McCabe, Brooks F., Jr., 1949-
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Brooks F. McCabe, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2267
Scope and Contents
Two personal diaries of R.E. McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia, containing notes on trips to Europe (1924) and California (1937). On the California trip he briefly describes Kansas City, Boulder, Denver, Santa Fe, Taos, and Los Angeles, muses on real estate values, and notes oil rigs and pipelines. There is a short genealogy of the Hayward family. The diaries also include references to the Ward, Fleming, Brooks, and Watson families. Also includes photographs of members of the Ward,...
Dates:
circa 1770-1937, 1960s-2010s, and undated
Brooks McCabe, Collector, Records of the Hotel Kanawha
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3760
Overview
Records of the Hotel Kanawha, including two ledgers. One contains a cash journal (July 1917 to March 1921) and the other a guest register (one year in the period ca. 1903-1920). The Hotel Kanawha was constructed in 1903 and served as Charleston's premier hotel until 1965. It was later used by the Job Corps of West Virginia until 1997. The building was demolished in 2003.
Dates:
ca. 1903-1921
Brooks McCabe, Compiler, Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming and Records of Charles Ward Engineering
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3697
Overview
Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming, Governor of West Virginia (1890-1893), and records of the Charles Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, West Virginia, compiled by Brooks McCabe. The A.B. Fleming papers include: Fleming's notes pertaining to cases from his career as a lawyer and circuit court judge (1878-1888); photographs of Governor Fleming and others (4 items, ca.1890-1920); papers regarding the A.B. Fleming estate and its heirs (1923-1952); genealogical and historical information related...
Dates:
1878-1952; Majority of material found within 1878-1942
Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2409
Overview
Legal files of attorney Robert Emmett McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia. They contain letters and casework for individuals and businesses. There is also an addendum to this collection containing political and financial records and other material. See scope and content note for details.
Dates:
1898-1952; Majority of material found within 1907-1941
Ward Engineering Company Archives and Manuscripts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2298
Scope and Contents
Records of a Charleston, West Virginia, business which introduced to the western waters of the United States a new design of towboat whose essential features were water-tube boilers, multiple-expansion engines, and screw propulsion; thus replacing the traditional paddle wheel towboats that navigated the Ohio and Mississippi river systems. Charles Ward (1841-1915), a British engineer, who emigrated to Charleston in 1871, founded the industry and designed these new boats. This collection...
Dates:
1871-1977 and undated
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- California 2
- Charleston. 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Boating industry -- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Boulder (Colo.) 1
- Business correspondence 1
- Charleston (W. Va.) 1
- Denver (Colo.) 1
- Election of 1934. 1
- Europe 1
- Genealogy 1
- Hotels 1
- Kanawha County - politics. 1
- Kansas City (Kan.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
- Mississippi River 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Santa Fe (N.M.) 1
- Taos (N.M.) 1
- Transportation 1
- Travel accounts. 1 + ∧ less
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