Howard C. Smith, Poultry Farm Superintendent, at Experimental Chicken House, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1960
Description:
Chicken house was an experiment in passive solar technology on the WVU Poultry Farm. Smith was born in 1900, got his BSA from WVU in 1920 or 1921. He married the daughter of Professor Edgar L. Andrews (Professor of Poultry Science). Right after graduation he became the superintendent of the Poultry Farm then behind the Mileground Medical Center. The farm on Chestnut Ridge Road was built in 1944. He retired from there in 1965.
Winter View of Morgantown and West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1893-1900
Description:
Inscription with the photograph: 'View from south's pasture showing the house owned by the White heirs on Sunnyside in the foreground, and campus before addition to Woodburn Hall, but after Science Hall was built.' 'View of University Ave? The WVU Campus, and Morgantown, taken from a point near the present intersection with Beverly Ave ca. 1895.'