West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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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- Elections 3
- Coal mining. 2
- Land. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Abortions 1
- Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 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
- 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
- Lumber trade 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown, WV - Young Socialist Alliance Educational Series. 1
- Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
- Nuclear power. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- Transportation 1
- Universities and colleges 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 -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's rights 1 + ∧ less
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