Willey, William P. (William Patrick)

Person

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Powell Benton Reynolds (1841-1914) Correspondence

Collection

Collection Number: A&M 1195

Scope and Contents

Three letters from Reynolds as a Confederate soldier, Co, K, 50th Virginia Infantry, contain excellent descriptions of life in the Army of Northern Virginia. One letter contains Reynolds views on the right of secession and there is a letter from William P. Willey informing Reynolds of his election to the Chair of English at WVU. Collection also contains seven diplomas from Richmond College Reynolds received between 1867 – 1877. Typed copies of the letters may be found in A&M 390.

Dates: 1861-1885

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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