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Group of boats at Alderson's Ferry, looking down Greenbrier

Group of boats at Alderson's Ferry, looking down Greenbrier

In Jedediah Hotchkiss photograph album of views along railroad lines and rivers from near Staunton, Virginia, to Huntington, West Virginia: p. 60, no. 121. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division; 1979; (DLC/PP-1979:... More

Named Supt. of new reformatory for women. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Miss Helen Hironimus has been appointed by the Attorney General to Superintendent of the new Federal Institution for Women at Dallas, Texas. She is a graduate of the Washington College of Law, and since April 1, 1939 has been Assistant Superintendent of the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, West Virginia.

Named Supt. of new reformatory for women. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. M...

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Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Miss Helen Hironimus has been appointed by the Attorney General to Superintendent of the new Federal Institution for Women at Dallas, Texas. A graduate of the Washington College of Law, she has been Assistant Superintendent of the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, West Virginia., since April 1, 1929. Miss Hironimus is a native of Mt. Vernon, Indiana

Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. Miss Helen Hironimus has been appointed by ...

A black and white photo of a woman sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Canoers on the lake] - A group of people in canoes on a river

[Canoers on the lake] - A group of people in canoes on a river

Photograph shows several groups of people relaxing on the water in canoes.

General E.A. Alderson - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

General E.A. Alderson - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, a senior British Army officer who was in command of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the first half of World War I. (Source: Flickr C... More

General Sir E.A.H. Alderson - Public domain photograph, glass negative

General Sir E.A.H. Alderson - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photograph shows Lieutenant General Sir Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, (1859-1927) a British Army officer who served in many conflicts including World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Advisory Board of Federal Womans Prison at Alderson, W.Va., 12/29/25

Advisory Board of Federal Womans Prison at Alderson, W.Va., 12/29/25

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Federal Reformatory for Women, School & Chapel, State Route 3, South of Greenbrier River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory for Women, School & Chapel, State Route 3, South o...

Survey number: HABS WV-113-B Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction

Federal Reformatory For Women, Cottages, State Route 3, South of Greenbrier River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory For Women, Cottages, State Route 3, South of Green...

Survey number: HABS WV-113-C Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction

Federal Reformatory for Women, Administration Building, State Route 3, South of Greenbrier River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory for Women, Administration Building, State Route 3,...

Survey number: HABS WV-113-A Building/structure dates: 1928 Initial Construction

Federal Reformatory for Women, Warden's House, State Route 3, South of Greenbrier River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory for Women, Warden's House, State Route 3, South of...

Survey number: HABS WV-113-D Public domain photograph of a house, residential property, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mark Warner's "Apollo" statue on the campus of Alderson Broaddus University in Phillippi, West Virginia

Mark Warner's "Apollo" statue on the campus of Alderson Broaddus Unive...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The Burbick Hall administration building on the Shearer Quadrangle at Alderson Broaddus University in Phillippi, West Virginia

The Burbick Hall administration building on the Shearer Quadrangle at ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The Pickett Library and Funkhouser Auditorium on the campus of Alderson Broaddus University in Phillippi, West Virginia

The Pickett Library and Funkhouser Auditorium on the campus of Alderso...

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104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Significance: Early frame house in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (ca. 1880) and is an example of Greek Revival design. Survey number: HABS WV-240 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial ... More

104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Significance: Early frame house in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (ca. 1880) and is an example of Greek Revival design. Survey number: HABS WV-240 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial ... More

104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

104 Railroad Avenue (House), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Significance: Early frame house in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (ca. 1880) and is an example of Greek Revival design. Survey number: HABS WV-240 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial ... More

Federal Reformatory for Women, State Route 3, South of Greenbriar River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory for Women, State Route 3, South of Greenbriar Rive...

Significance: The new institution was to be a prison for women only with a capacity of 700, located near the geographic center of the prison population. To be named the Federal Industrial Institution for Women... More

Federal Reformatory for Women, State Route 3, South of Greenbriar River, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

Federal Reformatory for Women, State Route 3, South of Greenbriar Rive...

Significance: The new institution was to be a prison for women only with a capacity of 700, located near the geographic center of the prison population. To be named the Federal Industrial Institution for Women... More

102 Railroad Avenue (House), 102 Railroad Avenue, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 Railroad Avenue (House), 102 Railroad Avenue, Alderson, Greenbrier...

Significance: Early frame house in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (ca. 1880) and is an example of Vernacular design. Survey number: HABS WV-239 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction

102 Railroad Avenue (House), 102 Railroad Avenue, Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 Railroad Avenue (House), 102 Railroad Avenue, Alderson, Greenbrier...

Significance: Early frame house in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (ca. 1880) and is an example of Vernacular design. Survey number: HABS WV-239 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier Co...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed at the turn of the century (ca. 1908) when the town was expanding into Greebrier County from its original business center located in Monroe... More

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier Co...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed at the turn of the century (ca. 1908) when the town was expanding into Greebrier County from its original business center located in Monroe... More

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier Co...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed at the turn of the century (ca. 1908) when the town was expanding into Greebrier County from its original business center located in Monroe... More

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier Co...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed at the turn of the century (ca. 1908) when the town was expanding into Greebrier County from its original business center located in Monroe... More

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (built 1888) and is an example of Italianate, two-part commercial block design. Survey number: HABS WV-241 ... More

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (built 1888) and is an example of Italianate, two-part commercial block design. Survey number: HABS WV-241 ... More

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (built 1888) and is an example of Italianate, two-part commercial block design. Survey number: HABS WV-241 ... More

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV

107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building), Alderson, Greenbrier County...

Significance: Early frame commercial building in Alderson, constructed during the railroad "boom" era (built 1888) and is an example of Italianate, two-part commercial block design. Survey number: HABS WV-241 ... More