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George O. Smith Photograph Album

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3511

Overview

Photograph album (11 1/2 in. x 7 1/4 in.) of George Orlando Smith (nickname "Red Smith") as student and basketball player, including family, friends, and activities; contains 280 photos in album, plus 61 loose photos. Subjects include: portraits of Marietta College, Ohio, basketball team, 1919-1920; Devols Dam, Muskingum River, Ohio; U.S. Army infantry parading in Marietta, Ohio for Fifth Liberty Loan; two-winged airplanes (biplanes) stunt flying for Fifth Liberty Loan; circuit Redpath Chautauqua, including the Webster Male Quartet, the Althea Chorus, the "Chocolate Soldier" Company, and others (Smith was a member of the crew; locations in Pennsylvania and Ohio are identified), summer 1919; portrait of West Virginia Wesleyan basketball team, 1921-1922; portrait of two women at Beechwood School, Clarksburg, WV; and group portraits posed in front of Ladies Hall and Science Hall, WV Wesleyan. Pages 65-74 appear to contain all or mostly pictures taken during his time as a student at Stills College of Osteopathy at Des Moines, Iowa, where he also played basketball. Also includes a few clippings regarding his basketball activities, and Iota Tau Sigma memorabilia (3 items, including medal attached to blue ribbon).

Dates

  • Creation: 1919-1928

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Extent

0.2 Linear Feet (Summary: 2 in.)

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/

Title
George O. Smith Photograph Album, 1919-1928
Author
Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

Contact:
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
304-293-3536