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George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers, 1898-1963 A&M 1710

George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers, 1898-1963 A&M 1710


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 1710
Title
George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers 1898-1963
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/198571
Quantity
9.4 Linear Feet, Summary: 9 ft. 4 3/4 in. (22 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 photograph album, 2 in.); (1 cased photograph in composite box, 3/4 in.); 1 reel of microfilm
Creator
Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963
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
Papers of a Huntington attorney, member of the West Virginia National Guard, 1909-1916, employee of the C&O Railway Company, president of the Union Bank and Trust Company of Huntington, president of the Ben Lomond Company, president of the Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company, attorney for Central City, prosecuting attorney of Cabell County, 1905-1908, chairman of a county Democratic committee, and delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 1912. Wallace served in the Spanish-American War and as judge advocate general in West Virginia during the coal strike in 1912-1913. During World War I he was a state draft executive, a major in the judge advocate general corps in Washington, and a lieutenant colonel in France. Subjects include the influenza epidemic of 1918, the depression of 1929-1932, state and national politics, and genealogy of the Wallace and allied families. The collection also includes three typescripts, "Runnymede Receipts,"Train Running for the Confederacy," and "Norborne Parish and St. George's Chapel," by Philip P. Gibson; Civil War data; an account of the taking of San Juan Hill in 1898; a military diary; a scrapbook of Cabell County court records; a speech against the League of Nations; and notes on a trip to Nice, circa 1919.

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], George Seldon Wallace (1871-1963) Papers, A&M 1710, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913
  • Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
  • Banks - Union Bank and Trust Company.
  • Banks and banking
  • Ben Lamond Company
  • Blackberry, Kentucky and West Virginia Coal and Coke Company
  • Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960
  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956
  • Coal mining -- Strikes
  • Coal mining.
  • Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940
  • Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Court records
  • Davis, Innis C.
  • Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
  • Davis, T.B.
  • Democratic Party (U.S.)
  • Depression.
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Election of 1912.
  • Elections
  • Epidemics
  • France
  • Genealogy
  • Gibson, Philip P.
  • Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
  • Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
  • Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Hill family - Genealogy
  • Hodges, Thomas E.
  • Huntington.
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • Lawyers - letters and papers.
  • League of Nations
  • MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930
  • Politics and government.
  • Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
  • Robinson, Ira E.
  • Spanish-American War, 1898
  • Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
  • Trent, W.W.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
  • United States National Guard - West Virginia.
  • Wallace family
  • Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963
  • Watson, C. W.
  • Weston State Hospital
  • Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
  • Women's history -- 1850-1899
  • Women's history -- 1900-1929
  • Women's history -- 1929-1950
  • Women's history -- 1951-present
  • World War, 1914-1918

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913
  • Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937
  • Breckinridge, Henry, 1886-1960
  • Callahan, James Morton, 1864-1956
  • Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940
  • Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
  • Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953
  • Davis, Innis C.
  • Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955
  • Davis, T.B.
  • Gibson, Philip P.
  • Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
  • Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924
  • Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944
  • Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
  • Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
  • Hodges, Thomas E.
  • Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962
  • MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930
  • Robinson, Ira E.
  • Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950
  • Trent, W.W.
  • Wallace, George Selden, 1871-1963
  • Watson, C. W.
  • Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924
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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Cabell County (W. Va.)
  • France
  • Huntington.
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
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