Students Dancing in the Mountainlair, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1969
Description:
The woman in the white shirt is Playboy Magazine Playmate of the Month, Michelle Hamilton, Miss March 1968 in the ballroom of the new Mountainlair. She was there in connection with a contest selecting a campus playmate.
Russ Williams Speaks at Operations Conference, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1966
Description:
Russ Williams at a podium presenting to a roomful of attentive audience members. Some individuals' names are listed as follows: Jeri Degan, Sandy Buckley, Virginia Jackson and Rick Brown.
Physics Department Students and Instructors, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1960
Description:
A group portrait of a physics class (?) at WVU. The names correspond to the numbers on the photograph. 1. D.B. Williamson, 2. ? Arnett, 3. David Clase, 4. Doug Dickens, 5. Don Harmon, 6. Harry McKinney, 7. A.P. Arya, 8. Paul Marley, 9. Wilbur Kimbraugh, 10. unknown, 11. James Kelter, 12. Jim Smith, 13. Bill Wallace, 14. Nick Blaskavich, 15. C.D. Thomas, 16. Jackson Auvil, 17. Tom Pauls, 18. Gary Benninger, 19. Mike Palmer, 20. Lynn Walls, 21. Bill Vehse, 22. Roger Buzzard, 23. Carl A. Ratler, 24. Larry Stenger, 25. Larry Headley, 26. Dave Walker, 27. Jim Barb, 28. David Selone, 29. Jim Champion, 30. Lional Craddock, 31. ? Spiker
Physics Graduates and Faculty, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1950-1960
Description:
A Group portrait of graduates and faculty of the physics department at West Virginia University taken at what appeared to be one of University classroom; Danny McDonald, Nick Nicholson, Bill Coleman, Paul Errington, Aubry Hudgins, Frank Hoge, Bill, Roger Mersing Boelschevy, Yu Hak Hann, Gerry Huffman, Phil Pennington, Wade Temple Gefferson Marsh, Danny Sullivan, Dr. Charles Thomas, Pro. Douglas Williamson, Pro. Rexroad, Dr. Rex Ford. (Not all the individuals in the photo are named, nor it is clear that which individual in the photo is named).
Faculty and Students in Front of Oglebay Hall, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1940-1950
Description:
Dr. Brown, Dr. Muriel Brown, Winifred Jones, Elizabeth Roberts, Gladys McConkey, Frances Howard, Lorana Riley, June Rose Simmons, Helen Wolfe Bowman, Louise Roberts, Frances McIvor, Susan Hammer, Virginia Thomas, Elizabeth Morgan, Frances Lynch, unknown, Rosemary Willians, Virginia Bond, unknown, Ruth Withers, Madeline Shorter, Maria Kittle, Dorothy Moore, Ada Goff, Una Jarvis.
Group of Freshmen Students, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1915
Description:
'A class of 1919 before Annual brush with Sophs [Sept. 1915]; Sophs defeated on High Street in Front of Sigma Nu House so Frosh wore no freshman caps.'
Student Group Working on a Bad Road, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1912-1915
Description:
'Students from West Virginia University who dropped their books for 2 days to work on a mile stretch of bad road in Monongalia County in connection with the Good Roads Movement. 1)Seated on ground- Roscoe Posten, C. P. 'Mike' Leatherwood, Mos Darst, Unknown, Williams, Unknown, Teter, 'Rabbit' Rahl, Fred Chenoweth. 2)Seated - Bob Hogg, Four Unknowns, Billekim Smith, Jack Hagan, Unknown, Stu Race (unsure), Unknown.3)Standing- next to last Lefty Barron, Rest Unknown.'
Group of Female Students, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1910
Description:
Two students are named. Linnie Vance is seated in the first row, third from the left, and Nell Steele (Ferris) of Philadelphia is seated in the first row, the first on the extreme right.
Seated on a chair, far left is Professor William P. Willey and his beloved pet, Bob. Bob was also the Law College mascot and a favorite of the students. He attended Professor Willey's lectures and was described as "one of the boys". See the 1911 Monticola, p. 83-86 for a memorial and Professor Wiley's eulogy he delivered in class after Bob's untimely death.
Carrie Louise Dent with Two Male Students, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1898-1899
Description:
A female student, Carrie Dent, flanked by two male students, one in a cadet uniform. Carrie Louise Dent, WVU Class of 1899, was one of the first 20 woment to graduate from the University and the daughter of Marmaduke Dent, Class of 1870, WVU's first graduate. She married Professor Robert Armstrong, Class of 1886, in 1901.