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Caption reads: "Mr. Barnett was one of the earliest black students to graduate from Dennison University in Granville, OH (1892) and was the second principal of Douglass High School (1897–1900). Mrs. Barnett lived to be 109 and moved for a while to Columbus, Ohio, to work and send them her two sons to college. She was a major source of history in the Huntington area."Further information on back of photo: "Carter Harrison Barnett (1867–1921) A. B. Dennison University, Granville OH (1892). Callie Jackson Barnett (1871–1980) Graduate of Granville H. S., Granville, OH (1893). Retired attendance officer, Cabell County, WV (1941)."

3037. Carter Harrison Barnett and Callie Jackson Barnett, Huntington, W. Va.

Victorine Louistall Monroe was the first African-American woman to earn a graduate degree from WVU. She joined the faculty in 1966 as a professor of library science.

3038. Victorine Louistall Monroe

3039. Louise Keener

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

3040. Member of the Spinster Club

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

3041. Member of the Spinster Club

The Spinster Club, located in Morgantown, operated in the first decades of the twentieth century and was comprised of young women who were high school graduates.

3042. Member of the Spinster Club

Caption reads: "Doylestown, PA., May 7 - Reunion at Welcome House - 'Granny' Walsh chats with some of the 270 former Welcome House children who attended the reunion on her farm near Doylestown, Pa., on the weekend. 'Granny,' better known as Pearl S. Buck, author, started Welcome House, an adoption agency, which has found American parents for over 300 children..."

3043. Pearl Buck with Children

3044. Pearl Buck with Friends

3045. Pearl Buck

3046. Pearl Buck

3047. Pearl Buck

3048. Pearl Buck