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A crowd fills the platform overlooking New River.

61. Presidential Train at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045698
Title:
Presidential Train at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
A crowd fills the platform overlooking New River.
Unidentified men wait outside the "Lunch Room" for the next train.

62. Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045699
Title:
Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Unidentified men wait outside the "Lunch Room" for the next train.
A train approaches the platform on the C&O Railroad.

63. Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045700
Title:
Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1930
Description:
A train approaches the platform on the C&O Railroad.
Locomotive No. 83 at the platform.

64. Steam Engine at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045701
Title:
Steam Engine at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Locomotive No. 83 at the platform.
Presidential candidate Landon speaks to the crowd gathered on the platform.

65. Landon vs. Roosevelt Campaign at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045702
Title:
Landon vs. Roosevelt Campaign at the Hinton Train Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1936
Description:
Presidential candidate Landon speaks to the crowd gathered on the platform.
An group of unidentified persons pose on the platform.

66. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Passenger Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045703
Title:
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, Passenger Depot, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
An group of unidentified persons pose on the platform.
Man behind signature identified as "Uncle" Vollmer Meador. The rest are unidentified.

67. Outside Hinton's Depot, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045704
Title:
Outside Hinton's Depot, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Man behind signature identified as "Uncle" Vollmer Meador. The rest are unidentified.
Station under repair after the fire.

68. Hinton Train Station Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045705
Title:
Hinton Train Station Under Construction, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1912
Description:
Station under repair after the fire.
Man to the left is Simms Wicker's father. Other persons unidentified.

69. Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station, Hinton, W. Va.

IDNO:
045706
Title:
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Station, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1910
Description:
Man to the left is Simms Wicker's father. Other persons unidentified.
President Gee of West Virginia University, pictured on the left, congratulates Gamini Batuwitage from Sri Lanka on completing a year of study at WVU as one of eight Hubert Humphrey Fellows. With them is another Humphrey Fellow, Al Hassan Jagne(center) from Gambia. The federally financed fellowship program brings mid-career government officials from developing countries to the U.S. for a year of advanced study in agriculture, health administration, management and planning.

70. President Gordon Gee Congratulating Hubert Humphrey Fellow, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
045707
Title:
President Gordon Gee Congratulating Hubert Humphrey Fellow, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1982/06/15
Description:
President Gee of West Virginia University, pictured on the left, congratulates Gamini Batuwitage from Sri Lanka on completing a year of study at WVU as one of eight Hubert Humphrey Fellows. With them is another Humphrey Fellow, Al Hassan Jagne(center) from Gambia. The federally financed fellowship program brings mid-career government officials from developing countries to the U.S. for a year of advanced study in agriculture, health administration, management and planning.
President Gordon Gee of West Virginia University poses with Melanne Pennington, aka Miss West Virginia.

71. President Gee With Miss West Virginia

IDNO:
045708
Title:
President Gee With Miss West Virginia
Date:
1984
Description:
President Gordon Gee of West Virginia University poses with Melanne Pennington, aka Miss West Virginia.
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.

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

IDNO:
045709
Title:
Carter G. Woodson, Piney Grove, W. Va.
Date:
1918
Description:
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.