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

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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.

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

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