West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest Glenwood Otey (1895-1966) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1909
Overview
Correspondence, financial records, speeches, reports, blueprints, and pamphlets of a Bluefield banker and businessman who was a treasurer of the Democratic Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University. Subjects include numerous businesses in the Bluefield area, Bluefield State College, Concord College, Bank of Bramwell, Island Creek Coal Company, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Smokeless Operators Association, Virginia Railway,...
Dates:
1935-1965
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1199
Overview
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and...
Dates:
1784-1958, undated
Israel C. White Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0710
Scope and Contents
Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906. Included are family letters and pictures; also, diagram plans, and maps 1874-1941. Additional...
Dates:
1867-1941
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (1912-1962), Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1580
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, and newspaper clippings of a West Virginia Republican chairman, U.S. senator (serving in 1958), and member of the 1960 Republican National Convention platform committee.Subjects include: West Virginia and national Republican politics, 1956-1961; the 1958 Congressional election; the 1960 presidential campaign; the State Chamber of Commerce; State Economic Development Agency; Ohio Valley Improvement Association; and West Virginia University....
Dates:
1956-1962
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview
Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates:
1898-1965
Lawrence William Nuttall (1857-1933) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2174
Scope and Contents
One letter from J. Haynes Miller to Dr. Earl. L. Core, n.d, concerning Howard B. Tully, Sr. and Jr. and explanation of his source for the enclosed material on John Nuttall; one letter from Howard B. Tully, Jr. to Mr. Miller regarding the Nuttall material. A one page copy of a typescript, "Approximate General Statement as to holdings of John Nuttall Estate", describing the coal and timber lands in Fayette and Nicholas counties, income from, taxes on, and branch railroads owned by...
Dates:
1971; N.D.
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
Socialist Workers Party Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2709
Overview
Materials from several political campaigns are among the papers, including those of Rosalinda Flint's 1978 campaign for the U.S. Senate; Brian Williams' 1978 campaign for West Virginia House of Delegates, 27th District; Tom Moriarty's 1980 campaign for West Virginia Governor; and the 1980 campaign to elect Andrew Pulley and Mathilde Zimmermann as President and Vice-President, respectively, of the United States. The campaign papers address such issues as occupational health and safety,...
Dates:
1978-1980
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
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- Subject: Coal mining. X
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- Coal mining. 5
- Politics and government. 5
- Elections 3
- Land. 3
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 3
- Railroads 3
- Universities and colleges 3
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Lumber trade 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Abortions 1
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Banks - Bank of Bramwell. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Botany 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Cuba 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1848. 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Election of 1978. 1
- Election of 1980. 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Gas industry 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Immigration. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Keeneys Creek, W.Va. 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Maps. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown, WV - Young Socialist Alliance Educational Series. 1
- Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
- Nuclear power. 1
- Palatine. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railroad. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Transportation 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 1
- West Virginia University - Militant Forum Series. 1
- West Virginia politics - 1980 Gubernatorial campaign. 1
- Women -- Equal Rights Amendment 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's rights 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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