Dawson, William M.O.
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates:
ca. 1840-1955
George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2599
Overview
Memoirs of a retired newspaperman, editor, and Republican state house representative (1898-1901). McIntosh supported the Republican party and coal operator interests through his newspapers and periodicals, which included: HUNTINGTON GAZETTE, HUNTINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE, HINTON FREE LANCE, FAYETTE JOURNAL, NEWS-MAIL CO., RALEIGH HERALD, and company magazines for the Island Creek Coal Company and Solvay Collieries. McIntosh discusses: his early employment on the railroads as census taker and...
Dates:
1895-1920
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0006
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting the governorship of William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), who served West Virginia in the period 1909-1913. These papers include series of general correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. General correspondence includes many letters regarding employee unrest in the mining regions of the Great Kanawha Valley in 1912-1913, commonly known as the Cabin Creek-Paint Creek strike. Subject files include telegrams, photographs, etc. Newspaper...
Dates:
1905-1913
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- Politics and government. 3
- Coal mining -- Strikes 2
- Coal mining. 2
- Editors - letters and papers. 2
- Elections 2
- Gas industry 2
- Railroads 2
- Account books 1
- Advertising 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Coal - Island Creek Coal Co. 1
- Coal - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal - coal operators. 1
- Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company. 1
- Coal companies - Solvay Collieries. 1
- Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association. 1
- Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan. 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1856. 1
- Election of 1884. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1908. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Fayette County - Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
- Fayette Whiskey Ring. 1
- General stores 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- March on Mingo and Logan - coal. 1
- Newspaper publishing 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Preston County Herald. 1
- Preston County Journal. 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
- Solvay Collieries - coal. 1
- Solvay Collieries. 1
- Taxation 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- United States - Census returns. 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia - Governors. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1
- World War, 1914-1918 -- National Defense Council (U.S.) 1 + ∧ less
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