Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
Person
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0040
Overview
Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of...
Dates:
1784-1924
Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0568
Overview
Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of...
Dates:
1784-1924
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates:
1799-1919
Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0007
Overview
Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his...
Dates:
1845-1908
Stephen B. Elkins Business Correspondence with Various Industries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1532
Scope and Contents
Business correspondence of U.S. Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Subjects include West Virginia coal companies, Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Berkeley Springs Hotel Company, Buckhannon Relief Oil and Gas Company, Allegheny Improvement Company, the Little Kanawha Syndicate, Wheeling Traction Company, West Virginia Bridge and Construction Company, Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad, St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad, Magistral Exploration Company of Mexico, and the Westernport Electric...
Dates:
1882-1936
Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Records Relating to Coal, Railroad, and Other Industries
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1610
Scope and Contents
Business and legal papers of U.S. Senator and timber, coal, and railroad magnate Stephen B. Elkins. Subjects include the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company, Davis Coal and Coke Company, West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh and the Morgantown and Kingwood railroads, timber and coal lands, the Pressed Prism Plate Glass Company (NY), and Hallihurst Farm.
Dates:
1884-1929
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2134
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and business records while the company was operating near the present site of Cass. Subjects and topics covered are the Blackwater Lumber Company, Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company, Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, Greenbrier River, logging, lumber agents, Martin-Lane and Company, railroads, J.L. Rumbarger Lumber Company, R.M. Sutton Company, Stearns Manufacturing Company, Saint Lawrence Boom and Manufacturing Company, S.E. Slaymaker and Company, timberlands, West Spruce Lumber...
Dates:
1892-1939
William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1547
Overview
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial papers of a lawyer and state senator from Kingwood, who was instrumental in the organization of the West Virginia Northern Railroad, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company. Subjects include state politics, 1888-1895, Virginia Debt Question, the tariff debate, land development, coal mining and railroads. Correspondents include J.M. Mason, W.E. Chilton, S.B. Elkins, and George C. Sturgiss.
Dates:
1853-1921
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