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Seated Left to Right: Rev. Hilary G. Richardson, Walter C. Preston, Anna Kennedy Davis, John J. Davis, Julia McDonald Davis. Standing Left to Right: Lillie Davis Preston, Emma Kennedy Davis, Anna Holmes Davis Richardson, John W. Davis, John James Davis Preston.

1. Davis Family

IDNO:
037429
Title:
Davis Family
Date:
ca. 1909
Description:
Seated Left to Right: Rev. Hilary G. Richardson, Walter C. Preston, Anna Kennedy Davis, John J. Davis, Julia McDonald Davis. Standing Left to Right: Lillie Davis Preston, Emma Kennedy Davis, Anna Holmes Davis Richardson, John W. Davis, John James Davis Preston.
Gathering for the first production of "Anvil" in Charles Town, W. Va. for the West Virginia Centennial. Identified in the photograph: left Seated, Erma Ora Byrd and Robert C. Byrd; far right seated, Julia Davis Adams. "The Anvil" was a play written by Julia Davis about the John Brown Raid for the Civil War Centennial. Her grandparents were from Charles Town where Brown was tried and hanged. Her grandfather witnessed the execution.

2. First Production of 'Anvil', Charles Town, W. Va.

IDNO:
037348
Title:
First Production of 'Anvil', Charles Town, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Gathering for the first production of "Anvil" in Charles Town, W. Va. for the West Virginia Centennial. Identified in the photograph: left Seated, Erma Ora Byrd and Robert C. Byrd; far right seated, Julia Davis Adams. "The Anvil" was a play written by Julia Davis about the John Brown Raid for the Civil War Centennial. Her grandparents were from Charles Town where Brown was tried and hanged. Her grandfather witnessed the execution.
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the Year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.

3. Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams

IDNO:
027402
Title:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams
Date:
1963
Description:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the Year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.

4. Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams

IDNO:
027403
Title:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams
Date:
1963
Description:
Senators Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph with Julia Davis Adams, West Virginia Daughter of the year, 1963. Byrd papers duplicate. Original at the R. C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Shepherd University.
Producing the Anvil- (play about John Brown) in the courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va. J. Davis- Wagon in which John Brown rode to his execution.

5. Julia Davis in Charles Town, W. Va

IDNO:
037369
Title:
Julia Davis in Charles Town, W. Va
Date:
1961
Description:
Producing the Anvil- (play about John Brown) in the courthouse, Charles Town, W. Va. J. Davis- Wagon in which John Brown rode to his execution.
"In my suite at the Hotel Berlin in Moscow." With Grace Stone author of The Bitter Tea of General Yen.

6. Julia Adams and Grace Stone in Hotel Berlin during their Trip to Russia

IDNO:
037376
Title:
Julia Adams and Grace Stone in Hotel Berlin during their Trip to Russia
Date:
1957
Description:
"In my suite at the Hotel Berlin in Moscow." With Grace Stone author of The Bitter Tea of General Yen.