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Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  ","Source:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.","\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. ","Source: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm.","Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.","The initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","Rare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.","The addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","The addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","The addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. ","The addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items. ","The addendum of 2018 November 29 includes 1 folder featuring a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","This series includes mostly incoming letters and cards to William Edwin Chilton, Sr. [1858-1939], William Edwin Chilton, Jr. [1893-1950], William Edwin [Ned] Chilton, III [1921-1987], J. Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.","This series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)","This series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.","This series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.","This series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.","This series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.","This series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.","This series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.","This series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.","All boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.","This series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..","This series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.","This series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.","This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.","This series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.","This series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.","This series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.","This series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.","This addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled  Mr. Dooley: In Peace and in War  by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","This addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.","This sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.","This sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.","This sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.","This addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.","This sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.","This box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.","This partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.","This partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.","This sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.","This sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.","This sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.","This partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.","This partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.","This partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.","This addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Edwin Chilton, Sr. (1858-1939), US Senator and publisher of the Charleston Gazette, was born in St. Albans, West Virginia.  Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  ","Source:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.","\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. ","Source: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charleston Gazette Publishing Company Records and Chilton Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3020, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charleston Gazette Publishing Company Records and Chilton Family Papers, A\u0026M 3020, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2018 November 29 includes 1 folder featuring a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly incoming letters and cards to William Edwin Chilton, Sr. [1858-1939], William Edwin Chilton, Jr. [1893-1950], William Edwin [Ned] Chilton, III [1921-1987], J. Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAll boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026amp;T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eMr. Dooley: In Peace and in War\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.","The initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","Rare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.","The addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","The addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","The addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. ","The addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items. ","The addendum of 2018 November 29 includes 1 folder featuring a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","This series includes mostly incoming letters and cards to William Edwin Chilton, Sr. [1858-1939], William Edwin Chilton, Jr. [1893-1950], William Edwin [Ned] Chilton, III [1921-1987], J. Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.","This series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)","This series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.","This series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.","This series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.","This series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.","This series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.","This series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.","This series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.","All boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.","This series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..","This series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.","This series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.","This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.","This series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.","This series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.","This series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.","This series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.","This addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled  Mr. Dooley: In Peace and in War  by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","This addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.","This sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.","This sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.","This sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.","This addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.","This sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.","This box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.","This partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.","This partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.","This sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.","This sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.","This sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.","This partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.","This partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.","This partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.","This addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Va.)","Webster County (W. Va.)","World War, 1939-1945","World War, 1914-1918","Newspaper publishing","Newspaper editors","The coloring book in box 23 is restricted until it can be cleaned. \nResearchers may access audiovisual and digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","The coloring book in box 23 is restricted until it can be cleaned.","Researchers may access audiovisual and digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","The coloring book in box 23 is restricted until it can be cleaned.","The coloring book in box 23 is restricted until it can be cleaned.","Researchers may access audiovisual and digitized materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","William Edwin Chilton, Sr. (1858-1939), US Senator and publisher of the Charleston Gazette, was born in St. Albans, West Virginia.  Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  ","Source:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.","\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. ","Source: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm.","Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.","The initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","Rare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.","The addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","The addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","The addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. ","The addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items. ","The addendum of 2018 November 29 includes 1 folder featuring a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","This series includes mostly incoming letters and cards to William Edwin Chilton, Sr. [1858-1939], William Edwin Chilton, Jr. [1893-1950], William Edwin [Ned] Chilton, III [1921-1987], J. Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.","This series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)","This series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.","This series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.","This series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.","This series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.","This series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.","This series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.","This series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.","All boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.","This series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..","This series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.","This series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.","This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.","This series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.","This series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.","This series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.","This series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.","This addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled  Mr. Dooley: In Peace and in War  by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","This addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.","This sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.","This sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.","This sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.","This addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.","This sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.","This box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.","This partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.","This partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.","This sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.","This sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.","This sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.","This partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.","This partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.","This partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.","This addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Edwin Chilton, Sr. (1858-1939), US Senator and publisher of the Charleston Gazette, was born in St. Albans, West Virginia.  Educated by private tutors, and later attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, US Senator from West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of the State from 1893 to 1897, and United State Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United States Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the Charleston Gazette.  He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children:  William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery Murray.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring Shadows Waiting and Follow the Furies.","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950) President of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the Charleston Gazette, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the Charleston Gazette in 1924.  He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children:  William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, ed. Jim Comstock (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","\nWilliam Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton (November 26, 1921 - February 7, 1987) was born in Kingston, New York, the son of Louise C. Schoonmaker and William Edwin Chilton, Jr.  He grew up in Charleston, West Virginia, and was educated in the public schools.  After serving in the United States Army and Army Air Corp, he graduated from Yale University in 1950.  Chilton married Elizabeth \"Betty\" Early in 1952.  They have one daughter, Susan Carroll.  He was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates from Kanawha County in 1952 and was re-elected in 1954, 1956, and 1958.  He was a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1960 and again in 1964, when he served on the party's platform committee.  In 1967, Mr. Chilton served as a member of the Citizen's Advisory Commission on the West Virginia Legislature.   After working in the promotions department, Ned Chilton served as publisher of the Charleston Gazette from 1961 until his death in 1987.  The newspaper gained distinction under his direction through innovative editorial policies including \"right of reply\" and front page corrections. In 1982, he received the Colby College Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for courage and integrity in journalism, and in 1985 he was named to the newspaper advisory board of United Press International.  He also served as a member of the Pulitzer Prize Awards committee.  Although active in the newspaper business and politics, Mr. Chilton gave his time and support to numerous civic, social and public organizations.  ","Source:  State of West Virginia House Resolution No. 15 \"A House Resolution Commemorating the Passing of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, publisher of the Charleston Gazette and former member of the House of Delegates\" adopted February 16, 1987.","\nElizabeth \"Betty\" Early Chilton was born in Williamson, West Virginia. She married William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton in 1952. Mrs. Chilton has worked in various roles at the Charleston Gazette Co. and its related entities, working in public relations and later serving as president and an editorial board member of the Gazette, serving as vice president and treasurer of the Daily Gazette Co., and serving as the director of Charleston Newspapers. She attended both Hollins College and Marjorie Webster College and has been an active member in local and regional organizations dedicated to advancing journalism, education, and the humanities broadly. Mrs. Chilton has received awards for her work in the field of journalism and her service to her community, including the President's Distinguished Service Award from West Virginia University. ","Source: \"Charleston Gazette Co. president to receive WVU Distinguished Service Award,\" WVU Today, May 1, 2000. http://wvutoday-archive.wvu.edu/n/2000/05/01/2862.htm."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charleston Gazette Publishing Company Records and Chilton Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 3020, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charleston Gazette Publishing Company Records and Chilton Family Papers, A\u0026M 3020, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eScrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. 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Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAll boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026amp;T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \u003ctitle\u003e\u003cpart\u003eMr. Dooley: In Peace and in War\u003c/part\u003e\u003c/title\u003e by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Scrapbooks, correspondence, business papers, and memorabilia of a prominent Charleston family that were long time owners of the Charleston Gazette.  There are papers of W. E. Chilton, Sr., and for his son and grandson, W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III.  The papers of Chilton senior include some correspondence, but mostly land papers documenting the coal mining district in Webster and Braxton Counties. There are also scrapbooks, and contracts pertaining to the family newspaper business; and volumes on the education of W. E. Chilton, Jr. at Woodberry, VA Forest School, and at Yale. The military service of the Chiltons is documented by the service papers, photographs, and other material for W. E. Chilton, Jr. and W. E. Chilton, III in World War (WWI) I and World War II (WWII) respectively.","The initial acquisition of 1992 includes eight boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton senior (1858-1939), including series for:  general correspondence; rare signatures; subjects; land titles and abstracts; legal records; newspapers and pictures; scrapbooks; and artifacts.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","Rare signatures in the initial acquisition of W. E. Chilton, Sr., include:  Louis \"Satchmo\" Armstrong, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, \"Count\" Basie, Lester Young, Louis D. Brandeis, Richard E. Byrd, Cab Calloway, Dale Carnegie, Tom Clark, Grover Cleveland, Charles Curtis, Josephus Daniels, John W. Davis, \"Dizzy\" Dean, Jack Dempsey, Thomas E. Dewey, J. DiMaggio, James A. Farley, Bob Feller, Ella Fitzgerald, John N. Garner, Lou Gehrig, Carter Glass, Hank Greenberg, W. C. Handy, Averell Harriman, Herbert Hoover, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Helen Keller, Guy Lombardo, Joe Louis, William G. McAdoo, Glenn Miller, Dwight Morrow, C. W. Nimitz, G. W. Norris, Westbrook Pegler, Gifford Pinchot, Drew Pearson, Sam Rayburn, Eddie V. Rickenbacker, Paul Robeson, Edward G. Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, \"Babe\" Ruth, J. D. Salinger, Margaret Sanger, Sam Snead, Felix B. Stump, Fred M. Vinson, \"Fats\" Waller, W. A. White, Jess Willard, Ted Williams, Wendell Willkie, Edith Bolling Wilson, Woodrow Wilson, and Cy Young.","The addendum of 2001 includes five boxes documenting primarily William Edwin Chilton, III (1921-1987), including series for:  biographical information; incoming letters; photographs; ephemera; clippings; subjects; legal records; writings, speeches, and publications; and oversize.  For details see inventory in control folder at the library.","The addendum of 2004 includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled \"Mr. Dooley In Peace and in War\" by Finley Peter Dunne, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company.  The author's name does not appear in this book.  Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","The addendum of 2018 April 4 includes 3 boxes consisting of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office. ","The addendum of 2018 July 24 includes 10 boxes consisting of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items. ","The addendum of 2018 November 29 includes 1 folder featuring a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton.","This series includes mostly incoming letters and cards to William Edwin Chilton, Sr. [1858-1939], William Edwin Chilton, Jr. [1893-1950], William Edwin [Ned] Chilton, III [1921-1987], J. Eustace Chilton, and a number of employees of the Charleston Gazette; topics of discussion include personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the Charleston Gazette, business of the U.S. Senate, Prohibition, the Depression, the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Democratic Party issues and strategies, among other subjects; there are original cartoons by popular comic strip artists drawn for William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, [with black ink on heavy card stock.]  As W.E. Chilton, III, was an avid collector of autographs, some files also contain letters soliciting signatures, as well as signed cards and replies.","This series includes signatures of prominent celebrities and historical figures collected by the Chiltons.  (Access to rare signatures requires the permission of a WVC curator.)","This series includes the WWI US Navy Air Corps service papers of Chilton, Jr., and the WWII US Army Air Corp diary of Chilton, III.","This series includes land papers for coal and timber lands in Braxton and Webster counties.","This series includes the wills and other documents of Chilton, Sr. and Chilton, Jr.","This series includes copies of the Yale Daily News for 1914-1915.","This series includes one scrapbook for Chilton, Sr. (1911-56) and five scrapbooks for Chilton, Jr. (1911-1953), among others.","This series includes two Yale fraternity paddles, a WV House of Delegates License Plate, a ceremonial key to the City of Logan, and a glass encapsulated nail of WVU Martin Hall.","This series documents the life of William E. \"Ned\" Chilton, III, member of a prominent Charleston family which has managed the Charleston Gazette since the late nineteenth century.  The majority of this collection consists of letters received by Chilton that discuss family matters, the business of the Charleston Gazette, social and political issues, and current events of the time.","All boxes listed with \"ADD\" at the beginning of the box number are part of this addendum.","This series includes mostly incoming letters to William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III, from 1920-1985.    These letters describe business and personal matters of the Chilton family and the Charleston Gazette. Since Chilton corresponded with numerous journalists, syndicated columnists, and elected officials, these incoming letters document his social and political activities and discuss historic and political events. Some early letters belong to his father, W.E. Chilton, Jr. and his grandfather, W. E. Chilton, Sr..","This series includes incoming letters from 1961-1985 covering a range of personal and political topics. Topics include family, travel plans, possible guests for Firing Line, William F. Buckley Pulitzer nomination, Mexico, gun control, Rockefeller campaign spending, the Freedom of Information Act, Rhodesia, libel, 1980 presidential election, cost of legal services, public presentation of legal ethics committees, punishment of nonviolent crimes, drugs, drug policy, L.T. Anderson, and Vietnam. Other letters from Buckley also can also be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains incoming letters from 1960-1987 that discuss personal and political matters. Topics include banking and equality under the law, FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, civil liberties of Congress, Edvard Munch, National Taxpayer's Union, neo-liberalism, editing problems in Charleston Gazette, Hoover Commission Study, West Virginia economics and politics, Russell Baker, Bob Eckhardt, salaries of legislators, oil crisis, AT\u0026T, Congressional Power, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy, Robert C. Byrd, punishment for white collar crime, Ralph Nader, flag burning, UMW pension fund, Associated Press vs. United Press International, prisons, treatment of prisoners, drunk driving, neo-liberalism and homosexuality, nomination of Chilton for Hugh Hefner 1st Amendment Award, Larry Flynt, legalization of drugs, and national security policy.  More letters from Robert and Mary Sherrill can be found within the chronologically sorted letters.","This series contains photos of W.E. \"Ned\" Chilton, pictures of other Chilton family members, and miscellaneous unidentified photos.  This series also contains autographed photos collected by Chilton.","This series includes a variety of artifacts collected by Ned Chilton.","This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings which document Chilton's family, career, and miscellaneous topics.  Other clippings include a series of Charleston Gazette editorials from 1949 and newspaper clippings relating to W.E. Chilton, Sr.'s election to Senate in 1911.","This series includes documents relating to Chilton's Journalism Professorship at WVU, the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, the WVU Parkersburg Center, Yale University, the \n1982 Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award, as well as certificates, financial papers and receipts, invitations, programs, and tributes.","This series includes documents from a case argued by W.E. Chilton, Sr. and court decisions relating to the wills of W.E. Chilton, Jr. and John D. Schoonmaker.","This series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics by William Edwin \"Ned\" Chilton, III.","This series includes oversize photos, drawings, cartoons, blueprints and certificates.","This addendum includes one folder containing a book owned by Ned Chilton titled  Mr. Dooley: In Peace and in War  by Finley Peter Dunne. It is a third or fourth edition copy, published in 1899 by Small, Maynard and Company. The author's name does not appear in this book. Dunne was a newspaper columnist, and this book features 49 of his writings.","This addendum consists of material related to the Charleston Gazette and W.E. (Ned) Chilton III including publications, artwork, and historic certificates that were presumably collected for display in his home or office.","This sub-series contains a selection of publications collected by Ned and Betty Chilton. Many of these books were gifted to them and contain notes or signatures from the individual who bestowed the gift. Others contain embossed imprints to indicate that Ned Chilton was the owner of the book. Topics include but are not limited to politics, comics, industry, fiction, and West Virginia history. Includes multiple books by William F. Buckley, Jr.","This sub-series contains four displomas/certificates given to W.E. Chilton, Jr. and Sr. to acknowledge Chilton Sr.'s induction into the legislature, Chilton Jr.'s school graduation, and their contributions to political funds.","This sub-series contains eight framed and unframed drawings or prints. Contents include two framed caricatures drawn by Taylor Jones (1976 and 1977), two framed prints from the Rex Morgan, MD (May 24, 1965) and Beetle Bailey (1975) comic strips, two unframed prints from the Blondie (November 28, 1993) and Dick Tracy (April 8, 1935) comic strips, an unlabeled print by comic artist Kendall Vintroux (March 19, 1966), and a framed copy of the Harper's Weekly political cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast, depicting the first representation of the Democratic party as a donkey and originally published on January 15, 1870.","This addendum consists of material related to the Chilton family and their activities and involvement with the Charleston Gazette, its employees, notable figures, business contacts, and other related entities. Formats include scrapbooks, clippings and facsimiles of articles, publications, print and digital photographs, correspondence, records of court proceedings, art prints, receipts, financial documents, certificates and other forms of achievement recognition, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This sub-series consists of scrapbooks featuring clippings from the Charleston Gazette, arranged by the Chilton family into binders organized by publication date.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks and several loose scrapbook pages. These scrapbooks consist of materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled Old Days (contains materials from as early as 1900), Late 1950s, From 1980, Toward 2000, and 2001: A Gazette Odyssey. The unbound pages contain content ranging from the 1940s to 2017, and they appear to have been created around 2017.","This box contains five ring-bound scrapbooks consisting of photographs, clippings, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette. The binders are labeled From the '60s (materials from ca. 1960-1979), Into 2003 (materials from 2002-2004), 2005, 2009, and 2014. These scrapbooks appear to have been created ca. 2017.","This sub-series consists of miscellaneous articles, clippings, and facsimiles of articles from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Topics include Ned Chilton and other notable figures, politics, business, and industry in West Virginia, and additional miscellaneous topics.","This box consists of miscellaneous clippings from the Charleston Gazette and other publications. Also included is a printed, bound collection of facsimiles of articles originally published in the Charleston Gazette covering the subject of consumer fraud.","This partial box contains a broad selection of clippings, most originally printed in the Charleston Gazette, but also includes articles from other publications. Topics include Gazette Q and A interviews, politics, finance, articles written to memorialize Ned Chilton, and features highlighting Chilton family activities and achievements.","This partial box contains a collection of clippings from the Gazette and other publications, material related to awards and scholars sponsored by the Gazette, and additional miscellaneous related items.","This partial box contains a variety of clippings, from the Charleston Gazette and other publications, including articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include clippings, facsimiles of articles and family history book pages, publications, and other miscellaneous materials. Topics include published articles based on the Chiltons' trip around the world in 1977, Gazette investigative reports, articles written by or about W.E. (Ned) Chilton III, the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family members featured in other publications, and Ned Chilton memorial articles.","This sub-series contains two framed prints and three commemorative plaques. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a poster, a signed photo mat, several oversize publications, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This box contains two framed prints, one from the Steve Roper comic and one from the Judge Parker comic, both from 1965. Also included are two undated, unlabeled photos that appear to be of W. E. Chilton, Jr., a Charleston Gazette poster, a photo mat signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alan Sierichs (retired), several oversize publications including The John Birch Coloring Book published in 1962, and clippings from the Charleston Gazette, the Sunday Gazette-Mail, and other news publications.","This partial box contains three commemorative metal plaques. One award was given in tribute to the Charleston Gazette from the Associated Press Managing Editors Association in 1979. The other two were presented to Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton, and include the West Virginia State College Second Century Award and the Charleston Distance Run Eugene M. Fuller Extra Mile Award, to acknowledge her excellence in leadership, service, and dedication.","This sub-series consists of two folders of photos, 19 .jpg images, and a folder of printed copies of the digital photos, which document Charleston Gazette and Charleston Daily Mail staff and activities. Also includes a 3 and 3/4 speed tape reel recording of political programs from the early 1960s and a CD-R of West Virginia Public Radio program content featuring Jim Haught discussing the Charleston Gazette, Ned Chilton, Don Marsh, and other topics.","This sub-series includes correspondence, court documentation, financial records, and other materials related to the Charleston Gazette and Chilton family business.","This partial box consists of materials related to Gazette business, including but not limited to correspondence, court proceedings, artwork, financial records, and other miscellaneous documents related to the Charleston Gazette and the Chiltons.","This partial box includes court case documentation, correspondence, and other Gazette related materials.","This partial box consists of Gazette business materials, including but not limited to travel documentation, sponsorship documents and correspondence, visiting scholars and journalists, government correspondence regarding the Freedom of Information Act and potential government files about the Gazette, committee and insurance information, and other miscellaneous business correspondence and documentation.","This partial box contains Charleston Gazette and Chilton family keepsakes/mementos and related materials. Formats include correspondence including letters and printed copies of emails, court reports, photographs, financial documents, and other miscellaneous materials. It includes materials the Chiltons retained from their trip around the world in 1977, information about the Charleston Gazette business, and documentation of Chilton family members' activities and achievements.","This addendum consists of a selection of ephemera related to the personal achievements of W.E. (Ned) Chilton III and Elizabeth (Betty) Chilton."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Va.)","Weston (W. Va.)","Account books","Lawyers - letters and papers.","Physicians - letters and papers.","Horses -- Breeding","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 1858, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858. ","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. ","Dr. Matthew S. Holt","Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. (1850-1939) was born in Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in July 1850 to parents, Matthew S. Holt, Sr. and Abagail C. (Bennett) Holt. ","He was a respected physician, horse breeder, and a controversial political figure. Dr. Holt was a self-proclaimed socialist, atheist, and pacifist. His outspoken opposition to America's involvement in World War I brought much criticism and physical attacks against his family and himself, but Dr. Holt held firm to his views.","Dr. Holt married Chihela Dew in 1895, and they raised six children including Andrew E. Holt and Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Chihela (Dew) Holt (1871-1949) was the first female graduate of Salem College and later taught in a business school. She later opened her own grocery store next to the family home in Weston, West Virginia. ","Dr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939. ","Andrew E. Holt","Andrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt. ","He worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.","Andrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976. ","Ralph K. Chase","Ralph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. Chase. ","He pursued legal education and became a practicing attorney in New York State before moving to Washington, D. C. to take a government-related position in the 1930s. It is likely during this time that Ralph Chase met his future wife, Jane H. Holt, younger sister to Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia. ","Ralph Chase died in Arlington, Virginia, on July 31, 1949. ","Helen Jane Holt Seale","Helen Jane Holt Seale (1945-2008) was born on September 7, 1945 in Weston, West Virginia, to parents Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt. ","In 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. \nDuring this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others."," In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.","Helen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008. ","Sources:","A\u0026M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Ancestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017.","0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386","Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.","Series 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.","Series 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.","Series 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.","Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Series 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the  Weston Republican , ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the  Weston Republican , 1881-1893."," The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3)."," The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. "," Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. "," Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding  America's Preparedness  which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt."," Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt."," Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). "," Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. "," Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr."," Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. "," Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter,  Brier-Bits , and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material."," Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). "," Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. "," Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.","Includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.","Includes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).","Includes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.","Photograph captions include: \n4218_002: \"baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers\" \nGENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013: \n\"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939 \nand children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)\" \n4128_004: \"Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing.\" \n4128_005: \"Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s\" \n4128_005: \"Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up? \n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\" \n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\" \n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\" \n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\" \n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV\"","Includes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items. "," Items of note include an issue of  Social Justice  with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of  War Twixt God and the Devil  by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).","Includes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material. "," Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2).","One postcard, showing North View of New State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. 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Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. \nDuring this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHelen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAncestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Dr. Matthew S. Holt","Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. (1850-1939) was born in Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in July 1850 to parents, Matthew S. Holt, Sr. and Abagail C. (Bennett) Holt. ","He was a respected physician, horse breeder, and a controversial political figure. Dr. Holt was a self-proclaimed socialist, atheist, and pacifist. His outspoken opposition to America's involvement in World War I brought much criticism and physical attacks against his family and himself, but Dr. Holt held firm to his views.","Dr. Holt married Chihela Dew in 1895, and they raised six children including Andrew E. Holt and Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Chihela (Dew) Holt (1871-1949) was the first female graduate of Salem College and later taught in a business school. She later opened her own grocery store next to the family home in Weston, West Virginia. ","Dr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939. ","Andrew E. Holt","Andrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt. ","He worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.","Andrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976. ","Ralph K. Chase","Ralph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. Chase. ","He pursued legal education and became a practicing attorney in New York State before moving to Washington, D. C. to take a government-related position in the 1930s. It is likely during this time that Ralph Chase met his future wife, Jane H. Holt, younger sister to Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia. ","Ralph Chase died in Arlington, Virginia, on July 31, 1949. ","Helen Jane Holt Seale","Helen Jane Holt Seale (1945-2008) was born on September 7, 1945 in Weston, West Virginia, to parents Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt. ","In 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. \nDuring this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others."," In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.","Helen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008. ","Sources:","A\u0026M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Ancestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 4218, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, A\u0026M 4218, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBecause of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWeston Republican\u003c/emph\u003e, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWeston Republican\u003c/emph\u003e, 1881-1893.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAmerica's Preparedness\u003c/emph\u003e which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrier-Bits\u003c/emph\u003e, and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePhotograph captions include:\u003cbr\u003e\n4218_002: \"baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers\"\u003cbr\u003e\nGENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013:\u003cbr\u003e\n\"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939\u003cbr\u003e\nand children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_004: \"Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_005: \"Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_005: \"Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up?\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include an issue of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSocial Justice\u003c/emph\u003e with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWar Twixt God and the Devil\u003c/emph\u003e by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.","Series 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.","Series 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.","Series 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.","Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Series 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the  Weston Republican , ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the  Weston Republican , 1881-1893."," The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3)."," The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. "," Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. "," Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding  America's Preparedness  which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt."," Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt."," Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). "," Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. "," Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr."," Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. "," Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter,  Brier-Bits , and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material."," Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). "," Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. "," Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.","Includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.","Includes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).","Includes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.","Photograph captions include: \n4218_002: \"baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers\" \nGENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013: \n\"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939 \nand children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)\" \n4128_004: \"Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing.\" \n4128_005: \"Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s\" \n4128_005: \"Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up? \n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\" \n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\" \n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\" \n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\" \n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV\"","Includes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items. "," Items of note include an issue of  Social Justice  with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of  War Twixt God and the Devil  by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).","Includes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material. "," Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2)."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOne postcard, showing North View of New State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va., ca. 1951, separated to Postcard Collection, A\u0026amp;M 3960.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["One postcard, showing North View of New State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. Va., ca. 1951, separated to Postcard Collection, A\u0026M 3960."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Va.)","Weston (W. Va.)","Account books","Lawyers - letters and papers.","Physicians - letters and papers.","Horses -- Breeding","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 1858, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858. ","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. ","Dr. Matthew S. Holt","Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. (1850-1939) was born in Gilmer County, Virginia (now West Virginia), in July 1850 to parents, Matthew S. Holt, Sr. and Abagail C. (Bennett) Holt. ","He was a respected physician, horse breeder, and a controversial political figure. Dr. Holt was a self-proclaimed socialist, atheist, and pacifist. His outspoken opposition to America's involvement in World War I brought much criticism and physical attacks against his family and himself, but Dr. Holt held firm to his views.","Dr. Holt married Chihela Dew in 1895, and they raised six children including Andrew E. Holt and Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Chihela (Dew) Holt (1871-1949) was the first female graduate of Salem College and later taught in a business school. She later opened her own grocery store next to the family home in Weston, West Virginia. ","Dr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939. ","Andrew E. Holt","Andrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt. ","He worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.","Andrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976. ","Ralph K. Chase","Ralph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. Chase. ","He pursued legal education and became a practicing attorney in New York State before moving to Washington, D. C. to take a government-related position in the 1930s. It is likely during this time that Ralph Chase met his future wife, Jane H. Holt, younger sister to Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia. ","Ralph Chase died in Arlington, Virginia, on July 31, 1949. ","Helen Jane Holt Seale","Helen Jane Holt Seale (1945-2008) was born on September 7, 1945 in Weston, West Virginia, to parents Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt. ","In 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. \nDuring this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others."," In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.","Helen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008. ","Sources:","A\u0026M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Ancestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017.","0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386","Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.","Series 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.","Series 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.","Series 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.","Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Series 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the  Weston Republican , ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the  Weston Republican , 1881-1893."," The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3)."," The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. "," Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. "," Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding  America's Preparedness  which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt."," Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt."," Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). "," Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. "," Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr."," Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. "," Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter,  Brier-Bits , and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material."," Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). "," Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. "," Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.","Includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.","Includes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).","Includes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.","Photograph captions include: \n4218_002: \"baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers\" \nGENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013: \n\"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939 \nand children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)\" \n4128_004: \"Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing.\" \n4128_005: \"Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s\" \n4128_005: \"Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up? \n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\" \n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\" \n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\" \n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\" \n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV\"","Includes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items. "," Items of note include an issue of  Social Justice  with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of  War Twixt God and the Devil  by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).","Includes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material. "," Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2).","One postcard, showing North View of New State Capitol Building, Charleston, W. 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","Researchers may access born digital materials by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is one of five (see also A\u0026amp;M 0873, 1858, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. 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","In an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","Because of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","For assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eDr. Matthew S. Holt\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDr. Matthew S. 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She later opened her own grocery store next to the family home in Weston, West Virginia. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eAndrew E. Holt\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAndrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHe worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAndrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eRalph K. Chase\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eRalph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. 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","Dr. Holt died in Weston, West Virginia, on March 31, 1939. ","Andrew E. Holt","Andrew E. Holt (1901-1976) was born in Weston, West Virginia, on September 21, 1901 to parents, Dr. Matthew S. Holt, Jr. and Chihela (Dew) Holt. ","He worked as a retail merchant in the grocery industry. He was also involved with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia.","Andrew Holt died in Weston, West Virginia in June 1976. ","Ralph K. Chase","Ralph K. Chase (1901-1948) was born on July 14, 1901 in Schenectady, New York. He was the son of Robert C. B. Chase and Louise S. Chase. ","He pursued legal education and became a practicing attorney in New York State before moving to Washington, D. C. to take a government-related position in the 1930s. It is likely during this time that Ralph Chase met his future wife, Jane H. Holt, younger sister to Senator Rush D. Holt of West Virginia. ","Ralph Chase died in Arlington, Virginia, on July 31, 1949. ","Helen Jane Holt Seale","Helen Jane Holt Seale (1945-2008) was born on September 7, 1945 in Weston, West Virginia, to parents Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt. ","In 1963, she obtained a degree from Greenbrier College in Lewisburg, West Virginia. \nDuring this time, Helen Jane Holt also traveled to numerous locations both in the United States and abroad including Washington, D.C., Florida, North Carolina, Norway, and Denmark, among others."," In 1967, Helen Jane Holt was married in New Orleans, Louisiana; however, no information is available about her husband.","Helen Jane Holt Seale died on October 28, 2008. ","Sources:","A\u0026M 4218, Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Ancestry Library. West Virginia University, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/. Accessed 22 Feb. 2017."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, A\u0026amp;M 4218, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Rush Dew Holt Family Papers, A\u0026M 4218, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 1858, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Andrew E. 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Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBecause of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWeston Republican\u003c/emph\u003e, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWeston Republican\u003c/emph\u003e, 1881-1893.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eAmerica's Preparedness\u003c/emph\u003e which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrier-Bits\u003c/emph\u003e, and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBecause of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. 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(Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up?\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. 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Holt, Sr.'s campaign (located in box 21, folders 3 to 6); and metal license plates that were used for campaign advertising (located in box 21, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of the Rush Dew Holt family relating to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale. The collection includes correspondence, publications, photographs, and clippings, among other material that documents the personal and business activities of the Holt family.","Series 1. Dr. Matthew S. Holt Papers; 1837-1943","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the Weston Republican, ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the Weston Republican, 1881-1893.","Series 2. Andrew E. Holt Papers; 1926-1958","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt.","Series 3. Ralph K. Chase Papers; 1918-1947","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt.","Series 4. Helen Jane (Holt) Seale Papers; ca. 1930-2008","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Series 5. Mixed; ca. 1820-2013 and undated","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order, not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes correspondence, books, photographs, and miscellaneous writings and publications collected by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, father of Rush Dew Holt, Sr. Topics represented by Dr. Matthew S. Holt's papers include horse breeding; local, state, and national politics; the Socialist Party of West Virginia; and the practice of medicine. There are also medical account books; an account book for the  Weston Republican , ca.1879-1880; and two daybooks for the  Weston Republican , 1881-1893."," The correspondence is composed of letters to and from Dr. Matthew S. Holt discussing both business and personal matters. Included within this correspondence is a letter to President Warren G. Harding (located in box 2, folder 3)."," The books, which reflect Dr. Matthew S. Holt's occupation as a physician and personal interests, include account books, day books, and pedigree horse books which are also interleaved with related photographs. "," Miscellaneous writings and publications are composed mostly of original poetry by Dr. Matthew S. Holt, but also include other collected writings and printed material relevant to Dr. Matthew Holt's interests. "," Other material of note includes: Dr. Matthew S. Holt's debate with West Virginia Senator Chilton regarding  America's Preparedness  which is exemplified by letters authored by Dr. Matthew S. Holt and Senator Chilton printed in a newspaper editorial (located in box 32, folder 6); Holt family genealogical material (located in box 40, folder 10); and a Gilmer County, West Virginia, court summons signed by Dr. Matthew S. Holt as a witness (located in box 27, folder 8).","Includes personal and business papers and correspondence retained by Andrew E. Holt, brother to Rush D. Holt, Sr. The personal and business papers describe Andrew E. Holt's involvement with the Blown Glassware and Holt Plant Companies in Weston, West Virginia, in addition to his legal actions relating to the case of Holt v. WMMN radio station, a complaint against J. P. Councill Company, and the divorce proceedings between Andrew E. Holt and Alice Holt."," Correspondence is comprised mostly of letters relating to Andrew E. Holt's business interactions with the Buckeye Incubator Company (Springfield, Ohio), the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Charleston, West Virginia), and the Ponder Plant Company (Omega, Georgia), among others. Also included is correspondence with United States Senators sent directly from Andrew E. Holt or in care of his brother, Rush D. Holt, Sr.","Includes personal and business papers, educational material, and correspondence, among other material retained by Ralph K. Chase, brother-in-law to Rush D. Holt."," Personal papers include notepads and bound notebooks concerning subjects relating to law. The business records include daily reports and legal papers describing different cases. Also included are: Ralph K. Chase's reading files (correspondence, memos, and reports); and material relating to the United States Maritime Commission (records, reports, and contracts). "," Educational material includes notes and typed and written documents exemplifying Ralph K. Chase's coursework (notes, essays, etc.) in Law and English, among others."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Ralph K. Chase relating to business interactions with, but not limited to, insurance companies and other lawyers in New York. Also included is personal correspondence with family and friends. "," Other material of note includes: certificates presented to Ralph K. Chase for his dedication to law including the certificate acknowledging that he could practice law in New York State (located in box 9, folder 6), certificates of appreciation recognizing Ralph K. Chase's involvement in the United States' Selective Service System (located in box 9, folder 6), and educational certificates including a \"college entrance diploma in science\" for the University of the State of New York (located in box 9, folder 6).","Includes correspondence, educational material, travel material, and other miscellaneous personal papers and ephemera retained by Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, daughter of Rush D. Holt, Sr."," Correspondence includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards to and from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale and her family. Occasions include holidays, get well, celebrations, and general, among others. "," Educational material consists of Bible and Sunday school material including activity sheets and religious publications; grade and secondary school material including subject handbooks, notes, and certificates of completion; and college material including a copy of the 1956-57 Greenbrier College catalog, copies of the college newsletter,  Brier-Bits , and Helen Jane Holt Seale's diploma from Greenbrier College, among other material."," Travel material includes menus, postcards, pamphlets, and other printed ephemera gathered from trips in the United States (Florida, North Carolina, etc.) and to other countries (Norway, Denmark, etc.). "," Miscellaneous personal papers include photographs; miscellaneous material such as scrapbook pages, newspaper clippings, etc.; material from Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding; and assorted ephemera including tickets and other Washington, D.C.-related items from the 1961 presidential inaugural parade; among other material. "," Also included in this series is material relating to Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's Death.","Because of multiple addenda and our desire to retain original order not all material pertaining to the Rush D. Holt, Sr. Family Papers was able to be separated into distinct series. In addition, it was not always possible to determine a single person to which the material should be assigned. Therefore, this series contains material pertaining to Matthew S. Holt, Andrew E. Holt, Ralph K. Chase, and Helen Jane (Holt) Seale, in addition to the Froelich family. Also included is mixed material pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr., Jr., and Helen F. Holt.","Includes biographical sketches of Senator Rush D. Holt, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt and Rush D. Holt, Jr.; a Froelich family history (1966); and a 1932 Illinois farm lease listing Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt's father, W. E. Froelich, as the agent (copy); among other material.","Includes original and photocopied newspaper clippings addressing topics such as politics including Rush D. Holt, Sr.'s and Rush D. Holt, Jr.'s careers and Senator Robert C. Byrd's death; family events such as Helen Jane (Holt) Seale's wedding and Rush D. Holt Sr.'s death; and miscellaneous topics such as historic places and events, family members and friends, and subjects of personal interest; among other topics.","Includes letters and cards sent by the Holt family to each other and to other individuals concerning personal and business activities. In addition to the family members, individuals who corresponded with the Holts include J. M. Bennett, David Goff, and George W. Jackson, among others. A notable piece of correspondence is a Civil War letter from Confederate soldier J. B. Mairecolas (located in box 38, folder 6).","Includes pictures of members of the Holt family including Rush D. Holt, Sr. and Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt; pictures of the 1945 VJ (Victory in Japan) Day celebration held in San Francisco, California; and pictures of United States presidents including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Bill Clinton. Also included is a picture of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt with former West Virginia Secretary of State, Natalie Tennent.","Photograph captions include: \n4218_002: \"baby Margaret Abigail Holt with 4 generations of mothers\" \nGENERAL INFO for folder containing 004-009 + 013: \n\"Holt family pictures. Dr. M.S. Holt born July 28th, 1850, died March 31st, 1939 \nand children Many pictures of Mother (Margaret Abigail Holt) (1896-1986 and Grandfather Mathew Samuel Holt (1850-1939)\" \n4128_004: \"Holt home, store, and Dr. Holt's office (upstairs over store). Grandfathr Holt raised horses and some were used for harness racing.\" \n4128_005: \"Mathew Samuel Holt circa 1870s\" \n4128_005: \"Dr. Mathew Samuel Holt, b July 30, 1850 died March 1939, picture probably early 1900s. (Original picture scratched and discolored\". This photo has possibly been touched up? \n4128_007: \"Dr. M.S. Holt (about) 1870s\" \n4128_008: \"seated Jane, Lelah, \"Dr. Margaret . Standing Rsh, Andrew, Charles, Matt\" \n4128_009: \"Dr. M.S. Holt and his sister, Laura Holt Doyle\" \n4218_010: \"Grandfather Holt was an agnostic, not an atheist. Being a man of science, he probably was suspicious o f'preachers' who peddled what he considered nonsense or worse, untruths.\" \n4218_013: \"Rush Holt + brothers 1934 (c483). L to R: Rush, Andrew, Charles, Mathew Holt in Holt Library, Main Street. Weston, WV\"","Includes publications collected by members of the Holt family including books, pamphlets, scrapbooks, programs, certificates, and other miscellaneous printed items. "," Items of note include an issue of  Social Justice  with a headline about the United States' entering World War II (located in box 19) and a copy of  War Twixt God and the Devil  by Dr. Matthew S. Holt (located in box 18, folder 4).","Includes assorted material relating to the Holt family including personal and business records and notes, correspondence, photographs, newspaper mats and clippings, genealogical material, miscellaneous printed material, and ephemera, among other material. "," Material of note includes records from the Weston Cash Grocery (located in box 14, folders 3 and 4) which was opened by Chilela (Dew) Holt, mother to Rush D. Holt, Sr.; and newspaper mats and plates that were used for Rush D. 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He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring  Shadows Waiting  and  Follow the Furies .","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette , was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette  in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , ed. 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Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring \u003ctitle\u003eShadows Waiting\u003c/title\u003e and \u003ctitle\u003eFollow the Furies\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource: \u003ctitle\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/title\u003e, ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["William Edwin Chilton, Sr. (1858-1939), U.S. Senator and publisher of the  Charleston Gazette , was born in St. Albans, West Virginia. Educated by private tutors, and after attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the  Charleston Gazette . He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring  Shadows Waiting  and  Follow the Furies .","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette , was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette  in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1652, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers, A\u0026M 1652, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","S","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the  Charleston Gazette , and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the  Gazette .  The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the  Gazette .  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the  Charleston Gazette , business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930 \nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933 \nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933 \nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931 \nBanking Crisis; 1933 \nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930 \nCharleston Art Association; 1930 \nCharleston Open Forum; 1933 \nCoal Industry; 1930 \nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930 \nEditorial Work; 1930 \nFDR Court Plan; 1937 \nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933 \nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933 \nGubernatorial Politics; 1933 \nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930 \nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930 \nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938 \nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933 \nNewspaper Work; 1933 \nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930 \nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933 \nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930 \nProhibition; 1930 \nPublic Ownership League; 1931 \nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933 \nRoosevelt Boom; 1931 \nState and National Politics; 1931 \nState Patronage; 1933 \nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932 \nWest Virginia Politics; 1930 \nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933 \nAgar, Herbert; 1936 \nAgar, Herbert; 1937 \nAlderson, George P.; 1933 \nAlderson, J. N.; 1937 \nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930 \nAtkinson, George W.; 1930 \nBaker, Newton D.; 1936 \nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931 \nBerry, George L.; 1937 \nBlease, Cole L.; 1930 \nBorah, William E.; 1938 \nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933 \nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930 \nCarter, George H.; 1933 \nConley, William G.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1933 \nCornwell, John J.; 1936 \nCornwell, John J.; 1937 \nCummings, Homer; 1937 \nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1933 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1937 \nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937 \nEdmiston, Charles; 1938 \nFahey, John H.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1937 \nFarley, James A.; 1938 \nFarley, Jim; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937 \nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936 \nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933 \nGarner, John N.; 1931 \nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933 \nGreen, William; 1930 \nHallanan, W.S.; 1930 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936 \nHalsey, John W.; 1931 \nHatfield, H.D.; 1930 \nHatfield, H. D.; 1933 \nHenderson, Leon; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1933 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1936 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1938 \nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933 \nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931 \nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933 \nJohnson, George W.; 1930 \nJohnson, George W.; 1936 \nJohnson, George W.; 1937 \nJohnson, George W.; 1938 \nJohnson, Louis; 1933 \nJohnson, Louis; 1937 \nJohnson, Louis; 1938 \nKee, John; 1936 \nKee, John; 1938 \nKenna, John N.; 1933 \nKenna, John N.; 1936 \nKump, H.G.; 1932 \nKump, H.G.; 1933 \nKump, H.G.; 1937 \nLewis, David J.; 1936 \nLewis, James H.; 1938 \nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937 \nLong, Huey P.; 1933 \nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1931 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1937 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1938 \nMcClintic, George W.; 1931 \nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937 \nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937 \nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1930 \nNeely, M.M.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1933 \nNeely, M.M.; 1936 \nNeely, M.M.; 1937 \nNeely, M.M.; 1938 \nNorris, George W.; 1936 \nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933 \nOgden, H.C.; 1930 \nOgden, H.C.; 1936 \nOgden, H.G.; 1931 \nOsenton, C.W.; 1930 \nOverman, Les S.; 1930 \nOwen, Robert L. (Federal Reserve Act); 1937 \nPeyser, Theodore A.; 1933 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1930 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1933 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1936 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1937 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1938 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1930 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1933 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1937 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1938 \nRobinson, Joe T.; 1930 \nRoosevelt, Franklin D.; 1936 \nRoper, Daniel C.; 1937 \nRosier, Joseph; 1933 \nSheppard, Morris; 1930 \nShouse, Jouette; 1931 \nShrouse, Joett; 1933 \nSilver, Gray; 1931 \nSilver, Gray; 1933 \nSmith, C.E.; 1930 \nSmith, Earl H.; 1933 \nSmith Joe L.; 1933 \nSmith Joe L.; 1936 \nSmith Joe L.; 1937 \nSmith Joe L.; 1938 \nSmith Joseph L.; 1931 \nSmoot, Reed; 1930 \nSwanson, Claude A.; 1933 \nSwanson, Claude A.; 1936 \nThomas, Elbert D.; 1936 \nThomas, Elmer; 1933 \nTruman, Harry S.; 1938 \nVinson, Carl; 1936 \nWalsh, Thomas L.; 1930 \nWatson, James E.; 1933 \nWheeler, Burton K.; 1933 \nWickerson, George W.; 1933","The series Legal Papers includes deeds, miscellaneous court papers, etc. Also includes affidavits regarding the 1926 strike of the Charleston Typographical Union No. 146 against the  Charleston Gazette . (1918-1931)","Includes drafts of miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics.","The Speeches and Writings series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics. (undated)","The Miscellaneous series includes address book, bank statements, certificate, hotel bills, clippings, two reports, and Woman's Democratic Club committee list. (1917-1936)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the \u003ctitle\u003eGazette\u003c/title\u003e.  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopical Index:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Protective League; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBanking Crisis; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCoal Industry; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEditorial Work; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNewspaper Work; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nProhibition; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nState and National Politics; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nState Patronage; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWorld Court; 1931\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eName Index:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAgar, Herbert; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBerry, George L.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBorah, William E.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCarter, George H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nConley, William G.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCummings, Homer; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFahey, John H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, Jim; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGarner, John N.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGreen, William; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H. D.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHenderson, Leon; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Homer A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Homer A.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHolt, Rush D.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, George W.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nJohnson, Louis; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKee, John; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKee, John; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKenna, John N.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKenna, John N.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1932\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKump, H.G.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, David J.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, James H.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nLong, Huey P.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcAdo, William G.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcClintic, George W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNeely, M.M.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNorris, George W.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.C.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.C.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOgden, H.G.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOsenton, C.W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOverman, Les S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOwen, Robert L. (Federal Reserve Act); 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPeyser, Theodore A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRamsey, Robert L.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRandolph, Jennings; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRandolph, Jennings; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRandolph, Jennings; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRandolph, Jennings; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRobinson, Joe T.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRoosevelt, Franklin D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRoper, Daniel C.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRosier, Joseph; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSheppard, Morris; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nShouse, Jouette; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nShrouse, Joett; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSilver, Gray; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSilver, Gray; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith, C.E.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith, Earl H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith Joe L.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith Joe L.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith Joe L.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith Joe L.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmith Joseph L.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSmoot, Reed; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSwanson, Claude A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSwanson, Claude A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThomas, Elbert D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nThomas, Elmer; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nTruman, Harry S.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nVinson, Carl; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWalsh, Thomas L.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWatson, James E.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWheeler, Burton K.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWickerson, George W.; 1933\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe series Legal Papers includes deeds, miscellaneous court papers, etc. Also includes affidavits regarding the 1926 strike of the Charleston Typographical Union No. 146 against the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e. 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Educated by private tutors, and after attending Shelton College, St. Albans, he began teaching school at the age of 16.  He later studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1880, settling in Charleston shortly afterwards, and becoming associated with John E. Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the  Charleston Gazette . He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring  Shadows Waiting  and  Follow the Furies .","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette , was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette  in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5.","Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the  Charleston Gazette , and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the  Gazette .  The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the  Gazette .  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the  Charleston Gazette , business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930 \nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933 \nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933 \nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931 \nBanking Crisis; 1933 \nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930 \nCharleston Art Association; 1930 \nCharleston Open Forum; 1933 \nCoal Industry; 1930 \nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930 \nEditorial Work; 1930 \nFDR Court Plan; 1937 \nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933 \nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933 \nGubernatorial Politics; 1933 \nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930 \nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930 \nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938 \nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933 \nNewspaper Work; 1933 \nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930 \nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933 \nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930 \nProhibition; 1930 \nPublic Ownership League; 1931 \nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933 \nRoosevelt Boom; 1931 \nState and National Politics; 1931 \nState Patronage; 1933 \nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932 \nWest Virginia Politics; 1930 \nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933 \nAgar, Herbert; 1936 \nAgar, Herbert; 1937 \nAlderson, George P.; 1933 \nAlderson, J. N.; 1937 \nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930 \nAtkinson, George W.; 1930 \nBaker, Newton D.; 1936 \nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931 \nBerry, George L.; 1937 \nBlease, Cole L.; 1930 \nBorah, William E.; 1938 \nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933 \nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930 \nCarter, George H.; 1933 \nConley, William G.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1933 \nCornwell, John J.; 1936 \nCornwell, John J.; 1937 \nCummings, Homer; 1937 \nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1933 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1937 \nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937 \nEdmiston, Charles; 1938 \nFahey, John H.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1937 \nFarley, James A.; 1938 \nFarley, Jim; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937 \nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936 \nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933 \nGarner, John N.; 1931 \nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933 \nGreen, William; 1930 \nHallanan, W.S.; 1930 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936 \nHalsey, John W.; 1931 \nHatfield, H.D.; 1930 \nHatfield, H. D.; 1933 \nHenderson, Leon; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1933 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1936 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1938 \nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933 \nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931 \nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933 \nJohnson, George W.; 1930 \nJohnson, George W.; 1936 \nJohnson, George W.; 1937 \nJohnson, George W.; 1938 \nJohnson, Louis; 1933 \nJohnson, Louis; 1937 \nJohnson, Louis; 1938 \nKee, John; 1936 \nKee, John; 1938 \nKenna, John N.; 1933 \nKenna, John N.; 1936 \nKump, H.G.; 1932 \nKump, H.G.; 1933 \nKump, H.G.; 1937 \nLewis, David J.; 1936 \nLewis, James H.; 1938 \nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937 \nLong, Huey P.; 1933 \nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1931 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1937 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1938 \nMcClintic, George W.; 1931 \nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937 \nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937 \nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1930 \nNeely, M.M.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1933 \nNeely, M.M.; 1936 \nNeely, M.M.; 1937 \nNeely, M.M.; 1938 \nNorris, George W.; 1936 \nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933 \nOgden, H.C.; 1930 \nOgden, H.C.; 1936 \nOgden, H.G.; 1931 \nOsenton, C.W.; 1930 \nOverman, Les S.; 1930 \nOwen, Robert L. (Federal Reserve Act); 1937 \nPeyser, Theodore A.; 1933 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1930 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1933 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1936 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1937 \nRamsey, Robert L.; 1938 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1930 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1933 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1937 \nRandolph, Jennings; 1938 \nRobinson, Joe T.; 1930 \nRoosevelt, Franklin D.; 1936 \nRoper, Daniel C.; 1937 \nRosier, Joseph; 1933 \nSheppard, Morris; 1930 \nShouse, Jouette; 1931 \nShrouse, Joett; 1933 \nSilver, Gray; 1931 \nSilver, Gray; 1933 \nSmith, C.E.; 1930 \nSmith, Earl H.; 1933 \nSmith Joe L.; 1933 \nSmith Joe L.; 1936 \nSmith Joe L.; 1937 \nSmith Joe L.; 1938 \nSmith Joseph L.; 1931 \nSmoot, Reed; 1930 \nSwanson, Claude A.; 1933 \nSwanson, Claude A.; 1936 \nThomas, Elbert D.; 1936 \nThomas, Elmer; 1933 \nTruman, Harry S.; 1938 \nVinson, Carl; 1936 \nWalsh, Thomas L.; 1930 \nWatson, James E.; 1933 \nWheeler, Burton K.; 1933 \nWickerson, George W.; 1933","The series Legal Papers includes deeds, miscellaneous court papers, etc. Also includes affidavits regarding the 1926 strike of the Charleston Typographical Union No. 146 against the  Charleston Gazette . (1918-1931)","Includes drafts of miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics.","The Speeches and Writings series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics. (undated)","The Miscellaneous series includes address book, bank statements, certificate, hotel bills, clippings, two reports, and Woman's Democratic Club committee list. (1917-1936)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","American Protective League","Association Against the Prohibition Amendment","Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant","Democratic Party (U.S.)","Kanawha Coal Operators Association","Public Ownership League of America","United States. Congress. Senate","United States. Works Progress Administration","International Court of Justice","Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939","Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925","Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937","Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956","Blease, Coleman Livingston, 1868-1942","Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940","Brisbane, Arthur.","Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1893-1950","Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940","Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953","Daniels, Josephus.","Davis, John W. 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For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"access_subjects_ssim":["Coal mining - coal operators associations.","Editors - letters and papers.","Kentucky - coal lands.","Lawyers - letters and papers.","London Naval Conference","New River coalfields.","Pocahontas Mines 2.","Pocahontas Mines 6.","Politics and government.","Prohibition -- United States -- History","Transportation","United States - Federal Reserve Act.","New Deal, 1933-1939","West Virginia - coal lands."],"access_subjects_ssm":["Coal mining - coal operators associations.","Editors - letters and papers.","Kentucky - coal lands.","Lawyers - letters and papers.","London Naval Conference","New River coalfields.","Pocahontas Mines 2.","Pocahontas Mines 6.","Politics and government.","Prohibition -- United States -- History","Transportation","United States - Federal Reserve Act.","New Deal, 1933-1939","West Virginia - coal lands."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"extent_ssm":["6.7 Linear Feet 6 ft. 8 in. 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Kenna, U.S. Senator form West Virginia, who served from 1883 to 1893.  He later became a member of Chilton, MacCorkle and Chilton, involved himself with Democratic politics, and attained recognition as an able leader in public affairs.  He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e. He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring \u003ctitle\u003eShadows Waiting\u003c/title\u003e and \u003ctitle\u003eFollow the Furies\u003c/title\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eWilliam Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e, was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the \u003ctitle\u003eCharleston Gazette\u003c/title\u003e in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSource: \u003ctitle\u003eWest Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia\u003c/title\u003e, ed. 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He was appointed prosecuting attorney in 1883, was admitted to the Supreme Court in 1891, was chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee in 1892, Secretary of State from 1893 to 1897, and United States Senator from 1911 to 1917.  He was recognized as an orator and writer of unusual power and force.  After a defeated nomination to the United State Senate in 1924, he retired from his law practice and concerned himself with the editorship of the  Charleston Gazette . He married Mary Louise Tarr in 1892, and had four children: William Edwin Chilton, Jr., J. Eustace Chilton, Eleanor Chilton, and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  Eleanor achieved recognition as a writer, authoring  Shadows Waiting  and  Follow the Furies .","William Edwin Chilton, Jr. (1893-1950), president of the Daily Gazette Company and managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette , was born in Charleston, West Virginia.  He graduated from Yale in 1917, and then served during the World War, primarily in convoy flying based in North Sydney, Nova Scotia.  He became managing editor of the  Charleston Gazette  in 1924. He married Louise Schoonmaker in 1920, and had two children: William Edwin (Ned) Chilton, III, and Mary Carroll Chilton Abbott.","Source:  West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia , ed. Jim Comstock, (Richwood, WV: Jim Comstock, 1976), Vol. 5."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1652, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939) Papers, A\u0026M 1652, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content","Scope and Contents","S","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of William Edwin Chilton (1858-1939), a lawyer, Democratic politician, publisher of the  Charleston Gazette , and U.S. Senator (1911-1917); also includes correspondence of his son William E. Chilton, Jr., editor of the  Gazette .  The Chiltons were a prominent Charleston family who were long-time owners of the  Gazette .  There are series of correspondence, legal papers, speeches and writings, and other material.  Topics include state and national Democratic politics during the 1930s; family affairs; and the senator's business interests in West Virginia and Kentucky coal lands, including the Kanawha Coal Operators Association.","The majority of the collection consists of correspondence from the 1930s; it's located in series 1.  This correspondence can be accessed via a topical or name index.","The General Correspondence series contains mostly letters to and from William Edwin Chilton, Sr. documenting personal matters and business affairs of the family, business of the  Charleston Gazette , business of the U.S. Senate, and West Virginia politics, among other topics.  Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.","Topical Index:","American Protective League; 1930 \nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933 \nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933 \nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931 \nBanking Crisis; 1933 \nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930 \nCharleston Art Association; 1930 \nCharleston Open Forum; 1933 \nCoal Industry; 1930 \nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930 \nEditorial Work; 1930 \nFDR Court Plan; 1937 \nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933 \nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933 \nGubernatorial Politics; 1933 \nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930 \nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930 \nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937 \nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938 \nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933 \nNewspaper Work; 1933 \nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930 \nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933 \nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930 \nProhibition; 1930 \nPublic Ownership League; 1931 \nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933 \nRoosevelt Boom; 1931 \nState and National Politics; 1931 \nState Patronage; 1933 \nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932 \nWest Virginia Politics; 1930 \nWorld Court; 1931","Name Index:","Agar, Herbert; 1933 \nAgar, Herbert; 1936 \nAgar, Herbert; 1937 \nAlderson, George P.; 1933 \nAlderson, J. N.; 1937 \nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930 \nAtkinson, George W.; 1930 \nBaker, Newton D.; 1936 \nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931 \nBerry, George L.; 1937 \nBlease, Cole L.; 1930 \nBorah, William E.; 1938 \nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933 \nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930 \nCarter, George H.; 1933 \nConley, William G.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1930 \nCornwell, John J.; 1933 \nCornwell, John J.; 1936 \nCornwell, John J.; 1937 \nCummings, Homer; 1937 \nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1933 \nDaniels, Joseph; 1937 \nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936 \nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937 \nEdmiston, Charles; 1938 \nFahey, John H.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1933 \nFarley, James A.; 1937 \nFarley, James A.; 1938 \nFarley, Jim; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936 \nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937 \nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936 \nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933 \nGarner, John N.; 1931 \nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933 \nGreen, William; 1930 \nHallanan, W.S.; 1930 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931 \nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933 \nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936 \nHalsey, John W.; 1931 \nHatfield, H.D.; 1930 \nHatfield, H. D.; 1933 \nHenderson, Leon; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1936 \nHolt, Homer A.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1933 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1936 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1937 \nHolt, Rush D.; 1938 \nHomer, Lynn S.; 1933 \nHowe, Louis Mac H.; 1931 \nJessup, Phillip C.; 1933 \nJohnson, George W.; 1930 \nJohnson, George W.; 1936 \nJohnson, George W.; 1937 \nJohnson, George W.; 1938 \nJohnson, Louis; 1933 \nJohnson, Louis; 1937 \nJohnson, Louis; 1938 \nKee, John; 1936 \nKee, John; 1938 \nKenna, John N.; 1933 \nKenna, John N.; 1936 \nKump, H.G.; 1932 \nKump, H.G.; 1933 \nKump, H.G.; 1937 \nLewis, David J.; 1936 \nLewis, James H.; 1938 \nLewis, James Hamilton; 1937 \nLong, Huey P.; 1933 \nMacCorkle, William A.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1930 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1931 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1937 \nMcAdo, William G.; 1938 \nMcClintic, George W.; 1931 \nMcCormick, Robert R.; 1931 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1936 \nMcCullough, F. Witcher; 1937 \nMeadows, Clarence W.; 1937 \nMorrow, Dwight W.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1930 \nNeely, M.M.; 1931 \nNeely, M.M.; 1933 \nNeely, M.M.; 1936 \nNeely, M.M.; 1937 \nNeely, M.M.; 1938 \nNorris, George W.; 1936 \nOddie, Tasker L.; 1933 \nOgden, H.C.; 1930 \nOgden, H.C.; 1936 \nOgden, H.G.; 1931 \nOsenton, C.W.; 1930 \nOverman, Les S.; 1930 \nOwen, Robert L. 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(1918-1931)","Includes drafts of miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics.","The Speeches and Writings series includes miscellaneous writings on political and historical topics. (undated)","The Miscellaneous series includes address book, bank statements, certificate, hotel bills, clippings, two reports, and Woman's Democratic Club committee list. (1917-1936)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Substantive family correspondents include:  Chilton, Jr.; Chilton, III; and Elizabeth Chilton Lowery.  The majority of the letters date from the 1930s; they are arranged chronologically by year, and alphabetically within.  The following indexes facilitate access by topics and personal names, though they are by no means comprehensive.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eTopical Index:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAmerican Protective League; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAnti-Kump Sentiment; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAssociation Against Prohibition Amendment; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAssociation Against the Prohibition Amendment; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBanking Crisis; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nChafin-Hatfield Feud; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCharleston Art Association; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCharleston Open Forum; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCoal Industry; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCoal Lands, Business Interests; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEditorial Work; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFDR Court Plan; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGazette Stockholders Minutes; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGeorge W. Norris Election; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGubernatorial Politics; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nKanawha Coal Operators Association; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nM.M. Neely's 1930 Campaign; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nMoney, Inflation--Questions; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNaval Ordinance Plant--Charleston; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nNewspaper Work; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nOpposition to Appointment of Owen D. Roberts; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPatronage and Political Struggle; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPuerto Rico Child Feeding Committee; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nProhibition; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nPublic Ownership League; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRailroad--Prince Plan; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nRoosevelt Boom; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nState and National Politics; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nState Patronage; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWest Virginia Political Patronage; 1932\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWest Virginia Politics; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nWorld Court; 1931\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eName Index:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAgar, Herbert; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAgar, Herbert; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAgar, Herbert; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAlderson, George P.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAlderson, J. N.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAshurst, Henry F.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nAtkinson, George W.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBaker, Newton D.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBarkley, Alben W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBerry, George L.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBlease, Cole L.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBorah, William E.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBourne, Jr., Jonathan; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nBrisbane, Arthur; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCarter, George H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nConley, William G.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCornwell, John J.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCummings, Homer; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nCurran, Henry H. ; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDaniels, Joseph; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nDayton, Arthur S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Andrew; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nEdmiston, Charles; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFahey, John H.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, James A.; 1938\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFarley, Jim; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFitzpatrick, Herbert; 1937\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan U.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nFletcher, Duncan W.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGarner, John N.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGrayson, Cary T.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nGreen, William; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, W.S.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHallanan, Walter S.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1933\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, Edwin A.; 1936\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHalsey, John W.; 1931\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H.D.; 1930\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nHatfield, H. 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