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The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.

1. First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County

IDNO:
001923
Title:
First Mining Class, Instructor U. G. Carter, Logan County
Date:
1938
Description:
The first mining class being taught by U.G. Carter in Logan County, 1938.
First class in 1938, Logan County, Omar, W. Va. Employees of W. Va. Coal and Coke Co., Sydnor supt. Before becoming certified, miners must pass state examination. Shown here is a group taking the examination at the state capitol, which may certify them as Mine Foremen. U.G. Carter, instructor on the left in the back. Marvin Kesler, state mine examiner on right in back.

2. Miners Taking State Mine Examination

IDNO:
001928
Title:
Miners Taking State Mine Examination
Date:
1938
Description:
First class in 1938, Logan County, Omar, W. Va. Employees of W. Va. Coal and Coke Co., Sydnor supt. Before becoming certified, miners must pass state examination. Shown here is a group taking the examination at the state capitol, which may certify them as Mine Foremen. U.G. Carter, instructor on the left in the back. Marvin Kesler, state mine examiner on right in back.
View of camp facilities and cars parked nearby.

3. Camp Buckeye

IDNO:
004070
Title:
Camp Buckeye
Date:
1938
Description:
View of camp facilities and cars parked nearby.
Group portrait of anthracite organizers of the P.M.W.A. 'Org- Dist - 9 - Pa. - Shamokin, Pa.' From left to right, Fisher, O'Gara, Director Donohue, Koble.

4. Progressive Mine Workers of America Anthracite Organizers, District 9, Shamokin, Pa.

IDNO:
004568
Title:
Progressive Mine Workers of America Anthracite Organizers, District 9, Shamokin, Pa.
Date:
1938
Description:
Group portrait of anthracite organizers of the P.M.W.A. 'Org- Dist - 9 - Pa. - Shamokin, Pa.' From left to right, Fisher, O'Gara, Director Donohue, Koble.
A group portrait of the First Consitutional Convention, PMWA District 5, Madisonville, KY.

5. First Consitutional Convention, P.M.W.A. District 5, Madisonville, Ky.

IDNO:
004586
Title:
First Consitutional Convention, P.M.W.A. District 5, Madisonville, Ky.
Date:
1938
Description:
A group portrait of the First Consitutional Convention, PMWA District 5, Madisonville, KY.
Group portrait of the Arthurdale Band in 1938.

6. Arthurdale Band, Arthurdale, W. Va.

IDNO:
004974
Title:
Arthurdale Band, Arthurdale, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Group portrait of the Arthurdale Band in 1938.
People fill the streets for the 100 Anniverary Celebration. 'Copyrighted 1955, All Rights Reserved By Harlow Warren, 320 North Kanawha St., Beckley, W. Va.'

7. 100th Anniversary Festivities, Beckley, W. Va.

IDNO:
005302
Title:
100th Anniversary Festivities, Beckley, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
People fill the streets for the 100 Anniverary Celebration. 'Copyrighted 1955, All Rights Reserved By Harlow Warren, 320 North Kanawha St., Beckley, W. Va.'

8. Grafton Basketball Player Lobis, Guard

IDNO:
006249
Title:
Grafton Basketball Player Lobis, Guard
Date:
1938
Group photo of the Shepherd College Choir in robes. Only identified member is Melvin Tracy Snyder, top row, 6th from the left.

9. Shepherd College Choir, Shepherdstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
007648
Title:
Shepherd College Choir, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Group photo of the Shepherd College Choir in robes. Only identified member is Melvin Tracy Snyder, top row, 6th from the left.
'Lee Monument Ball 1938 at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The Riley Dance.'

10. Lee Monument Ball at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
008674
Title:
Lee Monument Ball at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
'Lee Monument Ball 1938 at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. The Riley Dance.'
'White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Honorable H.G. Kump, Governor of the State of West Virginia introduced by Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, unveiled the bust of General Lee, which was modeled by Sculptor J.C. Motto of Cleveland, and Rome, at an impressive ceremony at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on Monday evening the 27th. The unveiling climaxed the Annual Children's Fancy Dress Ball, which took place in the Grand Ballroom. Sculptor Motto is standing beside the Bust.'

11. Unveiling of the Bust of General Lee at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
008680
Title:
Unveiling of the Bust of General Lee at the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
'White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Honorable H.G. Kump, Governor of the State of West Virginia introduced by Dr. Francis Pendleton Gaines, President of Washington and Lee University, unveiled the bust of General Lee, which was modeled by Sculptor J.C. Motto of Cleveland, and Rome, at an impressive ceremony at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, on Monday evening the 27th. The unveiling climaxed the Annual Children's Fancy Dress Ball, which took place in the Grand Ballroom. Sculptor Motto is standing beside the Bust.'
Participants and audience for the first annual Greenbrier Music Festival held on the North Lawn of the Greenbrier Hotel.

12. First Annual Greenbrier Music Festival, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.

IDNO:
008704
Title:
First Annual Greenbrier Music Festival, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.
Date:
1938
Description:
Participants and audience for the first annual Greenbrier Music Festival held on the North Lawn of the Greenbrier Hotel.