Howard Sutherland, U.S. Senator for West Virginia, Correspondence, 1914/2022

Access and use

Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Lori Hostuttler
Phone: (304) 293-3536
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No special access restriction applies.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Howard Sutherland, U.S. Senator for West Virginia, Correspondence, A&M 2503, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
4.79 Linear Feet 10 document cases, 5 in. each; 3 document cases, 2.5 in. each
Creator:
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Howard Sutherland, U.S. Senator for West Virginia, Correspondence, A&M 2503, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Includes letters, postcards, and other correspondence retained from Sutherland's daily activities as U.S. Senator. This includes constituent mail and correspondence with other politicians. Much of the correspondence deals with appointments and patronage. Other subjects mentioned are federal and West Virginia legislation, state Republican Party affairs, the West Virginia coal miners' march on Logan County, prohibition, disarmament, bonus claims, immigration, West Virginia primary election law, the Armenian Genocide, the prosecution of World War I deserters from West Virginia, the potential sale of Monticello to the federal government, and more. The letters are organized alphabetically by the name of correspondents.

A 1980 addendum to the collection includes correspondence from individuals and organizations regarding women's suffrage. There is a mix of pro- and anti-suffrage sentiment. Primary topics of discussion include the Bristow-Mondell House Resolution, considered in Jan. 1915, and the Susan B. Anthony Amendment, voted upon 5 June 1919. This material is located in box 10.

A more thorough inventory of the collection is available upon request.

Physical location:
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: West Virginia & Regional History Center
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Anthony, Susan B. Amendment (19th Amendment) -- Women's suffrage
Women -- Suffrage -- Bristow-Mondell Resolution
Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan.
Coal mining -- Strikes
Coal mining.
Draft resisters -- World War, 1914-1918
Elections
Immigration.
Lumber trade
Politics and government.
Primary election law - WV.
Prohibition -- United States -- History
Railroads - West Virginia Central Railroad.
Universities and colleges
West Virginia - primary election law.
Women -- Suffrage -- Opposition
World War, 1914-1918 -- Draft resisters
Alien Property Custodian.
Names:
American Constitutional League
American Victory Union
Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage (U.S.)
Daughters of the American Revolution. West Virginia Chapters
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Congress
United States. Congress. Senate
West Virginia. Legislature
Republican Party (W. Va.)
West Virginia Equal Suffrage League
West Virginia Federation of Labor
Westminster College
Women's Christian Temperance Union - West Virginia Chapters.
Women's Home Missionary Society (Wheeling, W. Va.)
Women's Republican Club of New York City
Linthicum family - Genealogy
Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Fred Killingworth.
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933
Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
Park, Maud Wood, 1871-1955
Penrose, Boies, 1860-1921
Shaw, Anna Howard.
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
Whetzel, Jesse.
Whetzel, Will.
White, A.B.
Places:
Elkins (W. Va.)
Logan County.
Missouri
Moorefield (W. Va.)
Randolph County (W. Va.)
Washington (D.C.)
Wheeling (W. Va.) -- Women's Home Missionary Society