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Varney reaches back as he prepare to throw the ball.

1. Louis Varney Prepares to Throw Football, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
052413
Title:
Louis Varney Prepares to Throw Football, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1928
Description:
Varney reaches back as he prepare to throw the ball.
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Webster" is pictured in his practice gear.

2. WVU Football Player Webster, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051785
Title:
WVU Football Player Webster, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Webster" is pictured in his practice gear.
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Wagner" is pictured in his practice gear.

3. WVU Football Player Wagner, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
051784
Title:
WVU Football Player Wagner, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1917
Description:
A West Virginia University football player identified as "Wagner" is pictured in his practice gear.
Jerry West played basketball for WVU from 1956-1960 during which time he had a number of achievements in the sport with the team. He later played for the LA Lakers in the NBA before becoming a coach and manager.

4. Jerry West, West Virginia University

IDNO:
050837
Title:
Jerry West, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1958-1960
Description:
Jerry West played basketball for WVU from 1956-1960 during which time he had a number of achievements in the sport with the team. He later played for the LA Lakers in the NBA before becoming a coach and manager.

5. Letzeleter, West Virginia University Football Player, Fullback Position

IDNO:
045286
Title:
Letzeleter, West Virginia University Football Player, Fullback Position
McWhoter went on to become a prominent attorney of Lewisburg, W. Va.

6. Charles McWhoter, West Virginia University Football Player

IDNO:
045197
Title:
Charles McWhoter, West Virginia University Football Player
Description:
McWhoter went on to become a prominent attorney of Lewisburg, W. Va.

7. Lou Yeager, West Virginia University Football Player

IDNO:
045195
Title:
Lou Yeager, West Virginia University Football Player
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.

8. Portrait of Ruth and Lucy Wood

IDNO:
037186
Title:
Portrait of Ruth and Lucy Wood
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.
Lucy Wood was the first WVU woman to go to the far East as a missionary teacher,where she died giving birth to her only child, Faith Lawrence. Infant Faith was sent home to Morgantown to be raised by Ruth Wood. Faith graduated from WVU in 1927.

9. Portrait of Lucy Wood

IDNO:
037185
Title:
Portrait of Lucy Wood
Date:
1899
Description:
Lucy Wood was the first WVU woman to go to the far East as a missionary teacher,where she died giving birth to her only child, Faith Lawrence. Infant Faith was sent home to Morgantown to be raised by Ruth Wood. Faith graduated from WVU in 1927.
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.

10. Portrait of Stella White

IDNO:
037184
Title:
Portrait of Stella White
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.

11. Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown

IDNO:
037183
Title:
Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.
WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."

12. Portrait of Natalie Tennant

IDNO:
037182
Title:
Portrait of Natalie Tennant
Date:
1990
Description:
WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."