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West Virginia -- Politics and government

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 76 Collections and/or Records:

Helen Holt Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1858
Overview Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, 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 (1912-2015 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated), State Government Papers (1955-1960), Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated), Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014...
Dates: 1912-2015 and undated

Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1661
Scope and Contents Correspondence, farm records, legal and financial records, speeches, medical files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Governor (1913-17) and United States Senator (1929-35) Henry D. Hatfield, who was also chief surgeon and founder of the Huntington Memorial Hospital.Subjects include West Virginia and national politics, 1928-35; 1944-57; National Republican Conventions of 1912, 1928, 1932, 1944, 1948, and 1952; criticism of the New Deal and the Fair Deal; the NRA; the West...
Dates: 1913-1958

Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962), Papers and Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1955
Scope and Contents

Three carbon copies of letters, 1951-1952, by H.D. Hatfield to Everett Dirksen and John L. Lewis, includes carbon typescript copy of a summary of Hatfield's career.

Dates: 1913-1958

Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0013
Scope and Contents Correspondence and business papers of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916), a successful businessman and politician from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. The collection largely documents his business and political career, although there are personal papers in the collection as well. His business interests were largely concerned with coal mining, timber, and railroads. Types of documents include letters, reports, account...
Dates: 1799-1919

Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) Record Books

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1028
Scope and Contents Papers and news clippings of Democratic politician and industrialist Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916) regarding his political and business career. Includes newspaper clippings, private account books, correspondence, and other personal papers relating to West Virginian and national politics and industry in the Gilded Age. The original collection was one reel of microfilm containing two private account books (1867-1915), a letter book (1898-1916), and miscellaneous clippings,...
Dates: 1845-1916

Henry Gassaway Davis Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0717
Scope and Contents

Additional papers of Henry G. Davis, mainly cancelled checks and check stubs. There are several letters, telegrams and freight bills, 1875-1897; and bank statements; U.S. geological Survey Maps; and a picture of George R. Latham.

Dates: 1871-1904

Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 1609
Scope and Contents Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937. Also features personal correspondence in Series 10.Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown...
Dates: 1883-1960

Homer Adams Holt (1898-1975) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1450
Scope and Contents Correspondence, messages, and state papers of West Virginia's twentieth governor, 1937-1941, and manuscript drafts of "West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain State (1941)," the Works Project Administration's Federal Writer's Project's work on West Virginia. Also included are assorted speeches and addresses given by Holt, newspaper clippings and articles regarding Holt's successor as Governor of West Virginia, Matthew Neely, and other political figures, and correspondence with governors from...
Dates: 1937-1944

Howard M. Gore (1877-1947) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0193
Scope and Contents

A typed letter signed from Howard M. Gore, Secretary of Agriculture to Congressman Ernest R. Ackerman justifying the work of the USDA representatives in foreign countries to study agriculture conditions, to further research in pest control, and to determine the product standards of other nations to be met by U.S. exporters of raw and processed agricultural products.

Dates: 1924

Howard M. Gore (1877-1947) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0198
Scope and Contents The official papers of the 17th governor of West Virginia. Gore's career began in World War I when he was assistant food administrator in West Virginia; and in 1921 he went to Washington as a livestock appraiser and specialist in marketing livestock in the Department of Agriculture; he was appointed Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, and upon the Death of Henry C. Wallace, was made Secretary of Agriculture (November 22, 1924- March 4, 1925). In addition to his papers as Governor, other...
Dates: 1908-1947