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Bluefield (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Ernest Glenwood Otey (1895-1966) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1909
Overview Correspondence, financial records, speeches, reports, blueprints, and pamphlets of a Bluefield banker and businessman who was a treasurer of the Democratic Executive Committee and a member of the Board of Governors of West Virginia University. Subjects include numerous businesses in the Bluefield area, Bluefield State College, Concord College, Bank of Bramwell, Island Creek Coal Company, Norfolk and Western Railroad, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Smokeless Operators Association, Virginia Railway,...
Dates: 1935-1965

Hugh Ike Shott Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0908
Scope and Contents The papers of Hugh Ike Shott of Bluefield, W.Va. Mr. Shott was owner and publisher of The Blue Field Telegraph and the Sunset News. He was also owner of radio stations WHIS of Bluefield, and served as postmaster in Bluefield by appointments of Presidents T. Roosevelt and Taft. He was twice elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, 1928 and 1930, and in 1942 was elected to the U.S. Senate for the unexpired term of M. M. Neely. Mr. Shott was also a member of the W.Va. Semi-Centennial...
Dates: 1858-1954

Mann-Hutchinson Family Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3177
Overview

Correspondence of Elizabeth T. Mann, a farmer's widow of Ft. Spring, Greenbrier Co. The letters written to Mann describe family matters and farm home life during the late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1879-1893

Smokeless Coal Operators Association Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1830
Scope and Contents Production statistics and extracts from the historical files of the Smokeless Operators Association (until 1958 the Pocahontas Operators Association) showing the history of coal mining in the Pocahontas field and production, sales, and distribution statistics for the years 1930 and 1933-1961. There are weekly, monthly, and yearly reports on net tons produced, hours, worked, and tonnage lost because of labor problems, mine disability, or lack of market. There are lists of the coal companies...
Dates: 1800 (1952-1961)

Teamsters Local 175, Scrapbook and Diary

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Collection Number: A&M 2284
Overview A scrapbook and personal diary of Volney Andrews, one-time president of Local 175, covering the years 1938-1949. There is material on disputes over the legitimacy of the AFL and the CIO especially as it was reflected in state regional labor councils and jurisdictional struggles in West Virginia between the United Mine Workers of America and the Progressive Mine Workers of America. Also mentioned are political concerns such as elections, congressional investigations of labor and foreign trade...
Dates: 1938-1949

William Archer, Journalist, Research Papers regarding McDowell and Mercer Counties

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4388
Scope and Contents The papers of William “Bill” Archer, newspaper journalist for the Bluefield Daily Telegraph and historian, document Archer’s research and reporting of events in Southern West Virginia, predominantly Mercer and McDowell Counties. In addition to his reporting, Archer wrote a number of local history books as well as articles for publications other than the Bluefield paper. The largest part of the collection, six boxes of records and three of artifacts,...
Dates: 1795-2020; Majority of material found within ca. 1950-2010