Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
Person
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), Newspaperman, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0014
Overview
Papers of Archibald W. Campbell (1839-1899), editor of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer. A strong unionist and Republican Party member, he worked hard through his editorials and behind the scenes in order to support the formation of the new state of West Virginia. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, ephemera, and scrapbooks dealing with the Civil War and political affairs in West Virginia's early statehood period. Some of the correspondence...
Dates:
1855-1899, 1907, 1941; Majority of material found within 1855-1899
Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0104
Overview
Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.
Dates:
1861-1895, undated
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
David Goff Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0975
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). Includes letters, surveys, land grant, bonds, and receipts. The correspondence includes...
Dates:
1826-1878
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Correspondence (photocopies)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0420
Overview
Photostat negatives of correspondence to Francis H. Pierpont concerning statehood and secession. Also includes a petition of Harrison County, (West) Virginia citizens to Brigadier General Kelly protesting the return and admittance to the county of former members of the Confederate Army (undated); a petition of Gilmer County, (West) Virginia citizens denouncing secession and pledging action to suppress rebellion (1861); and the act by which the Restored Government of Virginia gave permission...
Dates:
1861-1865, 1916; Majority of material found within 1861-1865
Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0009
Overview
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the...
Dates:
1811-1949, undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1899
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview
Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates:
1845-1908
Jonathan M. Bennett (1816-1887) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0032
Overview
Correspondence and papers of a major political figure dealing largely with politics in Virginia, West Virginia, and Virginia in the Confederacy. Bennett, a lawyer and legislator, was a member of the Virginia General Assembly, 1852-1853; president of the Weston Branch of the Exchange Bank of Virginia; auditor of Virginia, 1857-1865; member of the senate of West Virginia, 1872-1876; and a member of the commission appointed to adjust the Virginia debt question in 1871. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1785-1899
Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0278
Scope and Contents
Letters, mainly incoming correspondence, speeches, and printed materials of R.L. Pemberton, for many years editor of The St. Marys Oracle. Correspondents include A.I. Boreman, G.W. Atkinson, Robert A. Armstrong, Louis Bennett, John J. Cornwell, W.E. Glasscock, H.C. Greer, P.I. Reed, Louis Johnson, and Homer A. Holt. The correspondence concerns politics and Pemberton's activities with newspaper associations in West Virginia. Included are religious pamphlets,...
Dates:
1880-1944; Majority of material found within 1891-1944
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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- Politics and government. 10
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 6
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 6
- Politicians -- United States 5
- United States -- Politics and government 5
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- Coal mining. 2
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 2
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 2
- Diaries 2
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 2
- Judges -- West Virginia 2
- Land. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Politicians 2
- Railroads 2
- Railroads - Washington and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Secession 2
- Steamboats 2
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Alexandria (Va.) 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Barbour County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Braxton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Doddridge County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Editors - letters and papers. 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Election of 1868. 1
- Election of 1870. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hampshire County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Hardy County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Maps. 1
- Mason County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Missouri 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgan County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Nicholas County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) 1
- Pendleton County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Putnam County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Religion. SEE ALSO Churches. 1
- Richmond (Va.) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Saint Marys Oracle 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Secession - Virginia. 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Temperance 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- Transportation 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Hostages 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 -- Prisoners and prisons 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- Virginia - Claims vs. West Virginia. 1
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1 + ∧ less
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