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Huge crowd in front of Field House, later named Stansbury Hall, for the inauguration of President Turner.

1. West Virginia University President John Roscoe Turner's Inauguration, Morgantown, W. Va.

Onego School-1929.  Back Row:  Hurl Butcher (teacher), Helen Butcher, June Kisamore, Ruth Turner, Mae Huffman, Evelyn Huffman, Mabel Huffman, Kate Raines, Molly Harman (teacher).  Middle Row:  Bob Turner, Forrest Butcher, Worth Butcher.  Front Row:  Stern Butcher, Troxel Raines, Kermit Butcher, Granville Cunningham, Elvin Huffman, John Huffman, Rose Huffman, Catherine Harper, Rosalie Harper, Mabel Harper, Chester Butcher.

2. Class Photo Onego School, Pendleton County, W. Va.

3. MacDonald Girls First Aid Team at the Tenth Annual First Aid Meet at Scarbro, W. Va.

4. Camden Theater Fire, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Mrs. Johnston's house after the tornado. Piles of wood and brick all over.

5. House Destroyed by Tornado, Morgantown, W. Va.

House with windows blown out from high winds.

6. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Building knocked over by tornado winds.

7. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

8. Lawrence W. Nuttall, West Virginia University

Builing knocked over by tornado winds.

9. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Rooms exposed after walls collapse due to high wind in a building along Dunkard Avenue in Westover, near Morgantown, W. Va.

10. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

House blown over by tornado.

11. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

12. Student Picking up Cap and Gown, West Virginia University

13. WVU Football Player Marshall 'Little Sleepy' Glenn

Small Gas Station with two cars present. 'Will Wrun [sic] and Chas Gigley by the auto.'

14. On the Crest of the Allegheny's at Red House

15. Camden Theater Fire, Parkersburg, W. Va.

An area damaged by a windstorm. The roof of the house in the center has been torn apart, and in the front, a car is flipped upside down.

16. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

An area damaged by a windstorm. The roof of the house in the center has been torn apart, and in the front, a car is flipped upside down.

17. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

House or building completely destroyed by the tornado.

18. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

19. Ballard, Isaac Newton Holding Fish, Monroe County, W. Va.

Damage done to the majority of houses on the hillside. The house center right is tilted sideways.

20. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

A group portrait of the team that played the old Chesapeake and Ohio during a 1929 reunion.

21. Hinton Baseball Team, Summers County, W. Va.

A group photo of Isaac Ballard and his family, and the fish they caught in Florida. Left to Right: 'Ma, Pop, Catherine, Jorine, Davy, Mac, Mrs. Brown.'

22. Ballard Family in Florida

Collapsed building and debris.

23. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Students sitting at desks and tables using typewriters.

24. Journalism Staff at Work on Newspaper, West Virginia University

25. Entrance to Medical Center, West Virginia University

26. South Park Bridge and Pleasant Street Bridge Under Construction, Morgantown, W. Va.

The front of City Hall in Morgantown, West Virginia.

27. City Hall, Morgantown, W. Va.

28. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

A group photo of Isaac Ballard and his family, and the fish they caught in Florida. Left to Right: 'Jorine, Catherine, Dad, George, Mac, Mrs. Brown, Davy.'

29. Ballard Family in Florida

A house with windows blown out by heavy winds.

30. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Debris and leaning homes from wind damage.

31. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Birds lit on a house knocked over by the tornado.

32. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Children standing on the debris from a windstorm.

33. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Building leveled by the tornado.

34. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Houses and cars damaged by tornado.  Much debris in the yard below the home with its roof blown off.

35. Tornado Damage, Morgantown, W. Va.

Two men sit at desk in back of room filled with desks and covered typewriters.

36. Martin Hall Journalism Classroom, West Virginia University

Photograph in Florida, W. Va.

37. Ballard, Kate May Walkup

International Order of the Odd Fellows Buses in front of the Monongahela Building on High Street.

38. I. O. O. F. Buses on High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

39. Tornado Left a Path of Roofless Houses Scattered Like Building Blocks, Morgantown, W. Va.

40. Sketch of Wise Library, West Virginia University

A three story brick building, the original office of the Hope Gas Company in Clarksburg, W. Va.

41. Hope Gas Company Office in Clarksburg, W. Va.

Class of 1931

42. John Phillips, Rhodes Scholar, 1930, West Virginia University

'Faculty and alumni of WVU marching to the new Field House where the inaugural ceremonies took place. Left, Dr. Frank Butler Trotter, who retired as president after 10 years service.'

43. Inauguration Procession for Dr. John Roscoe Turner, West Virginia University

'The Hatfields bury Devil Anse's wife. Note the line of cars on the recently built road.'

44. Funeral of Levicy Chafin Hatfield

'Born 1908; married Ronald Murgatroyd; (daughter of Nell G. Ward and Charles Ramsden'

45. Virginia Ramsden, Age 21

'Left to right, seated: Maj. Gen. Charles McKinley Saltzman, newly appointed member of the Federal Radio Commission representing the fourth zone; Judge Eugene O. Sykes, representing the third zone; Judge Ira. E. Robinson, chairman, representing the second zone; Harold A. Lafount, representing the fifth zone and William D. L. Starbuck, newly appointed, representing the first zone. Standing, Carl H. Butman, secretary of the commission and Bethuel Webster, general counsel to the Commission. The Federal Radio Commission composed of these men is now in special session considering radio legislation.'

46. Federal Radio Commission

A view of a truss bridge over the Ohio River at Bellaire, Oh; taken in Winter of 1929.

47. Truss Bridge at Bellaire, Ohio

A view of the Ohio River; it is almost completely covered with ice.

48. Frozen Ohio River at Bellaire

A view of the Ohio River at Bellaire; in the midst of ice covered river a boat  partially under the water is visible.

49. Wrecked River Boat in the Ice Covered Ohio River, Bellaire, Ohio

50. Orvil Cogar, Driver; Wilbert and Breanes and Dorsey and Herbert 'Bud' Cowger near Gamefarm

Storer College class of 1929 in caps and gowns on law of campus. First Row: Finely-(?, Moore,-Edwards. Second Row: Coleman, Heath, Stevens, Johnson, Holland, Morris, Dixon, Bibby. Standing: Spencer, Harris, Brown, Daily, Johnson, Tall, Heath, Brooks, Brown, Wilson, Hill, Perry, Sims, Johnson, Pierce, Carroll, Thomas, Washington, Pres. McDonald. Jackson.

51. Group Portrait of Storer College Class of 1929, Harpers Ferry, W. Va.

Mrs. Kramer, mother of teacher Charlotte Kramer, Mildred Kelly, Harold Phillips, Martha Moon, Charlotte Kramer,teacher, Beulah Williams, Laudia Phillips, Mary Kelly, Betty Williams.

52. Kinkaid School, Clinton District, Monongalia County, W. Va.

Post card print of an elevated view of the 4-H Camp at Jackson Mills. Roald Moyers sent the card to his sister, Theda in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

53. 4-H Camp, Jackson Mills, Lewis County, W. Va.

Information on p. 134 in "Our Monongalia" by Connie Park Rice. Information with the photograph includes, "Courtesy of Kitty Hughes".

54. Reverend Silas Cranford Family on New Hill, Monongalia County, W. Va

Print number 255.

55. James Cox, Captain of West Virginia University Wrestling Team

Print number 5. Francis H. Stadsvold, Coach; Joseph Moreland, Manager; Squad Members: James Black, Captain; Rudolph Hagberg; Lawrence Plaster; George Ratcliffe; Edward W. Fox; Marshall Glenn; Emory Lepera; Truehart Taylor; Louis Sturbois; George Sharp; Ralph M. Hartman. (Not in order with picture.)

56. West Virginia University Varsity Basketball Squad

Print number 9.

57. Lawrence Plaster, West Virginia University Basketball Player

Print number 8.

58. Rudolph Hagberg, West Virginia University Basketball Player

Print number 12.

59. West Virginia University Basketball Team Captain Marshall 'Little Sleepy' Glenn Preparing to Take a Shot

Print number 13.

60. George Radcliffe, West Virginia University Basketball Player

Print number 14.

61. West Virginia University Basketball Team

Print number 15.

62. Francis Stadsvold, West Virginia University Varsity Basketball Coach

Print number 104.

63. Carico, West Virginia University Football Player in Stance

Print number 176b. (Coaching staff from left to right): Olikee, MacHenry, Rodgers (Head Coach), Mahan (Line Coach).

64. West Virginia University Football Coaching Staff

Cars are parked along James Street while people attend the local farmers market.

65. James Street, Hinton, W. Va.

Cars crowd along the street to attend the farmers market.

66. James Street, Hinton, W. Va.

Unidentified workers construct a turn table outside of the roundhouse building.

67. Construction Outside of Roundhouse at Hinton, W. Va.

The turn table, 115 feet in length, was installed with a type twin spin-electric drive. The construction workers are unidentified.

68. Turn Table Under Construction Outside of Roundhouse in Hinton, W. Va.

Farmers and customers interact outside of Courthouse Square.

69. Farmer's Market on James Street, Hinton, W. Va.

Glenn prepares to catch a football during football practice.

70. Marshall Glenn Reaches for Football on WVU Practice Field, Morgantown, W. Va.

A booth displays quilts, canned good, corn, produce, baked goods, sewn items, and woven baskets.

71. Clearview Grange Agricultural Display, Stewartstown, W. Va.

Carl B. Allen is in the first row, first on the right.

72. Air Reserve Class of 1929, Mitchel Field, N. Y.

Back row left to right: W.H. Kendrick, Carol Green, Harry Rollyson, Clarence Wooter, Corty Davis, John Cole, Sam Niel, Ike Hormer, Charles Holbert.Front row left to right: Eleanor Biglow, Dorothy Archer, Gertrude Lemetol (?), Pauline Spangler, Kathleen Berthy, Eula Roberts, Virginia Burmer, Mrs. Fannie M. Kercheval.

73. West Virginia 4-H Club, Camp Vail