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William Gordon Worley (1846-1928) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1547
Overview
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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- United States -- Politics and government 16
- Politics and government. 13
- Politicians -- United States 10
- Politicians 8
- Railroads 7
- 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 + ∧ less
- 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
- 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 + ∧ less
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