Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1609
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937.Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown lynch case; New Deal operations and agencies in the...
Dates:
1883-1960
Homer Adams Holt (1898-1975) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1450
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, messages, and state papers of West Virginia's twentieth governor, 1937-1941, and manuscript drafts of "West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State (1941)," the Works Project Administration's Federal Writer's Project's work on West Virginia. Also included are assorted speeches and addresses given by Holt, newspaper clippings and articles regarding Holt's successor as Governor of West Virginia, Matthew Neely, and other political figures, and correspondence with governors from...
Dates:
1937-1944
Political Campaigns and Elections Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2818
Overview
Buttons, pins, and stickers for West Virginia political campaigns, including Gubernatorial and Senatorial races. Politicians represented include William Barron, Robert Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Mollohan, Arch Moore, Okey Patteson, Charlotte Pritt, Jennings Randolph, Jay Rockefeller, Jim Spouse, and Cecil Underwood.
Dates:
1948-2002
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- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Gubernatorial election campaigns - 1968. 1
- Judges - letters and papers. 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Sweeney, Tom - Senate campaign. 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- West Virginia - Five Year Plan. 1
- West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- United States -- History 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1 + ∧ less
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