Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates:
1842-1927, 1948
William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0006
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting the governorship of William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), who served West Virginia in the period 1909-1913. These papers include series of general correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. General correspondence includes many letters regarding employee unrest in the mining regions of the Great Kanawha Valley in 1912-1913, commonly known as the Cabin Creek-Paint Creek strike. Subject files include telegrams, photographs, etc. Newspaper...
Dates:
1905-1913
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- Subject: Coal mining. X
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- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1908. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Women's schools. 1 + ∧ less
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