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Mary Ann (Molly) of the Gibson family.

1. Portrait of Mary Ann

IDNO:
054898
Title:
Portrait of Mary Ann
Date:
undated
Description:
Mary Ann (Molly) of the Gibson family.
Victorine Louistall Monroe was the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree from WVU. She joined the faculty in 1966 as a professor of library science.

2. Victorine Louistall Monroe

IDNO:
053832
Title:
Victorine Louistall Monroe
Date:
undated
Description:
Victorine Louistall Monroe was the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree from WVU. She joined the faculty in 1966 as a professor of library science.
Dr. George W. Morgan was an alumnus of WVU and practiced medicine in Putnam County until his death at the age of twenty six in a typhoid epidemic.

3. Dr. George W. Morgan

IDNO:
053315
Title:
Dr. George W. Morgan
Date:
ca. 1884
Description:
Dr. George W. Morgan was an alumnus of WVU and practiced medicine in Putnam County until his death at the age of twenty six in a typhoid epidemic.
The young woman pictured is likely Ruth Frances Maxwell, Louis Johnson's wife. The text on the corner reads, "Mostly yours."

4. Ruth Frances Maxwell

IDNO:
053235
Title:
Ruth Frances Maxwell
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
The young woman pictured is likely Ruth Frances Maxwell, Louis Johnson's wife. The text on the corner reads, "Mostly yours."

5. Omze, Wife of Luther Martin

IDNO:
053080
Title:
Omze, Wife of Luther Martin
Date:
ca. 1930
Back of photo reads: "This is Buddy and Me. Hope you like the picture and can tell which is which, Ha! Ha! Lovingly, Mary."

6. Young Woman with Puppy

IDNO:
053028
Title:
Young Woman with Puppy
Date:
ca. 1920-1938
Description:
Back of photo reads: "This is Buddy and Me. Hope you like the picture and can tell which is which, Ha! Ha! Lovingly, Mary."
Portrait of Elizabeth Irwin Moore. Moore, who was married to James Robertson Moore, was the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary before the building and land were incorporated into the campus of West Virginia University. She later opened Morgantown Female Seminary on High Street.Elizabeth Moore Hall on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University was named in her honor shortly before her death in 1930.

7. Portrait of Elizabeth Moore

IDNO:
052856
Title:
Portrait of Elizabeth Moore
Date:
undated
Description:
Portrait of Elizabeth Irwin Moore. Moore, who was married to James Robertson Moore, was the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary before the building and land were incorporated into the campus of West Virginia University. She later opened Morgantown Female Seminary on High Street.Elizabeth Moore Hall on the Morgantown campus of West Virginia University was named in her honor shortly before her death in 1930.
Leila Harper Mauzy at age 18.

8. Leila Harper Mauzy

IDNO:
052796
Title:
Leila Harper Mauzy
Date:
1888
Description:
Leila Harper Mauzy at age 18.
Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.

9. Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

IDNO:
052132
Title:
Doris Miller Awarded Navy Cross, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Date:
1942/05/27
Description:
Miller was a member of the U.S.S. West Virginia as a Messman Third Class during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was awarded the Navy Cross--the third highest navy award for gallantry during combat--for "distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack. Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain who had been mortally wounded to a place of greater safety and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge."Miller was personally awarded the medal by Admiral Chester Nimitz. He was the first African-American to be awarded the honor.
McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.

10. PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.

IDNO:
051918
Title:
PFC Russell L. McIlwain, Long Beach, Ca.
Date:
1936
Description:
McIlwain was part of the 7th Division Marine Detachment and a crew member on the U.S.S. West Virginia.
Photo of Ralph McMillan's mother beside a small garden.

11. Mrs. McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.

IDNO:
051853
Title:
Mrs. McMillan, Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1960
Description:
Photo of Ralph McMillan's mother beside a small garden.
Robert Henry and Edna Glenda McMillen are pictured together.

12. McMillen Children, Masontown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051850
Title:
McMillen Children, Masontown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1910-1920
Description:
Robert Henry and Edna Glenda McMillen are pictured together.