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Albert Blakeslee White (1856-1941) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0110
Scope and Contents Business, political, and official correspondence of the eleventh governor, 1901-1905, of West Virginia. Owner and editor of the State Journal, Parkersburg, 1881-1899, White was associated with many banking and manufacturing enterprises, and was tax commissioner of West Virginia in 1907 and 1908, collector of internal revenues in 1889, 1897, and 1921, and a Republican member of the legislature in 1926. Among the correspondents are G.W. Atkinson, Waitman T. Barbe,...
Dates: 1888-1929
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ambrotype Portrait of West Virginia Politicians William Brown and Daniel Farnsworth

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Collection Number: A&M 3845
Overview

Cased ambrotype image of William Gay Brown, Sr. and Daniel Duane Tompkins Farnsworth, prominent political leaders in the formation and early government of West Virginia. The opposite side of the image has a political advertisement stating, "People's Ticket; For Congress, Wm. G. Brown. Senate, Dan. D. T. Farnsworth." The ambrotype is 2 3/4 in. x 3 1/4 in. with ornate, somewhat corroded, copper-toned preserver and mat. The case is 3 1/4 in. x 3 3/4 in. with embossed paper over wood.

Dates: ca. 1860
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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 (1839-1923) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2265
Overview

One common pleas book, and two "Memorandum of Decisions" books from the law firm of A.B. Fleming, plus a genealogical record of the Fleming family.

Dates: ca. 1880-1905
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 I. Boreman (1823-1896) Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0104
Overview

Personal and business papers of lawyer, U.S. Senator, circuit court judge, and first Governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. See scope and content note for more details.

Dates: 1861-1895, undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Betsy McCreight, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 2961
Overview Miscellaneous items, mainly dealing with the southern counties of West Virginia, particularly the Miller family of Logan County. These include one letter from B.F. Miller of Enterprise, Oregon to his brother, John S. Miller of Logan, two letters from Tollison Shumat of Raleigh County to his daughter, Clara Shumat Miller, and a letter from John L. Miller of Virginia to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Miller of Logan, describing President Harding's funeral. Also includes a letter from West Virginia...
Dates: 1887-1923
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ephraim F. Morgan (1869-1950), Governor, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1660
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings concerning the administration of the 16th Governor of West Virginia, the launching of the U.S.S. West Virginia, and the building of present Executive Mansion

Dates: 1921-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ephraim F. Morgan (1869-1950), Governor, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0203
Scope and Contents

The papers of West Virginia’s 16th Governor, Ephraim F. Morgan, largely contain official correspondence originating in or received by the governor’s office, 1920-1925. Records types include newspaper clippings, reports, maps, proclamations, speeches, and other items. Topics include the State Police, prohibition, industrial unrest, the Mine Wars in southern West Virginia, public works and roadbuilding, and West Virginia University.

Dates: 1920-1925
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Ephraim F. Morgan (1869-1950), Governor, Photograph

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Collection Number: A&M 0173
Overview

Photograph of Ephraim Franklin Morgan (1869-1950), 16th Governor of West Virginia (1921-1925). He was preceded in office by John J. Cornwell and succeeded by Howard M. Gore. Morgan entered office at a time of conflict between coal miners and their employers, culminating in 1921 in the armed miners' march and the Battle of Blair Mountain.

Dates: undated
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Names
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 7
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 7
United States. Congress. Senate 6
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 5
Democratic Party (U.S.) 5
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Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 5
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 5
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 4
Dawson, William M.O. 4
Dayton, Alston Gordon 4
Gore, Howard M. 4
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 3
Barron, W. W. 3
Dirksen, Everett McKinley 3
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 3
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 3
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 3
Marland, William C. 3
Morgan, Ephraim Franklin, 1869-1950 3
Patteson, Okey L. 3
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 3
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- 3
Scott, Nathan Bay, 1842-1924 3
Smith, Hulett C. (Hulett Carlson), 1918-2012 3
Underwood, Cecil H., 1922-2008 3
United States. Congress 3
West Virginia University 3
Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 2
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 2
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Debar, Joseph Hubert Diss. 2
Elkins, Davis, 1876-1959 2
Fleming family 2
Fleming, Benjamin. 2
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 2
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975 2
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969 2
McCormick, Robert R. 2
McGraw, John T. 2
Meadows, Clarence W. 2
Ogden, H. C. 2
Randolph, Jennings, 1902-1998 2
Reece, Carroll. 2
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 2
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 2
Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930 2
United States. Department of Agriculture 2
Voegele, F. B. 2
Watson, James O. 2
West Virginia. Legislature 2
White, I. C. (Israel Charles), 1848-1927 2
4-H clubs 1
Ackerman, Ernest Robinson, 1863-1931 1
Adams, Sherman, 1899-1986 1
Adee, Alvey A. 1
Ailes, Stephen. 1
Alcorn, Meade. 1
Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983 1
Bachman, Carl G. 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Barbe, Waitman, 1864-1925 1
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 1
Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927 1
Blagg, Donald O. 1
Blizzard, William. 1
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 1
Boreman, Jacob S. (Jacob Smith), 1831-1913 1
Bourne Jr., Jonathan 1
Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986 1
Brooks, H.L. 1
Brown, Joseph. 1
Brown, William Gay. 1
Byrd, Richard E. 1
Byrd, Robert C. 1
Canham, Erwin D. 1
Caperton, Gaston 1
Carone, Patrick 1
Case, Clifford P. (Clifford Philip), 1904-1982 1
Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1893-1950 1
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933 1
Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-1991 1
Cornwell, W.B. 1
Curtis, Carl T. (Carl Thomas), 1905-2000 1
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 1
Davis, Thomas B. 1
Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 1
Duddington, E.E. 1
Dworshak, Henry C. (Henry Clarence), 1894-1962 1
Edwards, William E. 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972 1
Ellis, Hubert S. 1
Fairless, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1890-1962 1
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 1
Farnsworth, D.D.T. 1
Fitzpatrick, Herbert 1
Fleming family - Genealogy 1
Flynn, Mike J. 1
Fong, Hiram, 1907-2004 1
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