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A view of West Virginia University buildings and Beechurst Avenue in Morgantown, West Virginia.

1. Bird's Eye View of Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
010998
Title:
Bird's Eye View of Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
A view of West Virginia University buildings and Beechurst Avenue in Morgantown, West Virginia.
A view of Morgantown, West Virginia and the Monongahela River.

2. Bird's Eye View of West Virginia University and Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011006
Title:
Bird's Eye View of West Virginia University and Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
A view of Morgantown, West Virginia and the Monongahela River.

3. Collage of Student Photos, West Virginia University

IDNO:
011336
Title:
Collage of Student Photos, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1890
Two unidentified men stand in the middle of the athletic field near Fraternity Row on North High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. This photograph was taken when the first houses were being built along Fraternity Row.

4. Fraternity Row, North High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.

IDNO:
011539
Title:
Fraternity Row, North High Street, Morgantown, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
Two unidentified men stand in the middle of the athletic field near Fraternity Row on North High Street in Morgantown, West Virginia. This photograph was taken when the first houses were being built along Fraternity Row.
'Campus of West Virginia University looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street, past the present location of Elizabeth Moore Hall. Note the sycamore tree to the right of center, which is only tree still standing. Beyond it he building is the old Millspaugh home, now site of the President's Home. Taken about 1890.'

5. Campus of West Virginia University Looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street

IDNO:
020459
Title:
Campus of West Virginia University Looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
'Campus of West Virginia University looking down University Avenue, then called Front Street, past the present location of Elizabeth Moore Hall. Note the sycamore tree to the right of center, which is only tree still standing. Beyond it he building is the old Millspaugh home, now site of the President's Home. Taken about 1890.'

6. J. M. Callahan, Professor of History, West Virginia University.

IDNO:
021093
Title:
J. M. Callahan, Professor of History, West Virginia University.
Date:
ca. 1890

7. Students Enjoying Drafts from Keg, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022265
Title:
Students Enjoying Drafts from Keg, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1890
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.

8. Portrait of Ruth and Lucy Wood

IDNO:
037186
Title:
Portrait of Ruth and Lucy Wood
Date:
ca. 1890
Description:
The Wood sisters, Ruth and Lucy were early WVU students. Ruth entered WVU in 1890 and left after falling ill with typhoid fever. She became the first female stenographer in Morgantown (1895), the first woman to run for political office in Monongalia County, (1926) and the first West Virginia woman to become a certified Realtor.

9. Portrait of Samuel Boardman Brown, West Virginia University

IDNO:
037205
Title:
Portrait of Samuel Boardman Brown, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1890