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Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers, 1898-1965 A&M 2209

Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers, 1898-1965 A&M 2209


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2209
Title
Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers 1898-1965
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199097
Quantity
2.1 Linear Feet, Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1 item)
Creator
White, Kemble, 1873-1965
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 and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks from language and accounting classes taken at the University; correspondence dealing with Mrs. White's gardening activities; drafts of White's proposals for constitutional revision in West Virginia; a Spanish-American War Muster-roll for Company M, 2nd West Virginia Volunteers; and two diaries (ca.1868). Subjects include: oil, land titles and leases; Fairmont Coal and Coke Company; Twin Mountain Orchards; Monongahela Valley Traction Company; Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad; West Virginia political campaigns; and constitutional revision in West Virginia. Correspondents include: Luther Anderson, Carl G. Bachman, Fred Blue, John C. Bond, Linn Brannon, William E. Chilton, J.J. Cornwell, J.S. Darst, Wells Goodykoontz, Howard M. Gore, J.W. Harman, John H. Hatcher, Henry D. Hatfield, Frank C. Haymond, Rush D. Holt, Guy Kump, Howard B. Lee, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, William H. Sawyers, E.B. Stephenson, Robert Taft, and L. Judson Williams.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers, A&M 2209, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agriculture
  • Anderson, Luther.
  • Bachman, Carl G.
  • Blue, Fred.
  • Bond, John C.
  • Brannon, Linn.
  • Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
  • Coal mining - coal companies.
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Darst, J.S.
  • Elections
  • Eureka Pipeline.
  • Fairmont Coal and Coke Company
  • Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
  • Gas industry
  • Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
  • Gore, Howard M.
  • Harman, John William, 1869-
  • Hatcher, John H.
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Haymond, Frank C.
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Hope Natural Gas
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • Land.
  • Lawyers - letters and papers.
  • Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985
  • Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M.
  • Monongahela Valley Traction Company
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • Patteson, Okey L.
  • Petroleum industry and trade
  • Politics and government.
  • Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad.
  • Sawyers, William H.
  • South Penn Oil Company
  • Spanish-American War, 1898
  • Standard Oil Company
  • Stephenson, E.B.
  • Taft, Robert.
  • WVU Alumni Association
  • West Virginia - politics.
  • West Virginia Bar Association
  • West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association
  • West Virginia University
  • White, Kemble.
  • Williams, L. Judson.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Anderson, Luther.
  • Bachman, Carl G.
  • Blue, Fred.
  • Bond, John C.
  • Brannon, Linn.
  • Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Darst, J.S.
  • Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
  • Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
  • Gore, Howard M.
  • Harman, John William, 1869-
  • Hatcher, John H.
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Haymond, Frank C.
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • Patteson, Okey L.
  • Sawyers, William H.
  • Stephenson, E.B.
  • Taft, Robert.
  • White, Kemble, 1873-1965
  • White, Kemble.
  • Williams, L. Judson.
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Container List

Series 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-4)
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 4 1902-1963 August 20
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1
    Correspondence
    1902-1905 November 29
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
    Correspondence
    1906 February 12-1914 December 28
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Correspondence
    1915 February 6-1916 December 31
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Correspondence
    1917 January 9-1919 December 18
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5
    Correspondence
    1920 January 17-1923 December 22
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    Correspondence
    1924 January 10-1925 December 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    Correspondence
    1926 January 20-1929 December 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8
    Correspondence
    1930 January 10-1932 December 22
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9
    Correspondence
    1933 January 7-1935 December 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Correspondence
    1936 January 1-1938 December 14
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11
    Correspondence
    1939 February 16-1940 December 9
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
    Correspondence
    1941 January 6-1945 August 14
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
    Correspondence
    1946 June 22-1949 December 12
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
    Correspondence
    1950 January 16-1955 December 21
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
    Correspondence
    1956 February 23-1957 December 27
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
    Correspondence
    1958 January 3-1958 December 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
    Correspondence
    1959 January 19-1959 December 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
    Correspondence
    1960 January 8-1963 August 20
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 21
    Correspondence (Mrs. Kemble White)
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 25
    Correspondence
    undated
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Series 2. Printed Material (Boxes 4-5)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 1898-1959
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 20
    Class Notebooks
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 22
    Biographical Data
    circa 1950s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 23
    Constitutional Revision Provisions
    1902-1958
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 24
    Miscellaneous Material
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 19
    Newspaper clippings
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 20
    Photographs
    1898-1899
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Mixed Materials Box: 5
Series 3. Ledgers and Business Papers (Box 5)
circa 1880s-1960s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5
    Miscellaneous ledgers and account books
    circa 1880s-1930s