Elections
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 95 Collections and/or Records:
Vause W. Marshall Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1198
Scope and Contents
Papers of a Williamsport rare book and manuscripts dealer include correspondence relating to the book trade, dealer book lists and catalogues, and correspondence on West Virginia and national politics, 1880-1946; the Garner for President Committee; the Rush D. Holt campaign of 1940; the National Jeffersonian Democrats; and the state Democratic Executive Committee. There is one folder of John T. McGraw papers. Correspondents include Charles H. Ambler, Roy Bird Cook, W.E.B. Du Bois, P.S....
Dates:
1880-1948
Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1659
Overview
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material of the Republican national committeeman, state political leader, and president of the Plymouth Oil Company. Subjects include Republican national conventions, 1928-1960; state and local politics, 1919-1961; National Petroleum Council; Plymouth and related oil companies; Republican rejection of the League of Nations; and Hallanan's role as temporary chairman of the 1952 Republican National Convention. Correspondents include...
Dates:
1919-1961
Walter Stuart Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1884
Scope and Contents
Two scrapbooks of Walter Stuart, editor and publisher of the West Union Record. Clippings are from the Congressional Record and editorials from the newspaper. There are a few letters, including from John W. Davis (1942-1947), one from Henry D. Hatfield (1945), and one from Alben W. Barkley (1948).
Dates:
1924-1950
Walter Stuart Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0910
Scope and Contents
Correspondence received by Mr. Stuart as editor of the West Union Record, West Union, including letters from John W. Davis, Douglas S. Freeman, Pearl S. Buck, Allen Nevins, William Jennings Bryan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, W. E. Chilton, Louis Johnson, Rush D. Holt, James A. Farley, John J. Cornwell, H. G. Kump, Homer A. Holt, and others.
Dates:
1910-1949
West Virginia, Executive Department, Journals
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1487
Overview
Executive and Board of Public Works records of the early state government. Included are oaths of office, appointments, executive orders, extraditions, pardons, election certifications, accounts, tax assessments, proclamations and addresses. Subjects covered include militia and political activities during the early statehood period.
Dates:
1863-1904
West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0160
Overview
Executive council minutes and proceedings, correspondence, newspaper clippings, annual conference information and proceedings, and printed material of the state organization of the American Federation of Labor founded in 1903. Papers include congressional correspondence, 1950-1957; correspondence of President E. A. Carter, 1949-1957; a few papers of H. M. Rogers, 1905-1959, and Frank W. Snyder, 1906-1911; records of the Parkersburg Central Trades and Labor Council, 1924-1942; and a...
Dates:
1905-1959
West Virginia Labor Federation AFL-CIO Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1658
Scope and Contents
This collection includes the records of the West Virginia Labor Federation (WVLF), AFL-CIO as a singular organization, established in 1957, and the records of its predecessor organizations prior to their merger, the American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organization (CIO). Series 1 comprises records related to the West Virginia State Labor Federation, AFL’s internal operation and initiatives, including presidents’ files, secretary-treasurers' files,...
Dates:
1933-1980; Majority of material found within 1957-1972
West Virginia, Secretary of State Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2142
Overview
Official records on the appointment, resignation, and removal of state officers, railroad and special police, and corporate representatives. Archives include financial records of state agencies, executive meeting minutes, executive decrees, and documents relating to pardons, extraditions, and state convicts in county jails. Much information relates to charters and taxation of railroad companies. Also contains official state election returns and records concerning the reconstruction of the...
Dates:
1861-1939
West Virginia State Industrial Union Council, CIO, Archives
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1380
Scope and Contents
The West Virginia State Industrial Union Council was formed in 1937 as the state labor federation for local unions affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. In 1958, the WVIUC merged with the State Federation of Labor to form the West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Included in these two accessions are the correspondence, legal papers, reports, and printed materials of the Industrial Union Council’s president's office, between 1940 and 1951. Subjects include...
Dates:
1940-1951
William A. Moreland, Political Papers, World War II Records, and Other Material
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2032
Overview
Papers of a Morgantown lawyer and state legislator. Includes political correspondence of William Moreland addressing issues ranging from abortion to coal mining with a majority of the papers regarding the operation of state bureaucracy and the importance of organized labor in West Virginia. Addendum of 2010/10/29 includes Moreland's World War II (WWII) service records, family genealogy, and family photographs. Addenda of 2011/03/21 and 2011/06/20 include papers of William Moreland, and...
Dates:
1824-2008