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James S. Lakin (b. 1864), West Virginia State Board of Control, Correspondence, 1912/1933 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1 in. (1 folder)

Lakin, James S. (b. 1864)
Correspondence of a member and president, 1921-1929, of the West Virginia State Board of Control, which directed the financial operations of all state institutions from 1909 to 1933. Most of the letters are between Lakin and Dr. Henry D. Hatfield; subjects include medical and hospital affairs, the Greater Huntington Hospital Association, the Kessler-Hatfield Hospital in Huntington, and applications for political office. There are occasional references to politics and business conditions. There are a few letters between Lakin and John W. Davis when Davis was U.S. Solicitor General, 1913-1916, and U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, 1920.
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John E. Stealey Book Manuscripts, 1993/2006 4.625 Linear Feet 4 ft. 7.5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 oversize package, 0.5 in.; 3 record cartons, 15 in. each)

Stealey, John E., III, 1941-
Book manuscripts by John Edmund Stealey III, Distinguished Professor of History at Shepherd University. Born of a prominent Clarksburg family, Stealey is known generally for his work on West Virginia and Appalachia including industrial slavery, antebellum business and industry, nineteenth century United States legal history. He has extended his research and publication range to include early Porfirian Mexico and Civil War era constitutionalism, African American life, and political development in the Border States. Collection includes galley proofs of The Antebellum Kanawha Salt Business and Western Markets (1993). An addendum of 2000/09/19 includes the final manuscript, typescript, and galley proof versions of Stealey's book Kanawhan Prelude to Nineteenth-Century Monopoly in the United States (2000), and galley proof of his book The Antebellum Kanawha Salt Business and Western Markets (1993). An addendum of 2007/08/27 includes a manuscript copy and final proof copy of Porte Crayon's Mexico: David Hunter Strother's diaries in the early Porfirian era, 1879-1885, edited and authored by John E. Stealey, and floppy discs (2005-2006). For more information about these books, see Scope and Content Note.
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John Lewis Sheldon (1865-1947) Papers, 1905/1951 1.25 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 3 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each)

Sheldon, John Lewis (1865-1947)
Correspondence, mainly concerning family news and business. There is comment on prohibition, President Woodrow Wilson's reelection, World War I speculation, the Food Administration under Herbert Hoover, and the influenza outbreak of 1919-1920.
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John M. McCalla Papers, 1790/1870 1.06 Linear Feet 1 ft. 3/4 in. (1 document case, 5 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 3 1/2 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

McCalla, John Moore, 1793-1873

Papers of a Lexington, Kentucky, attorney and editor of the Lexington KENTUCKY GAZETTE, include payrolls of jurors and witnesses, Circuit Court, District of Kentucky, Frankfort, 1830-1838; correspondence, briefs, and other papers in the case of WILLIAM CLARK v. U.S., 1852-1870; newspaper clippings from Lexington and other newspapers pertaining to national and Kentucky politics in the Jacksonian era; and a few pamphlets. Also includes extensive collection of broadsides published in Kentucky in the period 1790-1846 regarding political, cultural, and social issues; an inventory of these broadsides was published in the Kentucky Historical Society Register, vol. 58, no. 4 (October 1960) and vol. 59, no. 1 (January 1961). A card catalog with descriptions of each broadside is available in the Center.

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John M. Wolverton Scrapbooks, 1925/1930 0.40 Linear Feet Summary: 4 3/4 in. (2 unboxed scrapbooks, 3 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.)

Wolverton, John Marshall, 1872-1944
Two scrapbooks kept by Congressman John M. Wolverton's Washington office, documenting his activities as West Virginia's 3rd Congressional District Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1925-30. Subjects covered include the Republican Party and Congressional elections.
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Johnson Newlon Camden (1828-1908) Papers, 1845/1908 52.6 Linear Feet Summary: 52 ft. 7 in. (95 document cases, 5 in. each); (48 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (4 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908
Correspondence, maps, business records and other papers of a U.S. Senator, Democratic politician, and promoter of the oil industry, railroads, and coal and timber resources of West Virginia. The papers regard Camden's purchase of land in the 1850s; his activities in oil production and refining, 1860-1875; his presidency of the Camden Consolidated Oil Company and the Baltimore United Oil Company; the affairs of the Stewart Brick Company of Parkersburg; the Virginia debt controversy; and his development of railroads, including the Ohio River Railroad, the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad, and Monongahela River Railroad, 1879-1892. See the "Scope and Content Note" for more information.
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