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1. Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
011792
Title:
Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905
University Hall, now called Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University from Greater Morgantown and its Environments, 1902.

2. Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019895
Title:
Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
University Hall, now called Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University from Greater Morgantown and its Environments, 1902.

3. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019904
Title:
Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905

4. Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University

IDNO:
019908
Title:
Woodburn Circle, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905

5. Horse and Buggy in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020259
Title:
Horse and Buggy in front of Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905

6. On the Path to Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

IDNO:
020261
Title:
On the Path to Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1905
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.

7. 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.
Three young women and one young man, books in hand stroll the "circle" as several students gather on the steps of Woodburn Hall in the background.

8. West Virginia University Students On Woodburn Circle, Morgantown, W.Va.

IDNO:
038199
Title:
West Virginia University Students On Woodburn Circle, Morgantown, W.Va.
Date:
ca. 1905
Description:
Three young women and one young man, books in hand stroll the "circle" as several students gather on the steps of Woodburn Hall in the background.