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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.

In the front row, from left to right, are Dove Hunohrey, Wallace Craft, Leon Jarvis, and Cris Thompson.Standing, from left to right, are William Craft, Pete Radzue, Eddie Jarvis, Theodore Dixon, Buss Royer, and Virgil Dillon.The "bat-boys" in the forefront of the photograph are Dyke Janeski and Edgar Foster.

3. White Oak Baseball Team, White Oak, Raleigh County, W. Va.

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

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

An unidentified boy is pictured beside the machinery.

5. Electrical Apparatus at MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.

An interior look inside the cottage which holds the electrical apparatus machinery.

6. Electrical Apparatus at the MWPP Service Company Cottage, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Participants in the fashion show gather along the stairs. Subjects unidentified.

7. Style Show at Women's 4-H Camp in Unidentified Location

A group of campers sit on a lawn outside of a log cabin while listening to a speaker.

8. Vesper Service at State Boys' 4-H Camp, Jackson's Mill, Lewis County, W. Va.

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.

9. 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.

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

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

11. 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.

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

J. C. Lane pictured beside the railroad tracks.

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

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

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

Print number 1523.

15. 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.

16. West Virginia University Football Players

Bakery to the right of the theater. Poster outside of the movie theater displays "The Firefly" starring Allan Jones and Warren William.

17. Movie Theatre, Romney, W. Va.

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

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

Mary Lou Thorn, Queen of the festival sits with her court.

19. Crowning Queen of West Virginia Strawberry Festival Buckhannon, W. Va.

In this picture boys from the State Industrial School at Pruntytown are shown marching.

20. West Virginia Strawberry Festival Parade, Buckhannon, W. Va.

21. Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Preparing for the Spud and Splinter Festival.

22. Getting the Clothespin in Trim, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Preparation for the Spud and Splinter parade and festival.

23. Scrubbing Up the Deck for 1939 Manuevers, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Jeannette Richards, last years sweetheart cleans the battleship for the 1939 maneuvers."

24. Jeannette Richards, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photo, "Steele Wallace Corporation largest Clothespin Factory in the World."

25. Clothespin Factory, Nicholas County, W. Va.

Back row: Maxel Given, Jim Given, Mary Austin. Middle row: Ernest Given, John Given. Front row: Kenneth Gail given, Junior Gregory, Sean Austin, Doris Gregory, Marie Gemas.

26. Clinton Furnace, Monongalia County

27. View from Above of Mine No. 14, Island Creek Coal Company

28. Civilian Conservation Corps Baseball Team

29. East Side of Interwoven Mills at Martinsburg, W. Va.

30. View of New River Gorge from Hawks Nest

Cadets with a gun line up for a photo op in Drill Field on Old Clothes Festival.

31. ROTC Cadets Dressed for Old Clothes Parade, West Virginia University

32. ROTC Summer Camp Chow Line, West Virginia University

33. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

A view of summer training, an open tent for cooking unit.

34. ROTC Summer Camp Chow Tent, West Virginia University

Cadet waits on a opposite bank while the rest bring the second girder.

35. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

36. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

37. ROTC Officials Stand on a River Bank, West Virginia University

Boxes of military equipment and ammunition and a military truck are displayed on a camp ground.

38. ROTC Summer Camp Equipment and Trucks, West Virginia University

Between military trucks open boxes containing military equipment; a row of pitched tent and a camp headquarters in the distance.

39. ROTC Summer Camp Equipment and Trucks, West Virginia University

40. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

41. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

Cadets aside while placing a truss.

42. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

43. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

44. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

45. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

46. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

47. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

48. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

49. ROTC Cadet Driving a Tank, West Virginia University

50. ROTC Truck at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

Cadet exits Engineer's Supply with a bundle of goods.

51. ROTC Summer Camp, West Virginia University

Cadet relaxing on his cot.

52. ROTC Summer Camp, West Virginia University

Cadets on shore watch others work on a bridge.

53. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

54. ROTC Cadets on Tanks, West Virginia University

One cadet in a swimsuit nears the end of a pontoon bridge while others on the opposite bank watch.

55. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

56. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

Cadets in a boat.

57. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

Cadets lifting wooden sections of the bridge.

58. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

59. ROTC Bulldozing a Road, West Virginia University

60. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

61. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

62. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

63. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

Cadets carrying large pieces of wood.

64. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

65. ROTC Equipment Including Carpenter's Chest, Shovels, and Picks, West Virginia University

66. ROTC Cadets at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

67. ROTC Company D Engineers Tents at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

68. ROTC Target Practice, West Virginia University

69. ROTC Cadets at Work with Shovels, West Virginia University

70. ROTC Weapons Training, West Virginia University

Young man carrying his boots and bag outside.

71. ROTC Cadet at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

72. ROTC Vehicles and Equipment at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

73. ROTC Cadets Receiving Instructions During Summer Camp, West Virginia University

74. ROTC Cadets Lined Up for Inspection at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

75. ROTC Summer Camp Chow Line, West Virginia University

76. ROTC Muster at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

77. ROTC Drill at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

78. ROTC Weapons Training, West Virginia University

79. ROTC Cadets at Summer Camp, West Virginia University

80. Fence at ROTC Summer Camp, West Virginia University Cadets Visible in Background

81. ROTC Bulldozer, West Virginia University

82. ROTC Truck, West Virginia University

83. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

84. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

85. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

86. ROTC Members Waiting to be Transported, West Virginia University

87. ROTC Members Boarding the Bus to Louisville, West Virginia University

88. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

89. ROTC and Others Gathered on a River Bank, West Virginia University

90. ROTC Summer Camp, West Virginia University

91. ROTC Commanders Stand Along Hillside, West Virginia University

92. ROTC Bridge Building Exercise, West Virginia University

93. ROTC Cadets of West Virginia University Cool Off During Bridge Building Exercise

94. ROTC Cadets of West Virginia University Crossing a River, West Virginia University

95. ROTC Cadets of West Virginia University Hard at Work with Bulldozer

96. Chow Line at ROTC Summer Camp, West Virginia University