Vance Harvey was the son of W. F. Harvey. Information with the photograph includes "Taken when a member of football team at Ellicot City College, Maryland, killed in mine not long after through school. Slate Fall. He was trained as a mine executive but was in the mine and was killed."
Helen Holt Volunteering for Red Cross at Senate Office Building
Date:
undated
Description:
Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in West Virginia. She was also an active volunteer for the Red Cross. She is most well known for her work in improving the housing and healthcare for the elderly of America.
Secretary of State Helen F. Holt Holding Up West Virginia State Flag
Date:
undated
Description:
Helen F. Holt was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in the state of West Virginia from February 17, 1957 to December 1, 1958. She is also the widow of Senate Rush D. Holt.
Helen Holt Swearing Into Office of Elderly, Washington, D.C.
Date:
undated
Description:
Pictured with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Lynn. Holt was the first woman Secretary of State in West Virginia in 1955-1956. She continued active political participation long after her term and is most well known for her work in improving the housing and health care for the elderly.
A duty of Secretary of State. Helen Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State from 1955-1956. She is also well known for her later career work with HUD in greatly improving the housing conditions and long term health care of the elderly.
Portrait of Collis P. Huntington, President of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Date:
undated
Description:
Huntington was the president of the C. & O. Railway when the line moved, in 1972, into what would later become Hinton and Summers County, W. Va.Huntington purchased, for the railroad, all the land where the City of Hinton now stands at public auction. He later purchased from the railroad all the land that would not be used by the railroad.
Ken Hechler of Summers County, W. Va. Pictured with Scenic Background
Date:
ca. 1970
Description:
The former congressman pictured in front of a picturesque West Virginia scene. Representative Hechler was also West Virginia Secretary of State and an author.
Helen Holt served as the first woman Secretary of State of West Virginia. She also led the most important program in housing and health care for the elderly through her work with the Federal Housing Administration. She established nationally high standards of care and oversaw the construction of 1,000 health care facilities. The photograph was most likely taken when Richard Nixon was Vice President of the United States.
Howard Hartford Playing His Fiddle, Hinton, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1935
Description:
Hartford pictured playing his instrument at the 1717 Temple St. residence. Hartford made fiddles and clocks, and was known for his mastery in woodcraft.