View of Basketball Hall, 'The Ark', West Virginia University, completed on November 4, 1916 and other downtown campus buildings and the Monongahela River in the background. Steel bridge over the Monongahela river in the background.
Wooded Area Next to Martin Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
'View from U. Ave end of Martin Hall looking toward present site of E. Moore Hall. Dated by recent planting of trees in picture. Ginko by Martin and Maples along Drivis Way. P.S. Hartman Phys plt'
Campus of West Virginia University Looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street
Date:
ca. 1891
Description:
'May 18, 1945. This walk runs along the front of the campus where Elizabeth Moore Hall is placed. Sycamore tree in the foreground 'cut down 1963', which is one of the two largest trees on the campus today, was planted by the Rev. J. R. Moore as was the other tree, the maple, in the Circle. He planted another tree on the Circle which died many years ago. Rev. Moore came to Morgantown as Principal of the Monongalia Academy in 1852 and died in 1864. The Falling Run Road which runs along the edge of picture is now University Avenue.' 'This is the E. Moore Hall sycqamore still growing as of February 22, 1983. References to the tree being planted by Rev. Moore is probably an error. The tree is shown in photos from 1888 as a fully grown tree at least 50 years old. P.S. Hartman'
Shady Walk on the Campus of West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
This walk runs along the front of the campus where Elizabeth Moore Hall is placed. Sycamore tree in the foreground 'cut down 1963', which is one of the two largest trees on the campus today, was planted by the Rev. J. R. Moore as was the other tree, the maple, in the Circle. He planted another tree on the Circle which died many years ago. Rev. Moore came to Morgantown as Principal of the Monongalia Academy in 1852 and died in 1864. The Falling Run Road which runs along the edge of picture is now University Avenue. This is the E. Moore Hall sycqamore still growing as of February 22, 1983. References to the tree being planted by Rev. Moore is probably an error. The tree is shown in photos from 1888 as a fully grown tree at least 50 years old.
Winter View of Morgantown and West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1893-1900
Description:
Inscription with the photograph: 'View from south's pasture showing the house owned by the White heirs on Sunnyside in the foreground, and campus before addition to Woodburn Hall, but after Science Hall was built.' 'View of University Ave? The WVU Campus, and Morgantown, taken from a point near the present intersection with Beverly Ave ca. 1895.'
Front left: Engineering building II and behind it is the Physics building. Back left to right: President's home, Administration, Law School, Chemistry building.
'View of University grounds looking north from the Old Library. To the right is the Old Experiment Station, Science Hall in the middle, Martin Hall on the left.'
Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Leila Jesse Frazier, of Upper Norword in Surrey, England and an 1899 graduate of the WVU Law School, rides 'man fashion' or astride, near Woodburn Hall. A contemporaneous newspaper account depicts Frazier’s journey to Morgantown to begin her law studies, indicating that she put her husband, James C. Frazier, on the train in Martinsburg, and set off unaccompanied on horseback across the mountains. She arrived several days later,wearing a black riding habit with a divided skirt, riding ';man fashion', carrying a brace of revolvers, and 'armed with a most remarkable amount of courage and daring'. Frazier was president of the Woman’s League of WVU, the first women’s organization on campus. Information from Becky Lofstead, 'Trailblazers at the College of Law' in WVU Alumni Magazine, Winter 2000, p.18.
