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Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1199
Overview Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and...
Dates: 1784-1958, undated

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

Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates: 1898-1965

William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1547
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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial papers of a lawyer and state senator from Kingwood, who was instrumental in the organization of the West Virginia Northern Railroad, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company. Subjects include state politics, 1888-1895, Virginia Debt Question, the tariff debate, land development, coal mining and railroads. Correspondents include J.M. Mason, W.E. Chilton, S.B. Elkins, and George C. Sturgiss.

Dates: 1853-1921

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Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 2
Democratic Party (U.S.) 2
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 2
Sturgiss, George C. 2
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West Virginia University 2
Anderson, Luther. 1
Bachman, Carl G. 1
Blue, Fred. 1
Bond, John C. 1
Brannon, Linn. 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 1
Camden, Wilson Lee. 1
Darst, J.S. 1
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Democratic National Convention of 1876. 1
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 1
Eureka Pipeline. 1
Fairmont Coal and Coke Company 1
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 1
Floyd, John B. (John Buchanan), 1806-1863 1
Gibbens, Alvaro F. (Alvaro Franklin), 1837- 1
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 1
Gore, Howard M. 1
Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926 1
Harman, John William, 1869- 1
Hatcher, John H. 1
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 1
Haymond, Frank C. 1
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 1
Hope Natural Gas 1
Jackson, J.B. 1
Jackson, J.J. 1
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 1
Kingwood Coal and Coke Company 1
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 1
Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985 1
Lewis, Virgil Anson, 1848-1912 1
Mason, J. M. 1
McGraw, John T. 1
McGraw, John Thomas, 1856-1920 1
McGraw, Rose. 1
Monongahela Valley Traction Company 1
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 1
Oglebay, Earl W., 1849-1926 1
Ohley, William A. 1
Patteson, Okey L. 1
Sawyers, William H. 1
South Penn Oil Company 1
Standard Oil Company 1
Stephenson, E.B. 1
Taft, Robert. 1
Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1850-1851) 1
WVU Alumni Association 1
West Virginia Bar Association 1
West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association 1
West Virginia. Constitution. Flick Amendment 1
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 1
Whig Party (U.S.) 1
White, A.B. 1
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 1
White, Kemble, 1873-1965 1
White, Kemble. 1
Willey, William P. (William Patrick) 1
Williams, L. Judson. 1
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 1
Worley, William Gordon, 1846-1928 1
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