newspapers; floods; disasters; college towns; colleges
This is a special edition paper printed by Pikeville College in the aftermath of the Flood of 1977. While its purpose was to seek funding for the college after the crisis, this paper also relates first-hand accounts of the flood and how it...
West Virginia Wesleyan College; Universities & colleges
This photo postcard, dated 1892, shows the original seminary building of West Virginia Conference Seminary (now West Virginia Wesleyan College).
Finished in 1890, it stood where the current Administration Building is located. It was made in part...
Note on back reads,"Student center and classrooms for the Practice School at college. Erected following WWII from materials supplied by the federal gov't."
Students and teacher in 2nd floor Townsend classroom. Note on back reads, "Front row, left to right: Wilma Headrick, Lillian Clement, Elizabeth White; Second row: Wade Bustke, Flossie Chambers, Grant Ashley"
8" x 10" black and white photograph of elementary school age children in a classroom at the "Practice School." A student teacher from the college is being observed by a professor.
8" x 10" black and white photograph (now, sepia) of a
professor and students in a classroom on the second floor of
Townsend Hall. Front row, left to right: Wilma Headrick,
Lillian Clement, Elizabeth White. Second Row: Wade
Busktke(?),...