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View of Law School Classroom in Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University.

13. Law School Classroom, Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019892
Title:
Law School Classroom, Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1913
Description:
View of Law School Classroom in Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University.
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.

14. Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020429
Title:
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.
From the Morgantown Daily News.

15. St. George Tucker Brooke, Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021010
Title:
St. George Tucker Brooke, Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
1907/06/09
Description:
From the Morgantown Daily News.
Law School Faculty Member.

16. St. George Tucker Brooke, Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021014
Title:
St. George Tucker Brooke, Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1890-1910
Description:
Law School Faculty Member.

17. Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021106
Title:
Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
undated

18. Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021111
Title:
Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1970

19. Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021131
Title:
Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1970

20. Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021133
Title:
Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
undated

21. Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021138
Title:
Clyde L. Colson, Dean of Law School, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1970

22. Willard Lorensen, Professor of Law, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021283
Title:
Willard Lorensen, Professor of Law, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1966
Once Mayor of Morgantown.

23. Marlyn Lugar, Professor of Law, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021288
Title:
Marlyn Lugar, Professor of Law, West Virginia University
Description:
Once Mayor of Morgantown.

24. Paul L. Selby Jr., Dean of the College of Law, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021334
Title:
Paul L. Selby Jr., Dean of the College of Law, West Virginia University