Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers , A&M 1609

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937.

Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown lynch case; New Deal operations and agencies in the state; Kump's legal practice; Red House Resettlement Project; Five-Year Plan for West Virginia; state and national elections, and state politics, 1908-1936.

Correspondents include T. Coleman Andrews, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, Harry F. Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, John J. Cornwell, John J. Davis, John W. Davis, James A. Farley, John Nance Garner, William E. Glasscock, Henry D. Hatfield, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Douglas MacArthur, John T. McGraw, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Sly, Howard Sutherland, and Clarence Wayland Watson. See control folder for box level contents list.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956
Brown, Joseph.
Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
Byrd, Richard E.
Canadian Reciprocity Agreement
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Elections
Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952
Judges - letters and papers.
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
Lawyers - letters and papers.
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
McGraw, John T.
New Deal, 1933-1939
Politicians -- United States
Politics and government.
Politics and government.
Randolph County (W. Va.)
Red House Resettlement Project
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Sly, John F. (John Fairfield), 1893-1965
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
United States -- Politics and government
Watson, C. W.
West Virginia - Five Year Plan.
West Virginia - Governors.
West Virginia - Politics and government.
West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment.
Women -- Suffrage
Women -- United States -- History
Women's history -- 1900-1929
Women's history -- 1929-1950

Container List

Series 1. General Correspondence

1904–1960

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Correspondence
1904 November–1908 December
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Correspondence
1909 January–1909 July
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Correspondence
1909 August–1910 May
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Correspondence
1910 June–1911 February
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Correspondence
1911 March–1911 October
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Correspondence
1911 November–1912 May
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Correspondence
1912 May–1912 December
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Correspondence
1913 January–1913 August
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Correspondence
1913 September–1914 January
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Correspondence
1914 February–1914 June
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Correspondence
1914 July–1914 December
Mixed Materials Box: 12
Correspondence
1915 January–1915 June
Mixed Materials Box: 13
Correspondence
1915 August–1916 January
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Correspondence
1916 February–1916 June
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Correspondence
1916 June–1917 January
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Correspondence
1917 January–1917 July
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Correspondence
1917 April–1918 January
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Correspondence
1918 January–1918 June
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Correspondence
1918 June–1919 March
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Correspondence
1919 April–1919 December
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Correspondence
1920 January–1920 May
Mixed Materials Box: 22
Correspondence
1920 May–1920 September
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Correspondence
1920 October–1921 February
Mixed Materials Box: 24
Correspondence
1921 March–1921 August
Mixed Materials Box: 25
Correspondence
1921 August–1922 February
Mixed Materials Box: 26
Correspondence
1922 March–1923 February
Mixed Materials Box: 27
Correspondence
1923 February–1924 February
Mixed Materials Box: 28
Correspondence
1924 February–1924 November
Mixed Materials Box: 29
Correspondence
1924 November–1925 September
Mixed Materials Box: 30
Correspondence
1925 September–1926 April
Mixed Materials Box: 31
Correspondence
1926 April–1926 December
Mixed Materials Box: 32
Correspondence
1927 January–1931 June
Mixed Materials Box: 33
Correspondence
1933 January–1933 June
Mixed Materials Box: 34
Correspondence
1933 June–1933 August
Mixed Materials Box: 35
Correspondence
1933 August–1933 October
Mixed Materials Box: 36
Correspondence
1933 October–1933 December
Mixed Materials Box: 37
Correspondence
1934 January–1934 March
Mixed Materials Box: 38
Correspondence
1934 March–1934 May
Mixed Materials Box: 39
Correspondence
1934 May–1934 June
Mixed Materials Box: 40
Correspondence
1934 June–1934 August
Mixed Materials Box: 41
Correspondence
1934 August–1934 September
Mixed Materials Box: 42
Correspondence
1934 October–1934 December
Mixed Materials Box: 43
Correspondence
1934 December–1935 January
Mixed Materials Box: 44
Correspondence
1935 February–1935 March
Mixed Materials Box: 45
Correspondence
1935 March–1935 May
Mixed Materials Box: 46
Correspondence
1935 May–1935 June
Mixed Materials Box: 47
Correspondence
1935 July–1935 August
Mixed Materials Box: 48
Correspondence
1935 August–1935 September
Mixed Materials Box: 49
Correspondence
1935 September–1935 October
Mixed Materials Box: 50
Correspondence
1935 November–1935 December
Mixed Materials Box: 51
Correspondence
1936 January–1936 February
Mixed Materials Box: 52
Correspondence
1936 February–1936 March
Mixed Materials Box: 53
Correspondence
1936 March–1936 April
Mixed Materials Box: 54
Correspondence
1936 April–1936 May
Mixed Materials Box: 55
Correspondence
1936 May–1936 June
Mixed Materials Box: 56
Correspondence
1936 July–1936 August
Mixed Materials Box: 57
Correspondence
1936 August–1936 September
Mixed Materials Box: 58
Correspondence
1936 September–1936 October
Mixed Materials Box: 59
Correspondence
1936 October–1936 November
Mixed Materials Box: 60
Correspondence
1936 November–1936 December
Mixed Materials Box: 61
Correspondence
1936 December–1945 May
Mixed Materials Box: 62
Correspondence
1945 June–1948 December
Mixed Materials Box: 63
Correspondence
1948 January–1953 December
Mixed Materials Box: 64
Correspondence
1954 January–1960 August

Series 5. Legal Papers

1883–1930

Mixed Materials Box: 72
Keenen Depositions, R.S. Dayton vs. Hester and Bennett
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 73
Hutton vs. Wilson Lumber Co., Baltimore and Washington Papers; Keenen, L.H., vs. Scott, Emma; Kanawha National Bank vs. Scott, Emma, C.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 74
Sheffey, M. vs. Dave Colliery Co.; State of W.V. vs. Davis Trust Co.; plaintiff and petitioners depositions, WWI Papers
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 75
Scahill, Patrick J. vs. Davis Colliery Co., plaintiff and petitioners depositions
1915 February–1915 April
Mixed Materials Box: 76
Sheffyey Case; Keenan L.H. vs. Scott, Emma C.; Burton, Cottrill vs. Golden; Pingley vs. Pingley
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 77
Pritt, T. vs. Riggleman, Sallie A.; State vs. Sutton, Claudie; Digman, L.E. vs. M.D. Traction Co.; Wardy, W. and Findley, L. vs. Coal and Coke Railway Co.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 78
W.V. Pulp and Paper Co., Walton, Laura, C. vs. Modern Woodmen of America, U.S.A. vs. Dye, I.K.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 79
George H. Crawford, Will Case
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 80
Public Service Commision Hearing, Cumberland and Allegheny Rate Case
1926–1928
Mixed Materials Box: 81
Kump, H.G.
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 82
Circuit Court Books
1916–1928
Mixed Materials Box: 83
General
1883-1922, 1925-1930