William Smith O'Brien (1862-1948) Papers, ca. 1830-1950 A&M 1105

West Virginia and Regional History Center

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Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 1105

Title

William Smith O'Brien (1862-1948) Papers ca. 1830-1950

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/197960

Quantity

0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.; 1 folder, 1 item)

Creator

O'Brien, William Smith, 1862-1948

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 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/

Language

English

Abstract

Correspondence, business and legal papers, notebooks, speeches, historical essays, genealogical records, clippings, and printed material of a Buckhannon lawyer, state jurist, member of Congress (1927-1929), and West Virginia Secretary of State (1933-1948). The collection also includes papers of O'Brien's father, Emmett J., a member of the state's first Constitutional Convention; letters from O'Brien's brother, Lieutenant A.L. O'Brien, 1874-1887, a West Point graduate serving at forts Assinniboine, Belknap, and Spokane in the Montana Territory and Washington State; letters of Henry M. White, O'Brien's brother-in-law, and a lawyer with the Immigration Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission; a diary of a trip to Texas in 1907; and genealogical records of the Joseph Hall, William Norris, O'Brien, and Jacob Reger families. Subjects include West Virginia Wildlife League; Methodism in Upshur County; an expedition in pursuit of Sitting Bull; the Rush Holt contested election of 1934; the McAdoo-Smith contest of 1924; the Townsendites; presidential election of 1936; state politics; pioneer history of West Virginia; and the Vandalia Company.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], William Smith O'Brien (1862-1948) Papers, A&M 1105, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Buckhannon (W. Va.)
Churches -- Methodist
Churches -- West Virginia -- Upshur County
Diaries and journals.
Election of 1934.
Election of 1936.
Elections
Environmentalism.
Forts. SEE ALSO Civil War - Fort.
Frontier and pioneer life
Hall, Joseph family.
Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Indians of North America
Judges - letters and papers.
Lawyers - letters and papers.
Montana Territory
Morris, William family.
Norris, William.
O'Brien family
O'Brien, A.L.
O'Brien, Emmett J.
O'Brien, William Smith.
Politics and government.
Reger family
Reger, Jacob.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
Texas
Townsendites.
Travel accounts.
United States Military Academy
United States. Bureau of Immigration
United States. Congress
United States. Federal Trade Commission
Vandalia Company
Washington.
West Virginia - Wheeling Conventions of 1861-1863.
West Virginia Wildlife League
White, Henry M.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
Norris, William.
O'Brien, A.L.
O'Brien, Emmett J.
O'Brien, William Smith, 1862-1948
O'Brien, William Smith.
Reger, Jacob.
Sitting Bull, 1831-1890
White, Henry M.

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

Buckhannon (W. Va.)
Montana Territory
Texas