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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ira E. Robinson Papers, A&M 0155, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Some 270 letters, telegrams, and notes written to Robinson; the great majority of the items are by Stephen B. Elkins regarding the purchase of coal lands and the development of coal mining in the Cheat River Valley, Preston County, Masontown, Muddy Creek, Green Run, and Sandy Creek; political affairs in Taylor County are mentioned; also included are five letter books with some 2367 copies of letters sent by Ira E. Robinson and his nephew, Jed W. Robinson, relating to their law practice in Grafton in the Years 1898-1908.

Related Material

155, 294, 965

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Cheat River (W. Va. and Pa.)
• Coal mining - coal industry.
• Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911
• Grafton (W. Va.)
• Grafton W.Va. - law practices
• Green Run
• Masontown, W.Va.
• Muddy Creek
• Preston County (W. Va.)
• Robinson, Ira E.
• Robinson, Jed W.
• Sandy Creek
• Taylor County (W. Va.)
• Taylor County - Politics
• West Virginia - coal lands.