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Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers, 1880-1944 A&M 0278

Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers, 1880-1944 A&M 0278


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0278
Title
Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers 1880-1944 1891-1944
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196739
Quantity
0.2 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 1/2 in. (2 folders)
Creator
Pemberton, Robert Landon, 1860-1944
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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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert L. Pemberton (1860-1944) Papers, A&M 0278, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Letters, mainly incoming correspondence, speeches, and printed materials of R.L. Pemberton, for many years editor of The St. Marys Oracle . Correspondents include A.I. Boreman, G.W. Atkinson, Robert A. Armstrong, Louis Bennett, John J. Cornwell, W.E. Glasscock, H.C. Greer, P.I. Reed, Louis Johnson, and Homer A. Holt. The correspondence concerns politics and Pemberton's activities with newspaper associations in West Virginia. Included are religious pamphlets, newspapers, and a typescript, "Origin of The Wetzel Democrat " by D.L. Long.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Armstrong, Robert A.
  • Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925
  • Bennett, Louis.
  • Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Editors - letters and papers.
  • Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
  • Greer, H.C.
  • Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
  • Johnson, Louis.
  • Long, D.I.
  • Pemberton, Robert Landon, 1860-1944
  • Politics and government.
  • Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
  • Religion. SEE ALSO Churches.
  • Saint Marys Oracle
  • Wetzel Democrat (New Martinsburg, W. Va.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Armstrong, Robert A.
  • Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925
  • Bennett, Louis.
  • Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
  • Greer, H.C.
  • Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
  • Johnson, Louis.
  • Long, D.I.
  • Pemberton, Robert Landon, 1860-1944
  • Reed, Perley Isaac, 1887-1973
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Container List

Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: A.I. Boreman to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: Regarding appointment as Commissioner in Chancery, Pleasants County, WV
1891 July 15
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: G.W. Atkinson to R.L. Pemberton[?]; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Regarding politics
1892 July 09
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Manuscript; Persons: Robert L. Pemberton, A.I. Boreman, T.P. Jacobs, and Joseph R. Paull; Places: Pleasants County, WV; Subjects: License issued to Robert L. Pemberton, Pleasants County, to practice law in West Virginia. Signed by A.I. Boreman, Judge of Fifth Judicial Circuit, T.P. Jacobs, Judge of Fourth Judicial Circuit, and Joseph R. Paull, Judge of First Judicial Circuit
1893 June 29
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: A.I. Boreman to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1895 January 25
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: G. Stahl to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: Regarding lecture and entertainment at Pemberton's school
1897 November 12
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Manuscript; Persons: R.L. Pemberton and G.W. Atkinson; Places: Pleasants County, WV; Subjects: Certificate of appointment of R.L. Pemberton as a Notary Public in Pleasants County, signed by G.W. Atkinson
1898 October 25
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: W.B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Pemberton's poetry
1903 August 07
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: S.C. Priest [sic] to Editor, Evening Dispatch, New Martinsville, WV; Places: Newark, OH and New Martinsville, WV; Subjects: Regarding Pemberton's poetry
1904 April 11
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong (WVU) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1905 January 12
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: William B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1907 November 20
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Louis Bennett to R.L. Pemberton (editor, St. Marys Oracle ); Places: Weston, WV; Subjects: Regarding politics
1908 June 29
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Richard S. Graves to R.L. Pemberton; Places: St. Joseph, MO; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1908 October 07
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: B.M. Ambler to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV[?]; Subjects: Politics
1910 November 14
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1910 November 14
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1910 December 24
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Glasscock (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Good Roads Conference
1910 August 20
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Chilton to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1911 June 06
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Neeson C. Hubbard to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV[?]; Subjects: Regarding politics
1911 March 06
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Neeson C. Hubbard to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV[?]; Subjects: Regarding politics
1911 April 01
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: James W. Weir to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Mentions Pemberton's humorous writings, and Columbian magazine [potentially referring to The Hampton-Columbian Magazine ]
1911 May 04
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1912 January 14
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: E.A. Brannon to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Weston, WV; Subjects: Politics
1912 March 23
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Andrew Price to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Marlinton, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1912 March 25
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: William B. Mathews to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1915 April 10
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: M.H. James (Secretary, William Penn Highway Association) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Harrisburg, PA; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1917 January 24
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1916 December 08
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell (Governor of West Virginia) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: Regarding Cornwell's candidacy for governor
1916 January 24
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: John J. Cornwell to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: Regarding politics
1916 January 29
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.E. Chilton to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1918 June 10
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: F.W. Shappert (traffic manager, Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Chicago, IL; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1918 July 03
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: J.J. Cornwell to Col. R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1919 October 01
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: J.N. Darling (cartoonist) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: New York, NY; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1920 June 26
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: (WVU) P.L.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Regarding second annual WV Journalism Conference
1923 November 03
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: H.C. Greer to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1929 December 23
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Phil Conley to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1929 June 10
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Governor H.M. Gore to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1929 February 26
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: P.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1929 July 02
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1929 December 31
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1930 January 11
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter; Persons: Lewis H. Adams to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Parkersburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1930 January 17
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Clyde B. Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding origin of name of St. Marys, WV
1930 January 22
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: C.R. Ogden to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Man, WV; Subjects: Regarding anthology of WV verse being complied by Ogden
1930 February 04
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: W.H. Schulz to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Regarding West Virginia state song
1930 March 21
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Robert A. Armstrong to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1930 May 16
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: Olive C. Barnes, WV Woman's Christian Temperance Union, to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1930 August 09
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: P.I. Reed to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Morgantown, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1931 May 27
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed (copy); Persons: R.L. Pemberton to J. J. Cornwell; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1934 April 17
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Louis Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1934 May 18
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Louis Johnson to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1934 May 29
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Ross B. Johnston to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Regarding Commission on Historic and Scenic Markers
1935 April 29
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Homer A. Holt to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1936 March 31
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Horace Reynolds to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Cambridge, MA; Subjects: Regarding Great Kanawha River in Rivers of America series
1943 October 23
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Letter signed; Persons: Ray Lambert (WV Conservation Commission) to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
1944 March 24
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Autographed letter signed; Persons: Margaret Smith Boyd to Pemberton family; Places: No places listed; Subjects: No specific subjects listed
December 22
Mixed Materials Folder: 1
Form: Typed letter signed; Persons: George Creel to R.L. Pemberton; Places: Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Regarding series of articles about Creel's grandfather
April 08
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Typescript; Persons: D.L. Long; Places: Sanford, FL; Subjects: "Origin of The Wetzel Democrat ," by D.L. Long [2 pp.]
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Printed materials; Persons: R.L. Pemberton and W.H. Schulz; Places: No place listed; Subjects: "West Virginia State Song," words by R.L. Pemberton, music by W.H. Schulz. ©1930 by W.H. Schulz.
ca. 1930
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Printed materials; Persons: F.M. Yates; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: "Earnest Inquiries: an Interesting Conversation on Fundamental(!) Doctrines of Christianity…" by F.M. Yates, editor of The Watch-Word. 6 St. Marys, WV Watch-Word Printing Office, 1878 "First pamphlet printed in St. Marys, printed by R.L. Pemberton."
ca. 1878
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Printed materials; Persons: J.W.T. Goode; Places: Pruntytown, WV; Subjects: "Wonderful Disclosure of the Bible Relative to the Antediluvian World, Comprising the Probable Population of the World at the Time of the Flood,…" by J.W.T. Goode, Minister of the Gospel, Pruntytown, WV [19 pp.]
undated
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: St. Marys, WV; Subjects: The Observer, Vol. III, No. 48
1880 November 25
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Wheeling Register, Vol. 18, No. 303
1882 July 07
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: New Martinsville, WV; Subjects: The Wetzel Volunteer, Vol. 2, No. 15
1888 May 24
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Newspaper; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Romney, WV; Subjects: The Hampshire Review, Vol. 57, No. 5, "John J. Cornwell Golden Anniversary Supplement"
1940 November 06
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Newspapers; Persons: No persons listed; Places: Wheeling, WV; Subjects: Wheeling News-Register, Vol. XLVI, No. 177, "Flood Edition"
1936 March 19
Mixed Materials Folder: 2
Form: Typescript; Persons: R.L. Pemberton; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Typescripts and notes of 14 speeches made by Mr. Pemberton before newspaper meetings, Kiwanis, etc.
undated