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A member and administrator of the Freewill Baptist congregation in New England, Curtis was one the founders of several mission schools established in the Shenandoah Valley to educated freed slaves and their children after the Civil War. Curtis was also instrumental in the founding of Storer College in Harpers Ferry.

1. Silas Curtis

Chadwick was born and raised in Morgantown. After graduating from the Monongalia Academy, Chadwick entered the U. S. Naval Academy at the outbreak of the Civil War. A decorated hero during the Spanish-American War, Chadwick was prominent in the naval reform movement of the post-Civil War era.

2. United States Navy Rear Admiral French Ensor Chadwick from Morgantown, W. Va.

3. Johnson Newlon Camden

Creekman, left, is the boss on the Tallery Mountain Road construction. Greene, pictured right, is from the Luther Greene Hollow Surveryor Branch.

4. Oren Creekman and Lonnie Greene Pose Together in Blueston River Country, W. Va.

Cook pictured wearing a dress and necklace.

5. Portrait of Mabel Martin Cook of Summers County, W. Va.

Portrait of the older woman.

6. Sally Goff Cook Pettrey of Summers County, W. Va.

Cohen was a member of Morgantown's City Council. He also served on the Monongalia County Commission and was a West Virginia University faculty member.

7. Milton Cohen with West Virginia Centennial Souvenir Plate Design

Cather was a Civil War veteran (Major, 1st West Virginia Cavalry), a farmer, surveyor and for a short time Adjutant General of West Virginia. He was married to Helen V. Mallonee.

8. Fabricius A. Cather, Flemington, Taylor County, W. Va.

Portrait of the Caruso family.

9. Dr. and Mrs. John A. Caruso and Children, West Virginia University

Crawford, an educator, stands beside what appears to be a buffet table.

10. Everette Crawford, Summers County, W. Va.

'Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia.'

11. Harvey F. Callihan, Grand Promotional Director, Wood County, W. Va.

12. Rebecca Conway, Morgantown, W. Va.

The two are pictured inside their home which is located across from Tom's Run.

13. Harvey and Rachel Cook Inside House on New River, Summers County, W. Va.

Cooper pictured during his freshman year at Terra Alta High School.

14. Paul Cooper during Freshman Week, Terra Alta, W. Va.

Candid portrait of husband and wife, Clifford and Eva Condon (standing,right) with unidentified couple. The men are wearing navy dress whites. The photograph was probably taken in the Philippines before the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Clifford Condon was captured by the Japanese in December, 1941 and died in a POW Camp in 1945.

15. Clifford and Eva Condon and Unidentified Couple

Clifford Kain Condon, dressed in naval uniform. the photograph was taken  before World War II. Condon was captured near Manila by the Japanese in December, 1941 and later died in a POW Camp.

16. Clifford Kain Condon, Pharmacist, United States Navy from Morgantown, W. Va

WVU student and composer of the WVU Alma Mater.

17. Louis Carson

Clifford Kain Condon, in Navy uniform, photograph taken before World War II.

18. Clifford Kain Condon, Pharmacist, United States Navy, from Morgantown, W. Va.

Candid portrait of husband and wife, Clifford and Eva Condon from Morgantown, West Virginia. The photograph was probably taken in Long Beach, California.

19. Ciifford and Eva Condon of Morgantown, W. Va.

Wife of West Virginia Governor William Gustavus Conley (1929-1933).

20. First Lady of West Virginia, Bertie Ison Martin Conley from Preston County, W. Va.

Portrait of Jesse Campbell, brother of Lacy Campbell.

21. Jesse Campbell, Forest Hill District, W. Va.

Houston, son of Manderville Cook and Sally Goff Cook, is pictured in a suit.

22. Portrait of Houston Cook of River Ridge near Hinton, W. Va.

Wife of West Virginia Governor John Jacob Cornwell (1917-1921).

23. First Lady of West Virginia, Edna Brady Cornwell from Romney, W. Va.

Dennis Clark was born in slavery, ca. 1850 to "Aunt Prissy" Clark. They were owned by George Washington Dorsey of Morgantown.

24. Dennis Clark of Morgantown, W. Va.

Made Survey for Huntington, W. Va. Born March 18, 1826, at Campton, New Hampshire died July 18,1903, at Minneapolis, Minnesota.

25. Rufus Cook, Surveyor, Huntington, W. Va.

26. Dennis Clark, commonly known as 'Black Dennis'

27. Justus Collins

E. R. Caster family outing on July 4th. The original is in the oversize photograph collection.

28. E. R. Carter Family at a Picnic, Gassaway, W. Va.

Charlton is a Civil War veteran who fought on the side of the Confederacy. He was wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va. in 1864. He later went on to become the first school teacher in Madam's Creek, a town near Hinton, W. Va.Charlton first married Nancy Parker. Together, Parker and Charlton had a daughter, Mary Jane Charlton. Mary Jane would later marry Silas Hinton.

29. Joseph Jones Charlton of Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

Charlton pictured standing in the middle of the field.

30. Joseph Jones Charlton in a Tobacco Field in Madams Creek, Summers County, W. Va.

31. Collins, Jairus

Portrait of Ethel Courtney as a baby.  Ethel is likely the daughter of Mollie and Ulysses Courtney, born in 1896.

32. Portrait of Ethel Courtney

Portrait of baby Lucille Courtney, likely the daughter of Mollie (Lazzell) Courtney.  Mollie's daughter, Flora Lucille, was born in 1894.

33. Portrait of Lucille Courtney

34. Portrait of Mary Ellen Curtis, African-American Woman

Subjects are not identified.

35. Clark Family of Northwestern, W. Va.

Charlton and his wife, Sally, were parents of Mary Jane Charlton.

36. Joseph Jones Charlton & His Wife, Hinton, W. Va.

37. Portrait of Janie Moore and Jessie Castleman at Old Folks Concert, Berryville, Va.

38. Portrait of Janie Moore and Jessie Castleman at Old Folks Concert, Berryville, Va.

39. Portrait of Janie Moore and Jessie Castleman

Photo of the tintype portraits.

40. Josiah Cooper and Wife, Narcissa, of Cooper's Mill, Summers County, W. Va.

Portrait of Mollie Courtney, sister of Blanche Lazzell.  Mollie was born in 1869, and married  Ulysses James Courtney in 1891.

41. Portrait of Mollie Courtney, Morgantown, W. Va.

Postcard photograph of a portrait of Alexander Campbell. He was known as a Bible teacher, minister and leader in the church planting movement of independent and predoniminational congregations that is historically known in America as the Restoration Movement.  Campbell founded Bethany College in 1840 which is located in the northern panhandle of West Virginia.

42. Alexander Campbell of Bethany, W. Va.

Portrait of Ulysses James Courtney, brother in law of artist Blanche Lazzell.  Ulysses married Blanche's sister, Mollie, in 1891.

43. Portrait of U. J. Courtney

For further information of William Dixon Clark, refer to the original.

44. William Dixon Clark

Portrait of male from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.

45. Member of the Courtney Family

Full body portrait of a woman from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.

46. Member of the Courtney Family

Portrait of a woman from the Courtney family, distant relatives of Blanche Lazzell.

47. Member of the Courtney Family

Portrait of Mary Courtney Randall.  The Courtney family is distantly related to Blanche Lazzell.

48. Mary Courtney Randall