0.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 1/2 in. (1 document case)
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Album of 39 portraits (black and white, and color) taken by Ray Stoker (1895-1975), a resident of Fairmont, West Virginia.
The majority of the photographs are portraits of Stoker's wife; other subjects include other women, children, animals, and
the artist himself. Please see "Historical Note" for further information regarding Stoker.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restrictions apply.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ray Stoker, Artist and Photographer, Album of Portrait Photographs, A&M
3811, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Ray(mond) Stoker was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stoker served in the army during World War I and afterwards
studied art and photography. He married Gwineviere "Gwen" Utteridge and the family moved to Fairmont, West Virginia in the
early 1920s. Stoker spent the next thirty years as one of Fairmont's leading artistic figures. Stoker left Fairmont in 1957,
traveling around Europe and returning to his hometown of Philadelphia, where he died in 1975.