MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1027
Scope and Contents
Papers of David Goff (ca. 1804-1878) of Beverly, West Virginia, an attorney and land promoter for Harrison, Randolph, and Tucker Counties. Goff became prosecuting attorney in 1835, served as a Colonel in the Virginia militia in 1844, was superintendent of Randolph County schools in 1853, served as a member of the Virginia Assembly, and was a West Virginia State Senator from Randolph County (1875-1877). The papers include correspondence; land papers, particularly, for Randolph County; court...
Dates:
1840-1878
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
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
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- Genealogy 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 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
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Canaan Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- France 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Huntington. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Steamboats 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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