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Miner's Treason Trials (Charlestown, W.Va.), Indictment and Article
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1779
Overview
In 1922, twenty-four coal miners were jailed for treason in Charles Town, West Virginia, in the Jefferson County jail, as a result of violent conflict during the miners' attempt to unionize in Southwestern West Virginia in the early twentieth century. Collection contains photocopies of the miners' indictment and an article, "Treason Trials in the United States" from the American Law Review, volume 26.
Dates:
1922 and undated
Miners' Treason Trials, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0979
Overview
The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records...
Dates:
1921-1923
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates:
1907-1945
Minnie McWhorter, Compiler, Genealogies
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0928
Overview
Family genealogies in this collection include: Alderson, Alkire, Anderson, Atkinson, Bailey, Ball, Barnes, Barnet, Bartlett, Bassel, Benedum, Bennett, Blake, Bonnett, Boughman, Brake, Burr, Bush, Carber, Carpenter, Carroll, Casto, Champe, Cheuvront, Chrislip, Cookman, Coplin, Corder, Couch, Cummins, Cunningham, Curry, Custis, Cutright, Davidson, Davis, Donnally, Douglass, Dyer, Eagan, Eastwood, Fairbank, Farnsworth, Fell, Flesher, Gaston, Gates, Girty, Goff, Goodloe, Hacker, Hagerman, Hall,...
Dates:
undated
Minter Homes Corporation Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3654
Scope and Contents
Records of Minter Homes Corporation of Huntington, West Virginia, regarding the company's building of prefabricated structures. The collection documents early construction projects of Minter Homes (1923-1932), including homes, schools, and churches, among other community buildings, for miners, steel workers, and support staff of several coal, chemical, and steel corporations in the Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic Regions. Among the companies Minter Homes contracted with were Bethlehem Steel,...
Dates:
1923-1932
Minter L. Wilson (d.1968) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2064
Overview
Eight volumes of copies and original speeches and legal opinions of Minter L. Wilson, lawyer and judge of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Monongalia County, West Virginia, 1937-1945.
Dates:
1920-1944
Mirage Magazine Zine Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4562
Scope and Contents
Includes Mirage Magazine, "Zine 01: The Black Lives Matter Issue," and Dominion Post article from September 23, 2020 on Mirage Magazine turning to zines during COVID-19.
Dates:
2020 August-2020 September 23
Miscellaneous Civil War Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0438
Overview
Muster roll, 31 October 1864, of Company A, Thirty-sixth Virginia Infantry.
Dates:
1859-1985
Miscellaneous Coal Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1782
Overview
235 pieces of scrip from various coal companies.
Dates:
ca. 1930-1951
Miscellaneous Coal Strike Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0960
Scope and Contents
A collection of official records of the coal strikes in Kanawha, Boone, Fayette, and Raleigh counties in 1912 and 1913, including transcripts of proceedings of General Court Martial, and Military Commission; briefs of Kanawha County Circuit Court, and WV Supreme Court appeal cases, and court Record of the Provost Marshal listing prisoner's name, charge, date of trial, and remarks; witness and prisoner lists; general orders; summons, and warrants. There are also proclamations by Governor...
Dates:
1912-1914