Robinson, Ira E.
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Edward E. Meredith Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1814
Overview
Clippings, letters, broadsides, and articles written or collected by E.E. Meredith, author of the newspaper column, "Do You Remember," which appeared in the Fairmont TIMES-WEST VIRGINIAN. There are: copies of theatre programs, 1917-1919; electoral tickets, 1860, 1864; a proclamation by George B. McClellan, commanding the Department of the Ohio, 1861; and an open letter, "Monongahela River Bridge Underwriting Syndicate Managers," concerning the construction of the million-dollar bridge in...
Dates:
1817-1954
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
Ira E. Robinson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0155
Scope and Contents
Some 270 letters, telegrams, and notes written to Robinson; the great majority of the items are by Stephen B. Elkins regarding the purchase of coal lands and the development of coal mining in the Cheat River Valley, Preston County, Masontown, Muddy Creek, Green Run, and Sandy Creek; political affairs in Taylor County are mentioned; also included are five letter books with some 2367 copies of letters sent by Ira E. Robinson and his nephew, Jed W. Robinson, relating to their law practice in...
Dates:
1898-1910
Ira E. Robinson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0965
Scope and Contents
Additional papers of Ira E. Robinson, including ts. and photostat copies of papers concerning the Revolutionary War service of Col. John Gibson and Col. Archibald Lochry; a tls. From J. Wm. DeGrange with accompanying articles on army activities in the vicinity of Philippi, W. Va. during the Civil War; and a clipping and reprint of articles by I. E. Robinson. There are, also, facsimilies of ms. letters and poems by James Whitcomb Riley; tls written by Edmond Eitel for Mrs. Riley to Mr....
Dates:
1818-1822; 1875-1930
Ira E. Robinson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0294
Scope and Contents
Papers of Ira E. Robinson (1869-1951), an attorney practicing in Grafton and Clarksburg. Robinson served in the state legislature in 1902-1904, and was a judge in the State Supreme Court of Appeals (1907-1915), a Republican candidate for Governor (1916), and a member of the Federal Radio Commission (1929-1932). The collection includes material documenting his schooling and legal career, as well as his business and financial interests, and personal and family matters. Types of material...
Dates:
ca. 1869-1951
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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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Banks and banking 2
- Coal mining -- Strikes 2
- Coal mining. 2
- Election of 1912. 2
- Elections 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- Account books 1
- Augusta County (Va.) 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Bridges 1
- Broadsides. 1
- Buffalo (Putnam County, W. Va.) 1
- Builders and contractors. 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Court records 1
- Covered bridges 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1864. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1908. 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fairmont. 1
- Farms and farming. 1
- France 1
- Genealogy 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton W.Va. - law practices 1
- Green Run 1
- Huntington. 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Marion County (W. Va.) 1
- Masontown, W.Va. 1
- Mining. SEE ALSO Coal mining. 1
- Muddy Creek 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Poetry. 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Radio 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Sandy Creek 1
- Schools 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Taxation 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Taylor County - Politics 1
- Teachers 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia - coal lands. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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