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Caption reads, 'There are over 500 schools of this size and smaller in West Virginia. Consolidation would make better schools and save money.'

1. Class Photo Unidentified School

IDNO:
001709
Title:
Class Photo Unidentified School
Date:
ca. 1908
Description:
Caption reads, 'There are over 500 schools of this size and smaller in West Virginia. Consolidation would make better schools and save money.'

2. Class Portrait at an Unidentified School, West Virginia University

IDNO:
025054
Title:
Class Portrait at an Unidentified School, West Virginia University
Students and teachers examine specimens in the field.

3. Country School Nature Study Sponsored by West Virginia University

IDNO:
025077
Title:
Country School Nature Study Sponsored by West Virginia University
Description:
Students and teachers examine specimens in the field.

4. Class Photo, Unidentified School in North Central West Virginia

IDNO:
028682
Title:
Class Photo, Unidentified School in North Central West Virginia
Date:
1910/01/27
Group of students and teachers at an unidentified school.

5. Portrait of a Class at a School in North Central W. Va.

IDNO:
029105
Title:
Portrait of a Class at a School in North Central W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1905-1925
Description:
Group of students and teachers at an unidentified school.
'Left front: Gertrude Hardway and possibly other teachers in Harrison or Randolph County.'

6. Teacher Gertrude Hardway with a Group of Teachers

IDNO:
034582
Title:
Teacher Gertrude Hardway with a Group of Teachers
Date:
ca. 1900-1910
Description:
'Left front: Gertrude Hardway and possibly other teachers in Harrison or Randolph County.'
Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.

7. Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
047529
Title:
Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1965
Description:
Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.

8. Gale School Students and Teacher Miss Mary Gibson

IDNO:
047872
Title:
Gale School Students and Teacher Miss Mary Gibson
Date:
1910-1911
Teacher standing on the right is Sibyl Lilly, Gib Lilly's daughter. The boy to the left of the teacher is Perry Lilly. Boy to the right of the teacher is Carl Lilly. First girl on the far left is Lellie Lilly with Eva Meador next to her in a white dress. Third from the left on the back row is Euva Meador. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The school was located about five miles up the Bluestone River from its mouth on the Pipestem side.

9. Tolliver Meador School (a.k.a. Sam Meador School) in Bluestone River Valley, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
048558
Title:
Tolliver Meador School (a.k.a. Sam Meador School) in Bluestone River Valley, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1920
Description:
Teacher standing on the right is Sibyl Lilly, Gib Lilly's daughter. The boy to the left of the teacher is Perry Lilly. Boy to the right of the teacher is Carl Lilly. First girl on the far left is Lellie Lilly with Eva Meador next to her in a white dress. Third from the left on the back row is Euva Meador. The rest of the subjects are unidentified.The school was located about five miles up the Bluestone River from its mouth on the Pipestem side.
Teacher on right is Mattie Bragg who married Ivid Graham.Front row, from left to right, is unidentified, unidentified, Clytie Cox, Don Cooper, unidentified, Ernest Neely (who married Alice Hedrick), and Edna Wills (who married Joe Lemons).In the back row, the boy in the middle wearing a tie on a white shirt is Carl Meadows. The Boy to the far right, next to the teacher, is Dean Cooper.

10. Lilly School Children and Teacher, Lilly, W. Va.

IDNO:
048804
Title:
Lilly School Children and Teacher, Lilly, W. Va.
Date:
1923
Description:
Teacher on right is Mattie Bragg who married Ivid Graham.Front row, from left to right, is unidentified, unidentified, Clytie Cox, Don Cooper, unidentified, Ernest Neely (who married Alice Hedrick), and Edna Wills (who married Joe Lemons).In the back row, the boy in the middle wearing a tie on a white shirt is Carl Meadows. The Boy to the far right, next to the teacher, is Dean Cooper.
A group of unidentified school teachers and nurse stand in front of the building holding signs that read a variety of school subjects.

11. School for Girls Teachers Outside Pence Springs Hotel, Pence Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
048998
Title:
School for Girls Teachers Outside Pence Springs Hotel, Pence Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1935
Description:
A group of unidentified school teachers and nurse stand in front of the building holding signs that read a variety of school subjects.
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.

12. Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
049668
Title:
Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900
Description:
Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.