Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1710
Overview
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace...
Dates:
1898-1963
Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0042
Overview
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
Dates:
1861-1947, undated; Majority of material found within 1861-1928
Roy Bird Cook (1886-1961), Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1561
Overview
Papers collected by Roy Bird Cook, a Lewis County native and Charleston pharmacist, who in his role as historian, researcher, and author, was a pioneering and effective advocate for the preservation of West Virginia history. This collection includes the papers he collected in connection with his research, including documentation of the Civil War in West Virginia, Stonewall Jackson and his family, and genealogy of North Central West Virginia, among other topics. Materials include letters and...
Dates:
1679-1984, undated; Majority of material found within 1840-1960
Vause W. Marshall Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1198
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Williamsport rare book and manuscripts dealer include correspondence relating to the book trade, dealer book lists and catalogues, and correspondence on West Virginia and national politics, 1880-1946; the Garner for President Committee; the Rush D. Holt campaign of 1940; the National Jeffersonian Democrats; and the state Democratic Executive Committee. There is one folder of John T. McGraw papers. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, Roy Bird Cook, W.E.B. Du Bois, P.S....
Dates:
1880-1948
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- Subject: Politics and government. X
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- Politics and government. 3
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 3
- Elections 2
- Genealogy 2
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 2
- Women's history -- 1951-present 2
- Academies and Institutes. 1
- Accounting 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bridges -- West Virginia 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Court records 1
- Depression. 1
- Diaries 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fortification -- West Virginia 1
- France 1
- Gilmer County (W. Va.) 1
- Huntington. 1
- Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
- Kanawha River Valley (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Lewis County (W. Va.) 1
- Ohio River Valley -- History 1
- Pharmacy -- History 1
- Philippi, Battle of, Philippi, W. Va., 1861 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Rivers -- West Virginia 1
- Roads -- West Virginia 1
- Salt industry and trade - West Virginia. 1
- Schools 1
- Slavery -- West Virginia 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Steamboats 1
- Toll roads -- West Virginia 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Military life 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans 1
- Valleys -- West Virginia 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- West Virginia - Church history. 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- Williamsport (W. Va.) 1
- Women's history -- 1800-1849 1
- Women's history -- Pre-1800 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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