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Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959), Barns Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1604
Overview

Correspondence, business, and legal papers, and photographs of Thomas Barns (1750-1836) and his son John S. Barns, who operated a grist and saw mill at Polsleys Mill (now Fairmont). Papers deal with a river trip to Indiana, 1837; coal mining in 1839; the money question, 1838; land transactions, farming, and mercantile operations of the Barns family; Rosecrans in Middle Tennessee, 1863; and the poor economic conditions, 1878.

Dates: 1795-1908
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1606
Overview Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. Marshall (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates: 1787-1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0258
Overview Correspondence, business and legal records, account books, news releases, clippings, and family papers and photographs of a U.S. marshal (1916-1922); editor of the Fairmont TIMES (1925-1959) and Wheeling REGISTER (1933-1935); Democratic politician; member of the National Bituminous Coal Commission (1935-1939); and businessman. Subjects include: Smith's student days at Virginia Military Institute; West Virginia National Guard; Monongah Mine Relief Committee; Associated Press; Association...
Dates: 1787-1957
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0873
Overview Papers of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. (1905-1955) relating to his personal and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1840-2000 and undated), Artifacts (1939-1952 and undated), Legislative Records (1920-1955 and undated), Constituent Services (1923-1954 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1925-2003 and undated), and Administrative...
Dates: 1840-2003; Majority of material found within 1918-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia University, School of Mines, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1024
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, surveys, financial and academic records, circulars, and other papers, including regulations of the National Bituminous Coal Commission and bulletins of various code authorities of the National Recovery Administration. Also included in the collection are correspondence, reports, and other papers (ca.1926-1940) of the Lynchburg Coal & Coke Co.

Dates: 1916-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
United Mine Workers of America 4
American Legion 3
Associated Press 3
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 3
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Barns, Fleming and Company 3
Barns, John S. 3
Barns, John S. and Company 3
Barns, Thomas. 3
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 3
Fairmont Broadcasting Company. 3
Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company 3
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 3
Fleming Association 3
Green, William. 3
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 3
Jackson Coal Company 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 3
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 3
Monongah Mines Relief Committee 3
National Miners' Union (U.S.) 3
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 3
Smith, Clarence Edwin, 1885-1959 3
United States - Railway Administration. 3
United States National Guard - West Virginia. 3
Virginia Military Institute 3
Barns, James F. 2
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 2
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
Fleming, James R. 2
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 2
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 2
Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942 2
Johnson, Louis. 2
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
Mallison, Samuel T. 2
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 2
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966 2
Meadows, Clarence W. 2
Patteson, Okey L. 2
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 2
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Rose, Herschel H. 2
Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944 2
Smith, Clarence Edwin Jr. 2
Smith, Clarence L. 2
Smith, Earl H. 2
Smith, Mary Fleming. 2
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965 2
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 2
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 2
United States. National Recovery Administration 2
Watson, C. W. 2
Watson, James O. 2
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 2
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 2
America First Committee 1
American Federation of Labor 1
Black, Hugo LaFayette, 1886-1971 1
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 1
Coughlin, Charles E. 1
Edmiston, Andrew. 1
Holt, Helen Louise Froelich, 1913-2015 1
Holt, Mathew S., 1850-1939 1
Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 1
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 1
La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 1
Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935 1
Lynchburg Coal and Coke Company 1
Progressive Mine Workers of America 1
United States. Congress. Senate 1
United States. National Labor Relations Board 1
United States. Supreme Court 1
United States. Works Progress Administration 1
West Virginia University. School of Mines 1
West Virginia. Legislature 1
Weston State Hospital 1
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