Harry C. Woodyard (1867-1929) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2458
Correspondence, legal, and financial, and miscellaneous papers of a businessman and politician from Roane County, West Virginia, who was elected to the state Senate in 1898 and to the U.S. Congress as a Republican for several terms: 1902-11, 1916-23, 1925-27. His early business activity was in wholesale groceries and the lumber industry. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and owned an estimated eighteen weekly papers. Woodyard's sons continued in their father's business after his death. The correspondence consists of letters received by Woodyard during his later terms as congressman (1920s), as well as personal letters from his family and friends.
English
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1.4 Linear Feet (1 ft. 5 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 2 in.))
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