Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates:
1799-1919
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Politics and government. 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Coal mining. 2
- Politicians 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Railroads 2
- Steamboats 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Diaries 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Genealogy 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber industry and timber. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Secession 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 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
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1 + ∧ less
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