Front left to right: Guy Farmer of Lincoln County, Electric winner; Miss Margaret Adele Bigelow of Wood County, Alumni recognition; Kenneth Kissel of Marshall County, forestry winner.Standing left to right: Aleta Rae Strader ofUpshur County, Canning winner; Sally Ann Ours of Grant County, Achievement winner; Ralph Izard of Boone County, recreation winner; Dwaine Hornbeck of Upshur County, beautification of home grounds winner, and Joan Lee of Kanawha County, leadership winner.
Morgantown Touchdown Club Spring Banquet, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
A group of men are gathered at a spring banquet held at Hotel Morgan after the West Virginia University basketball team was ranked No. 1 in the United States.In the front row, from left to right, is unidentified, Jerry West, Bobby Joe Smith, Ronnie Retton, Bucky Bolyard, Butch Gude, Jim Warren, and possibly Willie Akers.In the second row, from left to right, is athletic director Red Brown, basketball referee Red Mahalic, Jody Gardner, Loyd Sherer, Don Vincent, Whitie Guyme, team physician Dr. Sam Morris, Golf-pro Reggie Spencer, and Father Scott.In the third row, from left to right, is University of Pittsburgh basketball coach Doc Cartson, WVU head coach Fred Schaus, unidentified, the team's general manager Mr. Gwair, and unidentified.
Men Observe the Remnants of Engine 1642 After Exploding at C. W. Cabin, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
1958
Description:
A group of unidentified men huddle around parts of the blown off engine where a handful of bodies were found. Among those killed were engineer W. H. Anderson, fireman J. W. Sullivan, and head brakeman O. L. Richmond.
Senator Chapman Revercomb, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Others
Date:
1958
Description:
'A photograph of Senator Revercomb (right) standing with others, including Estes Kefauver (second from left) and "Tennessee" Ernie Ford (second from right).'
'Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. on far right. In center (with beard) H.S. Suhrawardy (former premier of Pakistan); Taken at the annual conference of the Interparliamentary Union in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1958.'
Left to Right - Joseph Allen Overton, Jr., a Parkersburg lawyer at U.S. Dept. of Commerce under Eisenhower administration, Senator John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. and Louis S. Rothschild under the Secretary of Commerce for Transportation. Overton later became a president of the American Mining Congress. They may well have been met to discuss the routing of West Virginia's first interstate.
Senator Robert C. Byrd and Senator Jennings Randolph with Vice President Richard Nixon
Date:
1958
Description:
Sen. Robert C. Byrd and Sen. Jennings Randolph being sworn in by Vice President Richard Nixon. Byrd Papers duplicate - original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
Mortar Board, Senior Women's Honorary, West Virginia University
Date:
1958
Description:
Note attached to back says: 'To: Mr. Glenn D. Bengston From: Betty Boyd This picture was taken on Link Day, 1958; It is Mortar Board 1958-59. Front Row, left to right: Frances Barnes Cox, Rosalie Fuscaldo Gaziano, Dreama Wyant Frisk, Elise Pettrey McWhorter, Barbara Sayre. Second Row, left to right: Hester Chandler Harrison, Vicki Vickers Douglas, Maria Sagris, Mary Ann Bornmann Wollerton, Ruth Ann Booth, Emily Kay Martin, Mary Sue Gilkeson, Mary Manolakis.'
West Virginia University President (1946-1958) Irvin Stewart and Wife Greeting Students at a Formal Event
Date:
1958
Description:
West Virginia University President and Mrs. I. Stewart greeting Sharon Andrews, Monticola editor and Roger Tompkins, Student Body President at a formal event.