Great Britain
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
John W. Davis, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2963
Scope and Contents
Scrapbooks, diaries, correspondence and papers of the noted lawyer and 1924 presidential aspirant for the Democrats, John W. Davis, kept by his daughter, a famous author, Julia (McDonald) Davis Adams. Noteworthy is a 1948 official publication in tribute to Davis' career as Solicitor General of the United States (1913-1918). There is a typescript copy of his diary recounting his wartime and post-war tenure (1918-1921) as the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain. His letters include some of his...
Dates:
1842, 1861-1897, 1918-1927, 1946-1953, 1978
Wilson and Stribling Families Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0880
Overview
Correspondence, clippings, land papers, and other records of James Wilson, an attorney in Wood County, ca.1800-1820; Robert M. Stribling and other members of the Stribling family in Mason County, 1821-ca.1909; and James A. and Otis Young, ca.1900-1934, in Mason County. A pocket diary of James Wilson gives information on his law practice in Kanawha, Monongalia, and Wood counties in 1804.
Dates:
ca. 1781-1934