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Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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, undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928

John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview

Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.

Dates: 1824-1935

Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates: 1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960

Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1507
Overview Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and speeches of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first state historian and archivist and a former state superintendent of schools. Subjects include the exploration, Indian wars, and settlement of Western Virginia; the Tory insurrection in the Valley of Lost River, 1781; the West Virginia new state movement; Masonry in West Virginia; Andrew S. Rowan; and various West Virginia authors. Correspondents include: George W. Atkinson, Waitman...
Dates: 1895-1912

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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Subject
Statehood politics -- West Virginia 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
Diaries 2
Genealogy 2
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Politics and government. 2
Secession 2
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
Academies and Institutes. 1
Account books 1
Accounting 1
Authors -- Letters and papers 1
Bourbon politics. 1
Bridges -- West Virginia 1
Charleston (W. Va.) 1
Churches -- Presbyterian 1
Civil War - West Virginia 9th Volunteer Infantry. 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
Education 1
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
Elections 1
Fortification -- West Virginia 1
Freemasons 1
Frontier and pioneer life 1
Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
Indians of North America 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
Know-Nothingism. 1
Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
Lexington, V.A. 1
Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
Mississippi 1
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
Ohio River Valley -- History 1
Pharmacy -- History 1
Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
Politicians -- United States 1
Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
Railroads -- West Virginia 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Revolutionary War - Tory Insurrection. 1
Revolutionary War. 1
Rivers -- West Virginia 1
Rivers and river valleys. 1
Roads -- West Virginia 1
Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
Schools 1
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
Slavery -- West Virginia 1
Steamboats 1
Temperance 1
Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
United States -- Politics and government 1
Valley of Lost River. 1
Valleys -- West Virginia 1
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
Virginia Springs 1
West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
West Virginia - Church history. 1
West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
Women's history -- 1951-present 1
Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
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