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St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) was one of the first two African-American churches in Morgantown. Information on p. 131 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Jack Ward Jr.".

39553. Male Chorus Inside AME Church on Chestnut Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

All persons are unidentified. Information on p. 136 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

39554. Homemakers Club of Monongalia County, W. Va.

Back Row Seated L to R : Bula Cobbs, Clavette Blue, Gertrude Viney. Front Row: Helen Stevens, Nettie Parker, Pricilla Blue. Clockwise Flavia Holland, Mabel Cloe, Jackie Cranford and Corrine Edwards. Information on p. 137 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

39555. Silver Leaf Club, Morgantown, W. Va.

Colonel Ed Jones in uniform. Written on the photo: "To Mother my Princess, Your Son." Information on p. 143 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Jack Ward Jr.".

39556. Colonel Ed Jones of Morgantown, W. Va.

An unidentified bellhop working at the Hotel Morgan. Information on p. 149 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Bobbie Drew Ward".

39557. Bellhop at Hotel Morgan, Morgantown, W. Va.

This is a photograph of Bill Mosby, Betty Parsons, and Jack Ward Jr.  Information on p. 129 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Charlene Marshall".

39558. Bill Mosby, Betty Parsons, Jack Ward Jr., Morgantown, W. Va.

Outside photograph of a young Bill Mosby. Information on p. 129 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Charlene Marshall".

39559. Bill Mosby, Morgantown, W. Va.

L to R: Mary Lou Mosby, Anna Mae Henderson and Christine Mosby. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

39560. 'Prelude to Swing' Musical Group, Morgantown, W. Va.

Young Zula Mae McKinley dancing on stage. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

39561. 'Prelude to Swing', Zula Mae Mckinley (Banks), Morgantown, W. Va.

Bill Younger and an unidentified young man performing a duet on stage. Information on p. 128 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams".

39562. 'Prelude to Swing', Bill Younger and Partner, Morgantown, W. Va.

The woman seated in the photograph is Prisilla or "Aunt Prissy". She was a slave in the before the Civil War and owned by the Dorsey family of Morgantown. All others are unidentified. Information on p. 22 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Reproduced from Spinster Photo Book Club, duplicate held by WVU Women's Centenary Project, Center for Women's Study Archive. Original loaned by Ruth Lawrence Mahaney."

39563. 'One's Colored Relations', Morgantown, W. Va.

Class portrait of unidentified African-American students at Beechurst Elementary, a segregated school. Written on the photo is "Beechurst School room and teacher Mrs. Fallon(?)". Information on p. 113 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes "Courtesy of Ivry Moore Williams."

39564. Elementary Class at Beechurst, Morgantown, W. Va.