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Small brick schoolhouse with gabled entrance.  Stansbury Hall is visible in the right side of the photograph.  In the 1940s and 50s, West Virginia University used this school as a grade school for training eductaion majors.  It was called the WVU Laboratory Elementary School. The building was an African-American school prior to WVU's use of the building.

1. African-American Elementary School Where Dr. Alex L. Wade Taught, Morgantown, W. Va.

Teachers and pupils in University High School lab. At the time University High School was a division of West Virginia University for training teachers.  Pictured in the photograph are, from left to right:  Fred Truban, Carol Reynolds, Michael Caruso, and Scottie Riffle.  Girl in background unknown.

2. Students in a Lab at University High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Morgantown High School rehearsal for Wilder's play 'By the Skin of Our Teeth'.  In order from left to right, the people in the photo are Marsha Sanders, Donna Crisswell, and Jim Roberts.

3. Morgantown High School Play Rehearsal, Morgantown, W. Va.

4. University High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

A view of Morgantown High School through trees in the winter.

5. Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

The people in the picture appear to be science fair officals or judges. From left to right, Scott H. Davis, Carroll Palmer, Betty Alamong, and John Bensenhaver.

6. Science Fair, Morgantown, W. Va.

A photo of Suncrest Jr. High School Majorettes. First row from left to right is Harriet Harworth, Karen Suarez, Katy Muffly, Pam Gorman, and Nikki Dorhavich. Second row from left to right is Charlene Hockenberry, Katharine Pike, Kay Toben, and Nancy Fleming.

7. Suncrest Junior High School Majorettes, Morgantown, W. Va.

Group portrait of band members with their instruments.

8. University High School Band, Morgantown, W. Va.

9. Class Photo St. Francis School, Morgantown, W. V.a

10. High School Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Truck is gone.  Picture displays the damage to the side of the school building.

11. Truck Crashes into Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Arme Lindquist is on the left.

12. Morgantown High School Play Rehearsal, Morgantown, W. Va.

The girl on the left is Linda Bonfili and the girl in the middle is Nancy Cupelli.

13. Morgantown High School Students, Morgantown, W. Va.

14. University High School Football Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two male students, Bill Gainer 'left' and Rick Defere 'right' are playing table tennis at the triad graduation festival. Dave Smith is watching in the background 'far left'.

15. Triad at the Mountainlair, Morgantown, W. Va.

Teacher, Mrs. Eleanor Henry 'back left' and students sitting in the classroom.

16. Classroom, Morgantown, W. Va.

A classroom in the Osage School after it was rebuilt.

17. Osage School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two men working on the addition to Suncrest Grade school.

18. Suncrest Grade School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Three Morgantown High School trumpeters. On the left is Jim Foley and on the right is Jim Vanaman.

19. Morgantown High School Trumpeters, Morgantown, W. Va.

Morgantown's school board members. At the head of the table is Scott H. Davies and on the far right is Wilbur V. Bauer.

20. School Board Members, Morgantown, W. Va.

Majorettes for the Morgantown Junior High School band.

21. Morgantown Junior High School Majorettes, Morgantown, W. Va.

Arne Linquist is the male on the right.

22. Morgantown High School Play Rehearsal, Morgantown, W. Va.

23. Football Field at Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

'New Central Elementary School. Dedicated March 7, 1956.'

24. Central Elementary School, Morgantown, W. Va.

A portrait of Maidville School's students and teacher.

25. Class Photo Maidsville School, Morgantown, W. Va.

26. Class Photo Sunnyside School, Morgantown, W. Va.

27. University High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Arne Linquist is on the left.

28. Morgantown High School Play Rehearsal, Morgantown, W. Va.

29. St. Francis High School, Morgantown, W. V.a

30. Central School, Morgantown, W. Va.

31. Flute Section of St. Francis High School Band, Morgantown, W. V.a

32. Morgantown Junior High School Basketball Team, Morgantown, W. Va.

33. St. Francis High School, Morgantown, W. V.a

Photograph of a drawing of Monongalia Academy. At the bottom right 'Miller 59'.

34. Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, W. Va.

People watch as the Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, West Virginia burns.

35. Monongalia Academy on Fire, Morgantown, W. Va.

People are gathered in front of Monongalia Academy in Morgantown, West Virginia. 'Erected in 1829, destroyed by fire , January 11, 1897."

36. Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, W. Va.

37. Collage of Student Photos, West Virginia University

Women stand on the porch and in the lawn of the Morgantown Female Seminary on South High Street. The building burnt down in 1889.

38. Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

'This was the last female seminary in Morgantown. It was owned and operated by Mrs. E.L. Moore, mother of Susan Maxwell Moore. Mrs. Moore had been the principal of Woodburn Female Seminary located where Woodburn Hall now stands. This last seminary was on the corner of High and Foundry Streets, facing High Street. It burned in April 1889. Back row left to right are: Mrs. Sarah Moore (grandmother), Mrs. Elizabeth Deven McGee, Mrs. E.L. Moore, unidentified, Mrs. M. J. Brand, Willa Brand, George M. Brand, and Lieutenant Will Moore of the Navy. Front row left to row are: Mrs. Will Moore (Lois), Willie Moore, Elizabeth Thomas, Mrs. M. Sweeney, and Susan Maxwell Moore.'

39. Morgantown Female Seminary, Morgantown, W. Va.

40. Class Photo Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Students pose for a group portrait in front of Morgantown High School in Morgantown, West Virginia.

41. Class Photo Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

Students pose in front of Woodburn Seminary in Morgantown, West Virginia. 'Woodburn Seminary was used by West Virginia University until February 1873, when it burned.'

42. Woodburn Seminary Students, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two boys are spotting a boy on the uneven bars during their gym class in Riverside Junior High in Morgantown, West Virginia.

43. Riverside Junior High Gym Class, Morgantown, W. Va.

Children looking at books on a table.

44. Annual Book Fair, Morgantown, W. Va.

A gentleman is standing behind the Morgantown Junior High School Dragons Scoreboard.

45. Morgantown Junior High School Scoreboard, Morgantown, W. Va.

A bulldozer working on the grounds of St. Francis School on Patteson Drive in Morgantown, West Virginia.

46. Bulldozer at Work in front of St. Francis High School, Morgantown, W. Va.

View of children posed outside St. Francis School in Morgantown W. Va. Possibly first communion.

47. May Day Celebration at St. Francis School, Morgantown, W. Va.

A close-up view of icicles frozen on a corner of the Morgantown High School building on Edgewood, in Morgantown, West Virginia.

48. Ice on the Wall of Morgantown High School, Morgantown, W. Va.