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William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1547
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Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and financial papers of a lawyer and state senator from Kingwood, who was instrumental in the organization of the West Virginia Northern Railroad, and the Kingwood Coal and Coke Company. Subjects include state politics, 1888-1895, Virginia Debt Question, the tariff debate, land development, coal mining and railroads. Correspondents include J.M. Mason, W.E. Chilton, S.B. Elkins, and George C. Sturgiss.

Dates: 1853-1921

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  • Names: Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 X

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Subject
United States -- Politics and government 16
Politics and government. 13
Politicians -- United States 10
Politicians 8
Railroads 7
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Coal mining. 6
West Virginia -- Politics and government 6
West Virginia - Governors. 5
Lawyers - letters and papers. 4
Rivers and river valleys. 4
West Virginia - Politics and government. 4
Banks and banking 3
Judges - letters and papers. 3
Land. 3
Lumber trade 3
Marion County (W. Va.) 3
Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy. 3
Account books 2
African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. 2
Coal companies - West Virginia. 2
Coal mines and mining 2
Coal mining -- Strikes 2
Education 2
Election of 1908. 2
Elections 2
Elkins (W. Va.) 2
Genealogy 2
Lumber industry and timber. 2
Monongahela River Valley (W. Va. and Pa.) 2
New Mexico 2
Railroads - West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway. 2
Schools 2
Spanish-American War, 1898 2
Transportation 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
United States Congressmen - West Virginia. 2
West Virginia - politics. 2
Academies 1
Berkeley County (W. Va.) 1
Cabin Creek (W. Va.) 1
Cass (W. Va.) 1
Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.) 1
Civil War - veterans - Union. 1
Coal industry. 1
Coal mining - coal industry. 1
Connecticut 1
Debts, Public -- Virginia 1
Debts, Public -- West Virginia 1
Democratic Party 1
Education. SEE ALSO Schools. 1
Election of 1904. 1
Election of 1912. 1
Elk Garden Coal Field. 1
Grafton (W. Va.) 1
Grafton W.Va. - law practices 1
Grafton. 1
Green Bank (W. Va.) 1
Green Run 1
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 1
Greenbrier River (W. Va.) 1
Horton. 1
Jefferson County (W. Va.) 1
Judges -- West Virginia 1
Kanawha Valley. 1
Keyser (W. Va.) 1
Kingwood (W. Va.) 1
Maps. 1
Masontown, W.Va. 1
Mineral County (W. Va.) 1
Morgantown (W. Va.) 1
Morgantown - Newspapers. 1
Muddy Creek 1
Newspapers. 1
Ohio River Valley 1
Ohio Valley - Republican Party. 1
Paint Creek (Fayette County, W. Va.) 1
Parkersburg (W. Va.) 1
Parkersburg State Journal 1
Parkersburg. 1
Petroleum industry and trade 1
Piedmont. 1
Pocahontas County (W. Va.) 1
Preston County (W. Va.) 1
Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
Railroads - Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad. 1
Railroads - Kingwood Railroad. 1
Railroads - Monongahela River Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown Railroad. 1
Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad. 1
Railroads - Ohio River Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia Northern Railroad. 1
Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway. 1
Railroads - Westernport Electric Railway. 1
Railroads -- West Virginia 1
Randolph County (W. Va.) 1
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 1
Ronceverte (W. Va.) 1
Sandy Creek 1
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
Secession 1
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Names
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 10
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 10
Dayton, Alston Gordon 5
Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924 5
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 4
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Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 4
Dawson, William M.O. 4
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 4
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 4
United States. Congress. Senate 4
West Virginia. Legislature 4
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 3
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 3
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 3
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 3
Harrison, Benjamin, 1833-1901 3
McGraw, John T. 3
Sturgiss, George C. 3
Alderson, J. D. (John Duffy), 1854-1910 2
Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893 2
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Clark, Thomas G. 2
Democratic Party (U.S.) 2
Elkins, Davis, 1876-1959 2
Farnsworth, D.D.T. 2
Fleming family 2
Fleming, Benjamin. 2
Garrett, John W. 2
Gibbons, James, 1834-1921 2
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 2
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 2
Hughes, James A. 2
Kenna, John E. 2
Lambert, Oscar Doane, 1888-1959 2
Mason, James M. II. 2
McKinley, William, 1843-1901 2
Robinson, Ira E. 2
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 2
United States. Internal Revenue Service 2
Watson, James O. 2
White, A.B. 2
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 2
Whitney, William C. 2
Adee, Alvey A. 1
Baltimore United Oil Company 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Bayard, Thomas F. 1
Bell, Joseph. 1
Belmont, August. 1
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 1
Bethany College (Bethany, W. Va.) 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Blackwater Lumber Company 1
Boreman and Bullocks 1
Bourne Jr., Jonathan 1
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 1
Camden Consolidated Oil Company 1
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 1
Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899. 1
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 1
Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919 1
Cass, Joseph K. 1
Catholic Church 1
Chandler, W.E. 1
Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908 1
Cole, Younger 1
Condon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company 1
Consolidation Coal Company 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Davis Child Shelter 1
Davis and Elkins College 1
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 1
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 1
Davis, T.B. 1
Davis, Thomas B. 1
Davis, Thomas B., 1828-1911. 1
Dayton, Spencer 1
Deahl, J. N. 1
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 1
Dent, Marmaduke Herbert. 1
Dorman, Roger 1
Díaz, Porfirio, 1830-1915 1
Eddy, Clyde E., Reverend 1
Edwards, William E. 1
Faulkner, Charles J. (Charles James), 1847-1929 1
Fleming, Wallace Bruce, 1872-1952 1
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1
Frame, Nat T. (Nat Terry), 1877- 1
Frelinghuysen, Frederick T. (Frederick Theodore), 1817-1885 1
Friend, L. L. 1
General Education Board 1
Gibbens, Gordon B. 1
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933 1
Goodnight, Cloyd 1
Gore, Howard M. 1
Gorman, Arthur P. (Arthur Pue), 1839-1906 1
Green, William. 1
Hagans, John Marshall, 1838-1900 1
Hanna, M.A. 1
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