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Robert G. Kelly Papers, 1932-1941 A&M 1959

Robert G. Kelly Papers, 1932-1941 A&M 1959


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1959
Title
Robert G. Kelly Papers 1932-1941
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198816
Quantity
0.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 5 in. (1 document case)
Creator
Kelly, Robert G.
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

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert G. Kelly Papers, A&M 1959, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, telegrams, newspaper clippings, reports, and speeches of a Democratic Party official; correspondence and minutes of Democratic State Executive Committee meetings. Subjects include West Virginia gubernatorial campaign of 1932, political patronage, federal relief programs in West Virginia, Rush Holt's senatorial campaign of 1934, the Holt-Kelly feud, and the miners' strike of 1939 Correspondents include Robert G. Kelly, Herman Guy Kump, M.M. Neely, Joe L. Smith, Homer A. Holt, Gory Hogg, James R. Moreland, Charles R. Wilson, Charles E. Hodges, James A. Farley, and Aubrey Williams.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Coal mining -- Strikes
  • Democratic Executive Committee
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Elections
  • Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
  • Hodges, Charles E.
  • Hogg, Gory.
  • Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Kelly, Robert G.
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • Moreland, James R., 1879-1955
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Politics and government.
  • Smith, Joe L.
  • Williams, Aubrey.
  • Wilson, Charles R.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976
  • Hodges, Charles E.
  • Hogg, Gory.
  • Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
  • Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955
  • Kelly, Robert G.
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • Moreland, James R., 1879-1955
  • Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
  • Smith, Joe L.
  • Williams, Aubrey.
  • Wilson, Charles R.
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Effect of the entry of Herold [sic] and Silver into gubernatorial race
1932 February 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to H.G. Kump; Places: Charleston, WV to Elkins, WV; Subjects: Suggests campaign organization
1932 May 16
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to H.G. Kump; Places: Charleston, WV to Elkins, WV; Subjects: Campaign organization and issues
1932 May 20
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to Herbert Fitzpatrick; Places: Charleston, WV to Cleveland, OH; Subjects: Organization of state committee and state headquarters
1932 June 20
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Democratic cooperation necessary to pass legislation of Governor Conley in special legislative session
1932 July 5
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Kump's position on issues before special session of the legislatures
1932 July 12
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Kump's reply to Ogden newspaper charges that Kump is the candidate of the utilities and special interests
1932 July 14
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Trouble in Taylor County executive committee
1932 July 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Reid of root>
1932 August 29
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to H.G. Kump; Places: Charleston, WV to Romney, WV; Subjects: Suggests statement on utility rates and Public Service Commission before Townsend can make utilities an issue
1932 August 31
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document signed; Persons: George C. Steele, Don Chafin; Places: Logan, WV; Subjects: Post office appointments at Logan, Omar, and Holden
1932 October 3
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to W.E. Chilton, Jr.; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Charges that the Gazette has accorded the Republican campaign advantages not afforded to the Democrats.
1932 November 8
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Reassessment and classification of property to fulfill constitutional amendment
1933 January 2
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: H.G. Kump to R.G. Kelly; Places: Elkins, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Methods of providing for the state's "deficiency in revenue"
1933 January 27
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to Members of the Democratic state Executive Committee; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Progress report of the first 100 days of state and national Democratic administration
1933 June 19
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: M.M. Neely to R.G. Kelly; Places: Washington, D.C. to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Problems in finding positions for political appointees with a Republican Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Labor who refuses to consider political qualifications
1933 December 12
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to F.D. Roosevelt; Places: Charleston, WV to Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Discrimination and partnership in RFC employment and RFC intrusion upon WPA and CWA
1933 December 15
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Walter R. Thurmond to R.G. Kelly; Places: Parkersburg, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Resignation of Thurmond from State Democratic Executive Committee
1933 July 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Letter signed; Persons: Ira C. Eggleston to R.G. Kelly; Places: Alderson, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: root>
1934 July 29
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Letters; Persons: Members of State Democratic Committee; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Pledges to support Kelly against Rush Holt's demand for Kelly's resignationo
1934 August
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Joe L. Smith to R.G. Kelly; Places: Washington, D.C. to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Representative Smith has been asked by Van Bittner to help oust Kelly, Smith suggests a graceful resignation for Kelly
1934 August 16
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to James A. Farley; Places: Charleston, WV to Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Aubrey Williams speaks of Democrats as part of the "have-nots" (opposing the "haves"), Democrats worried about party representing class interests, national administration seeks advice only from small group of labor leaders and tolerates no differences of opinion
1935 October 29
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to James A. Farley; Places: Charleston, WV to Washington, D.C.; Subjects: Walter Thurmond, Collector of Internal Revenue in WV, subjected to investigation amounting to persecution because "one young Senator" dislikes him
1935 December 17
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Telegram; Persons: Charles G. Peters; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Gov. Kump's endorsement of Homer Holt
1936 May 5
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: Floyd [?] to R.G. Kelly; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Urges Kelly to run for governor
1935
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to Evelyn H. Yorke; Places: Charleston, WV to Morgantown, WV; Subjects: Criticizes editor Hart of root>
1936 June 10
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Homer A. Holt to J.A. Hood; Places: Charleston, WV to Hemphill, WV; Subjects: Gov. Holt urges striking miners to return to work
1939 July 11
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: John B. Easton and Harry Nonington to R.G. Kelly; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Resolution denouncing the action of Gov. Holt for his attempt to disrupt the friendly relationship that exists between the coal operators of WV and District 17, UMWA
1939 July 16
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter; Persons: R.G. Kelly to John B. Easton; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Kelly expresses approval of Gov. Holt's stand in the mine dispute
1939 July 22
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Gary Hogg to R.G. Kelly; Places: Lewisburg, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Decision of National Democratic Executive Committee on delegates to National Convention
1940 February 26
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Photostatic copy of letter and envelope with Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney letterhead; Persons: L.R. Via to William Blizzard; Places: Huntington, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Asks for letter of endorsement for Bruce Dunlap, Via holds to promise not to endorse candidate without prior endorsement by Blizzard (Vice President of UMWA)
1940 March 7
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Jane M. Jaco [sic] to R.G. Kelly; Places: Morgantown, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Asks Kelly's support Minter L. Wilson for Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals
1940 May 31
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: Don J. Eddy to R.G. Kelly; Places: Morgantown, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Asks Kelly's support Minter L. Wilson for Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals
1940 May 31
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed letter signed; Persons: James R. Moreland to R.G. Kelly; Places: Morgantown, WV to Charleston, WV; Subjects: Asks Kelly's support Minter L. Wilson for Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals
1940 June 4
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed draft; Persons: Robert G. Kelly; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: Speech to State Young Democrats
1933 May
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: "The Tax Situation in W. Va."
1933 October 1
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed draft; Persons: Homer A. Holt; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Excerpts from Holt speeches
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed draft; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: "Homer Holt and Labor"
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: "Colored" voters oppose W.E.R. Burns as candidate for Intermediate Judge of Kanawha County because of his authorship of a Jim Crow law in 1908
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Minutes of Democratic State Executive Committee
1932 June 10
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Minutes of Democratic State Executive Committee
1934 August 23
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: Robert G. Kelly, Rush D. Holt, M.M. Neely, Governor H.G. Kump; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Transcript of debates following State Executive Committee meeting
1934 August 23
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Proxies for State Executive Committee meeting
1934 August
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: Governor H.G. Kump; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Proclamation calling for special session of the legislature
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed draft; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Order on state purchasing
1933
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed draft; Persons: No person listed; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Creation of a legislative bureau to be comprised of John F. Shy and George A. Shipman of WVU and a third member from the College of Law to advise the legislature on matters pertaining to fiscal affairs
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Newspaper clipping; Persons: Charleston Gazette ; Places: Charleston, WV; Subjects: Sample ballot of the Democratic Party primary election, 1934 August 7
1934 July 13
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Newspaper; Persons: Clarksburg Telegram ; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: Headline: "Holt Calls Kelly 'Rattlesnake;' Democrat Ranks Split Wide Open"
1934 August 23
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Printed program; Persons: No person listed; Places: Clarksburg, WV; Subjects: Program of Democratic State Convention (with delegate ribbons)
1936 August 8
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Pamphlet; Persons: Homer Holt; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Homer Holt campaign material
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Pamphlet; Persons: Clarence Cannon (compiler); Places: No place listed; Subjects: Convention Manual for the Democratic National Committee
1936
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Broadside; Persons: Van A. Bittner; Places: Beckley, WV; Subjects: Speech before WV Federation of Labor Convention, supports Neely, attacks Kump and Kelly, praises accomplishments of Roosevelt
1935 August 27
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Printed material; Persons: Rush D. Holt; Places: No place listed; Subjects: Excerpts from Congressional Record containing speeches by Rush D. Holt
1936 March 12-1936 March 18
Mixed Materials Box: 1
Forms: Typed document; Persons: Rush D. Holt; Places: No place listed; Subjects: List of contributions received for Senate campaign
1934