Chapman Revercomb, Politician, Biography A&M 3357

West Virginia and Regional History Center

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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository

West Virginia and Regional History Center

Identification

A&M 3357

Title

Chapman Revercomb, Politician, Biography ca. 1932-1990s

URL:

https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/205403

Quantity

5.9 Linear Feet, 5 ft. 11 in. (1 small flat storage box, 3 in.); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 document case, 5 in.); (4 record cartons, 15 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/2 in.)

Creator

Jones, Stephen

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

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.

Conditions Governing Access

No special access restriction applies.

Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Chapman Revercomb, Politician, Biography, A&M 3357, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Research papers and drafts of a biography of William Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979). Original accession includes one bound typescript of over 540 pages narrating the political career of Chapman Revercomb, authored by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley; includes photocopies of maps (with much demographic data) and photographs. Also includes a typescript of over 350 pages of second version of this book.

The addendum of 2018-03-30 includes research materials and copies of primary sources as well as drafts of the book. In 2017, the book was published as A Conspiracy of Events: Senator Chapman Revercomb and West Virginia Politics, Immigration Reform, and the Eisenhower-Taft Conflict by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley. This addendum is minimally processed; its contents list is based on an inventory provided by the donor and checked by staff.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
United States. Congress. Senate
West Virginia -- Politics and government

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Jones, Stephen
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
West Virginia -- Politics and government

Container List

Original Accession

Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 undatedEnglish.

Scope and Contents

One bound typescript of over 540 pages narrating the political career of Chapman Revercomb (1895-1979), authored by Stephen Jones and Ann Bradley; includes photocopies of maps (with much demographic data) and photographs. Also includes a typescript of over 350 pages of second version of this book.

Addendum of 2018-03-30

ca. 1932-1990s

Scope and Contents

Addendum includes research materials and copies of primary sources as well as drafts of the book.

Mixed Materials Box: 3
Full Book Draft pages 1-194
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Full Book Draft pages 195-367 and Table of Contents
Mixed Materials Box: 3
"A Conspiracy of Events" Revercomb draft chapters 1-4 including maps and pictures
Mixed Materials Box: 3
"A Conspiracy of Events" Revercomb draft chapters 5-14 including maps and pictures
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Miscellaneous Maps and Manual 1939-1989

Scope and Contents
Includes 1957 Manual of the Senate and House of Delegates; 1952 Highway Map of West Virginia; 1939 Map of West Virginia; Undated Charleston, WV Map; 1981 Charleston, WV & Vicinity Street Map
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Revercomb Notes Cassette Tape
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Copy of From Governor to Cabby (The Political Career and Tragic Death of West Virginia's William Casey Marland: 1950-1965) by Paul F. Lutz
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Revercomb: Ann's Notecards
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1942
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1952
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1956
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1957
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1958
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Daily Reminder Book 1960
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Research Toward Introduction

Scope and Contents
Includes: First rewrite on first chapter of Revercomb not including the introduction; Miscellaneous photocopies of different books' pages; Handwritten drafts and outline; Revercomb Biography-Chapter 1
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1956 (2 folders)

Scope and Contents
Includes: Edited drafts and conversations between Ann Bradley and Stephen Jones concerning the 1956 election
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Intro

Scope and Contents
Includes: Primarily notes on 1960 election
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1942 Election

Scope and Contents
Includes: Newspaper clippings; Excerpts from 1942 South Eastern Reporter, 2d series
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1942 Term

Scope and Contents
Includes: Photocopies of newspaper clippings including the fear of communist spread home and abroad and the Marshall Plan; Senate Key Votes 1945-1948; S.J. Res. 227 (re: United States Washington and Lee University Bi-Centennial Commission); H.R. 1752 to amend Selective Training and Service Act of 1940; 1948 Congressional Quarterly Almanac excerpts
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Clippings

Scope and Contents
Includes: Photocopied clips from New York Times and Charleston Daily Mail and Charleston Gazette largely concerning the election swinging Republican, calls to vote, etc.
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1956-1958 Term

Scope and Contents
Includes: Transcript from 1957 "Personalities in Your Government"; 1958 Congressional records, campaign finances, Major legislation, etc.; Lyrics from Senatorial dinner 1957
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1958 Campaign

Scope and Contents
Includes: Official Returns of the November 4, 1958 General Election; Campaign spending; Photocopies of articles about Republican/Democrat struggle for WV; black and white copies of voting propaganda fliers; Political backgrounds; Labor organizations in WV; 3 manuscripts of "1958 Election" in various stages, including handwritten notes
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Miscellaneous/Mechanics of Research

Scope and Contents
Includes: Software Valley West Virginia concept brochure; Photocopies from West Virginia History ; Handwritten directions for photocopies and reimbursement request
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Death and Retirement

Scope and Contents
Includes: Photocopies of newspaper articles; Obituary from The Washington Post 8 October 1979
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1956 Campaign

Scope and Contents
Includes: Photocopies of state and national newspaper articles; Copy of letter from Eisenhower to Revercomb; Original October 1956 Harper's Magazine ; Timeline titled "Where was Revercomb during his 1956 campaign"; Copy of Charleston Daily Mail "Voter's Guide"
Mixed Materials Box: 4
1942-1948 Speeches

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copy of bill Revercomb introduced on anti-lynching; Transcript of Radio Talk to West Virginia no 21, September 17, 1947; Copies of various other bills; "Subversive Agents via United Nations" speech 13 August 1948; Statement on establishing a Negro veterans hospital at Booker T Washington's birthplace; Various undated speeches detailing threat of communists infiltrating the US
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Republican Principles and Achievements of the 80th Congress (January 3, 1947-March 15, 1948)
Mixed Materials Box: 4
The Story of the 80th Congress
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Civil Rights Bill

Scope and Contents
Includes: Revercomb's statement on right of trial by jury; Letter from Eisenhower disagreeing with Revercomb's position on jury system; Copy of "Senate Rules and the Civil Rights Bill: A Case Study" by Howard Shuman; Miscellaneous newspaper articles
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Displaced Persons

Scope and Contents
Includes: Letter from The Catholic Review ; Senate votes on key issues; Revercomb's speeches on subversives within the US and its government; 1946 Report to The Senate Republican Steering Committee on The Possible Admission of Displaced Persons to the United States; "Displaced Persons in Europe" Report of the Committee on the Judiciary: A Resolution to make an investigation of the immigration system; Manuscript of chapter with handwritten notes
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Miscellaneous

Scope and Contents
Includes: Original senate gallery tickets for 1956 and 1957 for Stephen Jones (includes 1 signed by Senator Lyndon B. Johnson); Copies of newspaper articles covering party politics; "The Threat to America" propaganda against "Communists and other subversives"; Documents related to Republican National Committee includes Organizational analysis and vote history; Copy of Joseph Raymond McCarthy's Memorial Services
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Miscellaneous Publications

Scope and Contents
Includes: Republican Review of the First Session, 85th Congress; Current Biography Who's News and Why June 1958; Infant Care 1955; Meade Alcorn and the 1958 Election by Philip S Wilder, Jr.; Policy Review Summer 1989 (global warming, NRA and international politics); Policy Review Fall 1989 (Republicans in Congress, Central America policies)
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Tour of Europe 1945

Scope and Contents
Includes: "Southern Beaches of West Virginia" 1987 The Washington Post (oversized); Log of military and naval affairs subcommittee trip to European and Mediterranean theaters of operation
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Gubernatorial Voting of WV

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copy of governor elections by county, 1932-1944
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Miscellaneous/Committee on the Judiciary

Scope and Contents
Includes: 1947 copy of Appendix to Congressional Record; Copy of History of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, 1816-1967
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Walter S. Hallanan

Scope and Contents
Includes: Voter analysis; Official returns of 1942 primary election; Newspaper articles on election attempt
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Matthew Neely

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copy of 1950 Neely biography; Overdue ILL charge 1988; Neely obituary
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Louis Reed

Scope and Contents
Includes: Reed obituary; Copy of Reed family history
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1956-1958 Appointments/Invitations

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copy of 1956 appointment book; Copy of WV county map 1957, 1958; Timeline of Revercomb's whereabouts during 1956 campaign
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Time 1957

Scope and Contents
Includes: Time August 12, 1957; Correspondence on Judge Moore's death and replacement 1959; Time January 14, 1957
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1956 Election

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copies of newspaper articles of election, Hanna-Hallanan Deal, pictures including "Jonny Reb" hat
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1956 Speech Kit
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1960 Gubernatorial Campaign (2 folders)

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copies of newspaper articles on controversy over endorsements, liquor vote, Neely tension
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Eisenhower Library Research

Scope and Contents
Includes: List of materials to be photocopied; Booklet: Historical Materials in the Dwight D Eisenhower Library (1984); Research Room Rules; Researcher Application
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Eastern & Western Virginia

Scope and Contents
Includes: Copied chapter: "The cleavage between Eastern and Western Virginia" by Charles H Ambler
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Rush Dew Holt

Scope and Contents
Includes: 1967 newspaper article copy; Copy of Chapter: "The Private Papers of West Virginia's 'Boy Senator,' Rush Dew Holt" by Thomas Coode and Agnes Riggs
Mixed Materials Box: 5
[WLW?] WLR Broadcast

Scope and Contents
Includes: 1957 "Personalities in Your Government" bio of Revercomb transcript
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Henry D. Hatfield

Scope and Contents
Includes: Bio from National Cyclopedia of American Biography ; Excerpt from Henry D. Hatfield and Reform Politics: A Study of West Virginia Politics from 1908-1917 by Neil Shaw Penn
Mixed Materials Box: 5
WCR Military Affairs Committee
Mixed Materials Box: 5
W. Chapman Revercomb Ancestors
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Revercomb: Materials from Truman Library
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Revercomb Literature
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Book Reviews (SJ)
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Miscellaneous (includes numbered index to Revercomb files)
Mixed Materials Box: 5
CQ 85th Congress Complete Votes
Mixed Materials Box: 5
'56-'58 Term, Work in Progress
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Xeroxes CQ '46-'47
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Memos
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Interview Notes Unidentified (?)
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Judicial Appointment, W.C.R.
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Robert Byrd
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Miscellaneous
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Revercomb's Diaries from 1956-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Mr. Armentrout's Xerox on WCR's Yeager Announcement
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Biography Sen. Revercomb
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1960
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Thesis: The Direct Primary in West Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Neely: State Papers and Public Addresses
Mixed Materials Box: 5
A History of the Labor Movement in West Virginia
Mixed Materials Box: 5
1958
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Book Drafts, ca. 1989
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Facsimiles/Research Materials
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Drew Pearson-Articles By (copies of clippings)
Mixed Materials Box: 6
1954 Speech Kit
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Bound: Remarks of Hon. Chapman Re ve rcomb 79th Congress, 1st Session
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Bound: Remarks of Hon. Chapman Re ve rcomb 79th Congress, 2nd Session
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Mize
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Important Research (includes loose material and folders labeled "1952" and "W Chapman Revercomb Corres thru 1993")
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Notepad
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Facsimile Clippings Regarding Revercomb, ca. 1957-1958
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Newsletters and Speeches of Senator Revercomb
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Miscellaneous (Large Folder of Book Drafts, Congressional Quarterly facsimiles regarding congressional voting, material re. Hon. James R. Durfee, "Helpers List" of Senator Chapman Revercomb 1956-1958, and more)
Mixed Materials oversize folder
WV atlas, almanac, and large state seal