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505. Dr. Ernest W. Chick, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021148
Title:
Dr. Ernest W. Chick, West Virginia University
Date:
undated
Professor Emeritus, West Virginia University History Department.

506. Dr. James Morton Callahan, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021149
Title:
Dr. James Morton Callahan, West Virginia University
Date:
undated
Description:
Professor Emeritus, West Virginia University History Department.

507. J. M. Callahan, Ph.D., West Virginia University

IDNO:
021150
Title:
J. M. Callahan, Ph.D., West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1940
Professor of English and folklorist.

508. Louis Watson Chappell, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021151
Title:
Louis Watson Chappell, West Virginia University
Date:
undated
Description:
Professor of English and folklorist.

509. Dr. J. Morton Callahan, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021152
Title:
Dr. J. Morton Callahan, West Virginia University
Date:
undated

510. Faculty Member Corbett, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021154
Title:
Faculty Member Corbett, West Virginia University
Date:
undated
Friend E. Clark, B. S. '98, New Martinsville, W. Va.

511. Friend E. Clark, B. S., West Virginia University

IDNO:
021157
Title:
Friend E. Clark, B. S., West Virginia University
Date:
1898/06/09
Description:
Friend E. Clark, B. S. '98, New Martinsville, W. Va.
Louis Chappell in a military uniform standing on a canon.

512. Louis Watson Chappell, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021162
Title:
Louis Watson Chappell, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Louis Chappell in a military uniform standing on a canon.
Louis Watson Chappell in uniform (possible Us Army) seated on a cannon. Chappell became a member the WVU faculty in 1922 and is known for his extensive research and collection of Appalachia Music.

513. Louis Watson Chappell West Virginia University Faculty

IDNO:
021165
Title:
Louis Watson Chappell West Virginia University Faculty
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Louis Watson Chappell in uniform (possible Us Army) seated on a cannon. Chappell became a member the WVU faculty in 1922 and is known for his extensive research and collection of Appalachia Music.
'John Harrington Cox, 1863-1945; John H. Cox was a teacher of English in his native Illinois and in North Dakota before joining the faculty at West Virginia University in 1902 as an instructor. He held the position of professor of English philology from 1904 until his retirement in 1932. Professor Cox will be remembered for his establishment of the Beowulf Club at the University in 1908 as a means of arousing student interest in old and middle English Literature. The publication of Folk Songs of the South in 1925 was a climax of his achievement in collecting and preserving Folk Literature not only in West Virginia but in the whole Appalachian region. He translated and adapted for childrens use tales of chivalry from Old English, Old French, and Middle High German sources. Among these are Beowulf, A Knight of Artur`s Court, The Song of Roland and Siegfried. Dr. Cox was widely known through his writings in scholarly journals and his work in teachers` institutes in West Virginia and other states.'

514. John Harrington Cox, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021167
Title:
John Harrington Cox, West Virginia University
Date:
undated
Description:
'John Harrington Cox, 1863-1945; John H. Cox was a teacher of English in his native Illinois and in North Dakota before joining the faculty at West Virginia University in 1902 as an instructor. He held the position of professor of English philology from 1904 until his retirement in 1932. Professor Cox will be remembered for his establishment of the Beowulf Club at the University in 1908 as a means of arousing student interest in old and middle English Literature. The publication of Folk Songs of the South in 1925 was a climax of his achievement in collecting and preserving Folk Literature not only in West Virginia but in the whole Appalachian region. He translated and adapted for childrens use tales of chivalry from Old English, Old French, and Middle High German sources. Among these are Beowulf, A Knight of Artur`s Court, The Song of Roland and Siegfried. Dr. Cox was widely known through his writings in scholarly journals and his work in teachers` institutes in West Virginia and other states.'

515. Benjamin W. Allen, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021169
Title:
Benjamin W. Allen, West Virginia University
Date:
undated

516. Dr. Ben W. Armstrong, West Virginia University

IDNO:
021170
Title:
Dr. Ben W. Armstrong, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1962