Reverse reads: "Hotel Morgan. Morgantown, West Virginia. Fireproof. 150 outside rooms with tub and shower, rates from $3.50. Home of the West Virginia University."
Jennings Randolph and Others at Kickoff Banquet at Hotel Morgan for Greater University Drive
Date:
1966
Description:
A photograph of Senator Jennings Randolph (standing) behind Harley Staggers (left), Sargent Shriver (second from left), Paul Miller (second from right) and Don Bond (right).
Morgantown Touchdown Club Spring Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
A group of men are gathered at a spring banquet held at Hotel Morgan after the West Virginia University basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the United States.In the front row, from left to right, is unidentified, Jerry West, Bobby Joe Smith, Ronnie Retton, Bucky Bolyard, Butch Gude, Jim Warren, and possibly Willie Akers.In the second row, from left to right, is athletic director Red Brown, basketball referee Red Mahalic, Jody Gardner, Loyd Sherer, Don Vincent, Whitie Guyme, team physician Dr. Sam Morris, Golf-pro Reggie Spencer, and Father Scott.In the third row, from left to right, is University of Pittsburgh basketball coach Doc Cartson, WVU head coach Fred Schaus, unidentified, the team's general manager Mr. Gwair, and unidentified.
'View of the speakers table at banquet held at Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va. on the evening of Nov. 17, 1941 at the conclusion of defense day celebration, which marked the start of production at Morgantown Ordnance Works. $38,000,000 anhydrous ammonia plant erected for the War Department by E. E. du Pont de Nemours and Co. under supervision of the construction division, Quartermaster Corps.'
'Major General Charles T. Harris, Jr. Ordnance Department, Washington D.C., was the guest of honor at banquet held in Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, West Virginia. November 17, 1941 at conclusion of defense day celebration. Pictured left to right at the speaker's table are: Lt. Col. W. R. Orton, commandent of the cadet corps, West Virginia University; Major General Harris; Robert G. Wilbourn, President, Morgantown Chamber of Congress and toastmaster at the dinner and Judge Herschel H. Rose of the West Virginia Supreme Court, one of the principal speakers.'
Guests at the Defense Day Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1941/11/17
Description:
'Among the guests of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce at the defense day banquet held Nov. 17, 1941 in Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va. were the four representatives of the War Department and the duPont company pictured above. Left to right are: J. A. Grady, field project manager who was in charge of construction for E. I. duPont de Nemours and Co.; Major Alexander P. Gates, contract information section, construction division, Office of the Quartermaster General; S. K. Varnes, Chief Engineer, and Major Fred O. Mitchell, Deputy Zone Constructing Quartermaster, Columbus Ohio.'
Monongalia County Sesquicentennial Celebration, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1926/10/22
Description:
Crowds fill the streets of Morgantown, W. Va. anticipating the parade. In the background is a Union Bank, right, and the building that is now Hotel Morgan, center.
Members of the Morgantown Bar Association Attending Dinner at Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va.
Description:
Seated at the back table, from left to right: John Patrick Ball, Judge Don J. Eddy, Dean Paul L. Selby, Edgar F. Haskell III and Robert W. Dinsmore. At the front table on the far right is Oakley J. Hopkins, and facing directly in front of him is Charles Haden II.
A young Air Force Cadet at West Virginia University, asked Dorothy Johnson to dance the jitterbug with him at Hotel Morgan during a holiday dance. Johnson was an elevator operator at the hotel. Dean Arnold, the dean of women at the University, asked the cadet's commanding officer to dismiss him. Information on p. 131 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Robert Jackson".
An unidentified bellhop working at the Hotel Morgan. Information on p. 149 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Bobbie Drew Ward".
