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John Thomas McGraw (1856-1920) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0086
Scope and Contents Papers of a Grafton attorney who was a lawyer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and prosecuting attorney of Taylor County, West Virginia, assistant to Governor J.B. Jackson, collector of internal revenue for West Virginia, and a member of the Democratic National Committee. There are case papers and letters pertaining to McGraw's law practice; records relating to the purchase, sale, and development of timber, coal, and oil lands; and records of his directorships in the Grafton and...
Dates: 1842-1927, 1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Maxwell Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0010
Overview Papers of Hu Maxwell (1860-1927), historian, editor, and author of several county histories of West Virginia, along with papers and records of other family members. There are manuscripts of fiction, verse, and local history written by Maxwell, as well as a number of his manuscripts and publications dealing with forestry which were prepared while he was a member of the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture. Maxwell kept a diary during the years 1901-1919 while residing...
Dates: ca. 1845-1950, 2017; Majority of material found within ca. 1845-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Bongiorni, Joseph P. 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1
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Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
Maxwell family 1
Maxwell, G. Ralph. 1
Maxwell, H. 1
Maxwell, Mrs. S.J. 1
Maxwell, Rufus. 1
McGraw, John T. 1
McGraw, John Thomas, 1856-1920 1
McGraw, Rose. 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926 1
Ohley, William A. 1
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Sturgiss, George C. 1
United States. Forest Service 1
White, A.B. 1
White, Capt. James L. 1
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 1
Willey, William P. (William Patrick) 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
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