One of the museum’s more exciting recent finds within the collection has been a group of color slides depicting campus life in 1950. The images, donated by Cedric Davis (WFU ’51), focus on friends, football, and the fraternity brothers of Kappa Alpha.
But the photographs don’t come with a complete sets of notes to help historians with names, dates, and locations.
In our search for specific information, the museum has already received assistance from Mr. Davis and his fellow alum Charles Barham (WFU ’52, JD ’54), who have identified the students in the following featured image as Kappa Alpha brothers.
Sitting: Charles (Red) Barham, Norwood (Red) Pope, Sam Torrence (back to camera)and J. L.Peeler (facing camera)
Standing: Louis Daniel, Paul (Tinker) Williams and Jack Lewis
The full array of color slides, reproduced below with the original notations when available, are a fantastic throwback to student life on the 1950 campus.
(If you have more information about these images, please email museum assistant director Jennifer Smart at smartjl@wfu.edu.)
THE 1950 COLOR SLIDE COLLECTION
Original Note: Coeds passing Hunter Dorm 
Original Note: J.L. Peeler, Charlie Williams, Bill Moffitt
Original Note: Charlie Williams and J.L. Peeler (from Lexington, NC)
Original Note: Charlie Williams and J.L. Peeter (with law books)
Original Note: Kappa Alphas
Original Note: Bill Moffitt and Norm Muller, fall 1949-50
Original Note: Kappa Alphas 1950-51
Original Note: Halftime at the WFC – NC State Football Game at Groves Stadium
(No Note but clearly the Magnolia Festival)
