Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera , A&M 5248

Scope and Contents

Collection includes mostly West Virginia University ephemera, publications, photographs, and negatives, collected by the Young family. Much of the WVU ephemera was likely collected by Guy Bell Young (1874-1962) during his time at the university. Also includes photographs and negatives produced by his son, Guy Bayard Young (1908-1999). Many of these images are from 1936-1937 and pertain to WVU; subjects include Esther Benford (the first woman to receive a civil engineering degree from WVU, and about whom Bayard Young wrote a news article), WVU football games (especially WVU vs. University of Pittsburgh), WVU's Corps of Cadets and their band, and various other student activities. Also includes a few photos of Jackson's Mill, and images of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Jennings Randolph speaking from the back of a train.

Additional material from Guy Bell Young can be found in A&M 661, the Guy B. Young Papers.

Please note that most of the negatives were separated into two boxes in order to best facilitate preservation. Nitrate negatives and negatives of unknown material (box 2) were separated from acetate negatives (box 3). Where negatives from the same original container envelope had to be separated from each other due to material type, a "see also" note is included.

Container List

Papers

1898–1966

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
Notebook of Guy B. Young, WVU Chapel Fall Term
1901
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Cash Book of Guy B. Young while at WVU Law School
1901–1903
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Program, University College of Medicine Commencement, Richmond, Virginia, 1905
1905
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Programs, West Virginia University Commencement, June 18, 1903 and June 13, 1911, and Exercises of Commencement Week, June 11 to June 18, 1903
1903, 1911
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
Programs, Delta Chi Fraternity Annual Banquet (2) and M.E. Church Groundbreaking
1903
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
Constitution, By-Laws and Rules of Order of the Columbian Literary Society, West Virginia University
1898
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
WVU Baseball Schedule, Season of 1910
1910
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8
Castanea (journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society), vol. 3, no. 7-8 and vol. 4, no. 2
1938–1939
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9
WVU Publications ("Hail, West Virginia!, a handbook on tradition, organizations, and procedures for Freshmen at West Virginia University" and "Facts West Virginia University" WVU Bulletin, Series 67, No. 1-1, July 1966)
1966
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10
Letter to Guy B. Young, thanking him for gift of correspondence and periodicals from 1880 to 1940, from WVU President Irvin Stewart
1954
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11
Esther Benford Materials (includes clipping from Morgantown Dominion-News, March 6, 1937: "Girl Student's Quick Grasp of Problems In Engineering Amazes Male Classmates"; also includes five 8x10 photos of Esther Benford, West Virginia University's First Woman President of Engineers (American Society of Civil Engineers chapter), a clipping of story by Bayard Young, and a typescript story about her by Bayard Young.
ca. 1937

Photographs

ca. 1930s

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
Photos of WVU and University of Pittsburgh mascots, bands, ROTC (10 4x5 photos, 1 8x10 photo)
ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of WVU Mountaineer and Pitt Panther mascots at Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of ROTC Officer and ROTC Auxiliary member, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of Fi Bater Kapper/Fi Batar Cappar members possibly at Pep Rally
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of ROTC Auxiliary members in formation, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of WVU Mountaineer mascot and Cheerleaders taking the field, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of University of Pittsburgh Marching Band, in formation spelling "PITT'' at Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of WVU Cheerleaders, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of Pitt Panther and WVU Mountaineer mascots, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of University of Pittsburgh Marching Band, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  4x5 photo of ROTC Officer and Auxiliary Member with marching band, Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12
  8x10 photo of WVU Marching Band in formation spelling "WVU" on Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
Photos of WVU Football Game (4 5x7 photos)
ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
  5x7 photo of football game action (kickoff?), Mountaineer Field
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
  5x7 photo of WVU Players Bench, Cheerleaders and Student Section, Mountaineer Field (KA cannon visible along wall.)
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
  5x7 photo of football game action (University of Pittsburgh at WVU?)
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13
  5x7 photo of football game action
  ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Photos of Military Ball Dance Floor (2 5x7 photos)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Photos of the WVU ROTC Corps of Cadets and Band (10 8x10 photos)
ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
  8x10 photo of WVU ROTC Corps of Cadets in formation on the Drill Field (now the site of the Mountainlair and Parking Garage; 3 photos)
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
  8x10 photos of "ROTC Cadets Parade for President C. S. Boucher and Lt. Col. L.S. Devore at West Virginia University" (2 photos, second labeled "the entire unit")
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
  8x10 photos of ROTC Cadet Band (probably playing National Anthem) at WVU Armory (4 photos)
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
  8x10 photo of Marching Band in civilian dress in front of the Armory
  undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
Photos of the WVU ROTC Corps of Cadets and Sponsors (6 8x10 photos)
ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of ROTC Corps of Cadets and Sponsors on parade in the Drill Field
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of ROTC Corps of Cadets and Sponsors on parade, saluting, in the Drill Field
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of Cadet Sponsors, WVU (names listed on reverse)
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of Cadet Sponsors in front of WVU Armory
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of a squad of ROTC Cadets
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
  8x10 photo of "Initiates into Honorary"
  undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
Photos of People at WVU Events
ca. 1930s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
  8x10 photos of "Miss Helen Baker reigned in a Rhododendron bower as Queen of the May at West Virginia University's annual Festival… (2 photos)
  undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
  8x10 photo of "Lt. Col. and Mrs. L. S. Devore"
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
  8x10 photo, interior view of E. Moore Hall with Dance Band
  ca. 1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
  8x10 photo of E. Moore Hall at night
  ca. 1930s
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17
  8x10 photo, "'The Deacon' surveys" (Fi Bater Kapper/Fi Batar Cappar?)
  undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18
Photos of Jackson's Mill (2 8x10 photos of the dining hall and the mill)
ca. 1930s
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
Photos of Franklin D. Roosevelt on Train (includes 4 3x5 photos and 1 8x10; one photo depicts Congressman Jennings Randolph speaking to an audience from the back of a B&O train at Morgantown, the others depict Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking to the audience)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
Miscellaneous Photos, WVU (over 50 photos of various sizes from envelope marked "WVU" and "Misc. Pix"; photos include winter scenes of WVU, boxing, baseball, ROTC, dances, and other student activities)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21
Miscellaneous Photos, Sports (18 4x5 photos of various subjects, including tennis and baseball, found in WVU Department of Chemistry envelope)
ca. 1930s

Negatives

ca. 1936-1937

Scope and Contents

Three glass plate negatives are in box 1. Nitrate negatives and negatives of unknown type are in box 2. Acetate (safety) negatives are in box 3.

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22
Glass Plate Negative of WVU Cheerleaders
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 23
Glass Plate Negative of WVU Band on Field spelling "WVU"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 24
Glass Plate Negative of WVU Color Guard and Cadets
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1
Negatives – "Cadets, Woman's Hall, Azar (?) 1936"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2
Negatives – "Cadet Sponsors" (see also box 3, folder 2)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3
Negatives – "Cadets"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4
Negatives – "Cadets – W.V.U. 1936"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5
Negatives from Film Pack (misc. from WVU, 1936 -1937; mostly cadets?; see also box 3, folders 19-20)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6
Negatives – "Shampain Misc. Pix"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7
Negative from Esther Benford Folder (box 1, folder 11)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
Negatives – "Life" (Esther Benford)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
Negatives – "Benford"
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
Negatives – "W.V.U. – Pitt Game 1937"
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
Negatives – "W.V.U. Football "
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
Negatives – "Football Band W.V.U. 1936"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
Negatives – "Football W.V.U. 1936"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
Negatives – "Football, misc. W.V.U." (see also box 3, folder 10)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
Negatives – Roosevelt at Morgantown
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
Negatives – E. Moore Hall, "Feb 6, 1937"
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
Negatives – "Student Election"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
Negative – "W.V.U. Misc. Campus Pix" (see also box 3, folder 9)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19
Negatives – "Dances W.V.U. misc. -1937" (see also box 3, folder 11)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20
Negatives – "Press Club Show" (see also box 3, folder 12)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21
Negative – "Phi Lambda Banquet 1937" (see also box 3, folder 13)
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22
Negatives – Jackson's Mill Dining Hall, June 1, 1936, and Jackson's Mill Old Mill, May 31, 1936
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23
Negatives – Boys at Jackson's Mill, June 1, 1936
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24
Negatives – Portrait of Unidentified Man
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25
Negatives – Library (?) and Misc.
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26
Negative – Margaret Dohsan (?)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27
Negative – Group Portrait of Three Men
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28
Negative – Earl Roggs (?) Home
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29
Negatives – Portraits of Unknown Man in Glasses (see also box 3, folder 15)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30
Negatives – Golfing
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31
Negatives – Misc. Group of Images (see also box 3, folder 16)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 32
Negatives – Ice Gorge, Little Kanawha River, Feb. 1936 (see also box 3, folder 17)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
Negatives – "Cadets"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
Negative – "Cadet Sponsors" (see also box 2, folder 2)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
Negatives – "Student Election" (see also box 2, folder 17)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
Negatives – Esther Benford
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
Negative – "Young People" (Esther Benford)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
Negative – "Boxing Dickerson"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
Negatives – "Millhouse – Byrum"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
Negatives – "Shampain"
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
Negatives – W.V.U. Misc. Campus Pix" (see also box 2, folder 18)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
Negatives – "Football, misc. W.V.U." (see also box 2, folder 14)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
Negative – "Dances W.V.U. misc. – 1937" (see also box 2, folder 19)
ca. 1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
Negatives – "Press Club Show" (see also box 2, folder 20)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
Negatives – "Phi Lambda Banquet 1937" (see also box 2, folder 21)
1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
Negatives – Chemistry Lab?
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
Negative – Portrait of Unknown Man in Glasses (see also box 2, folder 29)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
Negatives – Misc. Group of Images (see also box 2, folder 31)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
Negatives – Ice Gorge, Little Kanawha River, Feb 1936 (see also box 2, folder 32)
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
Negatives – "Kodak Bantam Special" (misc. images of people)
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19
Negatives from Film Pack (misc. subjects from WVU, 1936 -1937; see also box 2, folder 5 and box 3, folder 20)
ca. 1936-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20
Kodak Film Pack Box and Foil (see also box 2, folder 5 and box 3, folder 19)
ca. 1936-1937

Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera A&M 5248

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