Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
Person
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
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 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 Journal (Facsimile)
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2175
Scope and Contents
Addressograph photoprint of typescript copy of Stephen B. Elkins's journal (54 pages). Journal discussed Spanish-American relations at the time of the Spanish-American War.
Dates:
1898 April 03-20
Stephen B. Elkins Letters to Cardinal James Gibbons (Facsimiles)
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Collection Number: A&M 0590
Scope and Contents
Photostatic copies of five letters written by Stephen B. Elkins to Cardinal James Gibbons.
Dates:
1892-1893
Stephen B. Elkins Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0053
Overview
Stephen Benton Elkins (b. 1841) represented West Virginia in the United States Senate as a Republican from 1895-1911. Prior to his Senate service, Elkins served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a captain in the Kansas Militia. He practiced law in the Territory of New Mexico in 1864 and served as a member of the Territorial House of Representatives, 1864-1865. He was the district attorney for the Territory from 1866-1867, and the United States district attorney for the Territory from...
Dates:
1841-1955
Stephen B. Elkins Political Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0591
Scope and Contents
Typed abstracts of four letters written by Elkins to R.B. Hayes; copy of one letter written by Elkins to R. B. Hayes, November 1892; three letters to A.L. Conger to Elkins; two letters and two telegrams from Elkins to Murat Halstead. Some selected letters are available on microfilm.
Dates:
1877-1891
Stephen B. Elkins, Political Letter File Book regarding West Virginia Republican Party
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Collection Number: A&M 0548
Scope and Contents
Letter file book containing thirty-seven letters to Stephen B. Elkins from various West Virginia counties concerning political outlook for the Republican Party in 1900. It lists leading Republicans for each voting district in each county and includes one letter from Elkins to A. Howard Fleming, Fairmont, WV, outlining information he would like to have about Marion County.
Dates:
1899 May
Stephen Benton Elkins, Letter Copy Book
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3979
Overview
Letter copy book kept by Stephen Benton Elkins, a politician and businessman who would later become a prominent citizen of West Virginia. The book was kept from 23 October 1875 to 1 May 1878. It contains roughly 150 letters as well as a partial index of recipients. During the time this book was kept, Elkins resided in Santa Fe, New Mexico, practiced law, represented the territory in Congress, and acted as president of the Maxwell Land Grant Company. Letters concern political and business...
Dates:
1875-1878
William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 0006
Scope and Contents
Papers documenting the governorship of William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), who served West Virginia in the period 1909-1913. These papers include series of general correspondence, subject files, newspaper clippings, and pamphlets. General correspondence includes many letters regarding employee unrest in the mining regions of the Great Kanawha Valley in 1912-1913, commonly known as the Cabin Creek-Paint Creek strike. Subject files include telegrams, photographs, etc. Newspaper...
Dates:
1905-1913
William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1447
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, speeches, and public papers of West Virginia's 13th governor. Papers deal primarily with the presidential election of 1904 in West Virginia; West Virginia Republican politics, 1904-1905; and Glasscock's role as Collector of Internal Revenues for West Virginia.Correspondents include William M.O. Dawson, Stephen B. Elkins, Elliott Northcott, Nathan B. Scott, and Harry C. Woodyard.Collection contains the papers of William L. Russell, general manager, and...
Dates:
1904-1925
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- Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 2
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- Lumber industry and timber. 1
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- Parkersburg State Journal 1
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- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia Northern Railroad. 1
- Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
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