'The above is a picture of David Dare Brown I taken when he was somewhere around 30-40 years old as near as I can estimate. He started out by working on the Lehigh Canal helping build the locks and furnishing timbers for them and, then he built canal boats for several years coming down as far as Baltimore and going around thru the Erie Canal and then to New York City on the Hudson. During the winter he would build rafts of logs and put on top of them sawed rough lumber and take it down the Susquehanna River to either North Umberland, Pa., or Harrisburg, Pa., and some rafts went through to the Baltimore section. In 1880 he started continuous operations in the manufacture of lumber in Sullivan County, Pa.'
Annual Community Civic Merit Award Winner, D. D. Brown
Date:
1946
Description:
'D. D. Brown, picture taken in 1946 at the time of the American Legion H. W. Daniels Post No. 29 Annual Community Civic Merit Award for 1945. "In appreciation and recognition of his selfless service to his community, H. W. Daniels Post No. 29, The American Legion, associated civic groups presented this award to him for his indefatigable efforts in fostering the Elkins Flood Control Project and for his leadership in inspiring a unanimity of community spirit and cooperative action resulting in the consummation of that project and great community benefits and betterments." '
Mary Brown took the collegiate course at Glenville State Normal School before coming to WVU when her brother , Samuel Boardman Brown, left his position as Glenville Principal to accept a position in geology at WVU. Brown attended WVU for one year, leaving when her brother married her friend, Ella Butcher. She taught in area grammar schools before becoming an instructor of botany grammar and history at East Liberty (Pennsylvania) Normal School from 1891 to 1893. Married in 1894 to Rev. George Bent, she was active in Methodist Episcopal community and Women's Christian Temperance work before she died shortly after giving birth to her second child.
Major George Michael Bedinger of Jefferson County, Va. (W. Va.)
Description:
A print of a portrait sketch of Major Bedinger, born December 10, 1756, died December 7, 1843; married Henrietta Clay, February 11, 1792. The physical description on the back of the print includes: "Hair-Auburn, Eyes-dark blue almost black piercing, coat dark blue-gold buttons".
Honorable William G. Brown of Preston County, W. Va.
Date:
Undated
Description:
Sketch of West Virginia Congressman (1863) William G. Brown, who served in the Virginia Legislature (1841-1848) before the war. Brown was also a member of the 1872 West Virginia State Constitutional Convention.
Sketch of James H. Brown, delegate to the 1861 Wheeling Convention, served in the Legislature of the Restored Government of Virginia and in 1863 he was elected to the West Virginia State Supreme Court.
Clair Bee coached college basketball at several schools including Long Island University, leading the team to two undefeated seasons in 1936 and 1939, and winning the NIT Championship in 1939 and 1941. He holds the highest lifetime winning percentage in college basketball, 82.6%. Bee's other contributions to the game include the 1-3-1 zone; the 3 second rule; and the 24 second shot clock. Bee also authored a popular series of fictional books for children, "The Chip Hilton Series". He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1968.
Bon Bon played at the Stanley in Pittsburgh. He was a vocalist with Jan Savitt, who he left in October of 1940 to create his own orchestra. The photo was collected by George and Mike Barrick, two WVU students. The photo is inscribed with "To George Best Wishes Bon Bon"
This portrait was collected by two WVU students, George and Mike Barrick. Will Bradely performed at The Met. in Morgantown, West Virginia. Inscribed on the photo is "To George Sincerely Will Bradley"
This photo was collected by George and Mike Barrick, two WVU students. Will Bradley and his orchestra performed at the Met. in Morgantown, West Virginia. The photo is signed "To George Sincerely Will Bradley"
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1865
Description:
An ambrotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie] dressed in an unidentified uniform. Bailee was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in the Kanawha Valley, ca. 1867-1873.
Cased Portrait of Mary Matilda Bigelow Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
ca. 1849
Description:
A direct descendent of John Hansford, who was a Kanawha Valley pioneer, Mary married Nathaniel Alcock Bailee[Baillie] in 1852. This cased image is a daguerreotype.
Cased Portrait of Nathaniel Bailee [Baillie] of Hansford, Va. (W. Va.)
Date:
1849/03/12
Description:
Daguerreotype portrait of Nathaniel Alcock Bailee [Baillie], married Mary Matilda Biglow in 1852. After the Civil War he was a chief civil engineer during the construction of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad through the Kanawha Valley.
Brothers Mike and George Barrick Jr. and George Barrick III
Date:
1950
Description:
In this photograph Father George Barrick Jr. holds his son, George Barrick III. Uncle Mike Barrick is standing beside his brother and nephew. This photograph was taken in Morgantown, West Virginia.