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Marching band poses with several members wearing an American flag in their hair. Front row, L to R: 1. A. E. Sampson; 2. Unidentified; 3. Edd Maxwell; 4. Prof. Erwin; 5. Evert Shrewsberry; 6. J. G. Hutchinson; 7. Lawrence Spencer; 8. John Martin; 9. Walter Smith; 10. James H. McGinnis; 11. __ Mauck; 12. Lucien Davis; 13. E. O. Phlegan; 14. Charley Bailey; 15. ___ Frazier; 16. Edd Martin

1. Patriotic Band, Morgan County, W. Va.

Unidentified man looks through the cupboards in the galley of the "Humphrey" towboat.

2. Galley of Humphrey Towboat

3. Western Maryland Coal Car No. 19659 Loaded with Coal

4. Restored Log House on Arthur Farm, Reedsville, W. Va.

5. Aerial View of Morgantown, W. Va.

6. Horse Drawn Sleds on a Snowy Path, Morgantown, W. Va.

7. Lining up for Parade, Rowlesburg, Preston County, W. Va.

8. Women in an Early Model Car, Preston County, W. Va.

9. J. H. Dent Family Reunion, Preston County, W. Va.

10. Family Portrait, Valley Point, Preston County, W. Va.

In the driver's seat is Warren Cunningham, beside him is Bradford Cunningham, and in the backseat is Oather Cunningham and Homer Lovejoy.

11. Warren Cunningham, Bradford Cunningham, Oather Cunningham, and Homer Lovejoy in Car, Charleston, W. Va.

'Back row, left panel: Fred Davis.'

12. Students on North Steps of Martin Hall, West Virginia University

Marmaduke Dent was grandfather of Marmaduke H. Dent who was born in Monongalia County in the town of Granville on April 18, 1849. West Virginia University opened in 1867, and he became the first graduate of West Virginia University in 1870 and the first president of the WVU Alumni Association.

13. Portrait of Marmaduke Dent

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

14. Three Men Seated Atop a Large Rock

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

15. Aerial View of River

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

16. Coal Mine Operation

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

17. Elkhorn, W. Va.

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

18. Coal Mine Operation

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

19. Coal Carts on Conveyor

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

20. Railroad Tracks and Buildings in Crozer, Pennsylvania

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

21. Loaded Coal Cars and Mine Operation

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

22. Mine Building

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

23. Nokomis Coal Mine, Nokomis, Illinois

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

24. Benton Coal Company, Benton, Illinois

From WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

25. Peabody Coal Mine, Nokomis, Illinois

Photo from WVU College of Mineral and Energy Resources Scrapbook.

26. Man Watches as Smoke Barrels from Device

Photo from WVU College of Mineral Resources Scrapbook

27. Fusion Furnace and Testing Equipment

College of Mineral and Energy Resources Visit to China.

28. Mess Cook and Two Gardeners

A view of several automobiles going down on the state highway. Print number 1715.

29. Morgantown-Kingwood State Highway, Route 7

30. Tipple and Coal Conveyor, No. 3 Elkhorn Mine, Pond Creek Pocahontas Company

31. Front of Tipple, No. 3 Elkhorn Mine, Pond Creek Pocahontas Company

In the bottom right of the portrait, mine workers are laying down railroad tracks.

32. Tipple and Coal Conveyor, No. 3 Elkhorn Mine, Pond Creek Pocahontas Company

33. Back of Tipple and Coal Conveyor, No. 3 Elkhorn Mine, Pond Creek Pocahontas Company

34. View of 'B' Anchor Looking from Back Side, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

35. View of 'B' Anchor, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

36. Right-O-Way Looking from 'B' to 'A' Anchor, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

37. Looking from 'B' Anchor to Tipple, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

38. View of 'B' Anchor Showing Tunnel for 'T', No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

On the back: "8' surface, 10' shale."

39. View of 'B' Anchor Showing Hard Shale, No. 1 Tram, Island Creek Coal Company

40. Double Exposure: House and 'Turkeybone Face Shaped Rock', Helvetia, W. Va.

41. Photograph of 'Fred and Dave', Helvetia, W. Va.

Built by Melville Davisson Post in 1914.

42. Melville Davisson Post Home, 'The Chalet', Harrison County, W. Va.

Performed at WWVA Wheeling or WMMN Fairmont.

43. 'Smilin' Red' Ledford, Radio Performer

Performed at WWVA Wheeling or WMMN Fairmont.

44. Radio Performer 'Cousin Carson' Reynolds

Gathering for the first production of "Anvil" in Charles Town, W. Va. for the West Virginia Centennial. Identified in the photograph: left Seated, Erma Ora Byrd and Robert C. Byrd; far right seated, Julia Davis Adams. "The Anvil" was a play written by Julia Davis about the John Brown Raid for the Civil War Centennial. Her grandparents were from Charles Town where Brown was tried and hanged. Her grandfather witnessed the execution.

45. First Production of 'Anvil', Charles Town, W. Va.

B. D. Gibson, "Port", at age 21, weight 180 lbs.

46. B. D. Gibson, 'Port'

47. Portrait of 'Uncle Taylor'

Frances D. Packette and her pet cat, Schley-Puss, on a see-saw.

48. Frances D. Packette and 'Schley-Puss'

The "Crazy House" was built by a former mayor of Harpers Ferry in 1914. His hobby was collecting "old relics", which he placed inside walls of the house during construction. Such items as old china plates and bullets can be seen encased in the structure. The builder also made an impression of a coffin in the front sidewalk and wrote above it, "Remains of Old Worry", making the property an popular tourist attraction. Refer to A&M 454, Box 25; Folder 11 for more information.

49. 'Crazy House', Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

State Police disposing of illegal liquor.

50. 'A Dreadful Crime!'

State Police disposing of illegal liquor.

51. 'A Dreadful Crime!'

William B. Packette Sr.and possibly his daughter Frances Packette in a buggy harnessed to a horse named "Prince".

52. William B. Packette Sr.,of Charles Town, W. Va. With Little Girl and 'Prince'

African-American man holding a horse in front of the Gibson - Packette house on Samuel Street.

53. John Harris Holding 'Dan' in Charles Town, W. Va.

Father, William B. Packette and daughter, Frances Packette riding in a buggy drawn by two horses, Bird and Dan.

54. William B. Packette and Frances D. Packette of Charles Town, W. Va. and Team of 'Bird and Dan'

Sketch of West Virginia Congressman (1863) William G. Brown, who served in the Virginia Legislature (1841-1848) before the war. Brown was also a member of the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention.

55. Honorable William G. Brown of Preston County, W. Va.

Governor of West Virginia from 1871-1877 and 1881-1885. During John Jacob's first administration, the 1872 Constitutional Convention was called and a new state constitution ratified. Among the changes the term of governor was increased from two years to four.

56. John J. Jacob, Governor of West Virginia

Sketch of Charles J. Faulkner, delegate to the 1872 West Virginia Constitutional Convention. Faulkner was arrested in 1861 by the Federal authorities, while returning from France. He was in France negotiating the sale of arms to the Confederate government. Later Faulkner served on Stonewall Jackson's staff.

57. Charles J. Faulkner of Berkeley County, W. Va.

W. K. Pendleton was a Senatorial Representative to the 1872 State Constitutional Convention. He was also President of Betheny College, 1841-1886 and State Superintendent of Schools, 1876-1881.

58. William K. Pendleton

Sketch of J. H. Atkinson, a member of the 1861 Wheeling Convention and a state senator in the first West Virginia Legislature.

59. John H. Atkinson of Hancock County, W. Va.

Sketch of Joseph W. Gallaher, member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention, representing the Second Senatorial District of Marion, Wetzel and Marshall Counties.

60. Joseph Wesley Gallaher of Marshall County, W. Va.

Sketch of James H. Brown, delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Legislature of the Restored Government of Virginia and in 1863 he was elected to the West Virginia State Supreme Court.

61. James H. Brown of Kanawha County, W. Va.

Sketch of James M. Jackson, a member of the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention and judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court, 1872-1888

62. James Monroe Jackson of Wood County, W. Va.

Sketch of William Flick who served as a delegate for Pendleton County in the West Virginia State Legislature, 1868-1870. He was appointed United States District Attorney for West Virginia by President Arthur in 1882.

63. William H. H. Flick

Sketch of Colonel Daniel Johnson, a member of the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Union Army and was a member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention

64. Colonel Daniel D. Johnson of Tyler County, W. Va.

Sketch of Captain James M. Pipes, who served in the Union Army, wounded three times including amputation of an arm. He was West Virginia Secretary of State, 1868-1872 and a member of the 1872 State Constitutional Convention

65. Captain James M. Pipes of Marshall County, W. Va.

Years at Wesleyan-Buckhannon.

66. James 'Jim' Edmund Stonestreet

Unidentified man wearing a large hat, vest, goatee and mustache. The tintype is encased in a small glass frame.

67. 'Tu Amigo'

Born: 1840/09 in Nelson County, Virginia; Died 1920/05 in Harrison, West Virginia

68. Auriannah 'Laura' Armstead Ashcraft, Wife of Francis M. Ashcraft of Harrison County, W. Va.

Post card print of unidentified children. Inscription on the back "For Grandma Haldeman, from Mrs. Smith"

69. 'Grandma' Haldeman's Grandchildren

Two stills with their rectifying columns for fractionation of petroleum, light, oil and other material. Continuous rotary disk filter is in the foreground

70. Two Stills With Their Rectifying Columns in Mineral Industries Building, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

A black and white positive of a sketch of the College main building.

71. 'The College', Fairmont State Normal School, Fairmont, W. Va.

African-American woman holding a milking pail while sitting on a dairy cow.

72. 'Lovenia The Georgia Milkmaid'

73. Anna Mathers, 'Hughs', and Effie Roberts

Location is unknown.

74. Three Men, 'Lovelace, Rooney and Leeper' Standing in Front of Government Building

The ship "Dwight F. Davis" sails under a bridge. This ship was built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

75. 'Dwight F. Davis' Sailing Under Bridge

The Ship "Dwight F. Davis" sails through the water. This ship was built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

76. Ship, 'Dwight F. Davis' Sailing in Open Water

Pilot house on the vessel, "Geo T. Price" built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

77. Pilot House of Towboat, 'George T. Price', Kanawha River, W. Va.

Launching of the towboat "Geo T. Price". This ship was built by the Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia. Note how the men on board brace themselves during the launch.

78. Launching of 'George T. Price', Kanawha River, W. Va.

Cabins separated by gendered. The Ladies cabin is in the foreground and the Gentlemen's cabin is forward through the passage on the steam boat "Deal" built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

79. Separate Cabins on Steam Boat, 'Deal'

Towboat "Shaver" built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia. Note the ship docked behind the "Shaver", the "West Niger", has swastika on its stack.

80. Towboat 'Shaver'

Towboat "James Rumsey" built by The Charles Ward Engineering Works in Charleston, West Virginia.

81. Towboat 'James Rumsey', Kanawha River, W. Va.

Possibly a portrait engraving of Virginia Governor Francis H. Pierpont, one of the founding fathers of West Virginia.

82. Portrait of Francis H. Pierpont, Governor of Restored Government of Virginia 1861-1868

83. William Mathers 'Mike' Barrick, Morgantown, W. Va.

84. Gassaway Dentist, Dr. Welch and Wife 'Shorty', Braxton County, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the post card, "Built in the Land of Coal-- of coal mined in the Williamson coalfield. Located on the Courthouse Square, Williamson, Mingo County, W. Va."

85. Chamber of Commerce 'Coal House', Williamson, W. Va.

Information on p. 148 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Bobbie Drew Ward".

86. Ethelyn Drew, 'Piggy', and Ruby Drew, Monongalia County, W. Va.

L to R: Mary Lou Mosby, Anna Mae Henderson and Christine Mosby. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

87. 'Prelude to Swing' Musical Group, Morgantown, W. Va.

Young Zula Mae McKinley dancing on stage. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

88. 'Prelude to Swing', Zula Mae Mckinley (Banks), Morgantown, W. Va.

Bill Younger and an unidentified young man performing a duet on stage. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

89. 'Prelude to Swing', Bill Younger and Partner, Morgantown, W. Va.

The woman seated in the photograph is Prisilla or "Aunt Prissy". She was a slave in the before the Civil War and owned by the Dorsey family of Morgantown. All others are unidentified. Information on p. 22 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from Spinster Photo Book Club, duplicate held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Study Archive. Original loaned by Ruth Lawrence Mahaney."

90. 'One's Colored Relations', Morgantown, W. Va.

The New Dominion was Morgantown's first daily newspaper. Beginning as a weekly in 1876, the paper start publishing dailies in 1897.

91. Justin M. 'Cap' Kunkle, First Editor of New Dominion Newspaper, Morgantown, W. Va.

Hatfield served as governor of West Virginia 1913-1917 and United States Senator, 1928-1934.

92. Farm of Dr. Henry D. Hatfield, McDowell County, W. Va.

Bottom Row, L to R: Leslie Bucklew, Charles Price, James Larence, Ross Hawkins, J. C. Knight, George Lowe, Otis Pugh, Ira Bates, Jacob Swick, W. D. Tennant, Creed Maxwell. Middle Row: M. L. Perkins, Edgar Corley, W. R. Perkins, Grover Moats, J. R. Constable, G. W. Roy, Thelbert Titchnor, Charles Titchner, William Bosley, Thomas Pritchard, A. R. Forman, H. W. Eby, Frank Anderson, Smith Tanner, John Rosco, B. B. Luzier, H. L. Shultz, David Wilkins. Top Row: Harry Miller, Ambrose Brotherton, Jennings Barnes, B. F. McMahon, A. R. Wolf, Nick Luzier, Russell Whipkey, Thomas Lay, Bushrod Grimes (In charge of the project), A. O. Goldstrom, Leroy Work, M. R. Sisler, Francis Kerns, Chester Carlin, Arthur Rowan, Earl Whytsell.

93. Group Portrait of Homesteaders, Arthurdale, W. Va.

Unidentified workers building a bridge of iron and stone piers over the Cheat River in Preston County.

94. County Bridge Construction, Cadell (Caddell), W. Va.

Unidentified workers take a break on the stone piers anchored in the Cheat River.

95. County Bridge Contruction, Cadell (Caddell), Preston County, W. Va.

Unidentified man and woman standing on the grounds in front of club building.

96. Cabell Country Club, Huntington, W. Va.