Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Person
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel T. Mallison Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1913
Overview
Correspondence, speeches, reminiscences, and newspaper clippings of a West Virginia newspaperman, state auditor, 1927-1929, and businessman. Subjects covered include the West Virginia gubernatorial campaign of 1924, Rush D. Holt's decision to run for the U.S. Senate in 1934, oil wildcatting ventures of Michael Benedum and J.C. Trees, the economy, oil imports, depletion allowances on the production of oil and gas, and labor legislation. Correspondents include Holmes Alexander, Robert C. Byrd,...
Dates:
1915-1964 ca.
Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1659
Overview
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material of the Republican national committeeman, state political leader, and president of the Plymouth Oil Company. Subjects include Republican national conventions, 1928-1960; state and local politics, 1919-1961; National Petroleum Council; Plymouth and related oil companies; Republican rejection of the League of Nations; and Hallanan's role as temporary chairman of the 1952 Republican National Convention. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1919-1961
Walter Stuart Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0910
Scope and Contents
Correspondence received by Mr. Stuart as editor of the West Union Record, West Union, including letters from John W. Davis, Douglas S. Freeman, Pearl S. Buck, Allen Nevins, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, W. E. Chilton, Louis Johnson, Rush D. Holt, James A. Farley, John J. Cornwell, H. G. Kump, Homer A. Holt, and others.
Dates:
1910-1949
Walter Stuart Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1884
Scope and Contents
Two scrapbooks of Walter Stuart, editor and publisher of the West Union Record. Clippings are from the Congressional Record and editorials from the newspaper. There are a few letters, including from John W. Davis (1942-1947), one from Henry D. Hatfield (1945), and one from Alben W. Barkley (1948).
Dates:
1924-1950
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- Elections 13
- Politics and government. 12
- Lawyers - letters and papers. 5
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 5
- Account books 4
- Editors - letters and papers. 4
- World War, 1914-1918 4
- Diaries and journals. 3
- Judges - letters and papers. 3
- New Deal, 1933-1939 3
- Politicians -- United States 3
- United States -- Politics and government 3
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 3
- Academies (Private schools) 2
- Coal mining - coal companies. 2
- Fairmont. 2
- Genealogy 2
- General stores 2
- Labor organization. SEE ALSO Coal mining - labor 2
- Marion County (W. Va.) 2
- Mills and mill-work 2
- Mountain Lake Park (Md.) 2
- Petroleum industry and trade 2
- Railroads 2
- Unions. 2
- West Union Record 2
- West Union. 2
- West Virginia - Governors. 2
- West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
- Women -- Suffrage 2
- African Americans -- Business enterprises 1
- African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
- Agriculture 1
- Armistice -- 1918 1
- Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Baptists 1
- Bourbon politics. 1
- Boy Scouts of America - Colored Boy Scouts of Charleston. 1
- Business - African American. 1
- Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
- Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
- Churches -- Presbyterian 1
- Civil War -- Norfolk (Va.) 1
- Civil War battles. 1
- Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
- Clarksburg and Philippi Turnpike. 1
- Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Coal mining. 1
- Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 1
- Court records 1
- Democratic National Convention 1
- Depression. 1
- Education 1
- Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
- Election of 1912. 1
- Elections - 1920. 1
- Elections - 1924. 1
- Epidemics 1
- Fairmont Index. 1
- Fairmont Times. 1
- France 1
- Gas industry 1
- Gubernatorial election campaigns - 1968. 1
- Huntington. 1
- Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
- Know-Nothingism. 1
- Lexington, V.A. 1
- Lincoln-Douglas debates 1
- Mississippi 1
- Morgantown (W. Va.) -- History 1
- Norfolk, Va. - Civil War. 1
- Presidential Elections, 1896-1908 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1920 1
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1924 1
- Radio 1
- Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
- Republican National Convention - 1952. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Secession 1
- Spanish-American War, 1898 1
- Statehood politics -- West Virginia 1
- Sweeney, Tom - Senate campaign. 1
- Television 1
- Turnpikes. SEE ALSO Roads. 1
- Union names. 1
- Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization. 1
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
- Universities and colleges 1
- Virginia Springs 1
- West Virginia - Five Year Plan. 1
- West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. 1
- West Virginia -- Politics and government 1
- Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
- Wheeling Register (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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