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John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
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
Collection
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
Collection
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
John W. Mason (1842-1917) Papers regarding Virginia Debt and Other Material
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Collection Number: A&M 0037
Overview
Letters and pamphlets of judge John W. Mason (1842-1917) chiefly concerning the Virginia Debt question. Mason was a circuit court and state Supreme Court judge, member of the Virginia State Debt Commission, and commissioner of Internal Revenue. There are also records of cases heard by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals while John W. Mason was a member of that body. For contents list, please see Scope and Content Note. For list of pamphlets, please see control folder.
Dates:
1872-1919; Majority of material found within 1907-1919
John W. Rine, Collector, Stories, Jokes, Recipes
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2220
Overview
Storied , letters, limericks, jokes, and recipes written or collected by John W. Rine and his wife Edna. Includes 49 different jokes, Riddles, Limericks, or humorous stories, and about 36 different recipes from the Rine Kitchen.
Dates:
1968-1970
John W. Watson, Letter and Handbill
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2729
Overview
A typewritten letter concerning an alleged business failure in Terra Alta, WV. Also a sheet printed during the 1890 election campaign when Watson was running on the Democrat ticket (for an unspecified office), attempting to refute alleged lies about Watson.
Dates:
1890
John Wade Kidwell Family, African Missionary Correspondence of Dorothy E. O'Neal
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Collection Number: A&M 3945
Overview
Correspondence and other material of missionary Dorothy E. O'Neal (1925-2012), a friend of Dessie Kidwell and family (see A&M 3823). She was the first missionary from St. John's United Methodist Church in Parsons, West Virginia, to accept foreign service. She worked as a medical missionary in the Belgian Congo during the 1950s and 1960s, and later moved back to the United States to continue working in the nursing field until her retirement. The collection includes typescripts...
Dates:
1950s-1960s, 2012-2013
John Wade Kidwell Family Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3823
Overview
Papers of the John Wade Kidwell family of West Virginia. Includes funeral and estate records of John Wade and Dessie Christina Judy Kidwell (ca. 1980s-1990s). Also includes photographs (ca. 1920s-1980s), correspondence (ca. 1940s-1990s), artifacts (1950s-1980s), motion pictures (1950s-1970s), and blueprints of family home. Also includes records regarding the Kidwell's time in Alexandria, VA and Washington, D.C. (1941); John Wade's work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (1943-1946); and...
Dates:
circa 1920s-2013; Majority of material found within circa 1940s-1995
John Wade Kidwell, Papers Regarding the Game Conservation Institute
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Collection Number: A&M 3878
Overview
Papers of John Wade Kidwell (1910-1978), of Davis, West Virginia, pertaining to his studies at the Game Conservation Institute (GCI) in Clinton, New Jersey, which he attended from September 1929 to September 1930. Includes a typescript written by Wade's son Chris Kidwell (undated), describing Wade Kidwell's life, the GCI, and its link with Ducks Unlimited; photos of wildlife, scenery, Wade Kidwell and other students at GCI (ca. 1929-1930); Wade Kidwell's GCI autograph book with classmates'...
Dates:
1929-1943, 2012, undated
John Wade Kidwell, Records and Photos Regarding Civilian Conservation Corps Work
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3877
Overview
Records and photographs regarding John Wade Kidwell (1910-1978), of Davis, West Virginia. Includes original and facsimile government forms (1933-1943) and photographs (ca. 1933-1934) pertaining to Kidwell's work with the Civilian Conservation Corps from November 7, 1933 to September 30, 1934. He worked on Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park #4 with Company 566 in London, Kentucky. Photos depict Kidwell and his work gang, their camp, and a log cabin believed to be a former home of...
Dates:
1933-1943, undated