George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document, 1895-1920 A&M 2599

George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document, 1895-1920 A&M 2599


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2599
Title
George C. McIntosh (1868-1935) Typed Document 1895-1920
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195215
Quantity
0.01 Linear Feet, Summary: 1/4 in. (1 folder)
Creator
McIntosh, George C., 1868-1935
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
Memoirs of a retired newspaperman, editor, and Republican state house representative (1898-1901). McIntosh supported the Republican party and coal operator interests through his newspapers and periodicals, which included: HUNTINGTON GAZETTE, HUNTINGTON SUNDAY GAZETTE, HINTON FREE LANCE, FAYETTE JOURNAL, NEWS-MAIL CO., RALEIGH HERALD, and company magazines for the Island Creek Coal Company and Solvay Collieries. McIntosh discusses: his early employment on the railroads as census taker and assessor; his newspaper career; state politics; his fight against the Fayette Whiskey Ring; taxation; "The Committee of Twenty-eight"; "Lincoln Party" Convention; West Virginia Coal Association; United Fuel Gas Company; United Mine Workers; strikes; March on Mingo and Logan; Logan Coal Operators Association; and World War I and the National Defense Board. There is also some information on the McIntosh family history and genealogy. Among the persons mentioned are: Mather Archer, W.R. Bennett, William Blizzard, William M.O. Dawson, Samuel Dixon, Charles A. Goddard, Henry D. Hatfield, Bob Patterson, Oscar Price, Gen. J.W. St. Clair, M.J. Simms, and Z.T. Vinson.

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Advertising
  • Archer, Mather.
  • Bennett, W.R.
  • Blizzard, William M. O.
  • Blizzard, William.
  • Coal - Island Creek Coal Co.
  • Coal - Solvay Collieries.
  • Coal - coal operators.
  • Coal companies - Island Creek Coal Company.
  • Coal companies - Solvay Collieries.
  • Coal miners - March on Mingo and Logan.
  • Coal mining - Labor organization.
  • Coal mining - Logan Coal Operators Association.
  • Coal mining - March on Mingo and Logan.
  • Coal mining - West Virginia Coal Association.
  • Coal mining - coal operators associations.
  • Coal mining -- Strikes
  • Coal mining.
  • Dawson, William M.O.
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Dixon, Samuel.
  • Editors - letters and papers.
  • Elections
  • Fayette County - Fayette Whiskey Ring.
  • Fayette Whiskey Ring.
  • Gas industry
  • Goddard, Charles A.
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Island Creek Coal Company
  • Logan Coal Operators Association
  • March on Mingo and Logan - coal.
  • McIntosh family
  • McIntosh family - Genealogy
  • McIntosh, George C.
  • National Defense Board - World War I.
  • News-Mail Company
  • Newspaper publishing
  • Newspapers.
  • Patterson, Bob.
  • Politics and government.
  • Price, Oscar.
  • Railroads
  • Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
  • Saint Clair, Gen. J.W.
  • Simms, M.J.
  • Solvay Collieries - coal.
  • Solvay Collieries.
  • Taxation
  • Union names.
  • Unions. SEE ALSO Labor organization.
  • United Fuel Gas Company.
  • United Mine Workers of America
  • United States - Census returns.
  • United States - National Defense Board.
  • Vinson, Z.T.
  • West Virginia Coal Association
  • West Virginia. Legislature
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918 -- National Defense Council (U.S.)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Archer, Mather.
  • Bennett, W.R.
  • Blizzard, William M. O.
  • Blizzard, William.
  • Dawson, William M.O.
  • Dixon, Samuel.
  • Goddard, Charles A.
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • McIntosh, George C.
  • McIntosh, George C., 1868-1935
  • Patterson, Bob.
  • Price, Oscar.
  • Saint Clair, Gen. J.W.
  • Simms, M.J.
  • Vinson, Z.T.