Barron, W. W.
Person
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Ernest Glenwood Otey (1895-1966) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1909
Overview
Correspondence, financial records, speeches, reports, blueprints, and pamphlets of a Bluefield banker and businessman who was a treasurer of the Democratic Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University. Subjects include numerous businesses in the Bluefield area, Bluefield State College, Concord College, Bank of Bramwell, Island Creek Coal Company, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Smokeless Operators Association, Virginia Railway,...
Dates:
1935-1965
Heister Guie Rhawn, Clarksburg Exponent Editor, Incoming Letters
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3225
Overview
Correspondence, mostly letters of thanks, from national journalists and prominent West Virginia politicians to the editor of the Clarksburg Exponent, Heister Guie Rhawn, and to his daughter Harriette Rhawn Behringer. Noteworthy is a Jennings Randolph 1945 letter confiding his political ambitions. Also there is an Oct. 15, 1932 issue of the 'West Virginia Legionnaire' about the election of Louis A. Johnson of Clarksburg, West Virginia as American Legion national commander.
Dates:
1932-1975
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr. (1912-1962), Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1580
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, and newspaper clippings of a West Virginia Republican chairman, U.S. senator (serving in 1958), and member of the 1960 Republican National Convention platform committee.Subjects include: West Virginia and national Republican politics, 1956-1961; the 1958 Congressional election; the 1960 presidential campaign; the State Chamber of Commerce; State Economic Development Agency; Ohio Valley Improvement Association; and West Virginia University....
Dates:
1956-1962
West Virginia Centennial Commission, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2050
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, reports, financial records, and minutes of the West Virginia Centennial Commission from 1958-1964. This material was obtained for the Library by Festus P. Summers, commission member. Much of Dr. Summers' personal correspondence as a commission member is included.
Correspondents include Don Crislip, Cecil H. Underwood, P.H. Price, Lyndon B. Johnson, Philip Conley, William D. Barns, Ross B. Johnson, Festus P. Summers, Robert L. Hogg, George More, Frances Krauskopf, Donovan...
Dates:
1958-1964
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2074
Overview
Correspondence, pamphlets, and newspaper clippings of chamber officers concerning business and economic subjects. Correspondents include Robert C. Byrd, Robert H. Mollohan, Cleveland M. Bailey, Arch A. Moore, and W.W. Barron.
Dates:
1938-1968
West Virginia Governors' Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1977
Scope and Contents
General correspondence and papers, ca. 1929-1964, of Governors William G. Conley (18th Governor, in office 1929-1933), Herman G. Kump (19th Governor, in office 1933-1937), Homer A. Holt (20th Governor, in office 1937-1941), Matthew M. Neely (21st Governor, in office 1941-1945), Clarence W. Meadows (22nd Governor, in office 1945-1949), Okey Patteson (23rd Governor, in office 1949-1953), William C. Marland (24th Governor, in office 1953-1957), Cecil H. Underwood (25th Governor, in office...
Dates:
circa 1929-1964
West Virginia Governors Speeches, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2577
Overview
Speeches, news releases, and other papers of Governors William C. Marland, Cecil H. Underwood, William W. Barron, and Hulett C. Smith, during their terms of office.
Dates:
1953-1969
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:
1933-1981; Majority of material found within 1957-1972
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Politics and government. 6
- Elections 4
- Account books 3
- West Virginia - Governors. 3
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 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
- Women 2
- Women -- Roles in society 2
- Banks - Bank of Bramwell. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Bluefield (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Gubernatorial election campaigns - 1968. 1
- Labor organization. 1
- Railroads 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railroad. 1
- Speeches, addresses, etc 1
- Sweeney, Tom - Senate campaign. 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- West Virginia -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- West Virginia governor's papers - speeches. 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
- Women's history -- 1951-present 1 + ∧ less
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