Descriptive Summary
Title: Godfrey Lowell and Doris Ella Smith Collection
Span Dates: 1880s-1960s
Bulk Dates:
ID No: Ph2023-028
Creator: Godfrey Lowell Smith, Doris Ella Smith, William Dew
Extent: 0.21 linear feet, 1 flip top letter size document container, 10 letter size folders, 152 prints
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Conditions on Use and Access: N/A
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Abstract: This collection features both black and white and color photographs of Cabot and Smith families. It includes overhead shots of Carbon Black Factory and Godfrey L. Cabot Incorporated. There are landscape photographs of both Spencer and Grantsville, West Virginia.
Administrative Information
Donor: This collection was donated to West Virginia Archives and History at The Cultural Center by William Dew in November 2023.
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], Godfrey Lowell and Doris Ella Smith Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Processor: Processed by Bethany Arbaugh, December 2023
Processing Note: Photographs are organized based on the identification of subjects, followed by the subject matter.
Contents List:
Box 1
1:1 Landscapes of Spencer and Grantsville, West Virginia, circa 1900s (5)
1. Image of Carbon Black Factory, Spencer, West Virginia. Property of W. E. Smith, n.d. B&W.
2. Image of Carbon Black Factory, Spencer, West Virginia. Property of W. E. Smith, n.d. B&W.
3. Image of wheat field and buckwheat, unknown location, n.d. B&W.
4. Image of Grantsville flood, 1915. B&W.
5. Aerial image of Godfrey L. Cabot, Inc. Grantsville, West Virginia, n.d. B&W.
1:2 Portraits of Smith family, circa 1880s-1900s (9)
1. Portrait of Godfrey Lowell Cabot, at 22 years old, 1883. B&W.
2. Postcard, image of baby, from Elmer Smith, n.d. B&W.
3. Postcard, image of Lawrence Isabelle Steele, n.d. B&W.
4. Postcard, image of two babies, Smith children, n.d. B&W.
5. Postcard, image of two men, C. Smith, n.d. B&W.
6. Postcard, image of family, the Black family, n.d. B&W.
7. Postcard, image of three children, noted as Mrs. Ada Smith, n.d. B&W.
8. Image of Joe Smith, n.d. B&W.
9. Image of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smith, July 24, 1915. B&W.
1:3 Images of Smith family, circa 1940s-1960s (5)
1. Portrait of Eunice Allen, age 13, March 21, 1940. B&W.
2. Portrait of Bill and Virginia Smith Sawyer, n.d.
3. Portrait of Virginia Smith Sawyer, n.d. B&W.
4. Portrait of Joe Smith, Jr., n.d. Photo by Parrish Studio in Spencer, West Virginia. B&W.
5. Photograph of a man and woman, May 1960. B&W.
1:4 Unspecified Smith-Cabot family photographs, circa 1900s-1960s (14)
1. Portrait of two men, Grandpa Smith and Uncle John, n.d. B&W.
2. Postcard, image of baby, Mr. Frederick Gaul F., n.d. B&W.
3. Postcard, image of baby, Violette Ann Kyer, n.d. B&W.
4. Postcard, image of baby with dog, Ada, n.d. B&W.
5. Portrait of Claire Smith, n.d. B&W.
6. Postcard, image of man, Earl Shaffer, n.d. B&W.
7. Postcard, image of man, Franklin Fowler, n.d. B&W.
8. Postcard, image of couple, C.A. and Hester, n.d. B&W.
9. Postcard, image of two adults and a baby, unknown woman, Ben, and Freddie Willard Nutter, n.d. B&W.
10. Postcard, image of a man and baby, Arthur Smith, unknown baby, n.d. B&W.
11. Portrait of family, Aunt Stella, n.d. B&W.
12. Group photo of Eunice, Goldie, Nella, August 10, 1941. Taken at Elk River. B&W.
13. Image of two men, John and Milo, September 1961. B&W.
14. Image of a man, M. Smith, November 1961. B&W.
1:5 Unidentified landscape, n.d. B&W. (1)
1:6 Portraits of unidentified babies, circa 1890s-1930s. B&W. (22)
1:7 Unidentified women, circa 1890s-1930s. B&W. (15)
1:8 Unidentified men, circa 1890s-1930s. B&W. (19)
1:9 Unidentified pairs, circa 1890s-1930s. (19)
1:10 Unidentified groups, circa 1890s-1960s. (23)