Politics and government.
Found in 226 Collections and/or Records:
Waitman T. Willey Papers
Walter R. Thurmond (1881-1967) Papers
Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers
Walter Stuart Papers
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.
Walter Stuart Papers
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).
Watson Family Papers
West Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision, Records
Correspondence, membership lists, drafts of revisions and new articles considered, procedures for the committee, reports to the governor, minutes of meetings, and press notices.
West Virginia Commissioner of Agriculture Office Files
Office files and correspondence of James Blaine McLaughlin (1884-1955), commissioner of agriculture from 1933 to 1955. Correspondents include Clinton Anderson, William Blizzard, Robert C. Byrd, John J. Cornwell, James A. Farley, Rush D. Holt, Harley M. Kilgore, Okey L. Patteson, Chapman Revercomb, and Harley O. Staggers.
West Virginia, Executive Department, Journals
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.
West Virginia, Governor's Office, Press Releases for Barron and Smith Administrations
Press releases from the Governor's Office of the State of West Virginia for the administrations of William Wallace Barron (1961-1965) and Hulett C. Smith (1965-1969).