Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0339
Scope and Contents
An unsigned letter to Johnson Newlon Camden commending him for his work on the West Virginia Debt question. Collection also includes a pamphlet on the October 1891 term of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Dates:
April 20, 1881; 1891
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
Louis Reed and Mildred Johnston Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2592
Overview
Louis Reed (1899-ca. 1985) served in France and Germany during World War I. Collection contains letters he wrote to his future wife, Mildred Johnston. Reed and Johnston married many years later, after the death of Reed's first wife. Reed's letters, written between 1918 and 1920, discuss army life, the front in France, and the occupation of Germany. Collection also contains a 235-page photocopied typescript that Reed wrote about the history of Burning Springs, Wirt County, and its role in the...
Dates:
1918-1920 and undated
Septimius Hall (1847-1926) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1634
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Septimius Hall (1847- 1926), a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1872 and a state legislator. Letters concern state politics, 1881-1886, and the Virginia Debt Commission, 1913-1916. Correspondents include: J. J. Woods, Johnson N. Camden, E. D. Talbott, & W. E. Chilton. The papers include an autograph volume with signatures of the members of the State Legislature, 1881-1882. ...
Dates:
1881-1919
Stiles Family Oil and Mining Company Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0199
Overview
Papers, maps, and photos of William C. Stiles and Samuel B. Stiles, developers associated with J.C. Rathbone and J.N. Camden in the oil industry of Wood County, in particular of the oil boom town of Volcano. Most of the papers are business correspondence, receipts and oil drilling records dealing with family owned business in Parkersburg and Volcano, namely the Zero Oil Company, the Power Oil Company, and the Jackson Land and Mining Company. There are family photographs, and records and...
Dates:
1837-1951
William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1694
Overview
Correspondence, diaries, writings, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous papers of Wilson, a private in the Twelfth Virginia Cavalry (Confederate), President of West Virginia University, 1882-1883, member of Congress, 1883-1895, Postmaster General, 1895-1897, author of the Wilson-Gorman Tariff, 1894, and President of Washington and Lee University, 1897-1900. The collection includes portions of the diaries covering the years 1862-1863, 1865, 1868-1870, 1877-1891, 1896-1899. Most of the...
Dates:
1862-1900
Additional filters:
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- Politics and government. 13
- Coal mining. 6
- Railroads 6
- Land. 4
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Lumber trade 4
- United States -- Politics and government 4
- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 3
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 3
- Banks and banking 2
- Elections 2
- Genealogy 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Maps. 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 2
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politicians 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Rivers and river valleys. 2
- Transportation 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Agriculture 1
- American ginseng 1
- Authors -- Letters and papers 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Banks - Exchange Bank of Virginia, Weston Branch. 1
- Burning Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Calhoun County (W. Va.) 1
- Camden-Davis ring 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - WV 11th. Inf. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - raids and raiders. 1
- Confederate States of America. 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- France 1
- Fur trade 1
- Germany 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Livestock 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Marlinton (W. Va.) 1
- Mingo Flats. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- New York Tribune 1
- Photography 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Poets and poetry. 1
- Postal service 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1852 1
- Railroads - Grafton and Greenbrier Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Iron Valley Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Saint Louis Republican 1
- Soldiers' letters -- World War, 1914-1918 1
- Taxation 1
- Taylor County (W. Va.) 1
- Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
- Virginia - General Assembly. 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1
- Wirt County (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- Women's schools. 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Soldiers' letters 1 + ∧ less
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