Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Person
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
James Monroe Ingalls (1837-1927) Service Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1903
Overview
Selected documents from the service record of Col. James Monroe Ingalls, U.S. Army, who was professor of military science and tactics and professor of mathematics at West Virginia University, 1877-1878. The collection includes correspondence and memoranda, 1878-1884, concerning the retention of Ingalls at WVU or the assignment of another qualified officer, comments on the inadequacy of the law governing the apportionment of officers to land-grant colleges, and a catalog of the professional...
Dates:
1865-1898
John S. Carlile, List of Persons Ordering Copies of Speech Given in the U.S. Senate
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2238
Overview
A list of persons ordering copies of a speech delivered by Carlile in the U.S. Senate on March 17, 1862 and the number of copies requested by each. Individuals wanting copies have signed their own names and have indicated the number of copies ordered. Signers include John Carlile, H.M. Rice, W.T. Willey, N.A. Harris, John S. Wright, S.W. Powell, Garrett Davis, Edgar Cowan, A. Kennedy, and B. Stark.
Dates:
1862
Monongalia County Bible Society Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0830
Overview
A minute book of the Monongalia County Bible Society. Names of contributors and members of the society are recorded by the secretary, Waitman T. Willey.
Dates:
1840-1850
Monongalia County, Land and Legal Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0404
Scope and Contents
A writ issued in the suit of L. S. Laidley V. Nehemiah Youst, for debt. Signed by Waitman T. Willey, clerk of court.
Dates:
February 10, 1847
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
Shelby Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1558
Overview
Papers of a Greene County, Pennsylvania family, include three letters from Waitman T. Willey pertaining to legal matters, and a letter from the Washington National Monument Office to Richard L. Bugh, acknowledging a donation from the citizens of Pittsburgh.
Dates:
1962
Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1361
Overview
Papers of Waitman T. Willey (1811-1900), one of the founders of West Virginia. This collection includes letters to Harrison Hagans outlining the varied nature of opposition to the New State in Congress and Willey's position on slavery; letter from the Quartermaster General requesting support of a reorganization bill; cards and social invitations; and obituary clippings.
Dates:
1862-1900
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
West Virginia Congressmen, Biographical Sketches
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2295
Overview
A collection of biographical sketches written by West Virginia Representatives and Senators for inclusion in the 1859 and 1869 editions of Charles Lanman's "Dictionary of the United States Congress", as well as correspondence and photographs. Congressmen represented in this collection include William Armstrong, Jacob Blair, Arthur I. Boreman, Alexander Boteler, William Gay Brown, John S. Carlile, Sherrard Clemens, Isaac Duval, C.D. Hubbard, A. G. Jenkins, Zedekiah Kidwell, B.M. Kitchen,...
Dates:
1835-1869, 1971
West Virginia Historical Society Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0447
Overview
Correspondence and other materials, including notices of, and resolutions adopted at, the founders meeting at Morgantown, 30 September 1869.
Dates:
1869-1881
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 5
- Politics and government. 5
- Universities and colleges 5
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 4
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 4
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 4
- Academies (Private schools) 3
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Fairmont. 3
- General stores 3
- Judges - letters and papers. 3
- Land. 3
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 3
- Marion County (W. Va.) 3
- Mills and mill-work 3
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 3
- Politicians -- United States 3
- Railroads 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Account books 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Editors - letters and papers. 2
- Education 2
- Elections 2
- Greene County (Pa.) 2
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Pennsylvania 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 2
- Secession 2
- Transportation 2
- Unions. 2
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- Abolition of slavery 1
- Agriculture 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Beverly (W. Va.) 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Canals 1
- Cemeteries -- Oak Grove Cemetery 1
- Cemeteries and cemetery readings 1
- Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 1
- Churches -- Methodist 1
- Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1
- Churches -- Methodist Protestant 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Morgantown 1
- Civil War - OH 34th. Inf. 1
- Civil War - Ohio 34th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - Pennsylvania 85th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Civil War - VA 19th. Vol. Inf. 1
- Civil War battles - Chancellorsville. 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Connecticut 1
- Diaries 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- Fayette County (Pa.) 1
- Fur trade 1
- Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) -- History 1
- History -- Societies, etc. 1
- Immigration. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kingwood and West Union Turnpike. 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Martinsburg (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) 1
- Mason County W.Va. - education 1
- Monongahela River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Monongalia County - court records. 1
- Monongalia County - deeds, grants and papers. 1
- Naturalization -- United States 1
- Nullification (States' rights) 1
- Ohio River 1
- Orphans and orphanages. 1
- Palatine. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Philippi. 1
- Pittsburgh (Pa.) 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) 1
- Shepherdstown (W. Va.) 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1 + ∧ less
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