A&M 1710George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers, 1898-1963 A&M 1710Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-06-18 13:48:34 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963 A&M 1710 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/5212 9.54 Linear Feet Summary: 9 ft. 6 1/2 in. (22 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 photograph album, 2 in.); (1 cased photograph in composite box, 3/4 in.); (1 reel of microfilm, 1.75 in.) 1898-1963 Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace served in the Spanish-American War and as judge advocate general in West Virginia during the coal strike in 1912-1913. During World War I he was a state draft executive, a major in the judge advocate general corps in Washington, and a lieutenant colonel in France. Subjects include the influenza epidemic of 1918, the depression of 1929-1932, state and national politics, and genealogy of the Wallace and allied families. The collection also includes three typescripts, "Runnymede Receipts,"Train Running for the Confederacy," and "Norborne Parish and St. George's Chapel," by Philip P. Gibson; Civil War data; an account of the taking of San Juan Hill in 1898; a military diary; a scrapbook of Cabell County court records; a speech against the League of Nations; and notes on a trip to Nice, circa 1919. 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 English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Cabell County (W. Va.) France Huntington. Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company. Banks and banking United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Coal mining -- Strikes Coal mining. Court records Depression. Diaries and journals. Election of 1912. Elections Epidemics Genealogy Lawyers - letters and papers. Politics and government. Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Spanish-American War, 1898 Women's history -- 1850-1899 Women's history -- 1900-1929 Women's history -- 1929-1950 Women's history -- 1951-present World War, 1914-1918 Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company Democratic Party (U.S.) Ben Lamond Company League of Nations United States National Guard - West Virginia. Weston State Hospital Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960 Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956 Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940 Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 Davis, Innis C. Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 Davis, T.B. Gibson, Philip P. Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924 Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 Hodges, Thomas E. Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 Robinson, Ira E. Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 Trent, W.W. Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963 Watson, C. W. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Hill family - Genealogy Wallace family