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James Produce Company Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2336
Overview

Copies of correspondence and business records of Charles H. James, founder of the James Produce Company, one of the first totally black owned and managed businesses in West Virginia. Correspondents include: Governor J.J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, and Theodore Roosevelt.

Dates: ca. 1915-1929

Major W. P. Tams, Jr. Transcript of an Interview

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2584
Overview Transcript of an interview by Richard Hadsell with Major W.P. Tams, Jr., former mine operator in the Winding Gulf coal mining region. Tams discusses his early days in coal mining, the opening of the Kanawha coal region, and coal operators and union officials such as: E.J. Berwind, Joe Beury, George Collins, Jarius Collins, Justus Collins, John J. Cornwell, Samuel Dixon, Elias Hatfield, Troy Hatfield, Isaac Mann, S.T. Patterson, J.A. Renahan, James O. Watts, and George Wolfe. Other...
Dates: 1825-1934

West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence

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Collection Number: A&M 1976
Overview Correspondence of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which was responsible for all state correctional institutions, educational institutions, and hospitals from 1909 to 1949. Individuals serving on the three-man board at various times were John S. Lakin, J.W. Barnes, J.A. Chambers, J.S. Darst, Edgar B. Stewart, J.Z. Terrell, W.R. Thurmond, John B. White, and F.W. McCullough. State institutions covered in the correspondence are Bluefield State College; Berkeley Springs Sanitarium;...
Dates: 1909-1949

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  • Subject: African-Americans. SEE ALSO Coal miners - African Americans. X
  • Names: Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 X

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Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 1
American Expeditionary Forces in France. 1
Armstrong, R.A. 1
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Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969 1
Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965 1
Baker, Charles. 1
Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc. 1
Barnes, J.W. 1
Beaver Coal Company 1
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium 1
Berwind, E.J. 1
Beury, Joe. 1
Beury, Joseph L. 1
Bluefield State College 1
Caster, Curran and Bullitt 1
Chambers, J.A. 1
Collins, George. 1
Collins, Jarius. 1
Collins, Justus, 1857-1934 1
Colored Insane Asylum 1
Colored Old Folks Home 1
Colored Orphans Home 1
Concord College (Athens, W. Va.) 1
Cottle, Brooks. 1
Darst, J.S. 1
Davis, John W. (John Warren), 1888-1980 1
Dawson, William M.O. 1
Democratic National Convention 1
Denmar Sanitarium 1
Dixon, Samuel. 1
Fairmont Emergency Hospital 1
Fairmont State College (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1
Fairmont State College and Fairmont Normal School. 1
Gainer, Denzil L. 1
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 1
Glenville State College 1
Gore Hospital 1
Gore, Howard M. 1
Hadsell, Richard. 1
Hardesty, C. Howard. 1
Hatfield, Elias. 1
Hatfield, Troy. 1
Hodges, Thomas E. 1
Holsey, Albon L. 1
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 1
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 1
Hopemont Sanitarium 1
Huntington State Hospital 1
Industrial Home for Colored Girls. 1
Industrial Home for Girls. 1
Industrial School for Boys. 1
Industrial School for Colored Boys. 1
James Produce Company 1
James, Charles H. 1
Jones, Mary. 1
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 1
Laidley, B.M. 1
Lakin State Hospital 1
Lakin, John S. 1
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 1
Mann, Isaac T. (Isaac Thomas), 1864-1932 1
Marsh, J. Frank. 1
Marshall College (Huntington, W. Va.) 1
Marshall College and University 1
McCullough, F.W. 1
McKendree Hospital 1
Meadows, Clarence W. 1
Mitchell, John. 1
Mollohan, Robert H. 1
Mooney, Fred, 1888-1952 1
Morgan, E.F. 1
Morton, Ferdinand Q. 1
National Afro-American Democratic League 1
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1
National Negro Business League (U.S.) 1
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 1
Negro Democratic Club of West Virginia 1
New River State School 1
Patterson, Bob. 1
Patterson, S.T. 1
Pinecrest Sanitarium. 1
Purinton, D.B. 1
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 1
Reese, A. M. (Albert Moore), 1872-1965 1
Renahan, J.A. 1
Reymann Memorial Farms 1
Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960 1
Roosevelt, Theodore. 1
Rutherford Sanitarium 1
Shepherd College 1
Spaulding, C. C. (Charles Clinton), 1874-1952 1
Spencer State Hospital 1
State Board of Control of West Virginia 1
Stewart, Edgar B. 1
Storer College 1
Tams, W. P., Jr. (William Purviance), 1883-1977 1
Terrell, J.Z. 1
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