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A. Philip Randolph, Civil Rights and Labor Leader, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1530
Overview Papers of Asa Philip Randolph, a prominent civil rights and labor leader, who founded and edited The Messenger, an influential black radical labor newspaper of the 1920s and who organized and presided over the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the only independent, viable black trade union in the American labor movement. Much of the correspondence deals with raising subscriptions for The Messenger, gaining an International...
Dates: 1919-1937

Allard Hostetter Diaries

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Collection Number: A&M 2706
Overview

Diaries of Hostetter, a coal miner from Nelsonville, Ohio, which cover the years 1925 to 1949, one volume for each year. There are no volumes for the years 1933, 1937, 1942, 1944, 1945, and 1947. They contain information on mine production, inspections, accidents, equipment, labor, and other aspects of the coal mining industry.

Dates: 1925-1949

American Missionary Society Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2224
Overview

Papers which relate to the American Missionary Society's Schools for Freedmen operated by the Society in Virginia and West Virginia. Includes correspondence, teacher's monthly reports, and the superintendent's monthly reports for West Virginia schools located at Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Martinsburg, and Charleston.

Dates: 1848-1882

Arthur B. Stewart, President, Davis Coal and Coke Company, Correspondence Regarding Medical Treatment for Coal Miners

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Collection Number: A&M 4366
Content Description Photocopies of correspondence of Arthur B. Stewart, President of the Davis Coal and Coke Company of Baltimore, Maryland, regarding medical treatment of coal miners. Formats include correspondence (mainly carbon copies), memoranda, and questionaires. The majority of the correspondence is between Stewart and medical doctors; the most frequent correspondent is Dr. Joseph Miller of Thomas, West Virginia. Subjects include health concerns of miners and laborers and treatment for common ailments,...
Dates: 1934-1940

Brown Family Papers, Photographs and Maps

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Collection Number: A&M 2604
Overview Papers, photographs and maps of a wealthy Morgantown family with interests in real estate and coal mining. Most of the business papers are those of J. M. G. Brown, a West Virginia University law school alumnus, who was president of Scotts Run Fuel Corporation. Brown was also a housing developer whose company, Suburban Real Estate of Morgantown, was a competitive concern not only locally but throughout north central West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania. There are papers indicating his...
Dates: 1765-1959

Coal Miners Pay Envelopes

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Collection Number: A&M 2702
Overview

Nineteen pay envelopes of Howard F. Raber, a coal miner at Beech Bottom, WV. They are from the period 1948-49 and bear the name of Kelly's Creek Colliery Co.

Dates: 1948-49

Coal Miners' Pay Slips

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Collection Number: A&M 2597
Overview

Xeroxed copies of coal miners' pay slips for the following dates: P.P. Kelly, 2/23/1889 and 2/28/1895; George Martin, no date; Sherman Martin, 1/15/1922; Elwood Ramsey, 3/31/1925; S. Ramsey, 10/15/1920; and Sam Ramsey, 6/18/1924. These pay slips are from various coal mines.

Dates: 1889-1925

Congressman Nick Joe Rahall II papers

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Collection Number: A&M 4118
Overview Nick Joe Rahall II (b.1949) represented West Virginia’s Third District in the United States House of Representatives for nineteen terms. He was elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fifth Congress and served from January 3, 1977-January 3, 2015. From 2007-2011, he was chair of the Committee on Natural Resources. From 1971-1974, he was a staff member in the United States Senate Office of the Majority Whip, and he was a delegate to both the 1972 and 1976 Democratic National Conventions. The bulk...
Dates: 1970-2015

David R. Preston Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2133
Overview Manuscript diary of David R. Preston, Presbyterian minister and missionary assigned to Pensacola, Florida, and St. Charles, Missouri, 1828-1829, containing information on the number of missionaries and regularly assigned ministers of the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Episcopal churches in the areas, the number of church services held, attendance and interest of the congregations, organization of Bible classes, and Sunday schools. Preston also preached to black congregations and comments on...
Dates: 1828-1829

Dawson Coal Company Collection

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Collection Number: A&M 2659
Scope and Contents Folder 1: pamphlet, OUTLINE OF WORK OF STATE BUREAU OF NEGRO WELFARE AND STATISTICS; broadside, AMERICA FIRST! YOUR GOVERNMENT, American Constitutional Association, Charleston, WV; catalogue of Cincinnati Pump Mfg. Co., n.d.; affidavits certifying ages of young men for employment; miscellaneous company correspondence concerning provision of non-union miners, job applications, engineering problems, and other mine business, including a letter from the Clarksburg Ku Klux Klan regarding...
Dates: 1917-1948

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Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 2
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Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 2
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Appalachian Regional Hospitals, Inc. 1
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Armstrong, William O., 1887-1970 1
Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969 1
Associated Clinics of Appalachia 1
Aten, William. 1
Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965 1
Baker, Charles. 1
Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc. 1
Bannister family 1
Baptist Church ( Nicholas County, W. Va.) 1
Baptist Church (Leivasy, W. Va.) 1
Barger, Joe Douglas. 1
Barnes, J.W. 1
Basil, Ben. 1
Beaver Coal Company 1
Behner, Esther. 1
Behner, Frederick G. 1
Bellaire Medical Group 1
Bennett, W.R. 1
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium 1
Berret, T. J. 1
Berwind, E.J. 1
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Black Lung Association 1
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