Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Howard Burton Lee (1879-1985) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2139
Overview
Correspondence and photographs used by Lee, who was a lawyer and attorney general of West Virginia, in the writing of his book, BLOODLETTING IN APPALACHIA, 1969, concerning the coalfields of West Virginia and the attempts by miners to unionize. The photographs show individuals, coal camps, mine guards, and scenes from the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek area in 1912-1913, Matewan, and Monongalia County during the 1925-1929 period. Correspondents include Gordon C. Felts, Coleman A. Hatfield, Henry D....
Dates:
1912-1964
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview
Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates:
1898-1965
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- Agriculture 1
- Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining - camps and company towns. 1
- Coal mining - coal companies. 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Elections 1
- Gas industry 1
- Land. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Matewan (W. Va.) 1
- Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. 1
- Monongalia County (W. Va.) 1
- Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. 1
- Revolutionary War. 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- West Virginia - politics. 1 + ∧ less
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