Gore, Howard M.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Howard M. Gore (1877-1947) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0198
Scope and Contents
The official papers of the 17th governor of West Virginia. Gore's career began in World War I when he was assistant food administrator in West Virginia; and in 1921 he went to Washington as a livestock appraiser and specialist in marketing livestock in the Department of Agriculture; he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and upon the Death of Henry C. Wallace, was made Secretary of Agriculture (November 22, 1924- March 4, 1925). In addition to his papers as Governor, other...
Dates:
1908-1947
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
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- Subject: Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. X
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Livestock 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 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 + ∧ less
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