Frankie McWhirter Photo Album, 1943-1946 | Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

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Collection Overview

Title: Frankie McWhirter Photo Album, 1943-1946

Primary Creator: McWhirter, Frankie

Extent: 1.0 Folders

Date Acquired: 06/18/2015

Subjects: Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (1930-1948), Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae.

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This photograph album was created by Frankie McWhirter, wife of James A. McWhirter. Both attended Eastern between 1943 and 1946 and the album contains photos of campus, students, and local places that they visited including Natural Bridge, Cumberland Falls and Boonesborough Beach. Jim played football at Eastern and there are many photographs of teammates from the mid 1940s as well as photos of ROTC and WACs on campus. Also included are a small number of photographs of a football game at Hopkinsville High School.

Subject/Index Terms

Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College (1930-1948)
Eastern Kentucky University--Alumni and alumnae.

Administrative Information

Repository: Eastern Kentucky University - Special Collections and Archives

Acquisition Method: Gift

Box and Folder Listing

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Folder 1

Item 1: Coates Administrative Building, 1943ca
Item 2: Keen Johnson Building, 1943ca: then Student Union; rear view
Item 3: Keen Johnson and Crabbe Library, 1943ca: Rear view
Item 4: Crabbe Library from Ravine, 1943ca
Item 5: Ravine, 1943ca: Sullivan Hall in background
Item 6: Ravine, 1943ca: Coates Building in background
Item 7: "Jug" Worsham and Ruth Cox, 1943ca: playing in the Ravine
Item 8: Three student couples in Ravine, 1943ca
Item 9: Unidentified students standing in front of Sullivan Hall, 1943ca
Item 10: James "Jug" Worsham, 1943ca: near amphitheater water feature
Item 11: Four female students posing in the Ravine, 1943ca
Item 12: Unidentified students on University Drive, 1943ca
Item 13: Women's Army Corp (WAC), 1943ca: students in uniform
Item 14: Women's Army Corp (WAC), 1943ca: students in uniform
Item 15: "Jug" Worsham and Ruth Cox, 1943ca: on steps of Coates Bldg
Item 16: Leona Price and Jim McWhirter, 1943ca: in the Ravine
Item 17: Jim McWhirter and "Jug" Worsham, 1942: in the snow; Crabbe Library in rear
Item 18: Jim McWhirter and "Jug" Worsham, 1942
Item 19: Student holding a camera, 1942
Item 20: Mark Lohr, 1942
Item 21: Jim McWhirter, 1942: with girl making snowball
Item 22: Jim McWhirter, 1942: with Mark Lohr in background
Item 23: Jim McWhirter and Edyth Gibson Goosens, 1942
Item 24: Ann Gary with unidentified student, 1942
Item 25: Room "B" of Hanger Stadium, 1943ca: three students around a table
Item 26: Room "B" of Hanger Stadium, 1943ca: five male students
Item 27: Jim McWhirter reading, 1943ca
Item 28: Students standing on University Drive, 1943ca: Sullivan Hall and the cottages in the background
Item 29: Mark Lohr running through Hanger Field, 1943ca
Item 30: Leona Price and Jim McWhirter in the Ravine, 1943ca
Item 31: L-R: Jug Worsham, Leona Price, and Jim McWhirter, 1943ca
Item 32: Jim McWhirter and Leona Price, 1943ca
Item 33: L-R: Jim McWhirter, Leona Price, Jug Worsham, 1943ca
Item 34: Three couples in the Ravine, 1943ca: L-R: unidentified, unidentified, Leona Price, Jim McWhirter, Ruth Cox, Jug Worsham
Item 35: Sullivan Hall and cottages, 1943ca
Item 36: Weaver Gym and football field, 1943ca
Item 37: Student Union, 1943ca: Keen Johnson Building
Item 38: Campus walk, 1943ca: Cammack, Roark, and Coates buildings from University Drive
Item 39: Louise "Breezy" Bridges, 1943: Somerset, KY
Item 40: Leona Price, 1943: Ashland, KY; Message written on back to George "Jim" McWhirter
Item 41: Sue Chandler, 1943: Lexington, KY
Item 42: Jean Cannon, 1943: Richmond, KY
Item 43: Irv Kuehn, 1943: Cincinnati, OH
Item 44: Henry Joe Flynn, 1943
Item 45: Doris Puffenberger, 1943: Tiffin, OH
Item 46: Bill Aiken, 1943: Evarts, KY
Item 47: Ellen Umstaddt, 1943: Message written on back to Jim McWhirter
Item 48: Ruth Cox and Leona Price, 1943ca: Beckham and McCreary Hall in background
Item 49: Leona Price, 1943ca
Item 50: Jug Worsham and Jim McWhirter, 1943ca
Item 51: Eastern Maroons 1942 Guards & Tackles, 1942
Item 52: Gail Roberts, 1942: Center; Glouster, OH
Item 53: Bill Benedett, 1942: Center; Wheeling, W.V.
Item 54: Hanger Stadium, 1942: Weaver Gym in background
Item 55: Bob Goosens, 1942: Tackle; Kewanee, IL
Item 56: Neil Roberts, 1942: Tackle; Glouster, OH
Item 57: Abe Deeb, 1942: Tackle; Shelbyville, KY
Item 58: Larry Lehman, 1942: End; Fort Thomas, KY
Item 59: Robert Frank Siphers, 1942: End; Benham, KY
Item 60: Francis Haas, 1942: End; Newport, KY
Item 61: Jim Little, 1942: Tackle; Portsmouth, OH
Item 62: Hanger Stadium, 1942: Weaver Gym in background
Item 63: Bill Aiken, 1942: Guard; Evarts, KY
Item 64: Earl "Smokey" Gibson, 1942: Guard; Portsmouth, OH
Item 65: Weaver Gym, 1942
Item 66: Weaver Gym, 1942
Item 67: Claude McQuady, 1942: Guard; Louisville, KY
Item 68: James E. Worsham "Jug", 1942: Guard; Hopkinsville, KY
Item 69: Joe Bill Siphers, 1942: Captain; Quarterback; Benham, KY
Item 70: Ted Benedett, 1942: Left Half; Wheeling, WV
Item 71: Hanger Stadium, 1942
Item 72: Casey Nowakowski, 1942: Right Half; Chicago, IL
Item 73: Irv Kuehn, 1942: Full Back; Cincinnatti, OH
Item 74: Hanger Stadium, 1942
Item 75: Walter Heucke, 1942: Back; Louisville, KY
Item 76: Roy "Bucky" Buchas, 1942: Back; Richmond, KY
Item 77: Lawrence "Larry" Becker, 1942: Back; Wheeling, WV
Item 78: Emerson Warf, 1942: Back; Benham, KY
Item 79: Jack Ley, 1942: Back; Chauncey, OH
Item 80: Willard Grizzell, 1942: Back; Portsmouth, OH
Item 81: Jim McWhirter, 1942: Posing
Item 82: Jim McWhirter, Bud Adams and James "Jug" Worsham, 1942: EKU football players; posing
Item 83: James "Jug" Worsham, 1942: Posing
Item 84: Bill Aiken, 1942: Diving to catch a football
Item 85: Hanger Stadium, 1942
Item 86: Mark Lohr, 1942: Catching a football
Item 87: "Sunday Morning at Eastern with the Fellows", 1942: EKU football players in pajamas standing on the field at Hanger Stadium; Jim McWhirter in foreground; Keen Johnson building and Burnam Hall in background
Item 88: "Sunday Morning at Eastern with the Fellows", 1942: EKU football players in pajamas in a cheerleading pyramid on the field of Hanger Stadium
Item 89: "Sunday Morning at Eastern with the Fellows", 1942: L - R: Bud, Jim, Jug
Item 90: "Sunday Morning at Eastern with the Fellows", 1942: EKU football players in pajamas on the bleachers of Hanger Stadium
Item 91: "Sunday Morning at Eastern with the Fellows", 1942: EKU football players in pajamas posing in an offensive formation
Item 92: Girl's dormitory, 1942: Burnam Hall; old car
Item 93: Boy's dormitory, 1942: Beckham Hall; partial view of Miller and McCreary Hall
Item 94: Boy's dorms, 1942: Back view of Miller, Beckham, and McCreary Halls; partial view of Memorial Hall annex and Campbell building
Item 95: Student Union, 1942: Two students playing in the snow in front of Keen Johnson building
Item 96: Student Union, 1942: Keen Johnson Building
Item 97: Two couples posing for a photo in front of steps, 1946ca: L - R: Frances Burleson, Jim McWhirter, ?, ?; Madison High in background
Item 98: Jim McWhirter and Frances Burleson, 1946ca: Couple walking down a dirt path arm-in-arm
Item 99: Frances Burleson and Jim McWhirter, 1946ca: Couple posing in front of steps; Madison High in background
Item 100: Smiling couple, 1946ca: close up
Item 101: Jim McWhirter and Fraces Burleson, 1946ca: Couple flirting on steps; Madison High in background
Item 102: Unknown couple flirting, 1946ca: goofing off
Item 103: Frances Burleson and Jim McWhirter, 1946ca
Item 104: Unidentified man leaning on an open car door, 1946ca: Madison High in background
Item 105: Unidentified woman smiling and leaning against a tree by a creek, 1946ca
Item 106: Unidentified woman leaning against a tree by a creek, 1946ca: Somber
Item 107: Unidentified man sitting in a car, 1946ca: Madison High in background
Item 108: Smiling couple looking into each others eyes, 1946ca: close up
Item 109: Couple sitting in the grass hugging and smiling, 1946ca: Madison High in background
Item 110: Unidentified man hanging from a tree branch over a creek, 1946ca: goofing off
Item 111: Frances McWhirter laying on a beach, 1946ca
Item 112: Smiling couple sitting outside, 1946ca
Item 113: Woman posing on steps cut into a rock face, 1946ca: Natural Bridge
Item 114: Two women sitting on rocks outside, 1946ca: Frances McWhirter in the foreground; Natural Bridge
Item 115: Man standing at the edge of Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 116: Couple hugging outside, 1946ca
Item 117: Couple standing on Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 118: Group of friends about to hike at Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 119: View from Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 120: Jim and Frances McWhirter on the trail at Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 121: Unidentified woman sitting in the shade, 1946ca: Natural Bridge
Item 122: Unidentified couple sitting at the edge of Natural Bridge, 1946ca
Item 123: Woman making a shocked expression, 1946ca
Item 124: Two men with their pants rolled up to their knees, 1946ca: right: Jim McWhirter
Item 125: Three friends on a dirt path, 1946ca: L - R: Frances McWhirter, Jim McWhirter, ?
Item 126: Woman fishing wearing a fedora, 1946ca
Item 127: Base of waterfall, 1946ca: possibly Cumberland Falls
Item 128: George "Jim" and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: posing at an overlook; possibly Cumberland Falls
Item 129: Three friends on a dirt path, 1946ca: L - R: Frances McWhirter, ?, ?
Item 130: Two women on a dirt path, 1946ca: L - R: Frances McWhirter, ?, ?
Item 131: Woman sitting on a rocky bank, 1946ca
Item 132: EKU ROTC loading a cannon, 1943ca: view looking down barrel; Far right: Jim McWhirter
Item 133: EKU ROTC standing by a cannon, 1943ca
Item 134: EKU ROTC loading into a truck hauling a cannon, 1943ca
Item 135: EKU ROTC filling a shell, 1943ca
Item 136: EKU ROTC loading a shell into a cannon, 1943ca
Item 137: EKU ROTC aiming cannon, 1943ca
Item 138: EKU ROTC loading into a truck hauling a cannon, 1943ca
Item 139: EKU ROTC loading a shell into a cannon, 1943ca: close up
Item 140: Neil "Brown" Roberts, 1943: Inscription reads: "How we doin', George? -Neil 'Brown' Roberts"
Item 141: Earl Gibson, 1943
Item 142: "Buddy" Cox, 1943: Inscription reads: "To a swell guy -'Buddy' Cox"
Item 143: Joe Balionis, 1943
Item 144: Two men on horseback wearing letterman sweaters labeled "46", 1946ca
Item 145: Jim McWhirter, 1946ca: sitting on an overlook in front of a waterfall; possibly Cumberland Falls
Item 146: Frances McWhirter standing on a beach, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 147: Frances McWhirter by a waterfall, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 148: View overlooking a river, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 149: Jim McWhirter standing on a beach, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 150: Frances McWhirter by a waterfall, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 151: Frances McWhirter sitting on a wall overlooking a valley, 1946ca
Item 152: Waterfall, 1946ca: Cumberland Falls
Item 153: Jim McWhirter, 1946ca
Item 154: Unknown couple, 1946ca: backs turned looking over a wall
Item 155: Woman sitting on a porch overlooking the mountains, 1946ca
Item 156: Unknown couple hugging, 1946ca
Item 157: Unknown man wearing a pinstriped suit, 1946ca
Item 158: Unknown woman sitting on a beach, 1946ca
Item 159: Natural Bridge, 1946ca: postcard
Item 160: River, 1946ca
Item 161: William Held, 1943: Inscription reads: "To a darn swell guy -Bill"
Item 162: Four women locking arms in front of Keen Johnson Building steps, 1944: L-R: Wilma Gene Cannon [?], Carolyn Miller [?], Margie Crites, Mae O'Donnell [?]
Item 163: Jim and Frances McWhirteron on a beach in swim suits, 1946ca
Item 164: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying on a blanket in the sand at Boonesborough Beach
Item 165: Jim and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying on a blanket in the sand at Boonesborough Beach
Item 166: Jim and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying on a blanket in the sand at Boonesborough Beach
Item 167: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying on a blanket in the sand at Boonesborough Beach. Duplicate of #2015a005-164
Item 168: Jim and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying on a blanket in the sand at Boonesborough Beach
Item 169: Couple laying on a blanket in the sand, 1946ca: unidentified
Item 170: Frances McWhirter laying on a beach, 1946ca: Duplicate of #2015a005-111
Item 171: Young people on a beach, 1946ca: Frances McWhirter on the right
Item 172: Couple laying on a blanket in the sand, 1946ca: unidentified
Item 173: Couple laying on a blanket in the sand, 1946ca: unidentified
Item 174: Couple in the Ravine, 1946ca: unidentified
Item 175: Jim McWhirter in the Ravine, 1946ca
Item 176: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: in front of a tree in the Ravine
Item 177: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: by the steps of a house
Item 178: Couple on a blanket in the sand, 1946ca: unidentified
Item 179: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: sitting in the Ravine
Item 180: Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: laying in leaves in the Ravine
Item 181: Unidentified man and woman, 1946ca: in front of Burnam Hall
Item 182: Jim and Frances McWhirter (center), 1946ca: with a group of friends looking in the trunk of a car
Item 183: Jim and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: Jim looking coy while Frances holds a box
Item 184: Jim and Frances McWhirter, 1946ca: Jim laughing and holding Frances
Item 185: Jim McWhirter, 1946ca: standing by a tree in the Ravine
Item 186: Jim McWhirter, 1946ca: sitting in front of Cumberland Falls
Item 187: Frances McWhirter (left), 1946ca: posing with a friend
Item 188: Man diving into a swimming pool, 1940ca
Item 189: Group of boys by a dock, 1940ca
Item 190: Group of friends at a swimming pool, 1940ca
Item 191: Man diving into a swimming pool, 1940ca
Item 192: Crowd at a swimming pool, 1940ca
Item 193: Jim McWhirter, 1940ca: holding a rifle
Item 194: Group of boys sitting on the sideline bench, 1940ca
Item 195: Four boys in athletic shorts, 1940ca: Jim McWhirter (2nd from left)
Item 196: Jim McWhirter, 1940ca: throwing shot put
Item 197: Three boys posing in athletic shorts, 1940ca: Jim McWhirter (center)
Item 198: Empty stadium, 1940ca: Hopkinsville High School stadium
Item 199: Unidentified boy throwing shot put, 1940ca
Item 200: "Hoptown" vs. Clarksville game, 1940: packed crowd in the Hopkinsville High School stadim
Item 201: Hopkinsville football game at M.H.S, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 202: Hopkinsville football game at M.H.S, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 203: Marching band performing during a Hopkinsville football game at M.H.S, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 204: Marching band performing at Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 205: Player leaving the field during a Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: possibly Jim McWhirter
Item 206: Hopkinsville football game at M.H.S, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 207: Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 208: Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: view from stadium
Item 209: Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: press taking action photos
Item 210: Hopkinsville football game, 1940ca: players in the end zone; advertisement billboards
Item 211: Hopkinsville football game at M.H.S, 1940ca: players leaving the field
Item 212: Joe Balionis, 1942ca: Guard; Homestead, PA

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