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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

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

View of camp facilities and cars parked nearby.

3. Camp Buckeye

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.

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.

Group portrait of the Arthurdale Band in 1938.

6. Arthurdale Band, Arthurdale, W. Va.

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.

8. Grafton Basketball Player Lobis, Guard

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.

'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.

'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.

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.