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20365. University and College Avenues Looking South, West Virginia University

Night view of Oglebay Hall and plaza on left; Women's Hall on right.

20366. Oglebay Hall, Plaza, and Stalnaker or Women's Hall at Night, West Virginia University

20367. Mountainlair and Administration Building on the Right, West Virginia University

20368. Elizabeth Moore Hall at Night, West Virginia University

View of parking lot, presently the spot where the Mountainlair stands.

20369. Parking Lot on the Site of the Mountainlair, West Virginia University

Oglebay Hall on right, Woodburn Circle in background.

20370. University Avenue at Night, West Virginia University

'Tin Can.'

20371. Temporary Engineering Building at corner of North High and Prospect Streets, West Virginia University

20372. Students Crossing the Street in Front of Reynold's Hall, West Virginia University

Leila Jesse Frazier, of Upper Norword in Surrey, England and an 1899 graduate of the WVU Law School, rides 'man fashion' or astride,  near Woodburn Hall. A contemporaneous newspaper account depicts Frazier’s journey to Morgantown to begin her law studies, indicating that she put her husband, James C. Frazier, on the train in Martinsburg, and set off unaccompanied on horseback across the mountains.  She arrived several days later,wearing a black riding habit with a divided skirt, riding ';man fashion', carrying a brace of revolvers, and 'armed with a most remarkable amount of courage and daring'. Frazier was president of the Woman’s League of WVU, the first women’s organization on campus. Information from Becky Lofstead, 'Trailblazers at the College of Law' in WVU Alumni Magazine, Winter 2000, p.18.

20373. Leila Jesse Frazier Rides Horse near Woodburn Hall, West Virginia University

20374. Students on University Avenue, West Virginia University

20375. Entrance to Stadium, West Virginia University

20376. Aerial View of Evansdale Campus, West Virginia University