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Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence, 1913-1958 A&M 1661

Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence, 1913-1958 A&M 1661


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1661
Title
Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence 1913-1958
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198527
Quantity
8.6 Linear Feet, Summary: 8 ft. 6 1/2 in. (20 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.)
Creator
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
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

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Henry Drury Hatfield (1875-1962) Papers and Correspondence, A&M 1661, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, farm records, legal and financial records, speeches, medical files, photographs, and newspaper clippings of Governor (1913-17) and United States Senator (1929-35) Henry D. Hatfield, who was also chief surgeon and founder of the Huntington Memorial Hospital.

Subjects include West Virginia and national politics, 1928-35; 1944-57; National Republican Conventions of 1912, 1928, 1932, 1944, 1948, and 1952; criticism of the New Deal and the Fair Deal; the NRA; the West Virginia-Virginia Debt controversy; the W. Va. Anti-Communist League; Army-McCarthy row; United Mine Workers medical welfare cases; Mother Mary Jones; the Kessler Hatfield Hospital and Training School; Hatfield's farming interests and the Sycamour Coal, Guyan Eagle Coal, the Tidewater Coal and Coke and other coal companies in which Hatfield had an interest.

Correspondents include Carl G. Bachman, William Blizzard, H.L. Brooks, John W. Bricker, William S. Chilton, Jr., William G. Conley, Thomas E. Dewey, Everett M. Dirksen, E.E. Duddington, Hubert S. Ellis, Benjamin F. Fairless, Herbert Fitzpatrick, Mike J. Flynn, Herman Gieshe, Walter F. George, Septimus/Septimius Hall, Walter S. Hallanan, Harvey W. Harmar, Cecil B. Highland, Herbert Hoover, C. H. Huston, Arthur M. Hyde, Harley M. Kilgore, Charles H. Kimball, John L. Lewis, Robert R. Mc Cormick, William C. Marland, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. , Clarence W. Meadows, Will E. Neal, M. M. Neely, H. C. Ogden, Okey L. Patteson, Carrol Reece, Chapman Revercomb, Forest C. Sammons, Robert A. Taft, John J. Walsh, and Kenneth Wherry.

Related Material

1661, 1955

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Army-McCarthy controversy, 1954
  • Bachman, Carl G.
  • Blizzard, William.
  • Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986
  • Brooks, H.L.
  • Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1893-1950
  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Coal mining - Medical care.
  • Coal mining - coal companies.
  • Coal mining.
  • Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940
  • Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley
  • Duddington, E.E.
  • Elections
  • Ellis, Hubert S.
  • Fairless, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1890-1962
  • Farms and farming.
  • Fitzpatrick, Herbert
  • Flynn, Mike J.
  • George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1957
  • Gieshe, Herman
  • Guyan Eagle Coal Company
  • Guyan Eagle Coal Company
  • Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Highland, Cecil B.
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
  • Hospitals and sanitariums.
  • Huntington Memorial Hospital
  • Huston, C.H.
  • Hyde, Arthur M.
  • Jones, Mary.
  • Kessler-Hatfield Hospital
  • Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956
  • Kimball, Charles H.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Marland, William C.
  • Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968
  • McCormick, Robert R.
  • Meadows, Clarence W.
  • Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine.
  • National Rifle Association
  • Neal, Will.
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Ogden, H. C.
  • Patteson, Okey L.
  • Physicians - letters and papers.
  • Politicians -- United States
  • Politics and government.
  • Reece, Carroll.
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Sammons, Forest Charles
  • Sycamore Coal Company
  • Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953
  • Tidewater Coal and Coke Company
  • Union names.
  • Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
  • United Mine Workers of America
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • United States. Army
  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • Virginia-West Virginia debt controversy.
  • Walsh, John J.
  • West Virginia - Governors.
  • West Virginia - Politics and government.
  • West Virginia. Fair Deal
  • West Virginia. Anti-Communist League
  • Wherry, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Spicer), 1892-1951

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bachman, Carl G.
  • Blizzard, William.
  • Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986
  • Brooks, H.L.
  • Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1893-1950
  • Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940
  • Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley
  • Duddington, E.E.
  • Ellis, Hubert S.
  • Fairless, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1890-1962
  • Fitzpatrick, Herbert
  • Flynn, Mike J.
  • George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1957
  • Gieshe, Herman
  • Hall, Septimius, 1847-1926
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Highland, Cecil B.
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
  • Huston, C.H.
  • Hyde, Arthur M.
  • Jones, Mary.
  • Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956
  • Kimball, Charles H.
  • Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969
  • Marland, William C.
  • Martin, Joseph W. (Joseph William), 1884-1968
  • McCormick, Robert R.
  • Meadows, Clarence W.
  • Neal, Will.
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • Ogden, H. C.
  • Patteson, Okey L.
  • Reece, Carroll.
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Sammons, Forest Charles
  • Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953
  • Walsh, John J.
  • Wherry, Kenneth S. (Kenneth Spicer), 1892-1951
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • United States -- Politics and government
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Container List

Series 1. Personal Papers and Correspondence (Boxes 1-10)
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 10 1913-1958
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1
    Papers and correspondence, A-B
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2
    Papers and correspondence, C-E
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3
    Papers and correspondence, F-G
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4
    Papers and correspondence, H
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Papers and correspondence, Hallanan, W.S.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6
    Papers and correspondence, I-L
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7
    Papers and correspondence, M
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8
    Papers and correspondence, N-R
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9
    Papers and correspondence, S
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10
    Papers and correspondence, T-Z
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Series 2. Medical Correspondence (Boxes 11-15)
Mixed Materials Box: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15 1945-1957
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11
    Medical Correspondence, A-F
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12
    Medical Correspondence, G-J
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13
    Medical Correspondence, K-N
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14
    Medical Correspondence, O-R
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15
    Medical Correspondence, S-Z
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Series 3. Political Correspondence (Boxes 16A-18)
Mixed Materials Box: 16A Mixed Materials Box: 16B Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 18 1924-1957
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16A
    Political Correspondence
    1924 October 2 -1932 February 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16B
    Political Correspondence
    1932 February 28 - 1933
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17
    Political Correspondence
    1933-1957
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18
    Sycamore Coal Company Papers
    1941-1952
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