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Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0040
Overview Papers of the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of...
Dates: 1784-1924
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Aretas Brooks Fleming Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0568
Overview Papers of Aretas Brooks Fleming (1839-1923), the eighth governor of West Virginia, 1890-1893, who was an attorney in Marion County, 1863-1867, a member of the House of Delegates, 1872-1875, a circuit judge, 1878-1888. Fleming was closely associated with James O. Watson in the development of the coal and railroad industry in the Monongahela Valley. There are scattered papers, including several hundred sermons of Benjamin F. Fleming (1810-1876); one common pleas book; two "Memorandum of...
Dates: 1784-1924
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Arthur B. Koontz (1885-1963) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1912
Overview Photographs, correspondence, telegrams, and memorabilia of a corporation lawyer, banker, businessman, Democratic candidate for governor in 1920 and the U.S. Senate in 1934, a Democratic National Committeeman, 1940-1958, a member of West Virginia University's Board of Governors, and holder of the Order of Vandalia for service to West Virginia University. Subjects include the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Convention and campaign of 1956, and Koontz's bequests to colleges and...
Dates: 1907-1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Campbell Family Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1321
Scope and Contents Account book, 1856-1901, of James Wilson Campbell. Includes estate settlement of his father, James L. Campbell, Cattle pedigrees, and various accounts, including some kept in James L.'s hand. Correspondence, 1866-1899 concerns family affairs, business, and there is one letter from a cousin at Marietta College, 1866, telling of geological field trip through the Wood, Ritchie, Pleasants, oil district of W. Va. School notes on mathematics and surveying of James Wilson Campbell, ca. 1854-1859;...
Dates: 1847-1901
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1674
Overview Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal...
Dates: ca. 1840-1955
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles McCamic (1874-1956) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0939
Overview The office files of Charles McCamic of the law firm of McCamic and Clarke, Wheeling, West Virginia. McCamic was president of the Interstate Bridge Company; president and director of the Northeast Mississippi Oil Company; director of the Sehon-Stevenson Company; president and director of the American Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Company; and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates in 1905. The files contain correspondence, case papers, and business reports of clients; also papers of...
Dates: 1919-1956
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles W. Osenton (b.1865) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1215
Overview Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other papers, of a state senate minority leader, 1899-1901, prominent Fayette County lawyer, and Democratic committeeman. Subjects include Osenton's early life; his law training at Georgetown University; his election to the state senate as a "silver" Democrat; William Jennings Bryan's tour of West Virginia, 1908; the presidential election of 1908; and Champ Clark's battle for the Democratic nomination, 1912. The papers also include a collection of...
Dates: ca. 1847-1920
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

C.W. Cramer Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0351
Overview

Papers of a Morgantown attorney, including correspondence, broadsides, and other materials relating to politics in Monongalia County, West Virginia.

Dates: 1894-1918
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Democratic Party (U.S.) 17
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891 11
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 10
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 9
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 9
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Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 7
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 7
United States. Congress 7
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 6
Goff, David, 1804?-1878 6
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 6
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 6
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 6
West Virginia University 6
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 5
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 5
Dayton, Alston Gordon 5
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 5
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 5
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 5
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 4
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 4
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 4
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 4
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 4
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 4
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 4
Meadows, Clarence W. 4
Patteson, Okey L. 4
Price, Samuel, 1805-1884 4
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
United States National Guard - West Virginia. 4
Watson, C. W. 4
Watson, James O. 4
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment 3
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 3
Bennett, J.M. 3
Davis family 3
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 3
Green, William. 3
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 3
Johnson, Louis. 3
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956 3
Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) 3
Mathews, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1834-1884 3
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966 3
Moreland, James R., 1879-1955 3
Rose, Herschel H. 3
Smith, Clarence Edwin, 1885-1959 3
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 3
United Mine Workers of America 3
West Virginia. Constitutional Convention (1872) 3
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900 3
Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 3
American Legion 2
Associated Press 2
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 2
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 2
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Bittner, Van A. (Van Amberg), 1885-1949 2
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 2
Campbell family 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Davis, John. 2
Davis, Julia, 1900-1993 2
Dayton, Spencer 2
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 2
Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 2
Democratic National Convention 2
Echols, John, 1823-1896 2
Fairmont Broadcasting Company. 2
Fairmont Newspaper Publishing Company 2
Fleming Association 2
Fleming family 2
Fleming, Benjamin. 2
Fleming, James R. 2
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 2
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933 2
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986 2
Hereford, Frank, 1825-1891 2
Jackson Coal Company 2
Johnson, Hugh S. (Hugh Samuel), 1882-1942 2
Lee, Henry, 1756-1818 2
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 2
Mallison, Samuel T. 2
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 2
McGraw, John T. 2
Monongah Mines Relief Committee 2
Mount de Chantal Academy (Wheeling, W. Va.) 2
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