Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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- Subject: Maps. X
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- Coal mining. 1
- Land. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Oil and Gas Industry and Fields. 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Photography 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- Wood County (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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