Showing Collections: 1961 - 1970 of 4808
John Sanders Family Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3487
Overview
Records regarding the Sanders family. Includes: a history of the John Sanders family of West Virginia by Paula Curran (78 pp.); history of Cassville School, Sub-District No. 10, 1921-1922. Five photos: 1) Morgantown Teacher's Institute, 1909; 2) Group portrait, 50th wedding anniversary of James and Sara Sanders (includes list of names); 3) Portrait of Luther Ford Sanders (1861-1929); 4) Portrait of Sarah Ann Sanders Hackney (1837-1902); 5) Luther Ford Sanders with his class (probably in the...
Dates:
1823-1922
John Smith, Methodist Circuit Rider, Journal
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1717
Overview
Journal of John Smith, Methodist circuit rider, concerning his work on the Greenbrier Circuit in West Virginia, 1787 and 1788; the Redstone Circuit in western Pennsylvania and western Virginia, 1786-1787; and the Holston Circuit in 1787. Smith preached Calvinist doctrines of unconditional election, reprobation, and perseverance. There is a typescript, "Greenbrier Circuit - Its First Year; 1787-1788," by the Reverend Lawrence Sherwood, based on the Smith journal.
Dates:
1786-1788, 1963
John S.S. Herr, Soldier, Civil War Military Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0871
Overview
John S.S. Herr was lieutenant of Company K, 6th West Virginia Infantry, and Company F, 1st West Virginia Light Artillery, during the Civil War. Chiefly contains military orders and records related to Herr's service and these two regiments from October 1861 to September 1863. Items include Herr's certificates of promotion and general and special orders, circulars, and other official documents related to troop movements, detachments, unit equipment, supplies, and regulations, particularly at...
Dates:
1861-1870; Majority of material found within 1862-1863
John Stillman Wright Genealogical Records
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Collection Number: A&M 1241
Overview
Collection includes a typescript history of John Stillman Wright (1782-1849) and his ancestors and descendents compiled by Dana Wright and Agnes Snover (1948); History of the Wright family who are descendents of Samuel Wright (1722-1789) of Lenox, Mass., compiled by William Henry Wright and Gertrude Wright Ketcham; and D. A. R. application of Miss Iva K. and Corrine E. Cutright. these D. A. R. records include the Robert Wiley, Jacob and John W. Westfall, John Anderson, and James and Thomas...
Dates:
1917-1948
John Stringer Hoffman (1821-1877) Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 1703
Overview
Legal correspondence and papers of a Clarksburg lawyer who specialized in land title litigation and served as associate judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 1862-1876. Papers pertain to lands in the central counties of West Virginia. Subjects include: the James Swan lands; European immigration to West Virginia following the Civil War; New York Southern Land Company; Philadelphia International Land Association; state economic development during Reconstruction; and...
Dates:
ca. 1856-1883
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
John W. Davis (1873-1955) Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 2080
Overview
Correspondence of the 1924 Democratic presidential nominee; draft of a speech on legislative power; tickets to the Democratic National Convention in New York; and a poem concerning Davis' candidacy for president in 1924. Correspondence is between Davis and his nephew, John J.D. Preston, of Charleston. Subjects mentioned include politics, World War II, Davis' law practice, and family matters.
Dates:
1924-1943, 1953
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 2963
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence and papers of the noted lawyer and 1924 presidential aspirant for the Democrats, John W. Davis, kept by his daughter, a famous author, Julia (McDonald) Davis Adams. Noteworthy is a 1948 official publication in tribute to Davis' career as Solicitor General of the United States (1913-1918). There is a typescript copy of his diary recounting his wartime and post-war tenure (1918-1921) as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. His letters include some of his...
Dates:
1842, 1861-1897, 1918-1927, 1946-1953, 1978
John W. Mason (1842-1917), Consolidation Coal Company Properties Book
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Collection Number: A&M 3820
Overview
Book entitled "Properties Owned and Controlled by the Consolidation Coal Company: West Virginia Properties Inspected by the Directors and their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907." The first two pages show the schedule of activities for Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3, 1907. Includes information on the number of mines, production, acreage, house ownership, and employment numbers for Consolidation Coal Company, Fairmont Coal Company, Clarksburg Fuel Company, Pittsburgh and Fairmont Fuel...
Dates:
1907
John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers
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Collection Number: A&M 1888
Overview
Correspondence, legal papers, photographs, and printed materials of John W. Mason (1842-1917). Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. The general correspondence contains personal and business letters, as well as manuscript speeches, notebooks, and reports. The period while Mason was circuit judge is particularly sparse. Also includes Internal Revenue correspondence consisting of about 8,500...
Dates:
1831-1928