Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934
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Found in 3 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 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
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
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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- Diaries 2
- Politics and government. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Steamboats 1
- Temperance 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 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
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 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 -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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