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Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939

 Person

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Walter Stuart Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0910
Scope and Contents

Correspondence received by Mr. Stuart as editor of the West Union Record, West Union, including letters from John W. Davis, Douglas S. Freeman, Pearl S. Buck, Allen Nevins, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, W. E. Chilton, Louis Johnson, Rush D. Holt, James A. Farley, John J. Cornwell, H. G. Kump, Homer A. Holt, and others.

Dates: 1910-1949

William E. Chilton, Letter Regarding World War I

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2671
Overview

One letter from U.S. Senator William E. Chilton to Mr. J. Elmer Christy of Nyack, New York, dated February 23, 1917. Senator Chilton refers in the letter to the debate in Congress and the country over U.S. participation in World War I. A xerox copy of the letter is included in the collection.

Dates: 1917

William E. Chilton Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3020
Scope and Contents Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette. There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III. The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper...
Dates: 1884-1978

William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1652
Scope and Content Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette. The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette. There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other...
Dates: 1917, 1928-1939

William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1547
Overview

Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial papers of a lawyer and state senator from Kingwood, who was instrumental in the organization of the West Virginia Northern Railroad, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company. Subjects include state politics, 1888-1895, Virginia Debt Question, the tariff debate, land development, coal mining and railroads. Correspondents include J.M. Mason, W.E. Chilton, S.B. Elkins, and George C. Sturgiss.

Dates: 1853-1921

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Politics and government. 9
Lawyers - letters and papers. 7
Elections 6
Editors - letters and papers. 5
Coal mining. 4
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Land. 4
Railroads 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
Account books 3
Coal mining - coal companies. 3
New Deal, 1933-1939 3
Academies (Private schools) 2
Diaries and journals. 2
Fairmont. 2
General stores 2
Judges - letters and papers. 2
Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
Marion County (W. Va.) 2
Mills and mill-work 2
Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
Petroleum industry and trade 2
Unions. 2
Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
West Virginia - politics. 2
Weston (W. Va.) 2
Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
Agriculture 1
Braxton County (W. Va.) 1
Charleston Gazette 1
Charleston. 1
Chilton collection 1
Coal miners 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
Election of 1908. 1
Fairmont Index. 1
Fairmont Times. 1
Fayette County (Pa.) 1
Gas industry 1
Glass manufacture 1
History -- Societies, etc. 1
Horses -- Breeding 1
Kentucky 1
Kentucky - coal lands. 1
Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
Labor unions 1
Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
Lewis County. 1
London Naval Conference 1
Lumber trade 1
Maps. 1
Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
New River coalfields. 1
Physicians - letters and papers. 1
Pocahontas Mines 2. 1
Pocahontas Mines 6. 1
Poets and poetry. 1
Prohibition -- United States -- History 1
Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia Northern Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Transportation 1
United States - Federal Reserve Act. 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Universities and colleges 1
Virginia - Debt Commission. 1
Webster County (W. Va.) 1
West Union Record 1
West Union. 1
West Virginia - Constitutional Convention of 1872. 1
West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
West Virginia - coal lands. 1
West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921 1
Wheeling Register (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
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