Brown, William G. (William Gay), 1800-1884
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Izetta Jewel Brown Miller (b.1883), Clippings and Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2316
Overview
Originals and copies of clippings and photographs concerning the life and career of Izetta Jewel Kenny Brown Miller. Her career included work in the theater, Women's Suffrage Movement, radio, agriculture, television, and politics. Her first husband was William Gay Brown, Sr., West Virginia Congressman from Kingwood, and her second marriage was to Dr. Hugh Miller of the faculties of George Washington University and Union College. In 1922 and 1924, Mrs. Brown ran for the nomination as the...
Dates:
ca. 1908-1973
Jim Comstock, Newspaper Editor and Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2600
Overview
Papers of James ("Jim") Franklin Comstock of Richwood, West Virginia, whose position as editor of the West Virginia Hillbilly and avocation as collector and advocate of all things West Virginia led to the preservation of much of the state's physical, visual, and textual history. The collection includes materials Comstock collected about West Virginia history as well as his own personal and professional papers. Materials include: general series of...
Dates:
1650-1671, 1717-2003, undated; Majority of material found within ca. 1850-1995
William G. Brown (1800-1884) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0015
Overview
William G. Brown (1800-1884) of Kingwood, West Virginia, was an attorney; member of the Virginia Assembly in the 1830s and 1840s; and a member of Congress from Virginia from 1845 to 1849 and West Virginia from 1861 to 1865. Chiefly contains deeds, plats, surveys, and other papers related to Brown's land in Preston and Monongalia counties, West Virginia, from 1860 to 1874 and items from Brown's law office concerning deeds, wills, and financial transactions from 1870 to 1883. A ledger book...
Dates:
1789, 1823-1931; Majority of material found within 1843-1880
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- Agriculture 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Elections 1
- Fairmont (W. Va.) 1
- General stores 1
- Glass manufacture 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Land. 1
- Marshall County (W. Va.) 1
- Mexican War, 1846-1848 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Political campaigns 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Propaganda, Soviet 1
- Radio 1
- Rich Mountain (Randolph County, W. Va.) 1
- Television 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) 1
- Whiskey decanters 1
- Women -- Roles in society 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History 1 + ∧ less
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