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John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records A&M 0952

John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records A&M 0952


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 0952
Title
John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records ca. 1843, 1896-1953
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/204929
Quantity
78.2 Linear Feet, Summary: 78 ft. 2 1/4 in. (184 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 wrapped package, 5 1/2 in.); (2 oversize folders, 1/4 in.); (1 rolled storage tube, 4 in.)
Creator
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
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], John Jacob Cornwell (1867-1953), Governor, Papers and Records, A&M 0952, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Papers of the fifteenth governor of West Virginia who was a newspaper publisher in Romney, an orchardman, lawyer, and counsel for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. There are a few papers of W.B. Cornwell. The collection includes: personal and business correspondence, 1896-1953; correspondence as governor, 1916-1922; legal papers, ca.1843-1916; and material relating to "Cornwell Day," 1931; Baltimore and Ohio and other railroads; Romney Orchard Company, ca. 1916-1919; South Branch Development Company, ca.1913-1926; newspaper publishing; and other subjects. Box 100 includes papers regarding women's suffrage, including a proclamation by Governor Cornwell to extend the legislative session of 1920 in order to address the suffrage amendment, among other legislative concerns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Agriculture
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Cornwell, W.B.
  • Lawyers - letters and papers.
  • Lawyers - letters and papers.
  • Newspaper publishing
  • Politicians
  • Politicians -- United States
  • Railroads
  • Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
  • Romney (W. Va.)
  • Romney Orchard Company
  • South Branch Development Company
  • United States -- Politics and government
  • West Virginia - Governors.
  • West Virginia - Politics and government.
  • West Virginia - politics.
  • Women -- Suffrage

General

A red flag found in the folder "Weirton Radicals, 1919" was moved to a rolled storage tube.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Cornwell, W.B.
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Romney (W. Va.)
  • United States -- Politics and government
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Correspondence
1896 August-1904 August
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Correspondence
1904 September-1906 June
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Correspondence
1906 July 1-1907 February 28
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Correspondence
1907 March-1907 July
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Correspondence
1907 August-1908 February
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Correspondence
1908 March-1908 August
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Correspondence
1908 September-1909 January
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Correspondence
1909 February-1909 May
Mixed Materials Box: 9
Correspondence
1909 June 1-1909 September 30
Mixed Materials Box: 10
Correspondence
1909 October 1-1909 December 15
Mixed Materials Box: 11
Correspondence
1909 December 16-1910 April 25
Mixed Materials Box: 12
Correspondence
1910 February 21-1910 February 19
Mixed Materials Box: 13
Correspondence
1910 April 26-1910 July 8
Mixed Materials Box: 14
Correspondence
1910 July 9-1910 September 23
Mixed Materials Box: 15
Correspondence
1910 September 24-1910 December 8
Mixed Materials Box: 16
Correspondence
1910 December 9-1911 March 31
Mixed Materials Box: 17
Correspondence
1911 April 1-1911 July 17
Mixed Materials Box: 18
Correspondence
1911 July 18-1911 November 30
Mixed Materials Box: 19
Correspondence
1911 December 1-1912 February 29
Mixed Materials Box: 20
Correspondence
1912 March 1-1912 May 16
Mixed Materials Box: 21
Correspondence
1912 May 17-1912 August 10
Mixed Materials Box: 22
Correspondence
1912 August 12-1912 October 12
Mixed Materials Box: 23
Correspondence
1912 October 13-1912 December 7
Mixed Materials Box: 24
Correspondence
1912 December 8-1913 February 10
Mixed Materials Box: 25
Correspondence
1913 February 11-1913 April 21
Mixed Materials Box: 26
Correspondence
1913 April 22-1913 July 20
Mixed Materials Box: 27
Correspondence
1913 July 21-1913 October 8
Mixed Materials Box: 28
Correspondence
1913 October 9-1913 December 10
Mixed Materials Box: 29
Correspondence
1913 December 11-1914 January 31
Mixed Materials Box: 30
Correspondence
1914 February 1-1914 April 22
Mixed Materials Box: 31
Correspondence
1914 April 23-1914 June 30
Mixed Materials Box: 32
Correspondence
1914 July 1-1914 September 8
Mixed Materials Box: 33
Correspondence
1914 September 9-1914 November 18
Mixed Materials Box: 34
Correspondence
1914 November 19-1915 January 21
Mixed Materials Box: 35
Correspondence
1915 January 22-1915 March 31
Mixed Materials Box: 36
Correspondence
1915 April 1-1915 June 8
Mixed Materials Box: 37
Correspondence
1915 June 9-1915 July 31
Mixed Materials Box: 38
Correspondence
1915 August 1-1915 October 31
Mixed Materials Box: 39
Correspondence
1915 November 1-1915 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 40
Business Correspondence
1916 January 1-1916 March 15
Mixed Materials Box: 41
Political Correspondence
1916 January 24-1916 March 17
Mixed Materials Box: 42
Political Correspondence
1916 March 18-1916 May 13
Mixed Materials Box: 43
Political Correspondence
1916 May 14-1916 June 12
Mixed Materials Box: 44
Political Correspondence
1916 June 12-1916 June 30
Mixed Materials Box: 45
Political Correspondence
1916 July 1-1916 September 15
Mixed Materials Box: 46
Political Correspondence
1916 September 16-1916 December 4
Mixed Materials Box: 47
Business Correspondence
1916 March 16-1916 August 31
Mixed Materials Box: 48
Business Correspondence
1916 September 1-1916 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 49
Political Correspondence
1916 December 5-1917 January 31
Mixed Materials Box: 50
Political Correspondence
1917 February 1-1917 March 31
Mixed Materials Box: 51
Governor's Correspondence
1917 January 1-1917 February 13
Mixed Materials Box: 52
Governor's Correspondence
1917 February 14-1917 March 27
Mixed Materials Box: 53
Governor's Correspondence
1917 March 28-1917 May 7
Mixed Materials Box: 54
Governor's Correspondence
1917 May 8-1917 August 31
Mixed Materials Box: 55
Governor's Correspondence
1917 September 1-1917 November 8
Mixed Materials Box: 56
Governor's Correspondence
1917 November 9-1917 December 11
Mixed Materials Box: 57
Governor's Correspondence
1917 December 12-1918 January 4
Mixed Materials Box: 58
Governor's Correspondence
1918 January 5-1918 January 28
Mixed Materials Box: 59
Governor's Correspondence
1918 January 29-1918 February 16
Mixed Materials Box: 60
Governor's Correspondence
1918 February 18-1918 March 12
Mixed Materials Box: 61
Governor's Correspondence
1918 March 13-1918 April 5
Mixed Materials Box: 62
Governor's Correspondence
1918 April 6-1918 April 30
Mixed Materials Box: 63
Governor's Correspondence
1918 May 1-1918 May 29
Mixed Materials Box: 64
Governor's Correspondence
1918 May 30-1918 June 27
Mixed Materials Box: 65
Governor's Correspondence
1918 June 28-1918 July 18
Mixed Materials Box: 66
Governor's Correspondence
1918 July 19-1918 July 31
Mixed Materials Box: 67
Governor's Correspondence
1918 August 1-1918 August 21
Mixed Materials Box: 68
Governor's Correspondence
1918 August 22-1918 September 8
Mixed Materials Box: 69
Governor's Correspondence
1918 September 9-1918 September 24
Mixed Materials Box: 70
Governor's Correspondence
1918 September 25-1918 October 13
Mixed Materials Box: 71
Governor's Correspondence
1918 October 14-1918 October 31
Mixed Materials Box: 72
Governor's Correspondence
1918 November 1-1918 November 30
Mixed Materials Box: 73
Governor's Correspondence
1918 December 1-1918 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 74
Governor's Correspondence
1919 January 1-1919 January 23
Mixed Materials Box: 75
Governor's Correspondence
1919 January 24-1919 February 10
Mixed Materials Box: 76
Governor's Correspondence
1919 February 11-1919 February 24
Mixed Materials Box: 77
Governor's Correspondence
1919 February 25-1919 March 7
Mixed Materials Box: 78
Governor's Correspondence
1919 March 8-1919 March 26
Mixed Materials Box: 79
Governor's Correspondence
1919 March 27-1919 April 16
Mixed Materials Box: 80
Governor's Correspondence
1919 April 17-1919 May 11
Mixed Materials Box: 81
Governor's Correspondence
1919 May 12-1919 June 11
Mixed Materials Box: 82
Governor's Correspondence
1919 June 12-1919 July 21
Mixed Materials Box: 83
Governor's Correspondence
1919 July 22-1919 September 5
Mixed Materials Box: 84
Governor's Correspondence
1919 September 6-1919 October 22
Mixed Materials Box: 85
Governor's Correspondence
1919 October 23-1919 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 86
Governor's Correspondence
1920 January 1-1920 February 18
Mixed Materials Box: 87
Governor's Correspondence
1920 February 19-1920 March 31
Mixed Materials Box: 88
Governor's Correspondence
1920 April 1-1920 June 11
Mixed Materials Box: 89
Governor's Correspondence
1920 June 12-1920 August 31
Mixed Materials Box: 90
Governor's Correspondence
1920 September 1-1920 October 31
Mixed Materials Box: 91
Governor's Correspondence
1920 November 1-1920 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 92
Governor's Correspondence
1921 January 1-1921 March 1
Mixed Materials Box: 93
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, A-Bank of Romney
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 94
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, Banks-Cowgill
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 95
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, CR-H
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 96
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, I-O
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 97
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, P-Private Political Information
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 98
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, Private Official Information
1917–1919
Mixed Materials Box: 99
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, Prohibition-Speeches
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 100
Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, Speeches-Z
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 101
Business Correspondence (1919-1921) and Governor's Correspondence (A-M)
1919–1921
Mixed Materials Box: 102
Business Correspondence (1919-1921) and Governor's Correspondence (N-P)
1919–1921
Mixed Materials Box: 103
Business Correspondence (1917-1919) and Governor's Correspondence (B-P)
1917–1919
Mixed Materials Box: 104
Business Correspondence (1917-1919) and Governor's Correspondence (P-R)
1917–1919
Mixed Materials Box: 105
Business Correspondence (1917-1918) and Governor's Correspondence (B-T)
1917–1918
Mixed Materials Box: 106
Business Correspondence (1917-1919) and Governor's Correspondence (W-Z)
1917–1919
Mixed Materials Box: 107
Governor's Papers (Radicalism/Labor Files) -- American Constitutional Association-Coal Strike
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 108
Governor's Papers (Radicalism/Labor Files) -- Coal Strike-Logan County Lynching
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 109
Governor's Papers (Radicalism/Labor Files) -- Matewan-Mingo County Labor Troubles
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 110
Governor's Papers (Radicalism/Labor Files) -- Mingo County Labor-Weirton Radicals
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 111
Blueprints, Maps, Draft Board Bulletins, and County Deserter List
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 112
Governor's Papers -- Invitations
1917–1919
Mixed Materials Box: 113
Governor's Correspondence -- Invitations
1916–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 114
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 115
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 116
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 117
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 118
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 119
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 120
Governor's Papers -- Applications
1917–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 121
Governor's Papers -- Reports, etc.
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 122
Governor's Papers -- Speeches, Messages, Resolutions, etc.
ca. 1917-1921
Mixed Materials Box: 123
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1922 July 21-1922 September 30
Mixed Materials Box: 124
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1922 October 1-1922 December 30
Mixed Materials Box: 125
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1923 January 1-1923 March 21
Mixed Materials Box: 126
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1923 March 22-1923 July 15
Mixed Materials Box: 127
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1923 July 16-1923 October 23, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 128
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1923 October 24-1923 December 31
Mixed Materials Box: 129
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1924 January 1-1924 March 17
Mixed Materials Box: 130
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1924 March 18-1924 May 7
Mixed Materials Box: 131
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1924 May 8-1924 July 31
Mixed Materials Box: 132
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1924 August 1-1924 November 30
Mixed Materials Box: 133
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1924 December 1-1925 February 28
Mixed Materials Box: 134
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1925 March 1-1925 July 15
Mixed Materials Box: 135
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1925 July 16-1925 November 9
Mixed Materials Box: 136
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1925 November 10-1926 February 28
Mixed Materials Box: 137
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1926 March 1-1926 June 10
Mixed Materials Box: 138
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1926 June 11-1926 October 9
Mixed Materials Box: 139
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1926 October 11-1927 January 31
Mixed Materials Box: 140
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1927 February 1-1927 May 10
Mixed Materials Box: 141
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1927 May 11-1927 October 31
Mixed Materials Box: 142
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1927 November 1-1928 February 29
Mixed Materials Box: 143
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1928 March 1-1928 June 30
Mixed Materials Box: 144
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1928 July 1-1928 November 30
Mixed Materials Box: 145
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1928 December 1-1929 April 30
Mixed Materials Box: 146
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1929 May 1-1929 September 30
Mixed Materials Box: 147
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1929 October-1937
Mixed Materials Box: 148
B&O Railroad Correspondence
1938-1943 March
Mixed Materials Box: 149
Business Correspondence
1943 April-1943 October
Mixed Materials Box: 150
Business Correspondence
1943 November-1944 April
Mixed Materials Box: 151
Business Correspondence
1944 May-1944 October
Mixed Materials Box: 152
Business Correspondence
1944 November-1945 April
Mixed Materials Box: 153
Business Correspondence
1945 May-1945 December
Mixed Materials Box: 154
Business Correspondence
1946 January-1946 April
Mixed Materials Box: 155
Business Correspondence
1946 May-1946 September
Mixed Materials Box: 156
Business Correspondence
1946 October-1947 February
Mixed Materials Box: 157
Business Correspondence
1947 March-1947 August
Mixed Materials Box: 158
Business Correspondence
1947 September-1948 March
Mixed Materials Box: 159
Business Correspondence
1948 April-1948 December
Mixed Materials Box: 160
Business Correspondence
1949 January-1949 July
Mixed Materials Box: 161
Business Correspondence
1949 August-1950 March
Mixed Materials Box: 162
Business Correspondence
1950 April-1950 December
Mixed Materials Box: 163
Business Correspondence
1951 January-1951 June
Mixed Materials Box: 164
Business Correspondence
1951 June-1951 December
Mixed Materials Box: 165
Business Correspondence
1952 January-1952 July
Mixed Materials Box: 166
Business Correspondence
1953 July-1953 September
Mixed Materials Box: 167
B&O Railroad Series (Speeches, Writings, etc.)
1923–1941
Mixed Materials Box: 168
Legal Papers
1891–1950
Mixed Materials Box: 169
Legal Papers
1906–1907
Mixed Materials Box: 170
Legal Papers
1908
Mixed Materials Box: 171
Legal Papers
1909–1911
Mixed Materials Box: 172
Legal Papers
1912–1914
Mixed Materials Box: 173
Legal Papers
1914–1916
Mixed Materials Box: 174
Legal Papers
1917-1919, undated
Mixed Materials Box: 175
Legal Papers/Miscellaneous
1902–1912
Mixed Materials Box: 176
Romney Orchard Company Records
1916–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 177
Romney Orchard Company Correspondence
1918–1920
Mixed Materials Box: 178
Business Papers -- South Branch Development Corporation
1900–1925
Mixed Materials Box: 179
Miscellaneous
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 180
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1881–1897
Mixed Materials Box: 181
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1898 January-1898 October
Mixed Materials Box: 182
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1898 November 1-1900 June 30
Mixed Materials Box: 183
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1900 July-1901 February
Mixed Materials Box: 184
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1902 March-1904 August
Mixed Materials Box: 185
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1904 September-1906 April
Mixed Materials Box: 186
William B. Cornwell Correspondence
1906 May-1907 July
Mixed Materials Box: 187
Correspondence -- Appointments and More
ca. 1909-1920
Processing Information

These papers were found in box 98 (Governor's Papers -- Alphabetical Series, Private Official Information, 1917–1919) in 2022. They did not match the content of that box and a space for them was not found in other possibly related boxes, so they have been moved to a separate box. It is possible that the contents of this box was initially separated in multiple boxes.