Collins, Justus, 1857-1934
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3946
Overview
Research papers of Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Collection includes photocopied correspondence, articles, and typescripts, as well as manuscript notes. Many of the photocopies appear to have been made from Archives and Manuscript collections at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, including A&M 873, A&M 1661, A&M 1824, and...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1971
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1784
Scope and Contents
A letter from Justus Collins to his brother, Jairus Collins, when the latter became Superintendent of the Collins Mines at Glen Jean, West Virginia, September 1896. Letter written from Goodwill, W. Va.
Dates:
1896
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
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- Coal mining. 3
- Coal mining -- Strikes 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
- 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 miners 1
- Coal mines and mining 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
- Glen Jean (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Labor unions 1
- Maps. 1
- N&W Railroads - railroads. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politics and government. 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
- West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1 + ∧ less
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