Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1606
Overview
Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. Marshall (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates:
1787-1957
Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0258
Overview
Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates:
1787-1957
John J. Davis (1824-1916) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1366
Overview
Papers of John J. Davis, a lawyer and politician from Clarksburg, West Virginia. This collection contains correspondence, account books, photographs, essays, speeches, and other material. Also included in this collection are writings of Davis' granddaughter, Julia McDonald Davis. There are also artifacts, including a school slate and three leather billfolds. Please see "Scope and Contents" for further detail.
Dates:
1824-1935
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- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Editors - letters and papers. 2
- Fairmont. 2
- General stores 2
- Judges - letters and papers. 2
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
- New Deal, 1933-1939 2
- Politics and government. 2
- Railroads 2
- Unions. 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- Bourbon politics. 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- Genealogy 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Secession 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- Wheeling Register (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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