Left to right: "Great Uncle" David Workman;"Great Aunt" Matty (Martha) Workman Moses; "Great Grandma" Sarah Ann Workman; "Great Uncle" Forest Workman. The two boys were not identified.
Republican Henry S. White, Matewan, Mingo County, W. Va.
Description:
Post card reads 'Very Truly, H.S. White, Matewan, W. Va.' Henry S. White (Republican), was born in Monongalia County, July 12, 1840. Was educated in the common schools. Was elected to the State Senate from the Sixth Senatorial District. He served three terms a a member of the House of Delegates from Marshall county - 1871 to 1876. He has served as Justice of the Peace; President Board of Education; was U. S. Marshal; U. S. Commissioner; Department Collector Internal Revenue. Served four years in Civil War. Committee Assignments: Forfeited and Delinquent Lands; Roads and Navigation; Railroads; Medicine and Sanitation, and others.
From left to right, top row: Gypsy Fleming Ward, Ida Fleming Miller, Virginia Fleming and Bottom row: Brooks Fleming, Jr. at Oak Hall, A. B. Fleming's summer home in Oakland Maryland.
'Author of "History of Preston and Monongalia Counties, West Virginia"; Mr. Samuel T. Wiley was born in Smithfield, Fayette Co., Pa. on May 25, 1850; Scotch-Irish descent. He died in a sanitarium in Oil City, Pa. on Nov. 10, 1905; buried in St. Peters Cemetary, near Bruceton, W. Va.; His home was at ... Fayette Co., Pa.'
Corporal Hershel W. (Woody) Williams from Fairmont, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1945
Description:
Williams served in the Marines and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "actions above and beyond the call of duty" in the Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II.
He organized and served as president of the Wilson Lumber Company, the Wildell Lumber Company, the Ruthbell Lumber Company, and the Inter-Mountain Coal & Lumber Company. He was also a director in the Bank of Mill Creek and the Tygarts Valley National Bank.
Nan Wynn from Wheeling, West Virginia (1915-1971), sang and recorded with several big bands in the 1930s and appeared in movies in the 1940s. She also dubbed Rita Hayworth's singing voice in such movies as "Cover Girl". This photograph was autographed by Nan Wynn for George Barrick Jr. while she was appearing in Morgantown, West Virginia at the Warner Theater on High Street with Raymond Scott and His Orchestra, July 18, 1940. She left Scott's band, September 13, 1940 to pursue a solo career.
Information included with the photograph: "Domestic servant of J. Z. & Harriet Ellison. Later married and wrote letter describing her life. Now in WVU Collection". Inscribed on the back of the photograph, "Mr and Mrs. C. P. Ellison March 27, 1909. From R. S. Wiseman"
This is a photo of Ruby Wright. She performed at the Met. in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was known as "The Sweetheart of the Air" and was featured with Barney Rapp and the New Englanders. The photo was collected by WVU students George and Mike Barrick. It is signed "To George Best Wishes Ruby Wright".
Public school educator and author of "A Graduating System for Country Schools", which was incorporated in rural schools throughout the United States. Inscribed on the photograph by Wade, "I have a cut like this but our goods are all packed and I am not sure the cut can be found. I wrote and asked Spencer to look for it. I enclose photo. A. L. W."
Ivry Williams at West Virginia State College, Kanawha County, W. Va.
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Ivry Williams and unidentified woman pose in front of a campus building at West Virginia State College. The college is located in Institute, Kanawha County. All other persons in the photograph are unidentified. Information on p. 130 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams."
William Lyne Wilson of Charles Town, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Description:
Wilson, a Confederate veteran and a Bourbon Democrat served one year as president of West Virginia University and several terms as a United States Congressman from West Virginia's eastern panhandle.
Kellian Van Rensalear Whaley of Cerado, Wayne County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1866
Description:
Whaley was elected to the United States Congress 1861-1867, representing the Loyal Government of Virginia and later West Virginia. During the Civil War he recruited several regiments for the Union Army and served with the rank of major in the 9th West Virginia Regiment.
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.