Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
Person
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2079
Overview
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and book manuscripts. Included are WVU adviser records of Dr. Charles Henry Ambler, WVU History Department. The material also comprises WVU Faculty Senate minutes and Library Committee reports. The book manuscripts cover The Cabinet Diary of William L. Wilson; The Democracy of Tariff Reform; Johnson Newlon Camden: A Study in Individualism. There is a partial set of...
Dates:
1935-1955
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2208
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Dates:
1843-1971
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Personal Diaries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4342
Content Description
Personal diaries of Festus P. Summers, a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. The diaries are in 19 volumes covering the period 1953-1971. They document in a thorough manner his experiences in the communities of West Virginia University and Morgantown. He comments on local and national events, including for example a visit of Harry Truman to Morgantown in 1956.
Dates:
1953-1971
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3946
Overview
Research papers of Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Collection includes photocopied correspondence, articles, and typescripts, as well as manuscript notes. Many of the photocopies appear to have been made from Archives and Manuscript collections at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, including A&M 873, A&M 1661, A&M 1824, and...
Dates:
ca. 1900-1971
Festus P. Summers, Author, Typescripts of Two Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2072
Overview
This collection consists of two typescript copies of books written by Dr. Summers, as sent to the printers: "William L. Wilson and Tariff Reform, a biography, (1953)"; and the Cabinet Diary of William L. Wilson, 1896-1897." (1957).
Dates:
1953; 1957
Festus P. Summers, Collector, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1760
Overview
This collection contains an autographed letter of Jas. F. Strother concerning the Whig campaign of 1852; 15 telegrams of the Civil War era concerning railroads, troop supplies and movements, soldier's pay; copies of three letters relating to the Congressional election of 1900, second district; letters from S. A. Hayes to his father, P. Hayes, 1882-1887; and a letter book of B. S. Jacobs, an official of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for September 30, 1859 to February 26, 1860. see...
Dates:
1861-1887
Festus P. Summers, Collector, Scrapbook regarding Monongalia County and West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1210
Overview
Scrapbook containing newspapers, newspaper clippings, printed pamphlets, programs, broadsides and certificates and a few manuscript items. Most of the material deals with Monongalia county and WVU history and activities. (For a detailed listing see inventory sheet.)
Dates:
circa 1850-1897
Festus P. Summers, Historian, William L. Wilson Biography, Research Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2068
Overview
Research papers compiled by Dr. Summers for a biography regarding William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900), a Virginian born in Charles Town who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and as President of both West Virginia University (1882-1883) and Washington and Lee University (1897-1900), among other positions. The collection includes notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs arranged loosely by chapter. The notes include typescript and handwritten copies of letters,...
Dates:
1843-1900
Festus P. Summers, Papers on Establishment of Watters Smith State Park
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2035
Overview
One folder of correspondence, June 25, 1945- July 14, 1949, concerning the will of Burr Smith for the Establishment of an historical park by the W. Va. Historical County, near West Milford, W. Va. The property was later created into the Watters Smith State Park. Correspondents include Charles H. Wachburn, Festus P. Summers, Charles McCamic, and L. J. Priestly.
Dates:
1945-1949
Miners' Treason Trials, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0979
Overview
The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records...
Dates:
1921-1923
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- Civil defense -- United States 2
- Coal miners 2
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- Account books 1
- Baltimore Sun 1
- Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
- Civil War - West Virginia. 1
- Civil defense -- West Virginia 1
- Coal miners' trials. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials. 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Elections 1
- Harper's Weekly 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Labor unions 1
- Librarians 1
- Logan County. 1
- Miners' Treason Trials. 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- New York Tribune 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Postal service 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Saint Louis Republican 1
- Taxation 1
- Trials (Treason) -- United States 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- West Virginia -- History 1
- West Virginia - Civil War. 1
- West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921 1
- West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
- West Virginia University -- History 1
- West Virginia University -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 1
- Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Army Special Training Program 1
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