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Left group: Stella Elliott ("Ma Steller Ruggles"); Lotta Kump, ("Little Larry Ruggles"); Blanche Lazzelle ("Susan Ruggles"). Right group: Della Haymond ("Aunt Deller Ruggles"); May Ruffin ("Kat Ruggles"); Virginia Rider ("Sarah Mand Ruggles"); Flora Sanders ("Peora Ruggles")

1. 'Ruggles Family', West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "King's Daughters, "Fear no evil, but scatter sunshine" - Motto. Members listed in photo: Mollie Throckmorton, Irene Coffield, Ivie Hardman, Clarice Ripley, Nellie Howard, Bo peep Smith, Minnie Core, President, Maud Sheats, Bessie Martin, Blanche Lazzell, Flo Friend, Gertrude Wheeler, Dot Stuart, Lidia Shroth

2. Sunbeam Circle, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "The lads took the new lasses and the old lasses were left to mourn." Listed in the photograph: Sicely Wilson; Osa Lawson; Gertrude Wheeler; Blanche Lazzelle; Eirlah Davis' Mabel Wiant; Sadie Donley.

3. 'The Seven Widows', Excelsior and Crestomathean Halls, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

"Students Out Walking, Monday PM". Students numbered: 1.Percy Metheny; 2.Frank Williamson; 3.Etta Harrison; 4.Lillie King; 5.Sicily Wilson; 6.Claud King; 7.Ed Carter; 8.Flora Sanders; 9.Ida Flesher; 10.Thomas Sharpriack; 11.Roy Hardest; 12.Mayne Charlton; 13. Jessie Stewart; 14.Josie Engle; 15.James Bird; 16.Cecil Crickard; 17.Elmer Trotter; 18.Emory Ireland; 19.Blanche Lazzell; 20.Mattie Esilmore; 21.Kittie Martin; 22.Mary Eichelberger; 23.Fred Sharp; 24.Mabel Wiant; 25.Emma Peters; 26.William Blair; 27.James Mc Hord; 28.Ed Stallings; middle front-Dog,

4. Spring Vacation Party of West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Photograph was taken on the steps of the Seminary. Members of the cast and their roles, back to front: Ed Cater, "Comelious"; Dilla Haymond, "Ma Diller"; Will Craig, "Clem"; May Griffin, "Katrina"; Harry Byer, "Eily"; Virginia Rider, "Sweet Sarah Mand"; Stella Elliott, "Ma Steller"; Emory Ireland, "Uncle Emory"; William Blair, "Uncle Billy"; Flora Sanders, "Awful Peoria"; Lotta Kump, "Little Baby Larry"; Blanche Lazzelle, "Gentle Susan".

5. 'The Ruggleses' Cast, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Members L to R: 1.Nellie Ogan; 2.Fannie Jones; 3.Osa Lawson, Pres.; 4.Gertrude Roberts; 5.Etta Harrison; 6.Sicely Wilson; 7.Nellie McBride; 8.Blanche Lazzell; 9.Nora Fetty; 10.Josie Engle; 11. Ivy Hardman; 12. Olive Wildman; 13. Gertrude Wheeler

6. F. F. C. Literary Society of West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Motto inscribed on back, "Speak no evil, but scatter Sunshine". Members back Row, L to R: Ivie Shriver, Cowen, WV; Gertrude Wheeler, Rowlesburg, WV; Nellie McBride, Weston, WV; Osie Lawson, West Milford, WV; Gertrude Roberts, Oakland, MD; Josie Engle, West Union, WV; Sicely Wilson, Wilson, WV; Ivie Hardman, Jane Lew, WV; Blanche Lazzell, Maidsville, WV; Fannie Jones, Knottsville, WV; Mary Schroth, Hevetia, WV.

7. Sunbeam Group Portrait, West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Blanche Lazzell from Maidsville, West Virginia, poses in her graduation dress, holding a diploma.

8. Graduate Blanche Lazzell of West Virginia Conference Seminary, Buckhannon, W. Va.

Artist Neta Blanche Lazzell from Maidsville, Monongalia County, West Virginia is seated front row, second from the left. Others identified, left to right, front row: Abner J. Asbill, Johnston,S. C.; Blanche Lazzell; unidentified student; Lillian Anderson, Hendersonville, S. C. Back Row: unidentified; J. L. Smith; unidentified; Simeon Smith.

9. Graduating Class, South Carolina Co-Educational Institute, Edgefield , S. C.

Artist Blanche Lazzell was from Maidsville, West Virginia

10. Joe Storef and Blanche Lazzell

Included in photograph: Clara Burrel; Anna Long; Laura Lewis; Pere Miller; Ethel Reynolds; Isa Neal; Minnie Goff; Cattie Cutts; Mabel Reynolds; Emma Ward; Amanda Phillips; Ada Halstead; Blanche Lazzelle;

11. Girls of Baptist Hall, West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

First two back rows: 1.Minnie Goff, 2. Carolyn Bender, 3. Margaret Townsend, 4. ___ Weese, 5. Blanche Barnes, 6. Lilian Smith, 7. Clara Ellison, 8. Mary Cocker, 9. Ella Turner, 10. Ella Comley, 11. unidentified, 12. Eva Hall, 13. Nan Cox, 14. Rachel Whitham, 15. Trace Yoke; Row 3: 16. Unidentified, 17. Jessie Jenkins, 18. Jessie Boyd, 19. Unidentified, 20. __ Hall, 21. Rose Stephens, 22. Laura Strickler, 23. ___ McMillan, 24. Nettie Maxwell, 25. Ethel Jones, Row 4: 26. Marg Mestragat, 27. Etta Willis, 28. Anna Long, 29. Crystal Courtney, 30. Ethel Corle, 31. Laura Lewis, 32. Jessie Madera, 33. Louise Stone; Front Row,Row 5: 34. Gertrude Winter, 35. Blanche Lazzell, 36. Bertha Smith, 37. Besse Sadler, 38. Alberta Baumgardner, 39. Carolyn Schmidt

12. Young Women's Christian Association of West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.