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Charles H. Ambler (1876-1957) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0122
Scope and Contents Collection includes original copies of correspondence relating to Virginia and West Virginia, as well as newspaper clippings, photographs, and research notes. Events pertaining to the Civil War and the formation of West Virginia are covered. Among the most important items are the private correspondence of Waitman T. Willey (1835-1861 and 1866-1868); data pertaining to education in Mason County, West Virginia (1861-1875); typescript copies of letters of Samuel Woods (see also A&M 1445);...
Dates: 1834-1945

Francis Marion Reynolds (1843-1931) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0050
Overview

Business papers of a Keyser attorney who was judge of the sixteenth judicial circuit, 1904-1920; member of the West Virginia Legislature, 1895-1896 and 1901-1904; and a member of many educational, commercial, and financial boards in Mineral County. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, H.G. Davis, A.G. Dayton, S.B. Elkins, and Cecil B. Highland.

Dates: 1845-1931

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1244
Scope and Contents Historical and genealogical typescripts, clipping scrapbooks, copies of family and court records, and personal recollections of the Guyandotte Valley area of Cabell, Wayne, and Lincoln counties compiled by F.B. Lambert. Several typescripts deal with the religious institutions of the area, the development of road, river, and rail transportation, and the spread of education in the valley. Other materials deal with the frontier and Indian history of the Guyandotte country and the collection...
Dates: ca. 1819-1959

Frederick B. Lambert, Collector and Compiler, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1281
Scope and Contents

Historical and genealogical notebooks, notes on census reports, cemetery readings, newspaper history, copies of church and school records, notes on slavery, newspaper clipping scrapbooks, and correspondence.

Dates: 1905-1959

Kanawha County Book Protest, Miscellaneous Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2624
Overview

Articles, broadsides, and other materials concerning selection of textbooks for the public schools of Kanawha County, West Virginia. The controversy involved confrontation between Christian fundamentalists and liberals over educational policy.

Dates: 1975

Lewis H. Chrisman Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2114
Overview

Correspondence between Dr. Chrisman, professor of English at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Dr. Edgar Wesley, professor of education at the University of Minnesota. Subjects include education, religion, politics, Dr. C.H. Ambler, West Virginia Wesleyan College, and West Virginia University.

Dates: 1949-1964

Preston Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2201
Overview

Correspondence, legal papers, and business papers of John J.D. Preston, his ancestors, and his relatives. The correspondence is primarily between members of the Preston family with topics being discussed, such as living conditions, business conditions, military training camps, Civil War battles, politics and campaigns, political personalities, education, schools, and the World Wars. Correspondents include John Preston, Rev. David Preston, John J. Davis, and John W. Davis.

Dates: 1817-1945

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1658
Overview The West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO, which was formed in 1958, includes the records of those organizations which preceded it: the West Virginia Industrial Union Council (CIO) and the West Virginia State Federation of Labor, unofficially and more commonly known as the West Virginia Federation of Labor (AFL). There is from the AFL affiliate Congressional correspondence; officers' files (president and secretary-treasurer); delegate convention files; financial records; auditors' reports;...
Dates: 1897-1972

West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0160
Overview

Executive council minutes and proceedings, correspondence, and printed material of the state organization of the American Federation of Labor founded in 1903. Papers include congressional correspondence, 1950-1957; correspondence of President E. A. Carter, 1949-1957; a few papers of H. M. Rogers, 1905-1959, and Frank W. Snyder, 1906-1911; records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council, 1924-1942; and a typescript copy of the minutes of the Wheeling Typographical Union.

Dates: 1905-1959

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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Names
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 4
Ambler, Charles Henry, 1876-1957 3
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 3
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 3
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 3
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Meadows, Clarence W. 3
Mollohan, Robert H. 3
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 3
Preston, Rev. David. 3
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 3
AFL-CIO 2
AFL-CIO. Committee on Political Education 2
American Federation of Labor 2
Andrews, Volney. 2
Armstrong, Glenn. 2
Barron, W. W. 2
Biaggi, Mario 2
Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 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
Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.) 2
Daniels, Jonathan. 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Dawson, D. Boone. 2
Eccles, Mariner S. 2
Edmiston, Andrew. 2
Ellis, Hubert S. 2
Funkhouser, Raymond J. 2
Green, William. 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
Johnson, George W. 2
Kee, John, 1874-1951 2
Kee, Maude Elizabeth, 1895-1975 2
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 2
Lambert, Fred B., 1873-1967 2
Landis, James M. 2
MacDonald, David J. 2
Marland, William C. 2
Maybank, Burnet R. 2
Meany, George, 1894-1980 2
Moore, Arch A., Jr. (Arch Alfred), 1923-2015 2
Parkersburg Central Trades & Labor Council 2
Patteson, Okey L. 2
Ramsay, Robert L. 2
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 2
Rohrbaugh, E.G. 2
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D., Jr. (Franklin Delano), 1914-1988 2
Schiffler, A.C. 2
Skeen, Ben. 2
West Virginia Industrial Union Council, CIO. 2
West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO 2
West Virginia University 2
Wheeling Typographical Union, No.79 2
American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Association 1
American Colonization Society 1
Armstrong, R.A. 1
Arnold, Thurman Wesley, 1891-1969 1
Bailey, Cleveland Monroe, 1886-1965 1
Baker, Charles. 1
Barboursville Common Council 1
Barnes, J.W. 1
Berkeley Springs Sanitarium 1
Bluefield State College 1
Boteler, Alexander Robinson, 1815-1892 1
Brody, John. 1
Brown, John, 1800-1859 1
Cass, Lewis. 1
Cather, Fabricius A. 1
Chambers, J.A. 1
Chrisman, Lewis H. (Lewis Herbert), 1883- 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, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 1
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 1
Dawson, William M.O. 1
Dayton, Alston Gordon 1
DeHass, Wills. 1
Democratic Party (U.S.) 1
Denmar Sanitarium 1
Doddridge, Philip, 1773-1832 1
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 1
Fairmont Emergency Hospital 1
Fairmont State College (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1
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