Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1609
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937.Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown lynch case; New Deal operations and agencies in the...
Dates:
1883-1960
John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0952
Scope and Contents
Papers of the fifteenth governor of West Virginia who was a newspaper publisher in Romney, an orchardman, lawyer, and counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There are a few papers of W.B. Cornwell. The collection includes: personal and business correspondence, 1896-1953; correspondence as governor, 1916-1922; legal papers, ca.1843-1916; and material relating to "Cornwell Day," 1931; Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads; Romney Orchard Company, ca. 1916-1919; South Branch Development...
Dates:
ca. 1843, 1896-1953
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview
Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates:
1898-1965
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- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- West Virginia - politics. 2
- Women -- Suffrage 2
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Gas industry 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Land. 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Newspaper publishing 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politicians 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Romney (W. Va.) 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- West Virginia - Five Year Plan. 1
- West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
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