West Virginia University
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Nelson Campbell, Civil War Veteran and Monroe County Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0513
Scope and Contents
Personal and family correspondence; legal and personal buisness papers; roll of Chapman's Battery and list of names of Monroe Guards who served in Civil war; one copy of booklet, PRISON LIFE OF ONE OF THE IMMORTAL SIX HUNDRED (1910) by Lamar Fontainne, relating his experiencies as a prisoner during the Civil War; Confederate roster; genealogical notes on twenty families; marriage and death records from Jno. Lynch's daybook; blueprint showing coal seams in lower half of Raleigh county....
Dates:
1856-1932
Andrew Nelson Campbell Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0653
Scope and Contents
This is the third accession of the papers of Andrew Nelson Campbell. Mr. Campbell was an attorney in Monroe County, W. Va. He served in the Confederate Army and was a graduate of the Washington and Lee University Law School. He represented Monroe County as a Delegate in the State Legislature, 1872, and was a member of the Board of Regents of West Virginia University. He was, also, Judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit, 1888-1896.The main part of these papers are court case papers...
Dates:
1854-1928
Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview
Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates:
1786-1878
Courtney Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1629
Overview
Papers of a Monongalia County, West Virginia, farm family residing near Maidsville include: the farm account books of John and John J. Courtney, 1831-1877; family Bible records and photographs; college essays of Alpheus Courtney, a West Virginia University student; manuscript ciphering book, 1817; diary of Ulysses J. Courtney, 1878-1883 (7 vols.) pertaining to lumbering, farming, and livestock operations, and community religious and social life; correspondence; steamboat bills of lading,...
Dates:
1804-1920
E.C. Smith, Student, Diary Regarding Experiences While at West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5125
Scope and Contents
Diary by E.C. Smith, a student at West Virginia University (WVU), regarding his experiences in 1874. Activities documented include academic (preparing papers, Greek and Latin studies, reading Charles Darwin, etc.), literary society (elections, debates, recitations), military cadet (drills, lectures, marching), and Methodist Episcopal Church events (including sermons and other activities). He also attended a commencement (June 18). Recreational and social activities are also recorded,...
Dates:
1874
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
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2208
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Dates:
1843-1971
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
Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1221
Overview
Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). Includes business correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and court records. Materials include the early land papers of Camden's law partner, John J. Allen, and the legal papers of the firm Allen and Camden, which deal primarily with land suits and surveys...
Dates:
1816-1892, undated
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
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- Railroads 7
- Land. 4
- Lumber trade 4
- Coal mining. 3
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 3
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 3
- Petroleum industry and trade 3
- Politics and government. 3
- Transportation 3
- Civil War - veterans - Confederate. 2
- Civil War -- Confederate Army 2
- Immigration. 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Monroe County (W. Va.) 2
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Slavery 2
- Steamboats 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- West Virginia -- History 2
- West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Account books 1
- Agriculture 1
- Banks - Bank of Bramwell. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Botany 1
- Canals 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War -- Bounty receipts 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Compromise of 1850 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1848. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- Elections 1
- Estate settlements. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Gas industry 1
- Genealogy 1
- Grafton. 1
- Horse-drawn vehicles -- West Virginia 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Iowa 1
- Keeneys Creek, W.Va. 1
- Literature -- Societies, etc 1
- Livestock 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Marriage records 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Mound-builders 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Ohio River and Valley. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Point Pleasant (Mason County, W. Va.) 1
- Point Pleasant, Battle of, W. Va., 1774. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Monongahela Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Secession 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Washington and Lee University 1
- Webster Springs (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia - songs 1
- West Virginia -- Economic conditions 1
- West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
- West Virginia University - Student organizations. 1
- West Virginia University -- Students 1
- Weston (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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