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Lyman Stedman, Farmer and Politician, Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2042

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Diary of Lyman Stedman (1824-1916), a farmer and former member of the House of Delegates, 1877, from Brown's Island, Hancock County. Entries concern farm operation, Republican political activities on the district and county level, comments on state and national organizations, floods on the Ohio River, steamboat and barge traffic, Hopedale School, Methodist Episcopal Church, railroad travel, circuses and fairs, taxes and land valuations, and Memorial Day.

Dates: 1880-1885

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1652

Scope and Content Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the Charleston Gazette, and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the Gazette. The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the Gazette. There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other...

Dates: 1917, 1928-1939

Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Names: Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 X
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Subject: Charleston Gazette 1; Charleston. 1; Churches -- Methodist Episcopal 1; Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1; Diaries and journals. 1; Editors - letters and papers. 1; Education 1; Farms and farming. 1; Floods 1; Hancock County (W. Va.) 1; Kentucky - coal lands. 1; Land. 1; Lawyers - letters and papers. 1; London Naval Conference 1; Memorial Day 1; New Deal, 1933-1939 1; New River coalfields. 1; Ohio River 1; Pocahontas Mines 2. 1; Pocahontas Mines 6. 1; Politics and government. 1; Prohibition -- United States -- History 1; Railroads 1; Rivers and river valleys. 1; Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1; Steamboats 1; Taxation 1; United States - Federal Reserve Act. 1; West Virginia - coal lands. 1
Names: American Protective League 1; Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 1; Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1; Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1; Blease, Coleman Livingston, 1868-1942 1; Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 1; Brisbane, Arthur. 1; Campbell, A.W. 1; Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant 1; Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 1; Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1893-1950 1; Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 1; Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 1; Daniels, Josephus. 1; Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1; Democratic Party (U.S.) 1; Edison, Charles A., 1890-1969 1; Edmiston, Andrew. 1; Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 1; Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 1; Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 1; Green, William. 1; Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 1; Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 1; Henderson, Leon. 1; Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 1; Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 1; Hopedale School 1; Howe, Louis M. (Louis McHenry), 1871-1936 1; International Court of Justice 1; Jessup, Philip C. 1; Johnson, George W. 1; Johnson, Louis. 1; Kanawha Coal Operators Association 1; Kee, John, 1874-1951 1; Kenna, John N. 1; Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 1; La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 1; MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 1; McAdoo, William G. 1; McCormick, Robert R. 1; Meadows, Clarence W. 1; Morrow, Dwight W. (Dwight Whitney), 1873-1931 1; Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 1; Norris, George W. (George William), 1861-1944 1; Ogden, H. C. 1; Osenton, Charles W. 1; Owen, Robert L. 1; Public Ownership League of America 1; Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 1; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 1; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 1; Roper, Daniel C. (Daniel Calhoun), 1867-1943 1; Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 1; Shouse, Jouett, 1879-1968 1; Silver, Gray. 1; Smith, Clarence Edwin, 1885-1959 1; Stedman, Lyman 1; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 1; United States. Congress. Senate 1; United States. Works Progress Administration 1; Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981 1; Walsh, Thomas J. 1; Watson, James E. (James Eli), 1863-1948 1; Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 1