before the special type fonts were destroyed. In parallel, Ricketts was involved with the '''Eragny Press''', run by [[Lucien Pissarro]] and his wife Esther, from 1894 to 1914.

After 1902, he turned more to painting and sculpture. His principal pictures in public galleries are "The Death of Don Juan" ([[Tate Gallery]]), "The Plague" ([[Musée du Luxembourg]], [[Paris]]) and "Montezuma" ([[Manchester Art Gallery]]).<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

Ricketts also wrote on art, was a collector, and was elected an Associate of the [[Royal Academy]] in 1922 and a full member in 1928.<ref>''The Times'' 29 February 1928, p. 16</ref> In 1929 he was appointed a member of the Royal Fine Arts Commission.<ref>''The Times'' obituary, 9 Oct 1931, p. 7</ref>

===Theatre design===
Ricketts became a celebrated and sought-after designer for the stage. "Mr Ricketts is infallible in his ideas on costume" observed ''[[The Times]]''.<ref>''The Times'', 25 November 1910, p. 13</ref> Plays on which he worked included Oscar Wilde's ''[[Salome (play)|Salome]]'' (1906), [[Laurence Binyon]]'s ''Attila'' (1907), ''[[King Lear]]'' (1909), [[Bernard Shaw]]'s ''The Dark Lady'' (1910), [[Arnold Bennett]]'s ''Judith'' (1916), [[Maurice Maeterlinck]]'s ''The Betrothal'' (1920), Shaw's ''[[Saint Joan]]'' (1924), ''[[Macbeth]]'' (1926) and [[John Masefield]]'s ''The Coming of Christ'' (1928).<ref>''The Times'', 9 June, 1909, 25 November 1910, 25 January 1916, 25 November 1920, 17 April 1924, 28 December 1926 and 14 May 1928</ref> Outside London he worked for the [[Abbey Theatre]], [[Dublin]] on plays by [[William Butler Yeats|W. B. Yeats]] and [[J.M. Synge]].<ref>''The Times'', 5 January 1933, p. 8</ref> Ricketts also designed much-publicised new productions of ''[[The Gondoliers]]'' and ''[[The Mikado]]'' for [[Rupert D'Oyly Carte]] in the 1920s.<ref>Most of Ricketts's costume designs for ''The Mikado'' were retained by subsequent designers for more than 50 years - see Bell, Diana: ''The Complete Gilbert & Sullivan'', Wellfleet Press, New Jersey, 1989, ISBN 1-55521-440-1, pp. 148-52. See also [http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/carte/1926/index.html these photos and information about the 1926 ''Mikado'' designs]</ref>

A play, ''Last Romantics'' by [[Michael Lewis MacLennan]], has been based on Ricketts and Shannon and their circle, including [[Michael Field (pseudonym)|Michael Field]].

==Works==
*The Prado and its Masterpieces (1903)
*Titian (1910)
*Pages on Art (1913)
*Oscar Wilde: Recollections (1932)
*Self-Portrait (1939)

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==References==
*''Self-Portrait Taken from the Letters & Journals of Charles Ricketts, R.A.'' (1939) edited by [[T. Sturge Moore]] and [[Cecil Lewis]]
*Binnie, Eric. ''The theatrical designs of Charles Ricketts'' (1985) Ann Arbor, Mich: Umi Research Press ISBN 0835715841
*Calloway, Stephen. ''Charles Ricketts: Subtle and Fantastic Decorator'' (1979)
*Darracott, Joseph. ''The world of Charles Ricketts'' (1980) New York: Methuen ISBN 0416007112
*Darracott, Joseph. ''All for ar : the Ricketts and Shannon Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (1979) Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press ISBN 0521228417
*Delaney, J. G. Paul. ''Charles Ricketts: a biography'' (1990) Oxford: Clarendon Press ISBN 0198172125
*Genz, Marcella D. ''History of the Eragny Press, 1894-1914'' (2003)
*Watry, Maureen M. ''The Vale Press: Charles Ricketts, a Publisher in Earnest'' (2003) New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press ISBN 158456072X

==External links==
*{{worldcat id|lccn-n80-43407}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ricketts, Charles}}
[[Category:1866 births]]
[[Category:1931 deaths]]
[[Category:English designers]]
[[Category:English illustrators]]
[[Category:English printers]]
[[Category:English publishers (people)]]
[[Category:LGBT people from the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:People associated with Gilbert and Sullivan]]

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