Debra Harr, Collector, Hopemont Hospital Photographs and Papers, 1926/1930

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
Restrictions:

No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Debra Harr, Collector, Hopemont Hospital Photographs and Papers, A&M 3540, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet Summary: 5 in. (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each)
Creator:
Harr, Hester Luetta
Abstract:
Photographs (166 items) featuring Hester Luetta Harr, a West Virginia University student and patient at the West Virginia State Tuberculosis Sanitarium in Preston County, West Virginia, during the late 1920s, including candid portraits of patients and staff. Also includes pictures of her brother Guy Harr and others who appear to be friends and fellow students from West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. There are also several views of the Cheat River, a photographic group portrait of the Terra-Alta Fire Department, and a 1926-1927 WVU Student Handbook owned by Guy Harr. Includes a total of 166 photographs. [Includes 76 photographs that are scanned to be made available online (53 items 2.75' x 4.5', 9 items 3.5' x 5.75', 8 items 2.5' x 3.5', 5 items 3' x 5', 1 item 1' x 3.5'); the other 90 photographs are unscanned. For photographs related to this collection, go to wvhistoryonview.org and search for this collection's four digit call number (otherwise known as an A&M number).
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Debra Harr, Collector, Hopemont Hospital Photographs and Papers, A&M 3540, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Physical 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 / URL: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard