Series 1. General Correspondence, Boxes 1-15, 1917-1939, bulk: 1930-1938

The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics. Substantive family correspondents include: Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery. The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within. The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.

Topical Index:

American Protective League; 1930
Anti-Kump Sentiment; 1933
Association Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931
Banking Crisis; 1933
Chafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930
Charleston Art Association; 1930
Charleston Open Forum; 1933
Coal Industry; 1930
Coal Lands, Business Interests; 1930
Editorial Work; 1930
FDR Court Plan; 1937
Gazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933
George W. Norris Election; 1933
Gubernatorial Politics; 1933
Kanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930
M.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930
Money, Inflation--Questions; 1933
Naval Ordinance Plant; 1937
Naval Ordinance Plant; 1938
Naval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933
Newspaper Work; 1933
Opposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930
Patronage and Political Struggle; 1933
Puerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930
Prohibition; 1930
Public Ownership League; 1931
Railroad--Prince Plan; 1933
Roosevelt Boom; 1931
State and National Politics; 1931
State Patronage; 1933
West Virginia Political Patronage; 1932
West Virginia Politics; 1930
World Court; 1931

Name Index:

Agar, Herbert; 1933
Agar, Herbert; 1936
Agar, Herbert; 1937
Alderson, George P.; 1933
Alderson, J. N.; 1937
Ashurst, Henry F.; 1930
Atkinson, George W.; 1930
Baker, Newton D.; 1936
Barkley, Alben W.; 1931
Berry, George L.; 1937
Blease, Cole L.; 1930
Borah, William E.; 1938
Bourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933
Brisbane, Arthur; 1930
Carter, George H.; 1933
Conley, William G.; 1930
Cornwell, John J.; 1930
Cornwell, John J.; 1933
Cornwell, John J.; 1936
Cornwell, John J.; 1937
Cummings, Homer; 1937
Curran, Henry H. ; 1931
Daniels, Joseph; 1933
Daniels, Joseph; 1937
Dayton, Arthur S.; 1930
Edmiston, Andrew; 1933
Edmiston, Andrew; 1936
Edmiston, Andrew; 1937
Edmiston, Charles; 1938
Fahey, John H.; 1933
Farley, James A.; 1933
Farley, James A.; 1937
Farley, James A.; 1938
Farley, Jim; 1936
Fitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930
Fitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931
Fitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933
Fitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936
Fitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937
Fletcher, Duncan U.; 1936
Fletcher, Duncan W.; 1933
Garner, John N.; 1931
Grayson, Cary T.; 1933
Green, William; 1930
Hallanan, W.S.; 1930
Hallanan, Walter S.; 1931
Hallanan, Walter S.; 1936
Halsey, Edwin A.; 1933
Halsey, Edwin A.; 1936
Halsey, John W.; 1931
Hatfield, H.D.; 1930
Hatfield, H. D.; 1933
Henderson, Leon; 1936
Holt, Homer A.; 1936
Holt, Homer A.; 1937
Holt, Rush D.; 1933
Holt, Rush D.; 1936
Holt, Rush D.; 1937
Holt, Rush D.; 1938
Homer, Lynn S.; 1933
Howe, Louis Mac H.; 1931
Jessup, Phillip C.; 1933
Johnson, George W.; 1930
Johnson, George W.; 1936
Johnson, George W.; 1937
Johnson, George W.; 1938
Johnson, Louis; 1933
Johnson, Louis; 1937
Johnson, Louis; 1938
Kee, John; 1936
Kee, John; 1938
Kenna, John N.; 1933
Kenna, John N.; 1936
Kump, H.G.; 1932
Kump, H.G.; 1933
Kump, H.G.; 1937
Lewis, David J.; 1936
Lewis, James H.; 1938
Lewis, James Hamilton; 1937
Long, Huey P.; 1933
MacCorkle, William A.; 1930
McAdo, William G.; 1930
McAdo, William G.; 1931
McAdo, William G.; 1937
McAdo, William G.; 1938
McClintic, George W.; 1931
McCormick, Robert R.; 1931
McCullough, F. Witcher; 1936
McCullough, F. Witcher; 1937
Meadows, Clarence W.; 1937
Morrow, Dwight W.; 1931
Neely, M.M.; 1930
Neely, M.M.; 1931
Neely, M.M.; 1933
Neely, M.M.; 1936
Neely, M.M.; 1937
Neely, M.M.; 1938
Norris, George W.; 1936
Oddie, Tasker L.; 1933
Ogden, H.C.; 1930
Ogden, H.C.; 1936
Ogden, H.G.; 1931
Osenton, C.W.; 1930
Overman, Les S.; 1930
Owen, Robert L. (Federal Reserve Act); 1937
Peyser, Theodore A.; 1933
Ramsey, Robert L.; 1930
Ramsey, Robert L.; 1933
Ramsey, Robert L.; 1936
Ramsey, Robert L.; 1937
Ramsey, Robert L.; 1938
Randolph, Jennings; 1930
Randolph, Jennings; 1933
Randolph, Jennings; 1937
Randolph, Jennings; 1938
Robinson, Joe T.; 1930
Roosevelt, Franklin D.; 1936
Roper, Daniel C.; 1937
Rosier, Joseph; 1933
Sheppard, Morris; 1930
Shouse, Jouette; 1931
Shrouse, Joett; 1933
Silver, Gray; 1931
Silver, Gray; 1933
Smith, C.E.; 1930
Smith, Earl H.; 1933
Smith Joe L.; 1933
Smith Joe L.; 1936
Smith Joe L.; 1937
Smith Joe L.; 1938
Smith Joseph L.; 1931
Smoot, Reed; 1930
Swanson, Claude A.; 1933
Swanson, Claude A.; 1936
Thomas, Elbert D.; 1936
Thomas, Elmer; 1933
Truman, Harry S.; 1938
Vinson, Carl; 1936
Walsh, Thomas L.; 1930
Watson, James E.; 1933
Wheeler, Burton K.; 1933
Wickerson, George W.; 1933