Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
Person
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
Hubbard Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0805
Scope and Contents
Papers, mainly correspondence, of the Hubbard family of New Haven and Litchfield, Connecticut and Wheeling, West Virginia. There are several hundred letters which document the growth of the family and its business enterprises in Wheeling. Correspondents include Gad Smith, Dana Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, General John Hubbard, Roger Dorman, H Moran, William P. Hubbard, Dana L. Hubbard, Stephen B. Elkins, John W. Mason, and Waitman T. Willey. There are a number of letters written...
Dates:
1810-1914
Ira E. Robinson Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0155
Scope and Contents
Some 270 letters, telegrams, and notes written to Robinson; the great majority of the items are by Stephen B. Elkins regarding the purchase of coal lands and the development of coal mining in the Cheat River Valley, Preston County, Masontown, Muddy Creek, Green Run, and Sandy Creek; political affairs in Taylor County are mentioned; also included are five letter books with some 2367 copies of letters sent by Ira E. Robinson and his nephew, Jed W. Robinson, relating to their law practice in...
Dates:
1898-1910
John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1888
Overview
Correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and printed materials of John W. Mason (1842-1917). Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. The general correspondence contains personal and business letters, as well as manuscript speeches, notebooks, and reports. The period while Mason was circuit judge is particularly sparse. Also includes Internal Revenue correspondence consisting of about 8,500...
Dates:
1831-1928
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
Newspaper Clipping about Stephen B. Elkins, Jesse James, and Coleman [Cole] Younger
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0296
Scope and Contents
An article in the Ranson, W. Va. Jefferson Republican, dated October 4, 1851, on Stephen B. Elkins and his relationship with Jesse James and Coleman [Cole] Younger, the outlaws.
Dates:
1951 October 4
O. D. Lambert Research Notes and Biographical Material on Stephen B. Elkins
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0809
Scope and Contents
Typescript notes made by Dr. O. D. Lambert during research for biographical material on Stephen B. Elkins, from Harrison, Clarkson, and Evarts manuscripts in the Library of Congress.
Dates:
1888-1906
President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901), Typescript Copies of Letters to Senator Stephen B. Elkins
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0157
Overview
Typescript copies of forty letters from U.S. President Benjamin Harrison to Senator Stephen B. Elkins from 1886 to 1900. Topics are primarily personal in nature and include trips, family news, weather, and social activities. Harrison also comments briefly on Elkins' election to the Senate in 1894, political appointments, and Indiana politics in the late 1890s.
Dates:
1886-1900
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 Legal Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1794
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and legal papers of Republican U.S. Senator (1895-1911) Stephen B. Elkins. There are letters (originals and copies) from James A. Garfield (3); U.S. Grant (2); William McKinley (1); William H. Taft (1); James G. Blaine (23); Benjamin Harrison (18); and other political and business associates. Other personal letters include various correspondents and their opinions of Elkins's speeches. The legal documents pertain to Elkins's New Mexico land interests and lawsuits resulting...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1881-1896; 1866-1910
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
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- United States -- Politics and government 16
- Politics and government. 13
- Politicians -- United States 10
- Politicians 8
- Railroads 7
- Coal mining. 6
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 6
- West Virginia - Governors. 5
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Rivers and river valleys. 4
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 4
- Banks and banking 3
- Judges - letters and papers. 3
- Land. 3
- Lumber trade 3
- Marion County (W. Va.) 3
- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 3
- Account books 2
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 2
- Coal companies - West Virginia. 2
- Coal mines and mining 2
- Coal mining -- Strikes 2
- Education 2
- Election of 1908. 2
- Elections 2
- Elkins (W. Va.) 2
- Genealogy 2
- Lumber industry and timber. 2
- Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
- New Mexico 2
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 2
- Schools 2
- Spanish-American War, 1898 2
- Transportation 2
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
- United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
- West Virginia - politics. 2
- Academies 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Cass (W. Va.) 1
- Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
- Civil War - veterans - Union. 1
- Coal industry. 1
- Coal mining - coal industry. 1
- Connecticut 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Democratic Party 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1904. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
- Grafton (W. Va.) 1
- Grafton W.Va. - law practices 1
- Grafton. 1
- Green Bank (W. Va.) 1
- Green Run 1
- Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
- Greenbrier River (W. Va.) 1
- Horton. 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Kanawha Valley. 1
- Keyser (W. Va.) 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Maps. 1
- Masontown, W.Va. 1
- Mineral County (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
- Morgantown - Newspapers. 1
- Muddy Creek 1
- Newspapers. 1
- Ohio River Valley 1
- Ohio Valley - Republican Party. 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
- Parkersburg State Journal 1
- Parkersburg. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Piedmont. 1
- Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Kingwood Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Northern Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads - Westernport Electric Railway. 1
- Railroads -- West Virginia 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Ronceverte (W. Va.) 1
- Sandy Creek 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Secession 1 + ∧ less
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