Accession Number: Ph78-003
Repository: West Virginia State Archives
Creator: William Hamilton and Betty Herden
Title: William Hamilton Photo Collection
Date [inclusive]: 1907-1914
Extent: 22 negatives
Name of Creator(s): Betty Herden
Language: English
Citation: [item, collection number], William Hamilton Photo Collection, West Virginia Archives and History, Charleston, WV.
Processing information: Debra Basham, 1987. Meredith Barbery, April 2025.
Conditions on Use and Access: none
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Provenance: This collection was donated to West Virginia Archives and History at The Cultural Center by Betty Herden in December 1978.
Processing Notes: The collection was originally donated as part of a Manuscript collection. The photos were loaned to be made into copy negatives. In 1987, the copy negatives were separated from Ms78-003. In 2025, the collection was redescribed to be made more easily accessible.
Sources of Information [if applicable]:
Historical Note:
Scope and Content: The collection contains 25 negatives of 22 images. The images include group photos from the 1910s, sawmills, and homecoming parades in Randolph and Tucker counties.
Related Materials [if applicable]: Ms78-003
Arrangement: Original order. The negatives are in the order in which they were scanned.
Box 1
1:1 William Hamilton photo collection
1. Old settler's parade. Elkins, WV. September 1914.
2. Two women standing behind three barrels on a porch. Group of people on a porch in the background. 1909.
3. Four men and a dog in front of a building. William, WV. 1909.
4. Four women at Blackwater Falls. 1909.
5. Three women and one man at Blackwater Falls. 1909.
6. Logging train. William, WV. 1909.
7. Four women and a dog in front of building. William, WV. 1909.
8. Cheat Club House with people on front porch. Circa 1909.
9. Cheat Club House. No date.
10. Saw mill. William, WV. 1909.
11. Row houses. William, WV. 1909.
12. Woods at William, WV.
13. Logging train at the junction. William, WV. 1909.
14. Five women with rifles and two men at Rich Mountain. 1913.
15. Firefighters during Homecoming Parade. Elkins, WV. September 1914.
16. Old settler's parade, Homecoming Week. September 1914.
17. Greenbrier River.
18. Girl in plaid dress standing in front of crane on lumber log tracks. 1907.
19. Houses flooded. Elkins, WV. 1907 or 1908
20. People wait at the train station. Thomas, WV. 1909.
21. Four women on rail handcar. William, WV. 1909.
22. Logging train in town. William, WV. 1909.