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Izetta Jewel Brown Miller (b.1883), Clippings and Photographs
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Collection Number: A&M 2316
Overview
Originals and copies of clippings and photographs concerning the life and career of Izetta Jewel Kenny Brown Miller. Her career included work in the theater, Women's Suffrage Movement, radio, agriculture, television, and politics. Her first husband was William Gay Brown, Sr., West Virginia Congressman from Kingwood, and her second marriage was to Dr. Hugh Miller of the faculties of George Washington University and Union College. In 1922 and 1924, Mrs. Brown ran for the nomination as the...
Dates:
ca. 1908-1973
J. Clark Easton, Soldier, World War I Letters, Diaries, and Other Material
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Collection Number: A&M 3584
Overview
Papers of West Virginia University history professor, Jason Clark Easton, documenting his experiences as a student at Yale University (1914-1916) and as a soldier in the 77th Division of the United States Army during World War I, including his services as an interpreter on General Pershing's staff during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. There is correspondence from Easton to his mother in Lacrosse, Wisconsin regarding his years at Yale University, his army training, the time he spent on the...
Dates:
1917-1919, 1963; Majority of material found within 1917-1919
J. Davitt McAteer, Collector, Records Regarding Monongah Mine Disaster
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Collection Number: A&M 3574
Overview
Letter, two photographs, and six coal mine maps and post-disaster report related to the Monongah mine disaster. 1) The letter is dated December 6, 1907; it was authored by "Emmett" (Lester Emmitt Trader) of Monongah, West Virginia to Ernest M. Trader of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The letter discusses the use of "certificates" as money in Monongah, references the recent Naomi mine (Fayette County, Pennsylvania) disaster of December 1, compares the conditions of the Naomi Mine to those of the...
Dates:
1907-1909; Majority of material found within 1907
J. Davitt McAteer, Collector, Records regarding Wanamie Mine and Other Material
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Collection Number: A&M 4265
Overview
Records of the Wanamie Mine and Glen Alden Coal Company, including employee reports, dust control reports, and Interior Board of Mine Operation Appeals decisions. Also included are materials relating to an exhibition titled "Men at the Coalface," consisting of drawings by Tisa von der Schulenburg.
Dates:
1940-1979
J. Davitt McAteer Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 3088
Scope and Contents
Papers of J. Davitt McAteer, formerly a staff attorney for the United Mine Workers of America. The papers document McAteer's activities on behalf of Miners for Democracy in the UMWA's 1972 election, his involvement with West Virginians for a Fair and Equitable Assessment of Taxes (1976-1982), and his service on the executive steering committee of the Appalachian Alliance (1977-1981). Includes correspondence, legal materials, subject files, memos, and scattered meeting minutes....
Dates:
1967-1981
J. Davitt McAteer Papers regarding Mining Safety
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Collection Number: A&M 4219
Scope and Contents
Papers of J. Davitt McAteer documenting his advocacy for mining and other occupational safety. A lawyer and expert on mine safety and health issues, he served as an Assistant Labor Secretary for the Mine Safety and Health Administration from 1993 to 2000. McAteer was also appointed lead investigator into the Upper Big Branch Mine Disaster by Governor Manchin in 2010. The collection includes accident investigation reports, conference files, correspondence, health and safety manuals, mine...
Dates:
circa 1860-2013; Majority of material found within circa 1970-2013
J. Edgar Boyers Commissions as Colonel and Brigadier General
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Collection Number: A&M 1477
Overview
Boyers' commissions as a colonel in the 123d regiment and a brigadier general in 23d Brigade, Virginia Militia; a covering letter from Henry J. Samuel noting Boyers' fitness for the position; and an obituary notice.
Dates:
1859, 1862, 1912
J. Francis Mozena, Material Regarding History of Monroe County, Ohio
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Collection Number: A&M 3837
Overview
Photocopies of three typescripts authored by J. Francis Mozena regarding the history of Monroe County, Ohio. Two of the typescripts regard church cemeteries in Monroe County. The first, dated March 1864, regards Mount Union Cemetery and includes a brief history of the Mount Union Church and a list of lots and persons buried in the cemetery. The earliest burial dates recorded are from the early 20th century. The second typescript, dated April 1864, regards Mount Vernon Cemetery. It includes a...
Dates:
1964-1965
J. H. Dripps, Report and Maps of Coal Lands in Webster County
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Collection Number: A&M 2919
Overview
Manuscript. "Report and maps of Coal Lands in Webster Co., West Virginia". (J.H. Dripps). 1908. 9p.
Dates:
1908
J. H. Kelley, Physicians' Accounts
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Collection Number: A&M 2688
Overview
Four volumes titled "Physician's Visiting List," dated 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1906, for the Parkersburg, West Virginia, area. The 1891 copy contains a prescription written by J.H. Kelley, M.D. of Parkersburg, suggesting that all volumes were Kelley's. They contain numerous names, addresses, charges, and treatments, as well as other miscellaneous notes.
Dates:
1886, 1891, 1905-1906