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Class of 1897.

13. Larry Taylor, Class of 1897, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022325
Title:
Larry Taylor, Class of 1897, West Virginia University
Date:
1897
Description:
Class of 1897.

14. WVU Basketball Player Jerry West

IDNO:
022326
Title:
WVU Basketball Player Jerry West

15. Male Student Giving a Speech, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022327
Title:
Male Student Giving a Speech, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1965-1971

16. Luke Vikitset, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022328
Title:
Luke Vikitset, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1968

17. Trubie L. Turner, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022329
Title:
Trubie L. Turner, West Virginia University
Date:
1960-1970
'1918 Spring, taken second year in University, in front of fraternity house.'

18. William Hart Wilson, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022330
Title:
William Hart Wilson, West Virginia University
Date:
1918
Description:
'1918 Spring, taken second year in University, in front of fraternity house.'

19. Elaine Turner, Sweetheart of Kappa Alpha, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022331
Title:
Elaine Turner, Sweetheart of Kappa Alpha, West Virginia University
Date:
1970
'WVU sophomore William (Tom) Turner of Bridgeport has been awarded the Chemical Rubber Co. Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award at WVU. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Turner of Watson Street, scored the highest grade on the Chemistry 15 final examination last spring. Dr. George Humphrey, Associate Chairman of the Chemistry Department, presented the award: he 49th Edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.'

20. William 'Tom' Turner, West Virginia University

IDNO:
022332
Title:
William 'Tom' Turner, West Virginia University
Date:
1968/10
Description:
'WVU sophomore William (Tom) Turner of Bridgeport has been awarded the Chemical Rubber Co. Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award at WVU. Turner, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Turner of Watson Street, scored the highest grade on the Chemistry 15 final examination last spring. Dr. George Humphrey, Associate Chairman of the Chemistry Department, presented the award: he 49th Edition of the Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.'

21. J. L. VanVoorhis, Student, West Virginia University

IDNO:
023338
Title:
J. L. VanVoorhis, Student, West Virginia University
Date:
ca. 1918
WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."

22. Portrait of Natalie Tennant

IDNO:
037182
Title:
Portrait of Natalie Tennant
Date:
1990
Description:
WVU's first female Mountaineer mascot. One of seven children raised on a family farm in Marion County and the second girl in her family to be her high school mascot, Natalie Tennant sees her role as WVU Mountaineer as part of a longstanding family legacy. In her public appearances, she reminder her audiences, "Our grandmothers and Great-grandmothers were Mountaineers way before I was."
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.

23. Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown

IDNO:
037183
Title:
Portrait of Anna White in Cap and Gown
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins Anna and Stella White were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees at WVU. Science degrees were especially attractive to women, who often had less secondary-level Latin and Greek languages needed for B.A.s--than their male peers. B.S. students took French or German. The White family moved to Morgantown from Ohio in 1886 They came, as did others, to give children access to higher education. In the 1890's all 6 White siblings (4 sons and the twins) attended WVU.
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.

24. Portrait of Stella White

IDNO:
037184
Title:
Portrait of Stella White
Date:
1895
Description:
Twins, Anna and Stella White, were the first women to earn Bachelor of Science degrees from WVU. In 1886, the family sold their Ohio farm and moved to Morgantown so their children - 4 sons and two daughters, could attend WVU. Family or one parent relocation with students was not uncommon in and era when mid-western state universities did not routinely erect dormitories.