John M. Null, Collector, Photograph Albums of Student Life at West Virginia University

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
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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John M. Null, Collector, Photograph Albums of Student Life at West Virginia University, A&M 5164, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (1 index card box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], John M. Null, Collector, Photograph Albums of Student Life at West Virginia University, A&M 5164, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Two albums of images of the West Virginia University campus, students, and the surrounding area in the late 1890s. One album contains cyanotypes, the other contains photographs. These albums belonged to WVU student Leonard S. Hall. His name can be found recorded in one of them.

Album 1, from the late 1890s, contains 65 cyanotypes of various locations in and around West Virginia University's campus. Subjects include Martin Hall, Woodburn Hall, Agricultural Experiment Station Building, the interior of Commencement Hall and classrooms, portraits of the first football team and the costumed cast of the student production of Shakespeare's Richard III which raised money for it, Corps of Cadets officers and staff, West Virginia flora and rivers, Mechanical Hall I fire of 1899, dormitory or faculty room interiors, and various group portraits and unidentified individuals.

Album 2, from ca. 1895-1900, contains 280 photographs of various locations in and around West Virginia University's campus, as well as numerous individual and group portraits of Leonard Hall and his roommates at Episcopal Hall and several other unidentified students and staff. Subjects include Martin Hall, Woodburn Hall with its first wing, interior photographs of male dormitory rooms, a group photo of the residents of Episcopal Hall, a parade in Morgantown, an African-American man in a kitchen storage area, football games, and portraits of football players, baseball players, and others. Leonard S. Hall was the son of Sarah Jane Pemberton and William Hall, born ca. 1877, died October 24, 1959 in New Martinsville, West Virginia (link to Death Record information in External Documents section).

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: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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