Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
Person
Found in 17 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
Richard Beto, Collector, Records regarding the Civil War in West Virginia
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3044
Overview
This collection contains documents and other material regarding the Civil War, including a diary, letters, reports, clippings, a muster roll, and other material. The majority of items in the collection regard the Civil War in West Virginia. Items within the collection are facsimiles and photocopies. Highlights of the collection include: the diary of Alex McGraw, who served with the West Virginia First Light Artillery; a letter from Captain Robert Coles of Virginia Fortieth Infantry, Wise...
Dates:
1861-1875 and undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1863
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
Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3082
Scope and Contents
The papers of a prominent Lewisburg, Greenbrier County lawyer and politician, Samuel Price, who served numerous terms in the Virginia state legislature and was Virginia's Lieutenant-Governor during the Civil War. He was also a delegate to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1851, the Secession Convention of 1861, and the West Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1872; and he completed the U. S. Senate term of Allen Caperton in 1876. The papers include correspondence relating to local...
Dates:
circa 1788-1888
Siler Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2200
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of letters and documents tracing the personal and business life of an eastern panhandle West Virginia family. The papers concern a broad range of political, social, financial, and legal topics, particularly focusing on J. Hammond Siler, Jr., his parents, J. Hammond Siler, Sr. and Jessie Castleman Siler (residents of the Town of Bath better known as Berkeley Springs). Also includes correspondence and other papers from related families. Subjects include banking, the Civil...
Dates:
1848-1968
West Virginia Congressmen, Biographical Sketches
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2295
Overview
A collection of biographical sketches written by West Virginia Representatives and Senators for inclusion in the 1859 and 1869 editions of Charles Lanman's "Dictionary of the United States Congress", as well as correspondence and photographs. Congressmen represented in this collection include William Armstrong, Jacob Blair, Arthur I. Boreman, Alexander Boteler, William Gay Brown, John S. Carlile, Sherrard Clemens, Isaac Duval, C.D. Hubbard, A. G. Jenkins, Zedekiah Kidwell, B.M. Kitchen,...
Dates:
1835-1869, 1971
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:
- Subject
- Politics and government. 10
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 7
- Railroads 6
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 5
- Coal mining. 4
- Land. 4
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Lumber trade 3
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Banks and banking 2
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 2
- Civil War -- Confederate letters 2
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Politicians 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 2
- Slaves and slavery. 2
- Steamboats 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 2
- Academies (Private schools) 1
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Account books 1
- Accounting 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Bank of Berkeley Springs - Banks and Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - American Institute of Banking. 1
- Banks and Banking - Bank of Berkeley Springs. 1
- Banks and Banking - Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. 1
- Banks and Banking - Financial Public Relations Association. 1
- Banks and Banking - First Virginia Corporation. 1
- Berkeley Glass Sand Company -- Glass Sand Industry 1
- Berkeley Springs (W. Va.) 1
- Berkeley Springs Water Works and Improvement Co. -- Power Industry 1
- Bibles 1
- Blueprints 1
- Bonds -- Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West Virginia 1
- Bowling 1
- Bridges 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Canals 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Church schools -- Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.) 1
- Churches -- Episcopal 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - Virginia 40th Infantry, Wise Legion. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 1st Light Artillery, Battery D. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 2nd Cavalry, Company G. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 6th Infantry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia 7th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil War - political factions. 1
- Civil War - soldier's letters. 1
- Civil War -- War diaries 1
- Civil War -- letters 1
- Civil War -- Camp Defiance, Sewell Mt. 1
- Civil War -- Camps and camp life 1
- Civil War -- Confederate newspapers 1
- Civil War -- Confederate soldiers 1
- Civil War -- Description 1
- Civil War -- Muster rolls 1
- Civil War battles - Corrick's Ford. 1
- Civil War battles - Droop Mountain. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Confederate States Army of the Northwest. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Diaries 1
- Diaries - Civil War. 1
- Education -- West Virginia 1
- Election of 1840. 1
- Election of 1860. 1
- Election of 1876. 1
- Elections 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- Episcopal Church - Churches. 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond - Banks and Banking. 1
- Financial Public Relations Association - Banks and Banking. 1
- First Virginia Corporation - Banks and Banking. 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- Freemasons 1
- Genealogy 1
- General stores - Hammond and Siler. 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Berkeley Glass Sand Company. 1
- Glass Sand Industry - Pennsylvania Glass Sand Corporation. 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Hancock Steel Company - Steel. 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Insurance - V. E. Johnson Insurance Agency. 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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