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

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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.

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

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

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

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