Box 3
Container
Contains 11 Results:
Series 4. John W. Davis Correspondence (box 3), 1899, 1923-1925, 1953-1954
Series — Box: 3, Folder: 1-2
Scope and Contents
This series includes a letter from William L. Wilson to John A. Preston, trying to persuade "Davis" to accept law professorship at Washington and Lee University (1899) and a newspaper clipping of John W. Davis's reminiscences at age 81 (1954). Subjects of the 1920s letters include John W. Davis's trip to London to attend an American Bar Association meeting, his legal work in Washington D. C., oil investigations in Washington ruining McAdoo's chances for the Presidential nomination, the...
Dates:
1899, 1923-1925, 1953-1954
Series 5. Miscellaneous (boxes 3-5), ca. 1884, 1900-1958, undated
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings regarding the Davis family, including: a biographical sketch of the life of John J. Davis; Harrison County Bar Association memorial to J. J. Davis; Will Rogers column regarding West Virginia; death of Dr. J. J. Richardson (personal physician to Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, J. W. Davis); text of J. W. Davis's attack on the New Deal; copy of a speech made by John J. Davis in 1898 election; pictures; articles on Emma K. Davis's activities as a...
Dates:
ca. 1884, 1900-1958, undated
John W. Davis correspondence (mostly to Julia Davis), ca. 1923-1925
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Dates:
ca. 1923-1925
John J. Davis newspaper clippings (includes biographical sketch of the life of John J. Davis, Harrison County Bar Association memorial to J.J. Davis), ca. 1910-1920
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Dates:
ca. 1910-1920
John W. Davis newspaper and magazine clippings (includes Will Rogers column regarding West Virginia; death of Dr. J.J. Richardson [personal physician to Taft, Teddy Roosevelt, J.W. Davis]; text of J.W. Davis's attack on the New Deal; copy of a speech made by John J. Davis in 1898 election), ca. 1913-1958
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Dates:
ca. 1913-1958
Newspaper clippings on Emma K. and Julia Davis (includes articles on Emma K. Davis’s activities as a reporter and as a member of the criminal court committee inspecting the Harrison County Jail; frontier nursing service activities), ca. 1934, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 5
Dates:
ca. 1934, undated
Photographs of J.W. Davis and family, calling cards (includes prints and a cabinet card), undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 6
Dates:
undated
Photographs, drawings, and miscellaneous, ca. 1884, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 7
Dates:
ca. 1884, undated
Miscellaneous drawings, notes, and pamphlets, 1952, undated
File — Box: 3, Folder: 8
Dates:
1952, undated