Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur I. Boreman Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview
Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates:
1830-1949
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
Davis Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1946
Scope and Contents
One box of material including original and typescript copies of letters exchanged between Anna Kennedy and J.J. Davis for the period 1860-1862. Also included is material on the Chapin family, Davis and Steen family genealogy and Reed family Bible.
Correspondents are J.J. Davis, Anna Kennedy, J.W. Davis, Phineas Chapin, Rev. Asa Brooks, and J. W. Wayland.
John W. Davis' certificate of Admission to practice before the Supreme Court of West Virginia dated 1896. His sponsor was Melville...
Dates:
1800-1941
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
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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- Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
- Elections 3
- Politics and government. 3
- Railroads 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Churches -- Presbyterian 2
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 2
- Diaries and journals. 2
- Editors - letters and papers. 2
- Fairmont. 2
- Genealogy 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
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 2
- Secession 2
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 2
- Unions. 2
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 2
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 2
- World War, 1914-1918 2
- African Americans -- Business enterprises 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Armistice -- 1918 1
- Baptists 1
- Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
- Bourbon politics. 1
- Boy Scouts of America - Colored Boy Scouts of Charleston. 1
- Business - African American. 1
- Churches -- West Virginia -- Harrison County 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Coal mines and mining 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
- Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
- Elections - 1920. 1
- Elections - 1924. 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- Harrison County (W. Va.) 1
- Harrison County (W.Va.) - history - Civil War 1
- Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
- Judges -- West Virginia 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Politicians 1
- Politicians -- United States 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1920 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1924 1
- Steamboats 1
- Supreme Court of West Virginia 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- United States -- Politics and government 1
- Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865. 1
- West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Wheeling Register (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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