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"The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organizations, established in 1834. Their rituals are modeled after those assumed to be used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000. The Order's female auxiliary is the Degree of Pocahontas, which dates back to the 1880s."

1. 63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052408
Title:
63rd Annual Session Improved Order of Red Men; 32nd Annual Session Degree of Pocohontas, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1934/05/22-1934/05/23
Description:
"The Improved Order of Red Men is one of the nation's oldest patriotic fraternal organizations, established in 1834. Their rituals are modeled after those assumed to be used by Native Americans. The organization claimed a membership of about half a million in 1935, but has declined to a little more than 15,000. The Order's female auxiliary is the Degree of Pocahontas, which dates back to the 1880s."
The nurses in the forefront hold flower bouquets. Behind them, physicians and staff are dressed in suits.

2. Staff, Nurses, and Physicians of Mountain State Memorial Hospital, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
052371
Title:
Staff, Nurses, and Physicians of Mountain State Memorial Hospital, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1949/02
Description:
The nurses in the forefront hold flower bouquets. Behind them, physicians and staff are dressed in suits.
Clark Raymond Morgan: President from Charleston, West Virginia. John Maxwell Ford: Vice-President from Charleston, West Virginia. Benjamin Harrison Ashworth: Orator from Beckley, West Virginia. Graves Hampton Trumbo: Secretary-Treasurer from Charleston, West Virginia.

3. Judge Frank Lively Class Fall Reunion, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
047629
Title:
Judge Frank Lively Class Fall Reunion, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1947
Description:
Clark Raymond Morgan: President from Charleston, West Virginia. John Maxwell Ford: Vice-President from Charleston, West Virginia. Benjamin Harrison Ashworth: Orator from Beckley, West Virginia. Graves Hampton Trumbo: Secretary-Treasurer from Charleston, West Virginia.

4. Group of Salvation Army Volunteers

IDNO:
047083
Title:
Group of Salvation Army Volunteers
Date:
Undated

5. Marita Nursery School Class, Charleston, W. Va.

IDNO:
046997
Title:
Marita Nursery School Class, Charleston, W. Va.
Date:
1962-05-25

6. Greenbrier High School Senior Class

IDNO:
046993
Title:
Greenbrier High School Senior Class
Date:
1937
See bottom of photograph for identification of those pictured.

7. First Annual Meeting of Special Medical Examiners, W. Va. State Compensation Commissioner

IDNO:
046975
Title:
First Annual Meeting of Special Medical Examiners, W. Va. State Compensation Commissioner
Date:
1933/09/30
Description:
See bottom of photograph for identification of those pictured.

8. Colonel P.D. Shingleton and His Instructors, W. Va. State Police School

IDNO:
046970
Title:
Colonel P.D. Shingleton and His Instructors, W. Va. State Police School
Date:
1936

9. Young Adults Take Picture in Backyard While Holding Bottle of Liquor

IDNO:
046945
Title:
Young Adults Take Picture in Backyard While Holding Bottle of Liquor
Date:
Undated