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

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


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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Jane LaBarbara

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 5248
Title
Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera 1898-1966, undated
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199349
Quantity
.8 Linear Feet, 10 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (2 document cases, 2 1/2 in. each)
Creator
Tarowsky, Mary Judith Young
Creator
Young, Guy Bayard, 1908-1999
Creator
Young, Guy Bell, 1874-1962
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

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Mary J. Tarowsky, Compiler, West Virginia University Photographs and Ephemera, A&M 5248, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Biographical / Historical

Guy Bell Young (1874-1962) fought in the Spanish American War, then received his law degree from WVU in 1903. He practiced law in Glenville, West Virginia up until his death in 1962. He also served as Gilmer County Prosecuting Attorney in the 1920s.

Guy Bayard Young (1908-1999), son of Guy Bell Young (1874-1962), was a chemistry graduate student at WVU in the 1930s, during which time he held a side job freelancing newspaper articles and photographs. He later went on to teach math and science in Gilmer County Schools, write for the Parkersburg News, and work for American Cyanamid.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • West Virginia Mountaineers (Football team)
  • West Virginia University
  • West Virginia University -- Students
  • West Virginia University. Corps of Cadets

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Tarowsky, Mary Judith Young
  • Young, Guy Bayard, 1908-1999
  • Young, Guy Bell, 1874-1962

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