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Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955

 Person

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

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

Preston Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2201
Overview

Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.

Dates: 1817-1945

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

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

William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1652
Scope and Content Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette. The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette. There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other...
Dates: 1917, 1928-1939

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Elections 12
Lawyers - letters and papers. 6
Women's history -- 1900-1929 6
Editors - letters and papers. 5
World War, 1914-1918 5
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Diaries and journals. 4
New Deal, 1933-1939 4
Politicians -- United States 4
United States -- Politics and government 4
Account books 3
Judges - letters and papers. 3
Railroads 3
Universities and colleges 3
Women's history -- 1850-1899 3
Women's history -- 1929-1950 3
Academies (Private schools) 2
Coal mining - coal companies. 2
Coal mining -- Strikes 2
Coal mining. 2
Democratic National Convention 2
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 2
Fairmont. 2
General stores 2
Hospitals and sanitariums. 2
Huntington. 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
Unions. 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
West Union Record 2
West Union. 2
West Virginia - Governors. 2
West Virginia - Politics and government. 2
Women -- Suffrage 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 1
Agriculture 1
Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. 1
Banks and banking 1
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
Berkeley Springs Park. 1
Cabell County (W. Va.) 1
Canadian Reciprocity Agreement 1
Cemeteries -- Indian Mound Cemetery 1
Charleston Gazette 1
Charleston. 1
Civil War -- Norfolk (Va.) 1
Civil War battles. 1
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mining - Labor organization. 1
Coal mining - Miners' Hospitals 1, 2, 3. 1
Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
Court records 1
Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
Depression. 1
Droop Mountain Battlefield. 1
Education 1
Election of 1912. 1
Election of 1924. 1
England 1
Epidemics 1
Fairmont Index. 1
Fairmont Times. 1
France 1
Gas industry 1
Genealogy 1
Great Britain 1
Gubernatorial election campaigns - 1968. 1
Inwood Demonstration Packing Plant. 1
Jackson's Mill 4-H Camp. 1
Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
Judges -- West Virginia 1
Kentucky - coal lands. 1
Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
London Naval Conference 1
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine. 1
New River coalfields. 1
Norfolk, Va. - Civil War. 1
Pocahontas Mines 2. 1
Pocahontas Mines 6. 1
Politicians 1
Prisons. SEE ALSO Civil War - prisons and prisoners. 1
Prohibition -- United States -- History 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
Slaves and slavery. 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
Steamboats 1
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