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Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers, 1919-1961 A&M 1659

Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers, 1919-1961 A&M 1659


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1659
Title
Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers 1919-1961
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199158
Quantity
2.5 Linear Feet, 2 ft. 6 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (5 in. of loose papers)
Creator
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
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
Abstract
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material of the Republican national committeeman, state political leader, and president of the Plymouth Oil Company. Subjects include Republican national conventions, 1928-1960; state and local politics, 1919-1961; National Petroleum Council; Plymouth and related oil companies; Republican rejection of the League of Nations; and Hallanan's role as temporary chairman of the 1952 Republican National Convention. Correspondents include Michael L. Benedum, John W. Bricker, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leonard W. Hall, Warren G. Harding, Henry D. Hatfield, Will H. Hays, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Jr., Arthur Krock, Alfred M. Landon, Louis Johnson, William E. Jenner, Henry R. Luce, Theodore R. McKeldin, William C. Marland, Richard Nixon, Chapman Revercomb, Harold E. Stassen, Harold E. Talbot, Earl Warren, and Sinclair Weeks. Subjects include the controversy over the review policies and contents of the West Virginia GUIDE; dispute with the Surplus Commodities Corporation over the distribution of food to striking miners in the southern coalfields, 1939; the H.G. Kump - M.M. Neely primary contest, 1942; support for Rush D. Holt's isolationist policies; the gubernatorial race, 1940; the contest between the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee and the Weirton Steel Employees' Security League, 1937; Holt's opposition to the "Little Hatch Bill"; the establishment of a merit council in the Department of Public Assistance, 1939-1940; and Holt's presidential address before the West Virginia Bar Association, 1944. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Rush D. Holt, George W. Johnson, Paul V. McNutt, Matthew M. Neely, Milo Perkins, Lee Pressman, Jennings Randolph, Chapman Revercomb, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William H. Vanderbilt.

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers, A&M 1659, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Separated Material

3 photos separated to A&M 4168, Panoramic Photos Collection:

Republican State Convention, Huntington, WV; 1922/08/14

15th Annual Tax Conference, National Tax Association, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, MN; 1922/09/19

Hoover Inauguration, Washington, D.C.; 1929/03/04

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Benedum, Michael L.
  • Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
  • Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Elections
  • Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
  • Hoover, Herbert Charles, 1903-1969
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
  • Jenner, William E. (William Ezra), 1908-1985
  • Johnson, Louis.
  • Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974
  • Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
  • League of Nations
  • Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967
  • Marland, William C.
  • McKeldin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roosevelt), 1900-1974
  • National Petroleum Council
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Petroleum industry and trade
  • Plymouth Oil Company
  • Politics and government.
  • Republican National Convention - 1952.
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001
  • Talbot, Harold E.
  • Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
  • Weeks, Sinclair, 1893-1972

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Benedum, Michael L.
  • Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
  • Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971
  • Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
  • Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954
  • Hoover, Herbert Charles, 1903-1969
  • Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
  • Jenner, William E. (William Ezra), 1908-1985
  • Johnson, Louis.
  • Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974
  • Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987
  • Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967
  • Marland, William C.
  • McKeldin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roosevelt), 1900-1974
  • Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
  • Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
  • Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001
  • Talbot, Harold E.
  • Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
  • Weeks, Sinclair, 1893-1972
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