Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Roy H. Keadle Scrapbook
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2873
Overview
The scrapbook was kept by Roy H. Keadle (1890-1961), eldest son of N.S. Keadle (1860-1935), first sheriff of Mingo County. Included are: several printed programs and invitations for functions in Williamson, West Virginia; one letter from Virgil A. Lewis, West Virginia State Historian; and a printed "Official Vote of Mingo County" for an election on 3 November 1909. Scrapbook contains photographs, postcards, calling cards, entertainment programs and news clippings. Included are: news...
Dates:
ca. 1891-1896, 1900-1938
Virgil Anson Lewis, Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1507
Overview
Published and unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, and speeches of Virgil A. Lewis (1848-1912), the first state historian and archivist and a former state superintendent of schools. Subjects include the exploration, Indian wars, and settlement of Western Virginia; the Tory insurrection in the Valley of Lost River, 1781; the West Virginia new state movement; Masonry in West Virginia; Andrew S. Rowan; and various West Virginia authors. Correspondents include: George W. Atkinson, Waitman...
Dates:
1895-1912
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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- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 9th Volunteer Infantry. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1908. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections 1
- Freemasons 1
- Frontier and pioneer life 1
- Indians of North America 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Mingo County (W. Va.) 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Revolutionary War - Tory Insurrection. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Valley of Lost River. 1
- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Williamson (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
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