Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
James Produce Company Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2336
Overview
Copies of correspondence and business records of Charles H. James, founder of the James Produce Company, one of the first totally black owned and managed businesses in West Virginia. Correspondents include: Governor J.J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Dates:
ca. 1915-1929
William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1652
Scope and Content
Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette. The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette. There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other...
Dates:
1917, 1928-1939
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- Account books 1
- African Americans -- Business enterprises 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Armistice -- 1918 1
- Baptists 1
- Boy Scouts of America - Colored Boy Scouts of Charleston. 1
- Business - African American. 1
- Charleston Gazette 1
- Charleston. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Editors - letters and papers. 1
- Elections - 1920. 1
- Elections - 1924. 1
- Kentucky - coal lands. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- London Naval Conference 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Pocahontas Mines 2. 1
- Pocahontas Mines 6. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1920 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1924 1
- Prohibition -- United States -- History 1
- Transportation 1
- United States - Federal Reserve Act. 1
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