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Arthur I. Boreman Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0639
Overview Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material....
Dates: 1830-1949
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Braxton County Archives

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Collection Number: A&M 0789
Overview

Suit papers; record books of county officers; estate settlements; birth, marriage and death records; election returns; deeds and deed indexes; and land and tax records. There is also a volume of World War I records of Braxton County servicemen, and several account books of both the Holly River and Addison and the Midland railroads.

Dates: 1830-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Clarence Edwin Smith (1885-1959) Papers

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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

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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

Dan B. Fleming, Senator, Records Regarding New York World's Fair

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Collection Number: A&M 2627
Overview

Correspondence of Senator Dan B. Fleming regarding the West Virginia Exhibit at the Fair; financial materials related to the West Virginia exhibit; and one folder of miscellaneous material related to Dan B. Fleming's other activities as a West Virginia legislator.

Dates: 1938-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

David W. Gall (1851-1939) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1360
Overview

Account books, letter copy book, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings of the founder and editor of the Philippi JEFFERSONIAN-PLAINDEALER, lawyer, and Democratic state senator. Topics covered include the early history of Philippi, the wartime death of Gall's sons in 1915 and 1917, financial affairs of the newspaper, and Gall's column Washington Special written from the nation's Capitol and published in several West Virginia newspapers.

Dates: 1884-1935
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

George W. Miller Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2130
Overview Correspondence and financial records of a Gilmer County businessman, gas drilling contractor, schoolteacher, and elementary school principal who was involved also with coal, timber, real estate, and water well businesses. The correspondence concerns Miller's business affairs; dealings with government agencies, such as the Federal Power Commission and the Small Business Administration; applications for teaching positions and graduate schools; tax problems; campaign for a seat on the school...
Dates: 1948-1971
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Goshorn Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2426
Overview This collection comprises the personal and business correspondence, as well as financial and legal papers of the Goshorn family of Wheeling, West Virginia, including papers from members of several allied families. Highlights include letters from William S. Goshorn during his Civil War imprisonment and letters from a Virginia legislator in the House of Delegates (1833). An addendum (2012/09) contains three ledgers of John Goshorn (1827-1874). See the Scope and Content Note for more...
Dates: 1827-1926
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gustavus Friend Taylor (1843-1915) Scrapbook

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Collection Number: A&M 1303
Overview

Scrapbook of the editor of the Sutton MOUNTAINEER, member of the Wheeling Convention, 1861, and the state legislature, 1867. Clippings pertain to election returns for Braxton County and the nation; Taylor's editorials; letters to the editor; population statistics; and politics. A section of the volume consists of Taylor's record of visits to the county schools as County Superintendent of Free Schools, 1869, and a record of personal accounts.

Dates: 1862-1878
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Harvey W. Harmer (1865-1961) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1686
Scope and Contents Correspondence, speeches, essays, clippings, and account books of a Clarksburg lawyer, Republican state senator, and Harrison County local historian. Subjects include the history of Clarksburg and Shinnston; the Progressive Movement, women's suffrage, and prohibition in West Virginia; West Virginia Wesleyan College; West Virginia Historical Society; Methodism in Harrison County and the state; Methodist missions in Korea, China, India, the Philippines, and the United States; gristmills and...
Dates: 1842-1961
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 4
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 4
Green, William. 4
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 4
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 4
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Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 4
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 4
Meadows, Clarence W. 4
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 4
Patteson, Okey L. 4
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 4
United Mine Workers of America 4
West Virginia. Legislature 4
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 3
Democratic Party (U.S.) 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
Mollohan, Robert H. 3
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 3
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 3
United States - Railway Administration. 3
United States. Congress. Senate 3
AFL-CIO 2
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 2
American Federation of Labor 2
American Legion 2
Andrews, Volney. 2
Armstrong, Glenn. 2
Associated Press 2
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 2
Barns, Fleming and Company 2
Barns, James F. 2
Barns, John S. 2
Barns, John S. and Company 2
Barns, Thomas. 2
Barron, W. W. 2
Biaggi, Mario 2
Bowles, Chester, 1901-1986 2
Boyle, William M. 2
Boyle, William M. Jr. 2
Buckman, Cecil G. 2
Burnside, Maurice Gwinn, 1902-1991 2
Butler, Paul M. (Paul Mulholland), 1905-1961 2
Byrd, Robert C. 2
Cairnes, Tom. 2
Carey, James B. 2
Carter, E.A. 2
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 2
Daniels, Jonathan. 2
Dawson, D. Boone. 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
Eccles, Mariner S. 2
Edmiston, Andrew. 2
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 2
Ellis, Hubert S. 2
Fairmont Broadcasting Company. 2
Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company 2
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 2
Fleming Association 2
Fleming, James R. 2
Funkhouser, Raymond J. 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 2
Haywood, Allan S., 1888-1953 2
Hedrick, Erland H. 2
Hillman, Sidney, 1887-1946 2
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 2
Hutchings, Paul R. 2
Jackson Coal Company 2
Johnson, George W. 2
Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942 2
Johnson, Louis. 2
Kee, John, 1874-1951 2
Kee, Maude Elizabeth, 1895-1975 2
Landis, James M. 2
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
MacDonald, David J. 2
Mallison, Samuel T. 2
Marland, William C. 2
Maxwell family 2
Maxwell, G. Ralph. 2
Maxwell, H. 2
Maxwell, Mrs. S.J. 2
Maxwell, Rufus. 2
Maybank, Burnet R. 2
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 2
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966 2
Meany, George, 1894-1980 2
Monongah Mines Relief Committee 2
National Miners' Union (U.S.) 2
Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council 2
Preston, Rev. David. 2
Ramsay, Robert L. 2
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 2
Rohrbaugh, E.G. 2
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