Noel Family Portrait at Morris Hill, Allegheny County, Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
From left to right is Maudie Noel (kneeling); Minnie Noel (kneeling); Harvey Noel; Clyde Noel; Emmitt Noel; Henry A. Noel Senior; Bob Noel; Clarence Noel; and Lawrence Noel.
Noel Family Gathered at Morris Hill, Allegheny County, Va.
Date:
ca. 1925
Description:
From left to right is Minnie Noel; Lawrence Noel; Forest Noel; an unidentified Noel; Clarence Noel; Bob Noel; Harvey Noel; Clyde Noel; and Emmitt Noel.
Family Portrait of Lee Family at Home of D.C. Lee, Emerson Road
Date:
ca. 1930s
Description:
Group Portrait of Maryat Lee's family. Left to right: Maryat's father, Dewitt Collins Lee, her Robert E. "Buzz" Lee, her Mother Grace Dyer Lee, Maryat, and her oldest brother, John Lee.Maryat Lee (born Mary Attaway Lee; May 26, 1923 – September 18, 1989) was an American playwright and theatre director who made important contributions to post-World War II avant-garde theatre. She pioneered street theatre in Harlem, and later founded EcoTheater in West Virginia, a community based theater project.Early in her career, Lee wrote and produced plays in New York City, including the street play “DOPE!” While in New York she also formed the Soul and Latin Theater (SALT), and wrote plays centered around the lives of the actors in the group.In 1970 Lee moved to West Virginia and formed the community theater group EcoTheater in 1975. Beginning with local teenagers from the Governor’s Summer Youth Program, the rural theater group grew, and produced plays based on oral histories collected from the local community. Each performance of an EcoTheater play involved audience participation and discussion. With the assistance of the Humanities Foundation of West Virginia, guest scholars became a part of EcoTheater.
