Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates:
ca. 1840-1955
Francis Marion Reynolds (1843-1931) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0050
Overview
Business papers of a Keyser attorney who was judge of the sixteenth judicial circuit, 1904-1920; member of the West Virginia Legislature, 1895-1896 and 1901-1904; and a member of many educational, commercial, and financial boards in Mineral County. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, A.G. Dayton, S.B. Elkins, and Cecil B. Highland.
Dates:
1845-1931
Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Record Books
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1028
Scope and Contents
Papers and news clippings of Democratic politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) regarding his political and business career. Includes newspaper clippings, private account books, correspondence, and other personal papers relating to West Virginian and national politics and industry in the Gilded Age. The original collection was one reel of microfilm containing two private account books (1867-1915), a letter book (1898-1916), and miscellaneous clippings,...
Dates:
1845-1916
Filtered By
- Subject: Elections X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Politics and government. 3
- Account books 2
- Coal mining. 2
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 2
- Politicians -- United States 2
- Railroads 2
- United States -- Politics and government 2
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 2
- Agriculture 1
- Businesspeople 1
- Editors - letters and papers. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1856. 1
- Election of 1884. 1
- Elkins (W. Va.) 1
- Gas industry 1
- General stores 1
- Gubernatorial election campaigns - 1968. 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Keyser (W. Va.) 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Lumber trade 1
- Mineral County (W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Preston County (W. Va.) 1
- Preston County Herald. 1
- Preston County Journal. 1
- Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
- Sweeney, Tom - Senate campaign. 1 + ∧ less
∨ more