1.3 Linear Feet, Summary: 1 ft. 4 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)
Creator
Pierce, Carleton Custer.
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
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary
of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include
a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record
of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal mining,
public utilities, oil, timber, gas, fruit growing, and other business activities. Correspondents include William G. Conley,
William M.O. Dawson, Davis Elkins, William E. Glasscock, Walter S. Hallanan, Lewis B. Hershey, Homer A. Holt, Harley M. Kilgore,
J. Howard McGrath, Edward Martin, Clarence W. Meadows, E.F. Morgan, Matthew M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Chapman Revercomb,
and Howard Sutherland. This collection also includes the business and legal papers, ca.1840-1890, of James H. Carroll, Kingwood
attorney and editor of the PRESTON COUNTY HERALD.? Subjects include the presidential elections of 1856 and 1884 in West Virginia.?
Other papers relate to Kingwood and area mercantile firms, and the operation of the PRESTON COUNTY JOURNAL, 1891-1894; and
a circulation record of Preston County newspapers, 1889-1897. Correspondents include Gideon D. Camden and Henry G. Davis.
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Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers, A&M 1674, West Virginia and
Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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