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William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1694
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, writings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Wilson, a private in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), President of West Virginia University, 1882-1883, member of Congress, 1883-1895, Postmaster General, 1895-1897, author of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894, and President of Washington and Lee University, 1897-1900. The collection includes portions of the diaries covering the years 1862-1863, 1865, 1868-1870, 1877-1891, 1896-1899. Most of the...
Dates:
1862-1900
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- Subject: Politics and government. X
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- Subject
- Elections 6
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 5
- Land. 3
- Petroleum industry and trade 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Coal mining. 2
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 2
- Fairmont. 2
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 2
- Immigration. 2
- Lumber trade 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Railroads 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Transportation 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
- Universities and colleges 2
- West Virginia -- Capital and capitol 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Abortions 1
- Afghanistan -- History -- Saur Revolution, 1978 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 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
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Election of 1848. 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Election of 1978. 1
- Election of 1980. 1
- Gas industry 1
- Genealogy 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Iran -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Markleton, PA 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown, WV - Young Socialist Alliance Educational Series. 1
- New York Tribune 1
- Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1979 1
- Nuclear power. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Postal service 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Railroads - Parkersburg-Wheeling railroad struggle. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. 1
- Saint Louis Republican 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taxation 1
- Taxes - Tariff of 1846. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Veterans -- West Virginia -- Monongalia 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia University - Militant Forum Series. 1
- West Virginia politics - 1980 Gubernatorial campaign. 1
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1
- Women -- Equal Rights Amendment 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's rights 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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