Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899.
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), Newspaperman, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0014
Overview
Papers of Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. A strong unionist and Republican Party member, he worked hard through his editorials and behind the scenes in order to support the formation of the new state of West Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing with the Civil War and political affairs in West Virginia's early statehood period. Some of the correspondence...
Dates:
1855-1899, 1907, 1941; Majority of material found within 1855-1899
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0420
Overview
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1916; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
Jane Campbell Dawson, Diary and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3587
Overview
Diary kept by Jane Campbell Dawson (died March 30, 1925, in St. Louis, Missouri), sister of Archibald W. Campbell (1833-1899), a leader of the West Virginia statehood movement, editor and part owner of the Wheeling "Daily Intelligencer", and prominent Republican. Most noteworthy in terms of West Virginia history is her "In Memoriam" statement regarding her brother found in the back of her diary. This statement regards his character and conveys her sentiment; he died in her Missouri home....
Dates:
1909-1916; Majority of material found in 1909-1911
John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1888
Overview
Correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and printed materials of John W. Mason (1842-1917). Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. The general correspondence contains personal and business letters, as well as manuscript speeches, notebooks, and reports. The period while Mason was circuit judge is particularly sparse. Also includes Internal Revenue correspondence consisting of about 8,500...
Dates:
1831-1928
Waitman T. Willey Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0003
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), lawyer, senator, and founding father of West Virginia. A resident of Monongalia County, Willey was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850, the Secession Convention of 1861, the First Wheeling Convention of 1861, and the Constitutional Convention of 1871. He was U.S. Senator from the Restored Government of Virginia (1861-1863) and Senator from West Virginia (1863-1871). Includes several thousand pieces of incoming correspondence to Waitman...
Dates:
1820-1917
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- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 5
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 5
- Politics and government. 4
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 4
- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Academies 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Diaries 1
- Elections 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- San Francisco (Calif.) 1
- Schools 1
- Secession 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Temperance 1
- Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Wheeling Intelligencer (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1 + ∧ less
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