Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0110
Business, political, and official correspondence of the eleventh governor, 1901-1905, of West Virginia. Owner and editor of the State Journal, Parkersburg, 1881-1899, White was associated with many banking and manufacturing enterprises, and was tax commissioner of West Virginia in 1907 and 1908, collector of internal revenues in 1889, 1897, and 1921, and a Republican member of the legislature in 1926. Among the correspondents are G.W. Atkinson, Waitman T. Barbe, Calvin Coolidge, John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, Thomas B. Davis, W.M.O. Dawson, Alston G. Dayton, Davis Elkins, Stephen B. Elkins, Guy D. Goff, Howard M. Gore, M.A. Hanna, Henry D. Hatfield, William McKinley, A.W. Mellon, E.F. Morgan, H.C. Ogden, N.B. Scott, Hugh I. Shott, Joseph P. Smith, George C. Sturgiss, and I.C. White.
Series include:
Series 1. Correspondence (1893–1927), boxes 1-20
Series 2. Speeches, Bills, and Newspaper Clippings (1900–1906), boxes 21-22
Series 3. Printed Material, Speeches, and Newspaper Clippings (undated), box 23
Series 4. Letter Books (ca. 1900s), boxes 24-49
Series 5. Oversized Material (1880-1900), oversized folder
English
No special access restriction applies.
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16.1 Linear Feet (16 ft. 1 1/2 in. (23 document cases, 5 in. each); (22 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.))
All of this collection is stored offsite, except for the oversized folder. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.
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