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'Dr. D. W. Parsons suggests this may be Farm and Home Week meeting at West Virginia University in 1914. Information was given on 03/16/1954.'

1. 4-H Group Gathered for Farm and Home Week Meeting at West Virginia University

2. 4-H Club Delegates From Marion, Wood, and Preston Counties, W. Va.

3. 4-H Girls Demonstration Club Delegates With Two Banners From Ritchie and Wood Counties, W. Va.

4. 4-H Girls Demonstration Club, Representatives From Ritchie and Wood Counties

5. 4-H Club Delegates With Pennants Identifying Their Home County and Kanawha Canning Club

"The first camp ever held in West Virginia. J. U. Shipman- County agent."

6. 4-H Club Camp, Randolph County, W. Va.

Cunningham, Assistant Home Demonstration agent, instructing a club girl how to pack her exhibit to bring in to the fair without breaking.

7. Miss Ellie Cunningham, 4-H Club, Kanawha County, W. Va.

'Harrison County, Blanche Horner of Bridgeport W. Va.'

8. Four-H Girl and Her Calf

'Guy Ireland of Pullman W. Va.. Guy has his calf well trained to stand and lead.'

9. Four-H Member and His Calf

'Dale Goff of Goffs Ritchie County in Calf Club member.  Dale has demonstrated to his father how to grow a calf.'

10. Four-H Member and His Calf

11. 4-H Rinky Dinks of the Central Club

12. 4-H Cheerful Diggers Club

Front left to right: John W. Smith (Member of committee), James W. Carskadon (President), Nat T. Frame (Director of Extension), J. Blaine McLaughlin (Secretary).Back left to right: Dale Curry (Member of Committee), Izetta Jewell Brown (Member of Committee), Albert Leatherman (Member of Committee)."In front of the warehouse in Clarksburg where space had just been secured for the West Virginia Farm Bureau Wool Pool of 80,000 lbs. in 1922."

13. West Virginia Farm Bureau Warehouse, Clarksburg, W. Va.

"Some of the hats made in the millinery class of Farmers' Week, January 1922."

14. 4-H Millinery Class Photo

15. Instructors at 4-H Camp

Members of 4-H music group with instruments.

16. Music Group at 4-H Camp

Girls working on a project, likely at the State 4-H Camp at Jackson's Mill.

17. Girls 4-H Camp, West Virginia

"Aeroplane View of Proposed Kanawha State Park and Four-H Fair. Charleston, W. Va. Tell W. Nicolet- Landscape Architect from Pittsburgh, P.A.

18. Proposed Kanawha State Park

4-H members pose around an automobile: J. Burton, C. Shaffer and Adele B. are in photo.

19. 4-H Group 'Hard Gang'

20. 4-H Hodge Podge Group

Back row left to right: W.H. Kendrick, Carol Green, Harry Rollyson, Clarence Wooter, Corty Davis, John Cole, Sam Niel, Ike Hormer, Charles Holbert.Front row left to right: Eleanor Biglow, Dorothy Archer, Gertrude Lemetol (?), Pauline Spangler, Kathleen Berthy, Eula Roberts, Virginia Burmer, Mrs. Fannie M. Kercheval.

21. West Virginia 4-H Club, Camp Vail

Looking at a cake decorated with skull and crossbones.

22. George Coke Possibly at Boys 4-H Camp

23. Women with Rugs and Quilts at 4-H Camp

24. Ross Allen, Health Camp, Boy's 4-H Camp

Possibly Counselors.

25. 4-H Boy's Camp

26. Lifeguards at Boys 4-H Camp, W.Va.

27. 4-H Member at Boy's Camp

28. Group Portrait of 4-H Members at Boy's Camp

29. Braided Mat Making at 4-H Camp

30. Girls Cooking Over a Fire at 4-H Camp

31. 4-H Boy's Camp Circle

32. Chickens Exhibited at the 4-H Jubilee

33. Boys Manicuring Nails, Learning Better Grooming at 4-H Camp

34. Five Best Dressed Boys at 4-H Camp No. 2

35. Five Best Dressed Boys at 4-H Camp No. 2

36. Helen Regina and her Family Orchestra, Sprouse Winning Orchestra at 4-H Jubilee

Group photo of the leaders from Brooke County 4-H Camp.

37. 4-H Leaders, Brooke County, W. Va.

From reverse: "Camp View - Dining Room & Tents"

38. Brooke County 4-H Camp

39. Making Mattresses at Four-H Camp

40. Women in Costume - F.S.A. Group

41. Party at Girls' State Four-H Camp

Kenneth Flouhpuse and Bill Strawn (team of two), winners of the contest.

42. Dairy Production State Demonstration Contest Winners

'Tea Sandwiches are attractive, inexpensive, and easy to make.  Tea Menu 1: Open-faced sandwiches, dainty cookies, rhubarb punch, black walnuts; Tea Menu 2: Calla Lilly Sandwich, short bread cookies, grape punch, mints.'

43. 4-H Tea Sandwich Demonstration Given by Doris and Dorothy Brannon, Calhoun County, W. Va.

State Contest Picture; Ribbons were given for different activities in the milk program in the county.

44. 4-H 'Magic from Milk' Demonstration with King and Queen, Richard Sturm and Kathyrn Poling, Calhoun County, W. Va.

A group of young men and women working. Subjects unidentified.

45. Rural Youth of USA Office at Unidentified Location

46. Marion County 4-H Club Aluminum Craft

47. Marion County 4-H Club Tribal Games

48. New Arrivals at Wetzel County 4-H Camp

49. 4-H Camp Bonfire

R.J. Friant, Extension agronomist, WVU, discussed the results of the 1955 contest at Vo-ag Room, Clay High School, where second place award was given to Howard Fitzwater.

50. West Virginia Hybrid Corn Yield Contest

51. 4-H Club Livestock Marketing Program, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

A young, unidentified girl poses beside the dozens of colored eggs.

52. Girl Next to Colored Eggs at Mountaineer 4-H Club Meeting in Unidentified Location

Adults supervise as young 4-Hers paint Easter eggs. Subjects unidentified.

53. Mountaineer 4-H Club Coloring Eggs in Unidentified Location

A group of children paint eggs together. Subjects unidentified.

54. Egg Coloring Activity at Mountineer 4-H Club Meeting in Unidentified Location

Four unidentified females pose beside the dozens of colored eggs produced at the 4-H meeting.

55. Group Beside Colored Eggs at Mountaineer 4-H Club Meeting in Unidentified Location

Johnny Parks, winner of the contest, demonstrates his method.

56. 4-H Club Chicken Barbecue Contest Winner, Grant County, W. Va.

57. 4-H Council Scholarship Recepients

4-H members compete at the state fair with their steer.

58. Young Men Receive Award for Steer, Greenbrier County, W. Va.

Front left to right: Guy Farmer of Lincoln County, Electric winner; Miss Margaret Adele Bigelow of Wood County, Alumni recognition; Kenneth Kissel of Marshall County, forestry winner.Standing left to right: Aleta Rae Strader ofUpshur County, Canning winner; Sally Ann Ours of Grant County, Achievement winner; Ralph Izard of Boone County, recreation winner; Dwaine Hornbeck of Upshur County, beautification of home grounds winner, and Joan Lee of Kanawha County, leadership winner.

59. National 4-H Award Winners From W. Va.

60. 4-H Club Farm and Home Management

61. W. Va. State Boys 4-H Camp

62. Kenneth Whitehair with Cow and Advisor Forrest Pennington

4-H champion shows off a prized cow; Martin Piribek at left.

63. Four-H Champion with Cow

Martha Lee Poland in middle.

64. 4-H Members in New York

65. State Four-H Camp, Braxton Co., W. Va.

66. Newly Constructed Walls in Backyard at State Four-H Camp, Braxton Co., W. Va.

67. Group Portrait of 4-H Members

Young woman pictured with display of 4-H Club items, holding flag that reads "Demonstration Girls Club."

68. Rivesville Woman with West Virginia 4-H Club Display

County Champions holding their winning products.

69. Boys and Girls Agricultural Clubs, Pleasants County W. Va.

"A small group of club girls start work in canning."

70. 4-H Club Girls, W. Va.

71. Members of 4-H Corn Club, Clay County, W. Va.

"A corner of the potato grading and marketing exhibit which sought to encourage better grading, higher quality and improved sacking of potatoes. Also the needs of Charleston and vicinity as a market."

72. Potato Grading and Marketing Exhibit in Train Car

73. Weaving at 4-H Girl's Camp

74. Group Portrait of Participants at a 4-H Convention

West Virginia 4-H representatives at the 31st National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C.

75. West Virginia Representatives at National 4-H Center in Washiongton D.C.

Caption below reads "There is a definite band project in Four- H work."

76. Grantsville Junior Band at Jackson's Mill

4-H members pose in a star formation near a building at Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp in Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

77. West Virginia 4-H Club, Likely at Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Left to Right: C.P. Dorsey, Mrs. Mary Rose Jones, Dr. A.H. VanLandingham, G. W. Melvin, M.F. Kennedy, Edwin Townsend, John Wolfenberger, and J.O. Knapp.

78. Likely 4-H Scholarship Recipients, Morgantown, W. Va.

Signs read: "Dresses For Every Occasion; Party or church; Other articles made by 4th year club members."

79. 4-H Members With Dresses on Display

80. Braxton County 4-H Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Tree conservation project displayed by Richard Johnson.

81. 4-H Club Conservation Project

Display featuring trees, fruits, and wildflowers found in West Virginia.

82. 4-H Club West Virginia Trees and Fruits Display

This picture was likely taken when West Virginia representatives visited Washington D.C. for the 31st National 4-H Conference, likely in April 1961.

83. West Virginia 4-H Club with President Eisenhower

'Harrison County Calf Club, Harry Pride, Lumberport W. Va.'

84. Four-H Member with his Calf

A group of young men and boys place electrical wiring along wooden beams. Subjects unidentified.  Subjects are likely members of a 4-H organization.

85. Young Boys Learn Electrical Wiring

Plot measured, planted and cared for by Corn Club Member Raymond Taylor.

86. Corn Club Plot, Clay County, W. Va.

Eleanor Bigelow, Jessie Davis and Eleanor Talbott demonstrating to a group of New England state 4-H leaders at the Eastern State Exposition how West Virginia boys and girls earn their 4-H's.

87. 4-H Demonstration, Springfield, MA

Group of 4-H members pose in front of cottage as late stages of construction are completed.

88. Monroe County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

A chart with the four categories of Four-H Development. Head, Heart, Hand, and Health.

89. 4-H Chart on Pioneer Development in W. Va.

A group of girls at the state 4-H camp take lessons in sewing.

90. Sewing Class at 4-H Camp

91. Four-H Cattle Judging

92. Four-H Member with his Piglets

In a livestock show judges examine cows while,possibly, 4-H Calf Club members watch the process.

93. Livestock Show

94. 4-H Canning Exhibit Jubilee, W. Va.

95. Gypsy Group Dancing at 4-H Camp

96. Girls Performing Rhythmic Dancing at 4-H Camp