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- IDNO:
- 024420
- Title:
- Student Strike, West Virginia University
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- A scene from Spring 1917, as students gather in front of Chitwood Hall protesting the faculty's decision to continue with final exams after the United States had declared war on Germany. Many schools across the country had canceled finals since most male students would be drafted or enlist in quick order.
- IDNO:
- 024421
- Title:
- Student Strike, West Virginia University
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Students protest the WVU administration's decision not to cancel spring semester final exams after the United States had declared war on Germany.
- IDNO:
- 024422
- Title:
- Student Protest Outside Reynolds Hall, West Virginia University
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Students protest the WVU administration's decision not to cancel the spring semester final exams as many other colleges had decided to do after the United States officially entered World War I on April 6th. Most male students would either enlist or be drafted as soon as possible forcing them to leave school before the end of the semester.
- IDNO:
- 040542
- Title:
- Armistice Day Parade, Gratnsvill, Calhoun County, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1918/11/11
- Description:
- celebration marking the end of World War I. Postcard photograph is labeled, "Star Spangle Banner".
- IDNO:
- 040543
- Title:
- Armistice Day Parade, Grantsville, W. Va.
- Date:
- 1918/11/11
- Description:
- Bystanders watching the parade celebrating the end of Worl War I.
- IDNO:
- 040546
- Title:
- Calhoun Co. Recruits During World War I, Calhoun County., W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917
- Description:
- Pictured: Marked with a 1) Elias Yoak 2) Charles Arthur 3) Charles Shaffer
- IDNO:
- 040547
- Title:
- Calhoun County's Soldier Boys, Calhoun Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- 1917/09
- Description:
- Group portrait of new military recruits during World War I.
- IDNO:
- 040548
- Title:
- 'Our Soldier Boys Starting For The Front', Calhoun, Co., W. Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Automobiles, waving American flags line the main street.
- IDNO:
- 040889
- Title:
- Supply Cooks at Basic Training at Camp Lee; Prince George, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- IDNO:
- 040890
- Title:
- Trenches at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Probably used for the training of trench warfare which was the type of fighting waged during World War I. Camp Lee was a basic training camp that included several men from West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 040891
- Title:
- Soldiers Take Barber Break at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- Men read while waiting their turn with the barber in a make-shift outside "shop". Many West Virginians trained at Camp Lee for fighting in Europe during World War I. Most were members of the 313th, 314th and 315th Field Artillery Units.
- IDNO:
- 040892
- Title:
- Members of 155th Field Artillery Brigade During Training at Camp Lee, Va.
- Date:
- ca. 1917
- Description:
- The units were composed of men from West Virginia and saw heavy fighting during World War I from the Meuse Argonne into Germany.