Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
Person
Found in 31 Collections and/or Records:
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)
Collection
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, No Trespassing Sign
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4332
Content Description
No trespassing sign for property of Stephen B. Elkins. It features black letters on linen stating "Notice, All persons are hereby notified Not To Trespass by hunting, fishing or otherwise on these premises. Violators Will Be Dealt With According To The Law. S. B. Elkins." There are three copies.
Dates:
ca. 1910-1920
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
Collection
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
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 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
William E. Glasscock (1862-1925), Governor, Papers
Collection
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
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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
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