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Caption reads: "Mr. Barnett was one of the earliest black students to graduate from Dennison University in Granville, OH (1892) and was the second principal of Douglass High School (1897–1900). Mrs. Barnett lived to be 109 and moved for a while to Columbus, Ohio, to work and send them her two sons to college. She was a major source of history in the Huntington area."Further information on back of photo: "Carter Harrison Barnett (1867–1921) A. B. Dennison University, Granville OH (1892). Callie Jackson Barnett (1871–1980) Graduate of Granville H. S., Granville, OH (1893). Retired attendance officer, Cabell County, WV (1941)."

49. Carter Harrison Barnett and Callie Jackson Barnett, Huntington, W. Va.

Victorine Louistall Monroe was the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree from WVU. She joined the faculty in 1966 as a professor of library science.

50. Victorine Louistall Monroe

51. Louise Keener

Caption reads: "Flo Lantz as Goddess of Liberty. Carrie Kate Fleming Scrapbook." The Hall refers to the WVU Woman's Hall.

52. Flag Raising at the Hall

Caption reads: "From Memory Book of Carrie Kate Fleming (BA 1920)."

53. Woman's Hall Group Portrait, Morgantown, W. Va.

Caption reads: "Addie (Ada) R(osalie) Ireland. WVU Certificate in Art 1900."

54. Addie R. Ireland

Mrs. Samuel Fuller Glasscock's maiden name was Mabel Reynolds. She was an alumna of WVU.

55. Mrs. Samuel Fuller Glasscock

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

56. Member of the Spinster Club

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

57. Member of the Spinster Club

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

58. Member of the Spinster Club

Victorine Louistall-Monroe of Clarksburg was the first known African-American woman to earn a WVU degree (M.Ed., August 1945) and the first African-American faculty member. She was a professor of library science at WVU from 1966 to her retirement in 1978 and is a member of the President's Advisory Board.

59. Victorine Louistall-Monroe

60. Naomi (Willis) Bannett