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Playwright Maryat Lee, lived on a farm near Hinton, Summers County, W. Va. that also served as the home of EcoTheater. She later moved to Lewisburg, W. Va. and continued teaching her theater methods there.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

25. Maryat Lee working in a studio

IDNO:
029577
Title:
Maryat Lee working in a studio
Date:
undated
Description:
Playwright Maryat Lee, lived on a farm near Hinton, Summers County, W. Va. that also served as the home of EcoTheater. She later moved to Lewisburg, W. Va. and continued teaching her theater methods there.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

26. Maryat Lee

IDNO:
029578
Title:
Maryat Lee
Description:
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

27. Maryat Lee

IDNO:
029579
Title:
Maryat Lee
Description:
Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.

28. Portrait of I. G. Lazzelle

IDNO:
033710
Title:
Portrait of I. G. Lazzelle
Date:
1878

29. Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln

IDNO:
036587
Title:
Portrait of President Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Eliza Lyon, a transfer student from Vassar College was WVU's first woman graduate. The only woman in the fourteen member Class of 1891, she won the honor of being valedictorian. Born in Fedonia, New York, she moved to Morgantown with her family in 1867 when her father, Franklin Smith Lyon, accepted a position as one of WVU's first professors. After graduating from the University, Harriet Lyon returned to Fredonia and married Franklin Jewett, a professor of science at the Fredonia Normal school. She raised four children and was active as a musician, singer, composer, and community leader. Harriet Lyon was a grandniece of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.

30. Harriet Eliza Lyon as Teenager

IDNO:
037171
Title:
Harriet Eliza Lyon as Teenager
Date:
ca. 1879
Description:
Harriet Eliza Lyon, a transfer student from Vassar College was WVU's first woman graduate. The only woman in the fourteen member Class of 1891, she won the honor of being valedictorian. Born in Fedonia, New York, she moved to Morgantown with her family in 1867 when her father, Franklin Smith Lyon, accepted a position as one of WVU's first professors. After graduating from the University, Harriet Lyon returned to Fredonia and married Franklin Jewett, a professor of science at the Fredonia Normal school. She raised four children and was active as a musician, singer, composer, and community leader. Harriet Lyon was a grandniece of Mary Lyon, the founder of Mt. Holyoke College.
Sister of Harriet Lyon.

31. Portrait of Florence A. Lyon

IDNO:
037172
Title:
Portrait of Florence A. Lyon
Date:
ca. 1875-80
Description:
Sister of Harriet Lyon.
A poet and lawyer from Jefferson County's Shenandoah Valley, Daniel B. Lucas led the fight against coeducation which he considered to be a "Yankee" notion. As Democratic Floor Leader of the State House and member of the Board of Regents, he contributed heavily to the defeat of legislative attempts to sanction coeducation in the early 1880s.

32. Portrait of Daniel B. Lucas, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
037208
Title:
Portrait of Daniel B. Lucas, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1880
Description:
A poet and lawyer from Jefferson County's Shenandoah Valley, Daniel B. Lucas led the fight against coeducation which he considered to be a "Yankee" notion. As Democratic Floor Leader of the State House and member of the Board of Regents, he contributed heavily to the defeat of legislative attempts to sanction coeducation in the early 1880s.
University of Louisville.

33. Portrait of Otto Ladwig, W. Va.

IDNO:
037209
Title:
Portrait of Otto Ladwig, W. Va.
Date:
1905/02
Description:
University of Louisville.
Front Row: Arthur Thompson, Annovetta Newlon, Mrs. O. W. Ladwig, Dr. O. W. Ladwig, Margaret Hardway, John Porter Hardway. Back Row:Gertrude Hardway, Gladys Swisher, Laura Showalter, Josephine Hyre.

34. O. W. Ladwig Golden Wedding, W. Va.

IDNO:
037212
Title:
O. W. Ladwig Golden Wedding, W. Va.
Date:
1959/09/01
Description:
Front Row: Arthur Thompson, Annovetta Newlon, Mrs. O. W. Ladwig, Dr. O. W. Ladwig, Margaret Hardway, John Porter Hardway. Back Row:Gertrude Hardway, Gladys Swisher, Laura Showalter, Josephine Hyre.

35. Otto W. Ladwig, W. Va.

IDNO:
037213
Title:
Otto W. Ladwig, W. Va.
Date:
1898/10/10

36. Portrait of Otto Ladwig, W. Va.

IDNO:
037214
Title:
Portrait of Otto Ladwig, W. Va.