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A group photo taken in front of the WVU building still under construction.

61. Group Portrait in front of Oglebay Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

A group is shielded from the sun by a large American flag as they enjoy the porch swing and music.

62. Family Listening to Cabinet Phonograph on Porch of Morgantown Home

Uniformed military men carrying guns across their shoulders walk down the streets of Morgantown, W. Va.

63. Navy Soldiers March Down the Street in Formation

Uniformed men walk in formation across unoccupied streets.

64. Soldiers March Across Streets in Morgantown, W. Va.

Uniformed men stand in line with their guns to their sides awaiting orders from their commanding officer.

65. Navy Soldiers Stand Attention, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397.

66. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397a.

67. World War I Trainees in Front of Barracks on Beechurst Avenue, Morgantown, W. Va.

Print number 397b. Barracks located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The AEF consisted of the U.S. Armed Forces that were sent to Europe during World War I.

68. Interior View of American Expeditionary Forces Barracks

Woodson was an African-American historian, author, journalist and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. Woodson has been cited as the "Father of Black History". He entered Douglass High School in Huntington, W. Va.  in 1895, earning his diploma in two years. He taught in Winona, Fayette County, W. Va. and served as principal of Douglass High in 1900. Woodson subsequently completed his PhD in History at Harvard and published several works regarding African-American history, education and culture. After a year as Dean of Liberal Arts at Howard University in Washington, Woodson was appointed Academic Dean at West Virginia Collegiate Institute in 1920. He returned to Washington in 1922.

69. Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.

Engineer identified as ED Fredeking. Fireman identified as Dewey Keaton Spring.

70. Engineer & Fireman at Hinton Station, Hinton, W. Va.

View looking up Possum Hollow. Avis City Hall on the right from Clem Ellison.

71. Avis Crossing, Hinton, W. Va.

Print number 1628.

72. Two World War I Soldiers in Military Uniforms