Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward C. Bunker (1830-1867) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1615
Overview
Legal papers of a Morgantown lawyer, partner of United States Senator Waitman T. Willey, prosecuting attorney of Monongalia County, state senator, and judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court. Included are papers which relate to Bunker's Civil War service and Willey's legal practice. There are a few items of correspondence on land speculation and immigration in post-Civil War West Virginia.
Dates:
ca. 1850-1865, 1901
Rufus A. West, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0576
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and printed material, and pictures collected by Rufus A. West, a Morgantown antiquarian and faculty member of the College of Engineering, West Virginia University. There are also a small number of Mr. West’s personal papers, consisting of letters concerning West Virginia University College of Engineering, Oak Grove Cemetery Association, and the Wesley Methodist Church, all of Morgantown, and business records of the Town Hill Service Station, owned by Mr. West. The...
Dates:
1774; 1780; 1830-1952
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- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Immigration. 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Palatine. 1
- Philippi. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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