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William B. Mathews Collection
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Box 1: Correspondence, A-L

1. A
2. Acme Publishing Co, 1903
3. Ailes, Eugene E. 1910, 1911
4. Anderson, Luther C. 1906
5. Anderson, Luther C. 1907
6. Anderson, Luther C. 1909
7. Anderson, Luther C. 1910
8. Anderson, Luther C. 1911
9. Archer, V. B. 1902-1903
10. Armstrong, R. B. 1909-1910
11. Armstrong, Robert A. 1909
12. Armstrong, Robert A. 1910
13. Arnold, Arthur T. 1910-1911
14. Arthur L. Otto and Company, 1906
15. Athey, John T. 1909-1910
16. Atkinson, George W. 1906, 1909-1910
17. Austin, O. P. 1910
18. A – miscellaneous
19. B
20. Backus, V. M. 1909-1910
21. Baker, E. D. 1910
22. Bassesl, John 1903, 1911
23. Bennett, William G. 1909
24. Black, H. E. 1910
25. Black, H. E. 1911
26. Black. H. E. 1913
27. Blagg, Don 1909
28. Bock, E. S. 1911
29. Bowen, Samuel B. 1912
30. Bowers, E. K. 1910-1911
31. Brannon, Edward A. 1910
32. Brannon, Edward A. 1911, 1916
33. Brannon, Henry 1909
34. Brannon, Henry 1911
35. Brown, Forrest W. 1903
36. Brown, J. W. 1902-1903
37. Browne, Aldis B. 1910
38. Bryant, R. G. 1903
39. Bucher Engraving and Mfg. Company 1906
40. Bucher Engraving and Mfg. Company 1909, 1912
41. Burnham, Austin A. 1906, 1908, 1910, 1912
42. B – miscellaneous
43. C
44. Caldwell and Caldwell 1903
45. Campbell, William 1906
46. Carver, Lillian no date
47. Clark, Hyre D. 1906, 1909, 1911
48. Cloud, William W. 1911
49. Columbia Magazine Publishing Company 1910
50. Connerly, F. T. 1909, 1911
51. Cotton, S. J. 1906
52. Cox, Frank 1902
53. Cox, Frank 1905
54. Cox, Frank 1909-1910
55. Crago, Thomas S. 1910-1911
56. Crummett, A. D. 1912-1913
57. Cubberly, H. J. 1910
58. Cunningham and Stallings, 1903, 1908
59. C- Miscellaneous
60. D
61. Daily News Publishing Company 1903
62. Davis, John W. 1911
63. Dent, W. R. D. 1903
64. Dick, David 1909
65. Dick, David 1910
66. Doney, Carl G. 1908
67. Doney, Carl G. 1909
68. Doney, Carl G. 1910
69. Doney, Carl G. 1911
70. Dorsey, A. A. 1903
71. Duncan, H. C. Jr. 1909
72. Durand, E. Dana 1910
73. D- Miscellaneous
74. E
75. Eaton and Maines, 1909
76. Ellis, W. H. 1906, 1910
77. Enicks, C. H. 1909, 1911
78. Erskine and Allison, 1903
79. E- Miscellaneous
80. F
81. Faunttman? – no dates
82. Felix, Mary Vinson 1903
83. Fleming, R. F. 1903
84. Flesher, C. W. 1909-1910
85. Foglesong, John M. 1908-1909
86. Foster, J. D. Jr. 1909
87. Frost, E. Allen, October – December 1905
88. Frost, E. Allen January 1906
89. Frost, E. Allen February 1906
90. Frost, E. Allen March 1906
91. Frost, E. Allen April 1906
92. Frost, E. Allen May 1906
93. Frost, E. Allen June and December 1906
94. Frost, E. Allen 1908
95. Frost, E. Allen 1909
96. Frost, E. Allen 1910
97. Frost, E. Allen 1911 and undated
98. F. W. Baumer Company 1905-1905
99. F- Miscellaneous
100. G
101. Gaines, Joseph H. 1903
102. Garvin, James E. 1906
103. Garvin, James E. 1909
104. Garvin, James E. 1910
105. Garvin, James E. 1911 and miscellaneous dates
106. Glasscock, William E. 1903, 1910
107. Graham, C. B. 1906, 1910
108. Gray, Mary 1909
109. Guthrie, L. V. 1911-1912
110. G- Miscellaneous
111. H
112. Hamilton, Franklin 1909
113. Hamilton, John W. 1908-1909
114. Hancock, T. N. 1909
115. Harding and Harding, 1903
116. Harmer, Harvey W. 1906, 1909
117. Herndon, John W. 1910
118. Herndon, John W. 1911
119. Higgins, Edward E. 1909
120. Hodgkins, Howard L. 1909
121. House, John H. 1909-1910
122. Howard, Harry C. 1910
123. Hubbard, William P. 1909-1910
124. Hughes, J. E. 1908-1909
125. Hunt, F. C. 1909
126. Huntington Banking and Trust Company 1911
127. Huntington Banking and Trust Company 1912
128. Hutchinson, B. W. 1906
129. H- Miscellaneous
130. I
131. J
132. Jacobs, T. P. 1903
133. Jarvis, William H. 1906, 1909-1910
134. Jefferson, Maude I. 1906, 1909
135. Jennings and Graham, 1906, 1910
136. Jennings, H. C. 1909
137. Johnson, Albert M. 1909
138. Johnson, E. 1910
139. K
140. Keatley, Edwin M. 1909, 1911
141. Kendall, N. F. 1908, 1910
142. King, O. Dale 1911
143. Krebs, Charles A. 1909-1910
144. K- Miscellaneous
145. L
146. Laird, John F. 1902-1903
147. Lane, T. W. 1909
148. Latimer, Mrs. Kate M. 1909
149. Leech, S. V. 1906, 1909
150. Leech, S. V. 1910
151. Leech, S. V. 1911
152. Leech, S. V. no date
153. Leftwich and Wiles, 1903
154. Leonard, D. H. 1903
155. Lewis, H. B. 1909-1910
156. Locke, R. H. 1909, 1911
157. Loeb, Leo 1908, 1910
158. Long, E. L. 1910
159. Long, E. L. 1911
160. Loomis, F. Kent 1902-1903
161. Lorberg, Nella 1909-1911
162. Lough, 1910-1911
163. Lovett, Daniel C. Jr. 1909
164. Lowther, W. E. 1900, 1906-1907
165. Lowther, W.E. 1909
166. Lowther, W. E. 1910
167. Lynch, Frank N. 1905-1906, 1909-1910
168. L- Miscellaneous


Box 2: Correspondence, M-Z, unknown correspondence

1. M
2. McChord, C. C. 1910
3. McChord, C. C. 1911
4. McConnell, Joseph 1911
5. McGregor, F. H. 1903
6. McIntosh, George C. no date
7. McLure, J. B. 1902-1903
8. McPeek, Charles E. 1909
9. McWhorter, H. C. 1909-1910
10. McWhorter, J. M. 1909
11. Martin, Lewis A. 1906, 1909
12. Mason, James M. Sr. 1902, 1909
13. Matheny, M. F> 1909
14. Mathews, C. C. 1905-1906
15. Mathews, William B. January-March 1903
16. Mathews, William B. April-May 1903
17. Mathews, William B. June-December 1903
18. Mathews, William B. January 1906
19. Mathews, William B. February 1906
20. Mathews, William B. March 1906
21. Mathews, William B. April 1906
22. Mathews, William B. May 1906
23. Mathews, William B. June 1906
24. Mathews, William B. 1908
25. Mathews, William B. January 1909
26. Mathews, William B. February 1909
27. Mathews, William B. March 1909 (1-15)
28. Mathews, William B. March 1909 (16-31)
29. Mathews, William B. April 1909
30. Mathews, William B. May 1909
31. Mathews, William B. June 1909
32. Mathews, William B. July 1909
33. Mathews, William B. August 1909
34. Mathews, William B. September 1909
35. Mathews, William B. October 1909
36. Mathews, William B. November 1909
37. Mathews, William B. December 1909 and undated 1909
38. Mathews, William B. January 1910
39. Mathews, William B. February 1910
40. Mathews, William B. March and April 1910
41. Mathews, William B. May and June 1910
42. Mathews, William B. July 1910
43. Mathews, William B. August and September 1910
44. Mathews, William B. October, November and December 1910
45. Mathews, William B. 1911
46. Mathews, William B. 1912
47. Mathews, William B. 1913
48. Mathews, William B. unknown dates
49. Mathews, Daniel 1909
50. Mathews, S. V. 1909-1910, 1913-1914
51. Meighen, B. F. 1906
52. Merrick and Smith, 1903
53. Moreland and Glasscock, 1903
54. Morrison and Rider, 1903
55. Morrison, Taylor 1903
56. Mott, J. A. 1910
57. Mott, J. A. 1911
58. Mott, J. A. 1912
59. Mott, J. A. 1913
60. M- Miscellaneous
61. N
62. Naylor, R. B. 1908-1909
63. Northcott, Elliott 1903, 1906, 1909
64. N- Miscellaneous
65. Osborne, John 1903
66. Oxley, Ben H. 1909-1910
67. P
68. Patterson, William B. 1908, 1911
69. Patterson, William B. 1912
70. Penn, I. Garland 1906
71. Penn, I. Garland 1909
72. Penn, I. Garland 1910
73. Penn, I. Garland 1911
74. Poffenbarger, George 1903, 1910-1911
75. Poffenbarber, Livia Simpson 1903, 1909, 1911
76. Pugh, D. F. 1903, 1906
77. P- Miscellaneous
78. R
79. Randall, Edwin M. 1906
80. Reamy, Robert L. 1906
81. Reynolds, F. M. 1902-1903
82. Richardson, R. H. 1910
83. Riggs, R. A. 1909, 1911
84. Ritz, Harold A. 1903, 1906, 1909
85. Robinson, Ira E. 1910
86. Robinson, Sherman 1903, 1911
87. Rucker, Anderson and Hughes 1903
88. Rucker, H. S. 1903
89. R- Miscellaneous
90. S
91. Samples, L. H. 1912
92. Scherr, A. C. 1909
93. Scherr, A. E. 1909
94. Scherr, Arnold C. 1909
95. Scherr, J. W. 1910
96. Scherr, J. W. 1911
97. Scherr, J. W. 1912
98. Scherr, J. W. 1913-1914
99. Schwabe, J. M. 1911
100. Scientific American 1906
101. Scott, Mary F. no date
102. Scott, Thomas 1906
103. Shawkey, M. P. 1909
104. Shawkey, M. P. 1911, 1912, 1913
105. Shawkey, M. P. 1914-1915
106. Shepherd, T. R. 1903
107. Sheppard and Goodykoonz 1903
108. Sidwell, Lee 1910-1911
109. Sigafoose, James A. 1909-1910
110. Singley, W. L. 1903
111. S. Kann, Sons and Company 1910
112. Smith, Harrison B. 1905-1906
113. Smith, Harrison B. 1909, 1911
114. Snider, Millard F. 1903
115. Snow, C. P. 1911-1912
116. Spear, W. L. 1909, 1911
117. Steinruck, F. C. 1909
118. Stover, H. A. 1910
119. Strieby, C. O. 1903
120. Sturgiss, George C, 1909
121. Sutherland, Howard 1906
122. Sutherland, Howard 1910
123. Swope, James B. 1908-1909
124. S- Miscellaneous
125. T
126. Thomas, A. S. 1908, 1914
127. Thomas, George E. 1911, 1914
128. Thompson, J. O. 1909-1910
129. Thompson, J. O. 1911
130. Thornburg, J. Harvey 1909, 1911
131. Thornhill, John L. 1906
132. T- Miscellaneous
133. U- Miscellaneous
134. V
135. Vandervort, J. W. 1902-1903
136. Vincent, G. A. 1903
137. W
138. Walker, R. L. 1911-1912
139. Wallace, George. S. 1903, 1910
140. Waters, Phil 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911
141. Waters, Talman 1909
142. Wedemeyer, William M. 1910
143. Weir, James W. 1906
144. Westenhaver, D. C. 1903
145. Westfalla, Daniel 1909
146. West Publishing Company 1902-1903
147. Wheatley, Katharine 1911
148. Whelan, Mary J. 1906
149. White, Robert 1903
150. Wilkins, Earl C. 1909
151. Williams, H. E. 1909
152. Willison, Frank A. 1909
153. Willis, D. T. 1906, 1908
154. Willis, Nina B. 1909
155. Woods, R. P. 1906
156. Woods, Samuel V. 1903
157. Woolard, W. F. 1909-1910
158. W- Miscellaneous
159. Y
160. Young and McWhorter 1903
161. Y- Miscellaneous
162. Zimmerman, H. A. 1909
163. Unknown correspondence, 1909, 1910, 1911


Box 3: Miscellaneous Correspondence, printed materials

1. Agreement between W. B. and Elizabeth Mathews and J. R. and Persis H. Trotter with C. G. Bergman, 1907
2. Agreement between W. B. and Elizabeth Mathews and J. R. and Persis H. Trotter with C. G. Bergman, 1909
3. Agreement between Scranton Lire Insurance Company and The Tippecanoe Securities Company, 1909
4. Agreement between J. R. Trotter and Wm. B. Mathews, directors of C. G. Bergman Company to William Swank, 1909
5. Agreement for Piedmont Park Improvement Company for incorporation 1910
6. Board of Education of Charleston Independent School District 1911
7. C. G. Bergman certificates of stock for Wm. B. Mathews to be held in trust 1907
8. C. G. Bergman Company finance statements 1905, 1908
9. C. G. Bergman Company finance statements 1908
10. Capitol City Bank miscellaneous notes concerning bank 1907
11. Central Coal and Lumber Company of Charleston, WV 1903
12. Charleston Mausoleum Company
13. Consolidated Casualty Company finance statements for 1911
14. Consolidated Casualty Company finance statements for 1912
15. Consolidated Casualty Company finance statements for 1913
16. Consolidated Casualty Company finance statements for 1914
17. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the board of directors 1910
18. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the board of directors 1911
19. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the board of directors 1912
20. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the executive committee 1911
21. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the executive committee 1912
22. Consolidated Casualty Company minutes of the regular meeting of the executive committee 1913
23. Consolidated Casualty Company miscellaneous information 1914
24. Dupont Railway and Land Company statement of assets and liabilities 1912
25. Edgewood Country Club report of the directors 1911
26. Empire Realty Company finance statement 1913
27. Fairview Land Company proposition made
28. Home-Building Company of Kanawha finance statements 1911
29. Jamestown Portland Cement Corp. stockholder’s agreement Old Colony Trust Company- depository 1911
30. Kanawha Savings and Loan Association finance statement 1908
31. Kanawha Savings and Loan Association form for transfer of stocks 1909
32. Layman’s Publishing Company
33. Mexican Milling and Transportation Company annual report 1911
34. Mexican Milling and Transportation Company annual report 1913
35. Notes of telegrams sent by Wm. B. Mathews in 1909
36. Notes of telegrams sent by Wm. B. Mathews in 1909-1910
37. Notes of telegrams sent by Wm. B. Mathews in 1911
38. Old Colony Trust Company 1911
39. Standard Realty Company Tippecanoe Securities Company statement of assets and liabilities 1912
40. United Savings and Annuity Company statement showing condition at close of business 1912
41. United Savings and Annuity Company finance statements 1914
42. United Savings and Annuity Company finance statements 1915
43. United Savings and Annuity Company on payment of income bond 1910
44. Unknown company finance statement 1911
45. Unknown company finance statement 1912
46. West Virginia Supreme Court justices listed by age and when appointed
47. William Swank and Company finance statements for November and December 1909
48. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1920
49. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1921
50. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1922
51. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1923
52. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1924
53. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for 1925
54. Acknowledgement of receipts of mandate to the Supreme Court of Appeals for unknown dates
55. Address of Hon. Walter S. Hallanan, State Tax Commissioner, before the WV Banker’s Assoc, White Sulphur Springs, June 27, 1922 – “The Need for Classification of Property for Taxation”
56. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Bulletin Valley of Wheeling Orient of WV Vol. XI, Jan. 1923
57. Argument: The Magazine: Methodist Men
58. The Bar Official Journal of the WV Bar Association Vol. XIX (June-July 1912)
59. The Bar Official Journal of the WV Bar Association Vol. XIX (October 1912)
60. The Bar Official Journal of the WV Bar Association Vol. XIX (November 1912)
61. The Bar Official Journal of the WV Bar Association Vol. XX (February 1913)
62. The Bar Official Journal of the WV Bar Association Vol. XXI (April 1914)
63. Hon. George T. Buckingham The Initiative and Referendum, a Public Danger Bulletin #4 distributed by the Civic Federation of Chicago
64. Comments on the Law of Eminent Domain paper prepared by Graham C. Painter, Charleston, Bar and read before the Bar Association of the City of Charleston January 10, 1916
65. The Duty and Responsibility of the Bar in the Selection of the Judiciary by William D. Guthrie, President of the Conference of Bar Association Delegates, Section of American Bar Association
66. The Colleges and The Courts 1936-1940 Recent Judicial Decisions Regarding Higher Education in the US by M. M. Chambers, 1941
67. Dangers of the Initiative and Referendum Bulletin #3
68. Evening News, San Jose, “Outdoor Men and Minds is Nature-lore of the Bible by Edith Daiey, December 10, 1920
69. Taxation in WV Being a Resume of Recent Developments in Our Tax Situation Together with Recommendations Regarding Legislation by Walter S. Hallanan, September 1922
70. Book cover, The Continental System and Economic Interpretation by Eli F. Heckscher Oxford: Clarendon Press
71. Inaugural Exercises of Fayette Avery McKenzie, Ph.D. as president of Fisk University, Nashville, TN November 6-9, 1915
72. Legislative Report of the Civic Federation of Chicago covering the Regular Session of the Forty-seventh General Assembly of Illinois 1911
73. A League to Enforce Peace by A. Lawrence Lowell Boston: World Peace Foundation Vol. 5 No. 5 Part 1 October 1915
74. Minutes of the Second Annual Session of the Laymen’s Association of the WV Conference held at Mannington, WV October 1-2, 1909 (2 copies)
75. Minutes of the Third Annual Session of the Laymen’s Association of the WV Conference held at Clarksburg, WV September 30-October1, 1910 (2 copies)
76. Minutes of the Fourth Annual Session of the Laymen’s Association of the WV Conference held at Charleston, WV October 5-6, 1911 (2 copies)
77. Revised List of Arbitration Treaties by Denys P. Myers Boston: World Peace Foundation No. 6 Part 5 July 1912 (2 copies)


Box 4: Printed materials

1. Officers and directors of the Dupont Railway and Land Company, Scranton, PA
2. Officers and directors of the Tippecanoe Securities Company, Scranton, PA
3. Receipt for registered articles for 1922
4. Report of Committee on State Bar Organization, Conference of Bar Association Delegates, American Bar Association, Cincinnati, OH August 29, 1921
5. Return receipts to William B. Mathews, 1921-1925
6. St. Mark’s Methodist Church, East Jefferson at Garland, Detroit, MI October 31, 1921
7. Saving Lives with Pictures – A Report to Associate Members of the Civic Federation concerning the Campaign of Educational Publicity against Bad Food for Babies conducted during the Summer of 1910 – published by authority of the Executive Committee of the Civic Federation of Chicago
8. Book covers for Prize Cases Decided In the US Supreme Court 1798-1915, James Brown Scott, supervisor, Oxford: Clarendon Press, volumes I and II
9. Advertisement – Outdoor Men and Minds by William L. Stinger, Abington Press
10. Soil Survey of Kanawha County, West Virginia by W. J. Latimer and M. W. Beck, US Department of Agriculture, 1914
11. West Virginia Rural Credit Association - A Co-Operative Organization for the Practical Working Farmer, ca. 1915 2 copies
12. Kentucky Rural Credit Association - A Co-Operative Organization for the Practical Working Farmer, ca. 1915
13. West Virginia Manuel of the Legislative Session of 1909
14. Advertisement, World Peace Foundation , publications of the World Peace Foundation including early pamphlets issued by the International School of Peace, the pamphlet series and casual issues of World Peace Foundation, 1910-1911


Box 5: Miscellaneous

1. Correspondence regarding 1876 Centennial and WV’s - role including letters to/from J. H. Diss Debar, Capt. M. F. Maury, Hon. A. J. Sweeney, etc.
2. Hempfield Company B&O Railroad – construction of line, n.d. pages 2-3
3. David Doyle vs. Richard Smith dec’d land rights 1810 – 1887 copy Virginia Land Office
4. Miscellaneous partial index to cases; oath of Wm. L. Bridges, Moundsville Superintendent April 28, 1873; page from book showing rowhouse?; partial printed piece regarding slave girl
5. Fayette County Relief Administration – weekly time sheets ending February 14, 1935
6. Poages vs. Preston Montgomery Company October 23, 1839 Circuit Supreme Court of Law and Chancery Montgomery County
7. Isaac H. White vs. Jay Willams 1900 Court of Appeals of Maryland
8. Lemmon vs. Hansbarger n.d.
9. Michael Overbaugh vs. Henry Moore District Court of Appeals for 10th District Fairmont, n.d.
10. Argument docket July 14-18, 1845 20th Judicial Circuit
11. Hill vs. Peck ca. 1828 involving ladn, no county listed
12. Frieckerson et al vs. Ball incomplete appeal from 1842 Lee County Court to Court of Appeals
13. Hobbs Taylor & Company vs. Interchange, Ohio County Feb. 1863 writ of supersedeas
14. Henry Ettele vs. Central Improvement Company Sept. 1874 Philadelphia County, PA
15. John Kelly vs. Central Improvement Company Sept. 1874 Philadelphia County, PA
16. Edmund Purcell vs. Central Improvement Company June 1880 Philadelphia County, PA
17. Donoghue Bros. vs Central Improvement Company March 1883 Philadelphia County, PA – originated in Page County, VA 1874
18. Boland Bros. vs. Central Improvement Company December 1882 Philadelphia County, PA – originated in Page County, VA 1874
19. Richard Cralle vs. Joseph Friend et al vol. 2 depositions taken 1849
20. Richard Cralle vs. Joseph Friend et al vol. 3 depositions taken 1849
21. RIchard Cralle vs. Joseph Friend et al vol. 4 depositions taken 1849
22. Josiah Jackson vs. Apdegraph heirs ca. 1836
23. Estate of Samuel Moore, Jefferson County, 1848-1855 – Minor Hirsh, admin. of David Moore estate
24. George Moore and Company vs. Central Improvement Company March 1883 Philadelphia County, PA – originated in Page County VA 1874
25. Adams Hammer & Company vs. Central Improvement Company March 1883 Philadelphia County, PA – originated in Page County VA 1874
26. L. P. McDermit & James McKinney vs. Central Improvement Company March 1880 Philadelphia County, PA
27. Curtez vs. Roles and Rossett, Jackson County Circuit Court May 4, 1863


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