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Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.

1. Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."

2. Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.

3. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA

Portrait of Maryat Lee and her family at Christmas. Pictured left to right are her father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee holding hands with Maryat, and her oldest brother John Lee holding hands with her mother Grace Dyer Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre.  She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!”  While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975.  Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community.  Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion.  With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

4. Family Portrait of Maryat Lee and her Family at Christmas

Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre.  She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!”  While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975.  Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community.  Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion.  With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

5. Maryat Lee and her brother Robert E. "Buzz" Lee at Christmas

Col. Ted McDowell pictured in the front row between men wearing light collars.

6. Group Portrait at Moose Lodge, Beckley, W. Va.

Dalf Lowry (left), Fred McDaniels (middle), and Joe Mann (right) pictured at Willowood Football Field, near Greenbrier River Bridge abutment.

7. Talcott High School Football Players, Talcott, W. Va.

J. C. Lane pictured beside the railroad tracks.

8. Allegheny Conductor at HX Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

Print number 1763. Man lays on ground dressed in Santa suit, while others hold various displays.

9. St. Mary's Russian Orthodox Church, Westover, W. Va.

Print number 1523.

10. Presbyterian Young People's League at Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

From left to right: Front row: Joe Czajka, Ed Ossoski, Sam Mundich, Pete Antolini, Albert Baisi, and Dick Dolly. Back row: Don McCann, Tony Rapaswick, john Carliss, and Jerry Clark. Print number 205.

11. West Virginia University Football Players

Schools girls potraying robins are leading the parade. Director Carl Beer may be seen in the foreground, all other persons are unidentified.

12. West Virginia Strawberry Festival School Children's Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.