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13. Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024379
Title:
Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University
Date:
1979

14. Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024380
Title:
Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University
Date:
1979

15. Pewtersmith Demonstration at a Mountaineer Week Craft Show, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024381
Title:
Pewtersmith Demonstration at a Mountaineer Week Craft Show, West Virginia University
Date:
1979

16. Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024382
Title:
Banjo Player Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University
Date:
1979

17. Old Time Band Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University

IDNO:
024383
Title:
Old Time Band Performs during Mountaineer Week, West Virginia University
Date:
1979

18. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Williamstown, W. Va.

IDNO:
026137
Title:
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Williamstown, W. Va.
Date:
1979
The photo was taken on one of two of the first Pop Warner Pee Wee Football Team, Warriors. Coach Dick Duez is center on the back row.

19. Pop Warner Pee Wee Football Team, Warriors, Bridgeport, W. Va.

IDNO:
030487
Title:
Pop Warner Pee Wee Football Team, Warriors, Bridgeport, W. Va.
Date:
1979
Description:
The photo was taken on one of two of the first Pop Warner Pee Wee Football Team, Warriors. Coach Dick Duez is center on the back row.
West Virginia University Mountaineer Quarterback Oliver Luck eagle glances down field to find his receiver during a game against Temple.

20. WVU Football Player Quarterback Oliver Luck Looking for Open Receiver

IDNO:
038031
Title:
WVU Football Player Quarterback Oliver Luck Looking for Open Receiver
Date:
1979
Description:
West Virginia University Mountaineer Quarterback Oliver Luck eagle glances down field to find his receiver during a game against Temple.
Possibly Jess and Lizzie Burnfield's home near Blacksville, West Virginia

21. Log Home, Core, W. Va.

IDNO:
040997
Title:
Log Home, Core, W. Va.
Date:
1979
Description:
Possibly Jess and Lizzie Burnfield's home near Blacksville, West Virginia
EcoTheater, Inc. Powleys Creek, Hinton W. Va. postcard designed by Fran Belin.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.

22. EcoTheater, Inc. postcard featureing a scene from Maryat Lee's play "John Henry"

IDNO:
049818
Title:
EcoTheater, Inc. postcard featureing a scene from Maryat Lee's play "John Henry"
Date:
1979
Description:
EcoTheater, Inc. Powleys Creek, Hinton W. Va. postcard designed by Fran Belin.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.