Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Izetta Jewel Brown Miller (b.1883), Clippings and Photographs
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2316
Overview
Originals and copies of clippings and photographs concerning the life and career of Izetta Jewel Kenny Brown Miller. Her career included work in the theater, Women's Suffrage Movement, radio, agriculture, television, and politics. Her first husband was William Gay Brown, Sr., West Virginia Congressman from Kingwood, and her second marriage was to Dr. Hugh Miller of the faculties of George Washington University and Union College. In 1922 and 1924, Mrs. Brown ran for the nomination as the...
Dates:
ca. 1908-1973
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2963
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence and papers of the noted lawyer and 1924 presidential aspirant for the Democrats, John W. Davis, kept by his daughter, a famous author, Julia (McDonald) Davis Adams. Noteworthy is a 1948 official publication in tribute to Davis' career as Solicitor General of the United States (1913-1918). There is a typescript copy of his diary recounting his wartime and post-war tenure (1918-1921) as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. His letters include some of his...
Dates:
1842, 1861-1897, 1918-1927, 1946-1953, 1978
West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview
Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates:
1909-1949
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- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Berkeley Springs Park. 1
- Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Diaries and journals. 1
- Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Elections 1
- England 1
- Great Britain 1
- Hospitals and sanitariums. 1
- Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
- Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 1
- Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
- Radio 1
- Slaves and slavery. 1
- Television 1
- United Kingdom. 1
- Women -- Roles in society 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 + ∧ less
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