Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Person
Found in 4 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. Also features personal correspondence in Series 10.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...
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
West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0160
Overview
Executive council minutes and proceedings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, annual conference information and proceedings, and printed material of the state organization of the American Federation of Labor founded in 1903. Papers include congressional correspondence, 1950-1957; correspondence of President E. A. Carter, 1949-1957; a few papers of H. M. Rogers, 1905-1959, and Frank W. Snyder, 1906-1911; records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council, 1924-1942; and a...
Dates:
1905-1959
West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1658
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the records of the West Virginia Labor Federation (WVLF), AFL-CIO as a singular organization, established in 1957, and the records of its predecessor organizations prior to their merger, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO). Series 1 comprises records related to the West Virginia State Labor Federation, AFL’s internal operation and initiatives, including presidents’ files, secretary-treasurers' files,...
Dates:
1933-1980; Majority of material found within 1957-1972
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- Subject: Women X
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- Elections 3
- New Deal, 1933-1939 3
- Politics and government. 3
- Account books 2
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Taxation 2
- Union names. 2
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- United States. Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Women 2
- Women -- Roles in society 2
- Women -- Suffrage 2
- Agriculture 1
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Labor organization. 1
- Newspaper publishing 1
- Politicians 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Romney (W. Va.) 1
- West Virginia - Five Year Plan. 1
- West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1 + ∧ less
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