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The first African-American woman to receive a graduate degree from West Virginia University, and the first African-American to serve as a WVU faculty member.

1. Victorine Louistall

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.

2. Victorine Louistall Monroe

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Gamma Chi Omega chapter celebrate Founders Day.

3. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Members, Likely Morgantown, W. Va.

Alpha Kappa Alpha, Gamma Chi Omega chapter banquet in Fairmont.

4. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Banquet, Fairmont, W. Va.

On bus going to tour Chicago during Alpha Kappa Alpha's 39th Boulé conference.

5. Touring During Alpha Kappa Alpha Conference, Chicago, Ill.

Mrs. Johnson greets guests as they tour Johnson's Publishing Co. in Chicago, Illinois.  The tour was part of Alpha Kappa Alpha's 39th Boulé conference.

6. Johnson's Publishing Tour, Chicago, Ill.

Members of the community gather for a picnic in Clarksburg, W. Va.

7. Clarksburg Auxiliary Picnic, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Members of the community gather for a picnic in Clarksburg, W. Va.

8. Clarksburg Auxiliary Picnic, Clarksburg, W. Va.

Victorine Louistall giving a presentation in what is likely the Clarksburg, W. Va. library.

9. Victorine Louistall Giving a Presentation

Victorine Louistall visiting Amsterdam in 1968.

10. Victorine Louistall in Amsterdam

Victorine Louistall teaching a young group of students the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

11. Victorine Louistall-Monroe and Young Students

Standing left to right:Martha Trocin, William L. Young, Charles. Edward. Campbell Beall, Victorine Louistall-MonroeSeated left to right:Frederic Jay. Glazer and John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller, IVTrocin, Young, Beall, and Louistall-Monroe were all members (Commissioners) of the West Virginia Library Commission.

12. West Virginia Library Commissioners with Jay Rockefeller and Fred Glazer

Group picture of Victorine Louistall's ninth grade class, likely at Kelly Miller High School or Roosevelt-Wilson High School.

13. Victorine Louistall-Monroe and Students

Group picture of Victorine Louistall's ninth grade class, likely at Kelly Miller High School or Roosevelt-Wilson High School.

14. Victorine Louistall-Monroe and Students

15. Victorine Louistall-Monroe and Her Mother

Hand colorized portrait of Victorine Louistall-Monroe.Victorine was the first African-American woman to earn a degree from West Virginia University in 1964.

16. Portrait of Victorine Louistall-Monroe

Portrait of Benjamin Smith, brother of Victorine Louistall, and Marie Miles.

17. Benjamin M. Smith and Marie Miles

18. Librarian Victorine Louistall Monroe, West Virginia University