Descriptive Summary
Title: West Virginia State Penitentiary Collection
Span Dates: ca. 1930s-2003
Bulk Dates: ca. 1930s-1950s
ID No: Ph2021-232
Creator: West Virginia State Penitentiary
Extent: 1 box
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Administrative Information
Provenance:
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], West Virginia State Penitentiary Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Box 1
Negatives, Buildings (1 of 2) (18 negatives)
Negatives, Buildings (2 of 2) (12 negatives)
Negatives, Interiors (20 negatives)
Negatives, Cells (4 negatives)
Negatives, Prison wall, Exterior (9 negatives)
Negatives, Prison grounds, Exterior (10 negatives)
Negative, Wagon gate (1 negative)
Negatives, Guard tower (3 negatives)
Negatives, Outdoors (2 negatives)
Negatives, Outdoors work/activities (5 negatives)
Negatives, Baseball game at prison (5 negatives)
Negative, Men loading car at prison (1 negative)
Negatives, Prison guards (3 negatives)
Negatives, Prison guards with dogs (3 negatives)
Negative, Cecil Underwood at ribbon-cutting ceremony, West Virginia State Penitentiary (1 negative)
Negatives, Swearing in ceremony (2 negatives)
Negative, West Virginia State Penitentiary Band (1 negative)
Negatives, People (1 of 2) (15 negatives)
Negatives, People (2 of 2) (5 negatives)
Negatives, Cattle (16 negatives)
Negatives, West Virginia State Penitentiary Bus (12 negatives)
Negatives, General Motors truck (2 negative)
Negative, Model of Moundsville, West Virginia (1 negative)
Negatives, Artwork (2 negatives)
Negatives, Unidentified Man, Last Negative of the Old Gallows (1 Glassplate Negative)
Prints, Aerial views of prison (2 prints)
Prints, Guard tower (2 prints)
Print, Wagon gate (1 print)
Prints, Buildings (5 prints)
Prints, Actual view of North Hall during recreation period showing 1/4 of the prison population (2 prints)
Prints, Interiors (3 prints)
Prints, Outdoors (6 prints)
Prints, Prison guards with dogs (2 prints)
Prints, People (5 prints)
Prints, West Virginia State Penitentiary Bus (2 prints)
Prints, Execution Chamber Pass, September 23, 1948 (1 print)
Prints, Electric chair, Photographs by Barbara Jean Cochran, May 13, 2003 (2 prints)
Contact Prints (14 prints)