Mann, Isaac T. (Isaac Thomas), 1864-1932
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents
Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates:
1887-1962
Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview
Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates:
1825-1934
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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- Coal mining. 2
- Kanawha Valley. 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 2
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 2
- Account books 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Atwater. 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Church buildings 1
- Coal - Smokeless Coal Fields. 1
- Coal Mining - Tug River field 1
- Coal companies - Beaver Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Smokeless Coal Fields. 1
- Coal mining - Beaver Coal Company. 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - New River field. 1
- Coal mining - Regulation. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - Scrip. 1
- Coal mining - Winding Gulf field. 1
- Coal mining - coal and coke sales. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining - company stores. 1
- Coal trade 1
- Education 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1908. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Maps. 1
- N&W Railroads - railroads. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railway - Winding Gulf Branch. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Scrip. 1
- Smokeless Coal Fields - coal. 1
- Strikes and lockouts 1
- Taxation 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions -- Coal 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1 + ∧ less
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