Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Ruffner (1790-1861) and William Henry (1824-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1942
Overview
Pamphlets include Henry Ruffner's antislavery pamphlet, 1847, and his Union speech, 1856. Subjects of the manuscripts and correspondence include family history; travel; Kanawha Salt Works; schools in Virginia and Kanawha County; Lane Seminary Library; Presbyterian Church; slavery, coal, gas, iron, and timber; Johns Hopkins, Washington and Lee, Harvard, Hobart, Cornell, and Hampden-Sydney colleges; Greenbrier County; Alabama; election of 1904; University of Virginia; Kanawha Valley floods;...
Dates:
1829-1913
Julia McDonald Davis (1900-1993) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1856
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, manuscripts, class notes and other papers of Julia McDonald Davis (1900-1993), an author and daughter of lawyer and statesman John W. Davis. Includes correspondence of Julia Davis; manuscripts of her work; her notes; correspondence of John W. Davis; and additional newspaper clippings, postcards, photographs, ephemera, and other material. Subjects of Julia Davis's correspondence and notes include a biographical sketch of E.H. McDonald, Miss Davis's grandfather; business...
Dates:
1866-1963
Filtered By
- Subject: Women's history -- 1900-1929 X
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- Abolition of slavery 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Alabama 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Elections 1
- Floods 1
- Gas industry 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Iron furnaces and iron industry. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha Salt Works. 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Ministers - letters and papers. 1
- Missionaries 1
- Philippines 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Travel accounts. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Venezuela 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1 + ∧ less
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