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Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. 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Va.)","United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","Virginia -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865","West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865","West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.","United States -- Politics and government","Account books","Coal mines and mining","Coal mining -- Strikes","Coal mining.","Debts, Public  -- Virginia","Debts, Public  -- West Virginia","Politics and government.","Railroads","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","Secession","Steamboats","Judges -- West Virginia","Politicians -- United States","Politicians","No special access restriction applies.","Arthur Ingraham Boreman (24 July 1823 - 19 April 1896), was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, then moved with his family to Virginia, where he was educated and read law with his older brother, William I. Boreman. He was admitted to the Bar in 1843, and soon after located in Parkersburg, (West) Virginia, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature from Wood County in 1855 and served until 1861. Boreman began his political career as a member of the Whig Party, but he became a Republican when that party organized and remained a Republican until his death.","In 1861, after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Boreman presided over the Wheeling Convention that organized the Restored Government of Virginia. In October of that year, he was elected Judge of the Parkersburg district Circuit Court and remained in that office until 1863, when he was elected Governor of the new State of West Virginia. He was reelected to that office twice, serving as Governor from 1863 to 1869. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).","In 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. Without his solicitation, however, he was once again elected Judge of the Parkersburg district he had served from 1861 to 1863, serving again from 1889-1896. He remained in that position until his death.","Personal and business papers of a lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.","Series 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.  This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","Series 2. Notes on Cases Tried Before Judge Boreman; 1883-1896, undated; boxes 25-28.","Series 3. Envelope Cases; 1852-1886; boxes 29-35.  This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","Series 4. Financial and Other Material; 1846-1892; box 36.  This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","Series 5. Printed Material -- Politics; 1859-1949; boxes 37-38.  This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","Series 6. Printed Material -- Judicial and Miscellaneous; 1855-1897, undated; boxes 39-42.  This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","Points Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia , published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.","\nSee control folder for lists of separated material.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. Without his solicitation, however, he was once again elected Judge of the Parkersburg district he had served from 1861 to 1863, serving again from 1889-1896. He remained in that position until his death.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Arthur Ingraham Boreman (24 July 1823 - 19 April 1896), was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, then moved with his family to Virginia, where he was educated and read law with his older brother, William I. Boreman. He was admitted to the Bar in 1843, and soon after located in Parkersburg, (West) Virginia, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature from Wood County in 1855 and served until 1861. Boreman began his political career as a member of the Whig Party, but he became a Republican when that party organized and remained a Republican until his death.","In 1861, after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Boreman presided over the Wheeling Convention that organized the Restored Government of Virginia. In October of that year, he was elected Judge of the Parkersburg district Circuit Court and remained in that office until 1863, when he was elected Governor of the new State of West Virginia. He was reelected to that office twice, serving as Governor from 1863 to 1869. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).","In 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. 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Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. 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Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSee also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. 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Boreman. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.","Series 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.  This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","Series 2. Notes on Cases Tried Before Judge Boreman; 1883-1896, undated; boxes 25-28.","Series 3. Envelope Cases; 1852-1886; boxes 29-35.  This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","Series 4. Financial and Other Material; 1846-1892; box 36.  This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","Series 5. Printed Material -- Politics; 1859-1949; boxes 37-38.  This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","Series 6. Printed Material -- Judicial and Miscellaneous; 1855-1897, undated; boxes 39-42.  This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoints Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e, published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSee control folder for lists of separated material.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Points Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia , published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.","\nSee control folder for lists of separated material."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_c95878969f54b5b1003ecb7e5f0fec10\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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He was elected to the Virginia Legislature from Wood County in 1855 and served until 1861. Boreman began his political career as a member of the Whig Party, but he became a Republican when that party organized and remained a Republican until his death.","In 1861, after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Boreman presided over the Wheeling Convention that organized the Restored Government of Virginia. In October of that year, he was elected Judge of the Parkersburg district Circuit Court and remained in that office until 1863, when he was elected Governor of the new State of West Virginia. He was reelected to that office twice, serving as Governor from 1863 to 1869. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).","In 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. Without his solicitation, however, he was once again elected Judge of the Parkersburg district he had served from 1861 to 1863, serving again from 1889-1896. He remained in that position until his death.","Personal and business papers of a lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.","Series 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.  This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","Series 2. Notes on Cases Tried Before Judge Boreman; 1883-1896, undated; boxes 25-28.","Series 3. Envelope Cases; 1852-1886; boxes 29-35.  This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","Series 4. Financial and Other Material; 1846-1892; box 36.  This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","Series 5. Printed Material -- Politics; 1859-1949; boxes 37-38.  This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","Series 6. Printed Material -- Judicial and Miscellaneous; 1855-1897, undated; boxes 39-42.  This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. 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Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","Points Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia , published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.","\nSee control folder for lists of separated material.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Boreman. He was admitted to the Bar in 1843, and soon after located in Parkersburg, (West) Virginia, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature from Wood County in 1855 and served until 1861. Boreman began his political career as a member of the Whig Party, but he became a Republican when that party organized and remained a Republican until his death.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1861, after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Boreman presided over the Wheeling Convention that organized the Restored Government of Virginia. In October of that year, he was elected Judge of the Parkersburg district Circuit Court and remained in that office until 1863, when he was elected Governor of the new State of West Virginia. He was reelected to that office twice, serving as Governor from 1863 to 1869. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. Without his solicitation, however, he was once again elected Judge of the Parkersburg district he had served from 1861 to 1863, serving again from 1889-1896. He remained in that position until his death.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Arthur Ingraham Boreman (24 July 1823 - 19 April 1896), was born in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, then moved with his family to Virginia, where he was educated and read law with his older brother, William I. Boreman. He was admitted to the Bar in 1843, and soon after located in Parkersburg, (West) Virginia, where he lived for the rest of his life. He was elected to the Virginia Legislature from Wood County in 1855 and served until 1861. Boreman began his political career as a member of the Whig Party, but he became a Republican when that party organized and remained a Republican until his death.","In 1861, after Virginia voted to secede from the Union, Boreman presided over the Wheeling Convention that organized the Restored Government of Virginia. In October of that year, he was elected Judge of the Parkersburg district Circuit Court and remained in that office until 1863, when he was elected Governor of the new State of West Virginia. He was reelected to that office twice, serving as Governor from 1863 to 1869. On November 30, 1864, he married Laurane Tanner Bullock (1830-1908).","In 1869, Boreman resigned his office as Governor to run for the U.S. Senate. He was elected and served for one term, till 1875. In 1875, he retired from government duties and reestablished a successful law practice in Parkersburg. Without his solicitation, however, he was once again elected Judge of the Parkersburg district he had served from 1861 to 1863, serving again from 1889-1896. He remained in that position until his death."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Arthur I. Boreman Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0639, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Arthur I. Boreman Papers, A\u0026M 0639, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePersonal and business papers of a lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSee also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Notes on Cases Tried Before Judge Boreman; 1883-1896, undated; boxes 25-28.\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Envelope Cases; 1852-1886; boxes 29-35.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. 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Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSee also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Personal and business papers of a lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar.","Series 1. Correspondence; 1830-1905, undated; boxes 1-24.  This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","Series 2. Notes on Cases Tried Before Judge Boreman; 1883-1896, undated; boxes 25-28.","Series 3. Envelope Cases; 1852-1886; boxes 29-35.  This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","Series 4. Financial and Other Material; 1846-1892; box 36.  This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","Series 5. Printed Material -- Politics; 1859-1949; boxes 37-38.  This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","Series 6. Printed Material -- Judicial and Miscellaneous; 1855-1897, undated; boxes 39-42.  This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets.","This series includes business papers from Boreman's years as a lawyer and judge, such as deeds, receipts, checks, letters, court papers, and other material. There is very little material relating to Boreman's governorship or political activities; such material includes manuscript drafts of political speeches (such as Boreman's annual message to the state Senate and House of Delegates, 1868 and 1869), bills, receipts, and letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867). The Pierpont letters relate to politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. Also includes some printed material, clippings, and personal letters, including letters from Boreman's doctor (folder 20a). Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis (1875), D.D.T. Farnsworth (1870), D.H. Strother (1879), J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson.","See also the Calendar of the Arthur I. Boreman Letters in the State Department of Archives and History (link in External Documents).","This series includes material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved. Includes muster rolls for the 190th Virginia Militia, US Army, July to December 1862 (1867); Company A, 191st regiment of Home Guards, 1861-1865 (1870); State Scouts, West Virginia Militia, December 1864 to February 1865 (undated); Company C or E of the 185th West Virginia Militia (undated); and State Troops, Braxton County, 1861-1862 (undated), all part of a case involving claims for military payment.","This series includes check books, accounts, tax receipts, store ledgers, memo books, and notes on law.","This series includes presidential addresses, \"campaign textbooks,\" speeches, newspaper clippings regarding politics and voting, and state voting records.","This series includes stationery; statements of public debt; advertisements; US postal guides; circuit court records for various US states; Northern Pacific Railroad maps of North Dakota, Idaho, and Washington; case and trial records of Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia; an incomplete copy of Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia (1890); and various other pamphlets."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003ePoints Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e, published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nSee control folder for lists of separated material.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Points Adjudicated by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia , published 1875-1888 (21 issues) separated to the WVU Law Library Rare Book Collection.","\nSee control folder for lists of separated material."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_309f6a1d677283f0b3b733226f1e65fb\"\u003ePersonal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Personal and business papers of Arthur I. Boreman (1823-1896), lawyer, U.S. senator, circuit court judge, and first governor of West Virginia. The bulk of the collection consists of papers relating to his judgeship and to the law firm of Boreman and Bullocks, Parkersburg, WV. Series include correspondence, notes on cases tried before Judge Boreman, envelope cases of material regarding legal cases in which Boreman was involved, financial material, and political and judicial printed material. Correspondence includes letters to Boreman from Francis H. Pierpont (1866-1867), which concern politics in West Virginia, the admission of Berkeley and Jefferson counties into the state, the Virginia debt, and Reconstruction in Virginia. There is little other material relating to the governorship or political activities. Additional correspondents include J.W. Davis, John J. Davis, D.D.T. Farnsworth, D.H. Strother, J.G. Jackson, Charles J. Faulkner, and E.W. Wilson. Also includes manuscripts of speeches; muster rolls; household accounts; civil and court case papers concerning oil well drilling and sales; railroad property inventories and operation; coal prices, shipping data, and strikes; liquid fuel transportation; and steam and tow boat cargoes, navigation data, and names of boats in service on the Ohio River. There is also genealogical information on P.G. Van Winkle and Ebenezer Zane, and a letter and deposition by J.H. Diss Debar. For more details and box-level contents list, see Scope and Content Note. For more information on Arthur I. Boreman, see Historical Note."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_c95878969f54b5b1003ecb7e5f0fec10\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Va.)","United States -- Politics and government","Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","Women's history -- 1800-1849","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Politicians -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Francis Harrison Pierpont was born in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia on January 25, 1814, the son of Francis and Catherine Weaver Pierpont. He married Julia Augusta Robertson (July 26, 1828 - March 25, 1886) on December 26, 1854. He graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and began teaching in Mississippi and then (West) Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Fairmont, Marion County, (West) Virginia, in 1842. One of the clients he represented was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He also started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer James Otis Watson. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became interested in politics, joined the Whig Party, and opposed slavery. He participated in the First and Second Wheeling Conventions in 1861. Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. He died in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 24, 1899.","Julia and Francis had four children: Samuel Robertson \"Sammie\" (November 12, 1855 - January 22, 1920), Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\" (April 14, 1858 - March 22, 1932), and twins Francis William \"Willie\" (September 13, 1860 - February 11, 1920) and Mary Augusta \"Mamie\" (September 13, 1860 - June 18, 1864). Anna married William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter (1858-1939) in 1886.","Note that Francis Harrison spelled his surname \"Peirpoint\" until 1881, when he changed the spelling to \"Pierpont,\" the form which is now used by historians. See Charles Ambler's  Francis H. Pierpont  for further details.","The article entitled \"The Lincoln Reminiscence Manuscript in the Francis Harrison Pierpont Papers\" authored by Michael R. Ridderbusch references pencil draft 1, pencil draft 2, ink draft, and final draft.  These are located in box 4.","pencil draft 1, folder 13a, item 04-057 \npencil draft 2, folder 14, item 04-059 \nink draft, folder 16, item 04-061 \nfinal draft, folder 18a, item 04-062.5a","9, 113, 418, 419, 420, 497, 526, 559, 4171","Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6. \nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18. \nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3. \nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7. \nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8. \nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9. \nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2. \nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16. \nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9. \nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13. \nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.  This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","Series 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.  This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","Series 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.  This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.","Series 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.  This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.","Series 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.  This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","Series 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.  This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.","Series 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.  This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","Series 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.  This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","Series 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.  This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","Series 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.  This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","Series 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.  This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","Series 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.  This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln."," Descriptive System for Series 4:","Folder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date"," Item Description includes: "," 1) Original or transcript; "," 2) Title of item; "," 3) Number of leaves; "," 4) Complete or fragment; "," 5) Description of item; "," 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; "," 7) Condition of item.","This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others."," Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series 1861-1865 website (https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/).","This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","Items transferred to Pamphlets:","\nP0585: Regulations and List of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongahela Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Society..., 1869.","\nP2013: Catalogue of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongalia Agricultural Association..., 1879.","\nP6141: Report on the Survey of the West Virginia and Pennsylvania Boundary, 1883.","\nNo number: Final Report of the Joint Boundary Commission on the Parallel Boundary Between West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1886.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For civil war telegrams related to this collection, go to wvhistory.org.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Grand Army of the Republic","Society of the Army of West Virginia","Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899","Ambler, Charles Henry,  1876-1957","Battelle, Gordon.","Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896","Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893","Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889","Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899.","Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878","Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885","Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900","Dayton, Spencer","Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920","Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906","Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901.","Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865","McClellan, George B. 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"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFrancis Harrison Pierpont was born in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia on January 25, 1814, the son of Francis and Catherine Weaver Pierpont. He married Julia Augusta Robertson (July 26, 1828 - March 25, 1886) on December 26, 1854. He graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and began teaching in Mississippi and then (West) Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Fairmont, Marion County, (West) Virginia, in 1842. One of the clients he represented was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He also started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer James Otis Watson. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became interested in politics, joined the Whig Party, and opposed slavery. He participated in the First and Second Wheeling Conventions in 1861. Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. He died in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 24, 1899.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJulia and Francis had four children: Samuel Robertson \"Sammie\" (November 12, 1855 - January 22, 1920), Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\" (April 14, 1858 - March 22, 1932), and twins Francis William \"Willie\" (September 13, 1860 - February 11, 1920) and Mary Augusta \"Mamie\" (September 13, 1860 - June 18, 1864). Anna married William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter (1858-1939) in 1886.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eNote that Francis Harrison spelled his surname \"Peirpoint\" until 1881, when he changed the spelling to \"Pierpont,\" the form which is now used by historians. See Charles Ambler's \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFrancis H. Pierpont\u003c/emph\u003e for further details.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Francis Harrison Pierpont was born in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia on January 25, 1814, the son of Francis and Catherine Weaver Pierpont. He married Julia Augusta Robertson (July 26, 1828 - March 25, 1886) on December 26, 1854. He graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and began teaching in Mississippi and then (West) Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Fairmont, Marion County, (West) Virginia, in 1842. One of the clients he represented was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He also started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer James Otis Watson. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became interested in politics, joined the Whig Party, and opposed slavery. He participated in the First and Second Wheeling Conventions in 1861. Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. He died in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 24, 1899.","Julia and Francis had four children: Samuel Robertson \"Sammie\" (November 12, 1855 - January 22, 1920), Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\" (April 14, 1858 - March 22, 1932), and twins Francis William \"Willie\" (September 13, 1860 - February 11, 1920) and Mary Augusta \"Mamie\" (September 13, 1860 - June 18, 1864). Anna married William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter (1858-1939) in 1886.","Note that Francis Harrison spelled his surname \"Peirpoint\" until 1881, when he changed the spelling to \"Pierpont,\" the form which is now used by historians. See Charles Ambler's  Francis H. Pierpont  for further details."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe article entitled \"The Lincoln Reminiscence Manuscript in the Francis Harrison Pierpont Papers\" authored by Michael R. Ridderbusch references pencil draft 1, pencil draft 2, ink draft, and final draft.  These are located in box 4.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003epencil draft 1, folder 13a, item 04-057\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\npencil draft 2, folder 14, item 04-059\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nink draft, folder 16, item 04-061\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nfinal draft, folder 18a, item 04-062.5a\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"odd_heading_ssm":["General"],"odd_tesim":["The article entitled \"The Lincoln Reminiscence Manuscript in the Francis Harrison Pierpont Papers\" authored by Michael R. Ridderbusch references pencil draft 1, pencil draft 2, ink draft, and final draft.  These are located in box 4.","pencil draft 1, folder 13a, item 04-057 \npencil draft 2, folder 14, item 04-059 \nink draft, folder 16, item 04-061 \nfinal draft, folder 18a, item 04-062.5a"],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A\u0026amp;M 0009, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers, A\u0026M 0009, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e9, 113, 418, 419, 420, 497, 526, 559, 4171\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["9, 113, 418, 419, 420, 497, 526, 559, 4171"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.\u003c/emph\u003e This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.\u003c/emph\u003e This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.\u003c/emph\u003e This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDerrick \u003c/emph\u003e(Oil City, PA), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePuck\u003c/emph\u003e, and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Family Visitor\u003c/emph\u003e; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.\u003c/emph\u003e This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Descriptive System for Series 4:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFolder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Item Description includes: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 1) Original or transcript; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2) Title of item; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 3) Number of leaves; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 4) Complete or fragment; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 5) Description of item; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 7) Condition of item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series 1861-1865 website (https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDerrick\u003c/emph\u003e (Oil City, PA), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePuck\u003c/emph\u003e, and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Family Visitor\u003c/emph\u003e; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6. \nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18. \nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3. \nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7. \nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8. \nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9. \nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2. \nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16. \nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9. \nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13. \nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.  This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","Series 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.  This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","Series 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.  This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.","Series 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.  This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.","Series 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.  This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","Series 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.  This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.","Series 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.  This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","Series 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.  This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","Series 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.  This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","Series 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.  This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","Series 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.  This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","Series 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.  This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln."," Descriptive System for Series 4:","Folder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date"," Item Description includes: "," 1) Original or transcript; "," 2) Title of item; "," 3) Number of leaves; "," 4) Complete or fragment; "," 5) Description of item; "," 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; "," 7) Condition of item.","This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others."," Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series 1861-1865 website (https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/).","This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eItems transferred to Pamphlets:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nP0585: Regulations and List of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongahela Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Society..., 1869.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nP2013: Catalogue of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongalia Agricultural Association..., 1879.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nP6141: Report on the Survey of the West Virginia and Pennsylvania Boundary, 1883.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\nNo number: Final Report of the Joint Boundary Commission on the Parallel Boundary Between West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1886.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["Items transferred to Pamphlets:","\nP0585: Regulations and List of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongahela Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Society..., 1869.","\nP2013: Catalogue of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongalia Agricultural Association..., 1879.","\nP6141: Report on the Survey of the West Virginia and Pennsylvania Boundary, 1883.","\nNo number: Final Report of the Joint Boundary Commission on the Parallel Boundary Between West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1886."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the \u003ca href=\"https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/visit/permissions-and-copyright\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePermissions and Copyright page\u003c/a\u003e on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_83497f699f73bc58c1cdff09fc41122f\"\u003ePapers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For civil war telegrams related to this collection, go to wvhistory.org.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For civil war telegrams related to this collection, go to wvhistory.org."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc id=\"aspace_9041a843e76829e94338dabe45bca976\"\u003eWest Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/\u003c/physloc\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":["West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. 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Va.)","United States -- Politics and government","Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Marion County","Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)","Women's history -- 1800-1849","Women's history -- 1850-1899","Politicians -- United States","No special access restriction applies.","Researchers may access digitized materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","Francis Harrison Pierpont was born in Monongalia County, (West) Virginia on January 25, 1814, the son of Francis and Catherine Weaver Pierpont. He married Julia Augusta Robertson (July 26, 1828 - March 25, 1886) on December 26, 1854. He graduated from Allegheny College, Pennsylvania, in 1839, and began teaching in Mississippi and then (West) Virginia. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Fairmont, Marion County, (West) Virginia, in 1842. One of the clients he represented was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He also started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer James Otis Watson. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became interested in politics, joined the Whig Party, and opposed slavery. He participated in the First and Second Wheeling Conventions in 1861. Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. He died in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 24, 1899.","Julia and Francis had four children: Samuel Robertson \"Sammie\" (November 12, 1855 - January 22, 1920), Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\" (April 14, 1858 - March 22, 1932), and twins Francis William \"Willie\" (September 13, 1860 - February 11, 1920) and Mary Augusta \"Mamie\" (September 13, 1860 - June 18, 1864). Anna married William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter (1858-1939) in 1886.","Note that Francis Harrison spelled his surname \"Peirpoint\" until 1881, when he changed the spelling to \"Pierpont,\" the form which is now used by historians. See Charles Ambler's  Francis H. Pierpont  for further details.","The article entitled \"The Lincoln Reminiscence Manuscript in the Francis Harrison Pierpont Papers\" authored by Michael R. Ridderbusch references pencil draft 1, pencil draft 2, ink draft, and final draft.  These are located in box 4.","pencil draft 1, folder 13a, item 04-057 \npencil draft 2, folder 14, item 04-059 \nink draft, folder 16, item 04-061 \nfinal draft, folder 18a, item 04-062.5a","9, 113, 418, 419, 420, 497, 526, 559, 4171","Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6. \nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18. \nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3. \nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7. \nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8. \nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9. \nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2. \nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16. \nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9. \nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13. \nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.  This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","Series 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.  This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","Series 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.  This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.","Series 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.  This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.","Series 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.  This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","Series 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.  This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.","Series 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.  This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","Series 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.  This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","Series 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.  This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","Series 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.  This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","Series 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.  This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","Series 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.  This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln."," Descriptive System for Series 4:","Folder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date"," Item Description includes: "," 1) Original or transcript; "," 2) Title of item; "," 3) Number of leaves; "," 4) Complete or fragment; "," 5) Description of item; "," 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; "," 7) Condition of item.","This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others."," Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series 1861-1865 website (https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/).","This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","Items transferred to Pamphlets:","\nP0585: Regulations and List of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongahela Valley Agricultural and Mechanical Society..., 1869.","\nP2013: Catalogue of Premiums of the First Annual Fair of the Monongalia Agricultural Association..., 1879.","\nP6141: Report on the Survey of the West Virginia and Pennsylvania Boundary, 1883.","\nNo number: Final Report of the Joint Boundary Commission on the Parallel Boundary Between West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 1886.","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the  Permissions and Copyright page  on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.","Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For civil war telegrams related to this collection, go to wvhistory.org.","West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536  / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/","West Virginia and Regional History Center","Grand Army of the Republic","Society of the Army of West Virginia","Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899","Ambler, Charles Henry,  1876-1957","Battelle, Gordon.","Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896","Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893","Cameron, Simon, 1799-1889","Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899.","Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878","Colfax, Schuyler, 1823-1885","Cox, Jacob D (Jacob Dolson), 1828-1900","Dayton, Spencer","Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920","Harris, T. M. (Thomas Mealey), 1817-1906","Lightburn, Joseph Andrew Jackson, 1824-1901.","Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865","McClellan, George B. 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Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. He died in Pittsburgh, PA, on March 24, 1899.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJulia and Francis had four children: Samuel Robertson \"Sammie\" (November 12, 1855 - January 22, 1920), Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\" (April 14, 1858 - March 22, 1932), and twins Francis William \"Willie\" (September 13, 1860 - February 11, 1920) and Mary Augusta \"Mamie\" (September 13, 1860 - June 18, 1864). 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He also started a coal mine on family property in 1854 and entered into a partnership with coal pioneer James Otis Watson. During the 1840s and 1850s, he became interested in politics, joined the Whig Party, and opposed slavery. He participated in the First and Second Wheeling Conventions in 1861. Elected Governor of the Restored Government of Virginia on June 20, 1861, he continued to serve as Governor of Virginia after the Civil War, until 1868. He continued in politics, serving one term in the West Virginia Legislature in 1870, and serving as Collector for the Internal Revenue Service in West Virginia in 1880. After retiring from politics, he spent the final years of his life as a founder and member of the West Virginia Historical Society. 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Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.\u003clb\u003e\u003c/lb\u003e\nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.\u003c/emph\u003e This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.\u003c/emph\u003e This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.\u003c/emph\u003e This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDerrick \u003c/emph\u003e(Oil City, PA), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePuck\u003c/emph\u003e, and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Family Visitor\u003c/emph\u003e; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.\u003c/emph\u003e This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.\u003c/emph\u003e This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Descriptive System for Series 4:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFolder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Item Description includes: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 1) Original or transcript; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 2) Title of item; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 3) Number of leaves; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 4) Complete or fragment; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 5) Description of item; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e 7) Condition of item.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. Pierpont Civil War Telegram Series 1861-1865 website (https://civilwarwv.lib.wvu.edu/).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eDerrick\u003c/emph\u003e (Oil City, PA), \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePuck\u003c/emph\u003e, and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Family Visitor\u003c/emph\u003e; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThis series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For additional information on correspondence and papers of Pierpont, please see the Calendar of the Francis Harrison Pierpont Letters and Papers in West Virginia Depositories, published by the West Virginia Historic Records Survey in 1940.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6. \nSeries 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18. \nSeries 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3. \nSeries 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7. \nSeries 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8. \nSeries 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9. \nSeries 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2. \nSeries 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13. \nSeries 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; box 14-16. \nSeries 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9. \nSeries 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13. \nSeries 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.","Series 1. Pierpont Genealogy and Family History; 1836-1869, 1930, undated; box 1, folders 1-6.  This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","Series 2. Correspondence, Family; 1838-1930, undated (includes facsimiles); box 1, folder 7 - box 2, folder 18.  This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","Series 3. Correspondence, General; 1830-1894, undated (includes facsimiles); box 2, folder 19 - box 3.  This series contains political correspondence, generally manuscript original and typescript copies of letters. Most correspondence is to or from Francis H. Pierpont. Topics include politics, the Statehood movement, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and religion. Several \"letters to the editor\" are included. Notable correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Benjamin F. Butler (possible), Arthur I. Boreman, Simon Cameron, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Schuyler Colfax, Jacob D. Cox, Spencer Dayton, Nathan Goff, Whitelaw Reid, J.M. Schofield, William H. Seward, William E. Stevenson, David Hunter Strother, Peter G. Van Winkle, James O. Watson, and Waitman T. Willey.","Series 4. Writings and Speeches; 1836-1899, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 4-7.  This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln.","Series 5. Subject Files; 1816-1935, undated (includes facsimiles); box 8.  This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","Series 6. Telegrams; 1861-1869, undated (includes facsimiles); box 9.  This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others. For more information on how these items are described, and where to find digitized copies and transcriptions, see the series-level note.","Series 7. Pamphlets; 1850-1949 (bulk 1850-1884); box 10 - box 11, folder 2.  This series includes pamphlets on the Knights of the Golden Circle (Copperheads), slavery, Reconstruction, education, terms of governors, Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, and various other topics.","Series 8. Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont; 1836-1914; box 11, folder 3 - box 13.  This series includes scrapbooks of newspaper clippings. The clippings touch on all aspects of Pierpont's life, including his involvement in West Virginia becoming a state and news stories of his death from major newspapers around the country. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Some of the scrapbooks were likely created by Francis H. Pierpont, while others were probably created by Anna Pierpont Siviter and William H. Siviter.","Series 9. Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter; 1871-1918, undated; boxes 14-16.  This series includes scrapbooks related to the writings and professional activities of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her husband William H. Siviter. Some of the scrapbooks are published books into which newspaper clippings have been pasted over the existing text. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings from William Siviter's career as a published humorist and featured column writer for newspapers in the Pittsburgh area, the  Derrick  (Oil City, PA),  Puck , and others; clippings of articles by Anna Siviter for various newspapers and the Methodist newsletter,  The Family Visitor ; correspondence; theater programs; and Pittsburgh area letterhead and handbills.","Series 10. Ephemera; 1859-1917, undated; box 17, folders 1-9.  This series includes certificates, invitations, the diary of an unknown Pierpont family member, and other items. Notable items include Francis H. Pierpont's membership certificate for the Society of the Army of West Virginia (1872), invitations to the weddings of Anna Pierpont Siviter and her daughter Frances Pierpont Siviter Pryor (1886-1917), and Republican National Convention tickets (1884).","Series 11. Artifacts; 1887, undated; box 17, folders 10-13.  This series contains ribbons worn by Pierpont, including a Society of the Army of West Virginia ribbon and a Grand Army of the Republic ribbon.","Series 12. Oversized; 1811-1929, undated (includes facsimiles); box 18.  This series includes oversized materials such as land grants and indentures, a Virginia military commission, broadsides, a letter, maps, and Civil War newspaper clippings. The letter is from former governor of Georgia George M. Troup. The commission, signed by Pierpont, appoints Joseph Snyder to Colonel. For additional deeds, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folders 3 and 4. For additional Joseph Snyder/Snider items, see Series 5, Subject Files, box 8, folder 15. For the scrapbooks from which the newspaper clippings came, see Series 8, Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks, F.H. Pierpont, box 11, folder 3 - box 13, and Series 9, Scrapbooks, Anna and William H. Siviter, boxes 14-16.","This series consists of Pierpont family genealogies and articles, as well as biographical sketches of Francis H. Pierpont. While authorship is unknown in most cases, some may have been written by Pierpont himself.","This series includes manuscript and typescript letters (both originals and copies). Generally, the letters are from Francis H. Pierpont, Julia Augusta Robertson Pierpont, their children who survived to adulthood (Samuel \"Sammie\", Anna \"Nannie\" or \"Pierrie\", and Francis William \"Willie\"), and their son-in-law William Henry \"Harry\" Siviter, to each other. Topics generally include politics, family matters, health, daily life, and travel.","This series includes writings, speeches, drafts of letters, and pamphlets by Pierpont from his college days until the time of his death. Contains originals, typescript copies, and photostat copies. Topics include the West Virginia statehood movement, politics, slavery, and other issues surrounding the Civil War and Reconstruction. Also includes multiple drafts of Pierpont's reminiscences of meetings with Abraham Lincoln."," Descriptive System for Series 4:","Folder Title; Item Number; Item Description; Date"," Item Description includes: "," 1) Original or transcript; "," 2) Title of item; "," 3) Number of leaves; "," 4) Complete or fragment; "," 5) Description of item; "," 6) Whether a corresponding transcript or original exists, and its location; "," 7) Condition of item.","This series is divided by subject, and includes various material such as Julia A. Robertson Pierpont's pocket diary (1852); Francis H. Pierpont's deeds, business papers, and receipts (1816-1896); legal documents pertaining to a lawsuit between James O. Watson and Pierpont regarding debt and their coal mining partnership (ca. 1872, undated); documents regarding a feud between Pierpont and G.W. Atkinson (ca. 1880); materials used by Charles Ambler to research his book about Pierpont (1841-1886, 1934-1935, undated); and other items.","This series includes over 850 original and facsimile telegrams, most of which are addressed to Pierpont. He was elected governor of the \"Loyal\" or \"Restored\" Government of Virginia, which was formed in Wheeling shortly after the state's Richmond government left the Union to join the Confederacy in May 1861. The bulk of the telegrams span 1861-1863, documenting Pierpont's efforts to maintain Union rule in western Virginia during the first two years of the Civil War. Concerning matters such as military personnel and recruitment, troop movements and engagements, orders, and provisions, the telegrams provide nearly a daily record of military developments in western Virginia during this period. Spellings and punctuation in the transcriptions provided in the Contents List are maintained from the original documents. Notable correspondents include Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Thomas M. Harris, Abraham Lincoln (facsimiles), J.A.J. Lightburn, George B. McClellan, J.C. Paxton, J.C. Rathbone, W.S. Rosecrans, William H. Seward, Edwin M. Stanton, Benjamin F. Wade, and others."," Digitized copies and transcriptions of the majority of this series can be found online at the Francis H. 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He also served as Beckley city recorder in 1922. His son, Robert Martin Kilgore, was born in 1924. His daughter, Elinor Stuart Kilgore, was born in 1926.","In 1932, Kilgore was assigned to the state headquarters of the National Guard. He was elected judge of the Raleigh County criminal court from 1933 to 1940 on the Democratic ticket. In 1940, he was elected to the U.S. Senate with support from the Neely faction of the Democratic Party, and won reelection in 1946 and 1952. Also in 1940, he was placed on active military duty as judge advocate for West Virginia's Selective Service system until he entered the Senate. A member of the U.S. Senate from 1941 until his death, Kilgore served as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and the Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. In October 1942, he became chair of the Subcommittee on War Mobilization of the Military Affairs Committee (also known as the Kilgore Committee).","In 1948, Kilgore served as a delegate at the Democratic National Convention, where he was an outspoken supporter of Harry S. Truman. He retired from the West Virginia National Guard as a lieutenant colonel in 1953. He died in 1956 at age 63 at Bethesda Naval Hospital, and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1500, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harley Martin Kilgore (1893-1956), Senator, Papers, A\u0026M 1500, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e491, 967, 1068, 1108, 1500, 3143, 3335\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["491, 967, 1068, 1108, 1500, 3143, 3335"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Harley M. Kilgore, U.S. Senator from West Virginia. 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Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into six series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated), Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated), State Government Papers (1955-1960), Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated), Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated), and Addendum of 2021 October 20 (circa 1996).","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6213#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6213","ead_ssi":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6213","_root_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6213","_nest_parent_":"wvmturhc_repositories_2_resources_6213","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/WVU/repositories_2_resources_6213.xml","aspace_url_ssi":"https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/208731","title_ssm":["Helen Holt Papers"],"title_tesim":["Helen Holt Papers"],"unitdate_ssm":["1912-2015 and undated"],"unitdate_inclusive_ssm":["1912-2015 and undated"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["A\u0026M 1858","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6213"],"text":["A\u0026M 1858","Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","Previous Archival Resource Key","/repositories/2/resources/6213","Helen Holt Papers","West Virginia -- Politics and government","Education","Schools. SEE ALSO Academies","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","Political campaigns","Nursing Homes -- United States","Politics and government.","Politicians -- United States","One box contains restricted material and requires signed form.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858. ","\nIn an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","\nBecause of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","\nFor assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. ","Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. ","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. ","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. ","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology ","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College ","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. ","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 ","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes ","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt:  Memoir of a Servant Lady . The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated.  Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959) . The Benson Printing Company, 1958.","0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. ","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events."," Items of note include  Women in Politics , a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography,  Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady , by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt."," Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter, among other general correspondence. "," Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration."," Material of note includes correspondence about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3)."," Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards."," Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material."," Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others."," Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others."," Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics."," Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt."," Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000)."," Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher."," Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. "," Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies."," Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis,  Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)  (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3)."," For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt."," Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life."," Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries."," An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work,  Function of a Science Divisional Library  (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs."," Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters,  The West Virginia Taxpayer , written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of  Who's Who of American Women  (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from  LIFE  magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals."," Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement."," Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others."," For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others."," Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. "," Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved."," Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church."," Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt."," Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others."," Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of  National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,  DVD (located in box 57, folder 2)."," For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels."," Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt."," Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings."," Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher."," Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service."," Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957."," Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV."," The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board."," The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material."," The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins ( Brown Ballot Box  by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures."," For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960."," An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12)."," For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966)."," The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work."," The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996."," Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8)."," Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks."," Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives."," Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others."," Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School."," Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities."," Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events."," Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is one of five (see also A\u0026amp;M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. 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","\nIn an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","\nBecause of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","\nFor assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHelen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHelen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAugust 16, 1913: born\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1983: retired from government service\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJuly 12, 2015: death\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMemoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e. The Pen Women Press, 2014.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMarquis-Who's Who Incorporated. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959)\u003c/emph\u003e. The Benson Printing Company, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. ","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. ","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. ","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology ","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College ","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. ","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 ","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes ","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. 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The Benson Printing Company, 1958."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCampaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWomen in Politics\u003c/emph\u003e, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHelen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter, among other general correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes correspondence about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026amp;M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSeasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional education material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFunction of a Science Divisional Library\u003c/emph\u003e (Located in box 22, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women\u003c/emph\u003e (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLIFE\u003c/emph\u003e magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026amp;M 4218.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNational Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,\u003c/emph\u003e DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrown Ballot Box\u003c/emph\u003e by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. ","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events."," Items of note include  Women in Politics , a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography,  Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady , by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt."," Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter, among other general correspondence. "," Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration."," Material of note includes correspondence about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3)."," Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards."," Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material."," Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others."," Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others."," Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics."," Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt."," Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000)."," Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher."," Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. "," Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies."," Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis,  Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)  (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3)."," For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt."," Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life."," Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries."," An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work,  Function of a Science Divisional Library  (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs."," Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters,  The West Virginia Taxpayer , written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of  Who's Who of American Women  (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from  LIFE  magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals."," Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement."," Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others."," For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others."," Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. "," Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved."," Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church."," Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt."," Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others."," Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of  National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,  DVD (located in box 57, folder 2)."," For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels."," Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt."," Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings."," Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher."," Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service."," Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957."," Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV."," The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board."," The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material."," The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins ( Brown Ballot Box  by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures."," For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960."," An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12)."," For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966)."," The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work."," The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996."," Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8)."," Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks."," Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives."," Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others."," Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School."," Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities."," Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events."," Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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SEE ALSO Academies","Women's history -- 1929-1950","Women's history -- 1951-present","Political campaigns","Nursing Homes -- United States","Politics and government.","Politicians -- United States","One box contains restricted material and requires signed form.","Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc. ","This collection is one of five (see also A\u0026M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. Originally, these collections were divided between A\u0026M 873 and A\u0026M 1701, the latter also being composed of thirteen addenda and A\u0026M 1858. ","\nIn an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","\nBecause of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","\nFor assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. ","Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. ","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. ","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. ","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology ","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College ","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. ","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 ","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes ","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt:  Memoir of a Servant Lady . The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated.  Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959) . The Benson Printing Company, 1958.","0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386","Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. ","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events."," Items of note include  Women in Politics , a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography,  Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady , by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt."," Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter, among other general correspondence. "," Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration."," Material of note includes correspondence about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3)."," Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards."," Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material."," Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others."," Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others."," Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics."," Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt."," Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000)."," Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher."," Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. "," Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies."," Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis,  Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)  (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3)."," For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt."," Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life."," Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries."," An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work,  Function of a Science Divisional Library  (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs."," Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters,  The West Virginia Taxpayer , written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of  Who's Who of American Women  (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from  LIFE  magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals."," Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement."," Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others."," For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others."," Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. "," Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved."," Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church."," Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt."," Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others."," Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of  National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,  DVD (located in box 57, folder 2)."," For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels."," Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt."," Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings."," Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher."," Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service."," Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957."," Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV."," The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board."," The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material."," The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins ( Brown Ballot Box  by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures."," For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960."," An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12)."," For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966)."," The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work."," The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996."," Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8)."," Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks."," Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives."," Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others."," Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School."," Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities."," Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events."," Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)","Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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"],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection is one of five (see also A\u0026amp;M 0873, 4218, 4039, and 3943) pertaining to Rush Dew Holt, Sr. and his family. The records have been gathered via multiple accruals from 1956 to 2016. 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","\nIn an attempt to organize the collections in a more coherent fashion for patron use and to reflect the creator(s) in a more concise manner, the material was reevaluated and reorganized into the three sets of papers with distinct series and subseries: A\u0026M 873: Rush Dew Holt (1905-1955) Papers; A\u0026M 1858: Helen Holt (1913-2015) Papers; and A\u0026M 4218: Rush Dew Holt Family Papers. ","\nBecause of the 2016-2017 reorganization, the physical arrangement no longer matches the intellectual arrangement and series order. Furthermore, any box and folder citations created prior to the above-mentioned project are likely no longer accurate. ","\nFor assistance locating material using an older citation, please ask a staff member of the West Virginia \u0026 Regional History Center. "],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eHelen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAfter graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIn 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eHelen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eChronological List of Events:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAugust 16, 1913: born\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930: graduated from high school\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSummer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFebruary 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e1983: retired from government service\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eJuly 12, 2015: death\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSources:\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eA\u0026amp;M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDaly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt: \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMemoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e. The Pen Women Press, 2014.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMarquis-Who's Who Incorporated. \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959)\u003c/emph\u003e. The Benson Printing Company, 1958.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical / Historical"],"bioghist_tesim":["Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt was born in Gridley, Illinois, on August 16, 1913, to parents, William and Edna Froelich. Even at a young age, Helen Holt displayed academic potential, being advanced from the second to third grade, and this excellence was further demonstrated by Helen Holt's selection as class president and later valedictorian of her graduating class.","After high school she attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, where she received an AA degree in 1932. To further her education, Helen Holt applied to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, where she was inducted into the Delta Delta Delta sorority. While attending Northwestern University, Helen Holt maintained a high grade point average, and she graduated in 1934 with a BA in Biology and a minor in Anthropology. Soon after receiving her degree, Helen Holt was offered a position at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed. This experience led to Helen Holt's first published work, Function of a Science Divisional Library. In 1936, Helen Holt was encouraged to attend the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. During this time (1935-1937) she also completed graduated work in connection with the University of Missouri in Columbia Missouri. After attending the Marine Biological Laboratory where she was able to interact with other students and well-known professors, Helen Holt decided it best to further her education at the graduate level; thus, she applied for a teaching fellowship in Zoology at Northwestern University. She was accepted and began her courses during the 1937 summer term and graduated in 1938. In addition to earning her MS, Helen Holt completed graduate work in conjunction with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1956. ","After graduating with her MS degree, Helen Holt was hired for a position at National Park College in Washington, D.C., where she taught several Science courses from 1938-1941. It was during this time that she was introduced to the youngest member of the United States Senate, Rush Dew Holt of West Virginia, by Helen's friend and Rush's sister, Jane (Holt) Chase. They were married a year after they met, and the couple moved to West Virginia in 1941. Two children were born to the couple: Helen Jane Holt (1945) and Rush Dew Holt, Jr. (1948). When Rush Holt, Sr.'s sister died in 1952, the couple adopted her son, David. During this period Helen Holt described herself as a homemaker, but she was later involved with her husband's campaigns and even served as an unpaid assistant in Rush Holt's Charleston office. This initial involvement in government, however, was only the beginning of Helen Holt's own political career.","In 1955 after the death of her husband, Helen Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fulfill her late husband's term in the West Virginia House of Delegates, and she was later elected as a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention. After the legislative session ended in March, 1956, Helen Holt accepted a recently-vacated teaching position at Greenbrier College which would prove to be only temporary. In 1957, after the death of Secretary of State D. Pitt O'Brian, Governor Cecil H. Underwood appointed Helen Holt to fill the position, making Helen Holt the first woman to hold the office in West Virginia history. Wishing to remain secretary of state, Helen Holt ran against Joe F. Burdett in 1958 but lost. Despite the unsuccessful campaign, Helen Holt continued to break the gender barrier, becoming the first woman appointed to serve as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in West Virginia (served from 1959-1960) and later the first woman to serve as a trustee on the Board of the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. ","In 1960 Helen Holt received a presidential appointment from Dwight D. Eisenhower to serve as Special Assistant to the Commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration for Nursing Homes Program (1960-1974). During the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, Helen Holt was considered for the position of United States treasurer, but despite numerous letters of recommendation from politicians and prominent individuals, the position was offered to John B. Connelly, Jr. Nevertheless, Helen Holt continued to succeed, and in 1974 the Department of Housing and Urban Development appointed her to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped (1974-1983).","In 1983 after twenty-three years of government service, Helen Holt retired, but she remained active in women's organizations (including the Washington Business and Professional Women's Clubs, the Association of University Women, and the National League of Pen Women) and in church groups sponsored by the National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C. In addition to the numerous positions and honors bestowed upon Helen Holt during her political career, including being chosen as West Virginia Daughter of the Year by the West Virginia Society of Washington, D.C. in 1957 and being elected as president of the same society in 1960 and again serving as president from 1965-1966, she was awarded one of her greatest distinctions in 2013 when she received an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University.","Helen Holt passed away on July 12, 2015. ","Chronological List of Events:","August 16, 1913: born","1930: graduated from high school","1930-1932: attended Stephens College, received an AA degree","1932-1934: attended Northwestern University, received a BA degree in Biology and a minor in Anthropology","1934-1936: worked at Stephens College Science Division to first help establish a library and then to assist students and teachers with research or as needed","1935-1937: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of Missouri","1936-1937: attended the Marine Biological Laboratory, an institution for research and education, in Woods Hole, Massachusetts","Summer, 1937-1938: attended Northwestern University, received a MS degree in Zoology ","1938-1941: taught Science courses at National Park College ","1941 married Senator Rush Dew Holt","1945: birth of Helen Jane Holt. ","1948: birth of Rush Dew Holt, Jr.","1955: death of Rush Dew Holt, Sr.","February 17, 1955-December 1, 1956 finished Rush Dew Holt's House of Delegates term, continued to serve in the House of Delegates until 1957 ","1956: served as a Delegate at Large to the Republican National Convention","1956: completed graduate study work in connection with the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill","1956-1957: taught at Greenbrier College for Women","1957: stopped serving as professor at Greenbrier College, appointed to secretary of state of West Virginia (thru January, 1959)","1959-1960: served as Assistant Commissioner of Public Institutions in WV","1960-1974: appointed by Eisenhower to the Federal Housing Administration as special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes ","1974-1983: appointed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to serve as assistant to the secretary for programs for the elderly and the handicapped","1983: retired from government service","2013: received an Honorary Degree from WVU","July 12, 2015: death","Sources:","A\u0026M 1858, Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) Papers, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries. ","Daly-Lipe, Patricia. Helen Holt:  Memoir of a Servant Lady . The Pen Women Press, 2014.","Marquis-Who's Who Incorporated.  Who's Who of American Women: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living American Women, Volume I (1958-1959) . The Benson Printing Company, 1958."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026amp;M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Holt Papers, A\u0026M 1858, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia."],"relatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003e0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386\u003c/p\u003e"],"relatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Related A\u0026M Collections"],"relatedmaterial_tesim":["0873, 3001, 3943, 4039, 4218, 4386"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eThe collection is divided into six series as follows:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated\u003c/emph\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eSeries 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996\u003c/emph\u003e \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCampaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWomen in Politics\u003c/emph\u003e, a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHelen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady\u003c/emph\u003e, by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter, among other general correspondence. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes correspondence about \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026amp;M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSeasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)\u003c/emph\u003e (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional education material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFunction of a Science Divisional Library\u003c/emph\u003e (Located in box 22, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters, \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe West Virginia Taxpayer\u003c/emph\u003e, written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eWho's Who of American Women\u003c/emph\u003e (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLIFE\u003c/emph\u003e magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026amp;M 4218.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNational Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,\u003c/emph\u003e DVD (located in box 57, folder 2).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins (\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBrown Ballot Box\u003c/emph\u003e by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026amp;M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePapers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8).\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eIncludes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. 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Also included are invitations to special events.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003ePromotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["Papers of Helen Louise (Froelich) Holt (1913-2015) relating to her personal, educational, and political activities. Types of material include publications, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera, among others. The collection is divided into five series: Personal and Political Papers (1912-2015 and undated) includes biographical material, correspondence, campaign material, educational material, and photographs, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and political activities. Press and Media Activity (1937-2008 and undated) includes speeches, clippings, and press releases. State Government Papers (1955-1960) includes records from Helen Holt's service in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as the secretary of state of West Virginia. Federal Government Papers (1960-1984 and undated) include records from Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration and with Housing and Urban Development. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers (1953-2014 and undated) includes biographical material, political material, correspondence, and clippings, among other material relating to Helen Holt's son's personal and political activities. ","The collection is divided into six series as follows:","Series 1. Personal and Political Papers; 1912-2015 and undated","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Series 2. Press and Media Activity; 1937-2008 and undated","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Series 3. State Government Papers; 1955-1960","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Series 4. Federal Government Papers; 1960-1984 and undated","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Series 5. Rush Dew Holt, Jr. Papers; 1953-2014 and undated","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","Series 6. Addendum of 2021-10-20; circa 1996","Campaign poster of Rush Holt, Jr.","Includes publications, correspondence, photographs, artifacts, and other material representing the personal and political activities of Helen Holt.","Includes biographical sketches, clippings, and typescripts, among other material detailing Helen Holt's life events."," Items of note include  Women in Politics , a biographical essay by Tiffany Cobb (located in box 39, folder 5) and a typescript of a 2014 biography,  Helen Holt: Memoir of a Servant Lady , by Patricia Daly-Lipe (located in box 59, folder 2).","Includes personal and political correspondence sent and received by Helen Holt."," Personal correspondence includes condolence letters and telegrams, congratulatory letters, thank you notes, and communication about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter, among other general correspondence. "," Political correspondence includes letters involving Helen Holt while she was serving as a member of West Virginia's House of Delegates, as West Virginia's secretary of state, as West Virginia's assistant state commissioner of public institutions, as a delegate at large to the Republican National Convention, and as a special assistant for overseeing nursing homes in conjunction with the Federal Housing Administration."," Material of note includes correspondence about  The West Virginia Taxpayer  newsletter (located in box 23, folder 9); correspondence about the Holt property in Weston, West Virginia (located in box 31, folder 14); personal correspondence from politicians, including Robert C. Byrd (located in box 40, folder 7); and political correspondence from President Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Natalie Tennant, among others (located in box 47, folder 3)."," Additional cards, invitations, etc. can be found in Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Invitations and Cards."," Addition congratulatory letters relating to Helen Holt's marriage to Rush Holt can be found in A\u0026M 873, Series 1: Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes cards, announcements, and invitations to various events, among other related material."," Types of invitations include public and private events such as weddings, dinners, galas, and commencements, among others."," Significant occasions include the National Prayer Breakfast at the White House, the Christian Embassy Fellowship Dinner, the Winter Palace Ball for Cleveland Clinic Florida, and Spouses of the Senate honorary programs, among others."," Types of cards include condolence cards regarding the death of her husband, greeting cards, birthday and Christmas cards, and postcards. A few cards are from prominent individuals in politics."," Additional correspondence of this nature can also be found in Series 1. Personal and Political Papers--Correspondence.","Includes copies of letters from prominent people sent to the Nixon administration endorsing Helen Holt for the position of United States treasurer. Also included are copies of acknowledgment letters from the White House and copies of gratitude notes from Helen Holt."," Prominent correspondents include former West Virginia Senators, Robert C. Byrd and Jennings Randolph; Dr. Norman Vincent Peale; and former Senate Republican leader, Bob Dole, among others.","Includes material relating to Helen Holt's service as a delegate at large at the 1956 Republican National Convention and material relating to her attempt to be elected as West Virginia's secretary of state in 1958. In addition to Helen Holt's own campaigns, some material also represents Helen Holt's involvement with promoting the candidacy in others of the Republican Party. One folder includes material pertaining to Helen's involvement in her son's campaigns (1998-2000)."," Material of note advertising her candidacy includes cards listing Helen Holt's accomplishments (located in box 12, folder 2), copies of four-month calendars (August through November) issued by Helen Holt's campaign which indicate major dates for the election cycle (located in box 12, folder 2), and a newspaper broadside for a campaign appearance (located in box 66).","Includes publications, notes, photographs, ephemera, and miscellaneous material relating to Helen Holt's educational activities as a student, alumna, and teacher."," Publications include alumni magazines from Stephens College (where Helen Holt attended from 1930-1932), fiftieth reunion material from Northwestern University (where Helen Holt attended from 1932-1934 for her BA and 1937-1938 for her MS), and sorority publications. "," Notes include records from classes, composition notebooks, and research documenting Helen Holt's studies."," Items of note include Helen Holt's Master's zoology thesis,  Seasonal Aspects of the Artificial Induction of Ovulation in Triturus Pyrrhogaster (Boie)  (located in box 57, folder, 1) and a Delta Delta Delta sorority scrapbook from Greenbrier College where Helen Holt taught from 1940 to 1957 (located in box 37, folder, 3)."," For additional education material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folders 1-3.","Includes material such as name cards and tags, membership cards, and buttons, among other ephemera collected by Helen Holt."," Material of note includes ephemera from President Eisenhower's inauguration (located in box 44, folders 2 and 3).","Includes articles by Helen Holt regarding issues significant to her life."," Topics include pros and cons of junior college sororities and science divisional libraries."," An item of note is a copy of Helen Holt's first published work,  Function of a Science Divisional Library  (Located in box 22, folder 12).","Includes publications collected by Helen Holt such as books, newsletters, programs, and directories, among others. The material spans a variety of topics, from politics to educational institutions and clubs."," Items of note include a bound volume of a newsletters,  The West Virginia Taxpayer , written and published by her husband, Rush D. Holt, Sr., with issues spanning September, 1948 to December, 1954 and a letter from Helen Holt addressing the discontinuation of the newsletter's publication (located in box 52, folder 1); a first edition copy of  Who's Who of American Women  (Helen Holt's entry is on page 600) (located in box 59); clippings from  LIFE  magazine concerning the assassination of President Kennedy (located in box 60, folder 9); and a biographical sketch of Pearl S. Buck (located in box 13, folder 1).","Includes photographs of Helen Holt and family in addition to other prominent individuals."," Photographs of Helen Holt represent her personal and political life including her college and educational activities, family life, her wedding to Senator Rush Holt, and her political involvement."," Prominent individuals include Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush; former first ladies, Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush; Senator Robert C. Byrd; and author Pearl Buck, among others."," For additional photographs (including wedding pictures), please see A\u0026M 4039, box 2, folder 4. Additional family photographs can be found in A\u0026M 4218.","Includes correspondence and receipts relating to travel expenses, insurance, and taxes, among others."," Material of note includes Weston property taxes and repair bills (located in box 32, folder 2) and Cuban sugar investments (located in box 43, folder 10).","Includes photographs, guides, bills, correspondence, and ephemera, among other material relating to Helen Holt's personal and business travels. "," Locations visited include New Zealand, Australia, China, Greece, Israel, Austria, and France.","Includes material pertaining to topics in which Helen Holt was significantly involved."," Topics include the White House Children and Youth Conference; Youth Conflict Seminar; women's organizations such as the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, the National League of American Pen Women, the Executive Women in Government organization of which Helen was once president, and Ladies of the Senate; and religion, primarily the National Presbyterian Church."," Types of material include publications, correspondence, and meeting records, among others.","Includes miscellaneous personal material retained by Helen Holt."," Types of material include address lists, contracts, correspondence, clippings, photographs, a painting, publications and other printed material, among others."," Material of note includes the court case records for guardianship of David K. Chase, Helen Holt's nephew (located in box 24, folder 7); material from when Helen Holt was awarded an honorary doctorate from West Virginia University (located in boxes 54-56); autographs of prominent individuals such as Hillary Clinton, President (then Senator) Obama, and Bob Dole, among others (located in box 41, folder 1); and a copy of  National Prayer Breakfast: The Helen Holt Story,  DVD (located in box 57, folder 2)."," For additional miscellaneous material, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 12-14.","Includes correspondence, advertising, itineraries, publications, and reports, among other material documenting Helen Holt's political activities at the state and federal levels."," Material of note include a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to fill Rush Holt, Sr.'s seat in the West Virginia House of Delegates (located in box 64), a certificate confirming Helen Holt's appointment to be West Virginia's Secretary of State (located in box 64), and a copy of the Senate address delivered by Robert C. Byrd which details Helen Holt's retirement from government (located in box 39, folder 3).","Includes material related to newspapers and media that documents Helen Holt's personal and political activities.","Includes notes for and copies of speeches delivered by Helen Holt."," Also included is a transcript of Helen Holt's speech to introduce her son, Rush Holt, Jr. during the Montgomery Middle School \"Blue Ribbon Celebration\" in 2000 (located in box 26, folder 1).","Includes original and photocopied newspaper articles concerning Helen Holt's personal and political activities, in addition to miscellaneous clippings."," Personal topics include college sorority activities and educational news significant to Helen Holt's career as a teacher."," Political topics include Helen Holt's appointment as West Virginia's secretary of state and her career in state and federal government service."," Miscellaneous clippings include topics such as Watergate, the Iraq War, and President Gerald Ford's funeral, among others.","Includes copies of press releases that involve activities of Helen Holt and/or the Republican Party.","Includes correspondence, reports, statements, and publications, among other material documenting Helen Holt's activity in the West Virginia House of Delegates and as West Virginia's secretary of state.","Includes correspondence, reports, and statements involving the West Virginia House of Delegates. Mrs. Holt was appointed by Governor William C. Marland to fill her husband's seat in the House of Delegates following his death; she served from 1955 to 1957."," Persons and entities represented include former West Virginia governor, William C. Marland, state school boards and organizations, and other divisions of state government, among others.","Includes political and election records, and publications, among other material retained by Helen Holt from her time as West Virginia's secretary of state. She was appointed to fill the position in 1957 and served until January 1959. In doing so, she became the first woman to hold a high-level state office in WV."," The political records include reports relating to state boards and committees including the Board of Public Works, the State Auditing Board of Traveling Expenses, and the State Armory Board."," The election records include material from West Virginia's Election Commission and copies of 1968 election returns, among other material."," The publications include event schedules from programs that Helen Holt attended while serving as West Virginia's Secretary of State and information bulletins ( Brown Ballot Box  by Ted W. Brown, Ohio's Secretary of State from 1950-1978) which were published to offer insights about state election procedures."," For correspondence relating to Helen Holt's time as West Virginia's secretary of state, refer to Series 1, Personal and Political Papers—Correspondence (box 4, folder 8-10 and 12-14; box 5 folder 1 to box 8, folder 3; and box 34, folder 8).","Includes records, correspondence, clippings, reports, photographs, and publications, among other material that represents Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Federal Housing Administration.","Includes clippings, correspondence, photographs, and publications (newsletters and pamphlets), among other material documenting Helen Holt's involvement with the Federal Housing Administration including her involvement with nursing homes facilities and development. She was appointed to the FHA as a special assistant to the commissioner for a program overseeing nursing homes in 1960."," An item of note is an invitation from President and Mrs. Johnson to the National Symphony Ball (located in box 36, folder 12)."," For additional material relating to the Federal Housing Administration, please see A\u0026M 4039, box 1, folders 1-11.","Includes departmental records, correspondence, clippings, and reports, among other material relating to Helen Holt's involvement with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (which was established in 1965-1966)."," The departmental records include executive inventory records detailing the employment history of Helen Holt and evaluations of her work."," The correspondence includes memos regarding Helen Holt's involvement with programs for the elderly and handicapped.","Papers collected by Helen Holt pertaining to the personal life and political career of her son, Rush Holt, Jr., who served as U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1999-2015). Material includes correspondence, reports, publications, clippings, and ephemera, among other material.","\\Includes a general biographical sketch about Rush Holt, Jr., a one-paragraph biography from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, and copies of an autobiographical sketch that appears to have been part of application material (located in box 24, folder 12).","Includes general correspondence with Rush Holt, Jr., written to and from his mother, Helen Holt and his sister, Helen Jane (Holt) Seale.","Includes reports used for Congress, political itinerary, and miscellaneous political material that exemplifies Rush Holt, Jr.'s career. He first ran for Congress in 1996."," Reports include Congressional Research Service reports relating to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the issue of the federal role in elementary and secondary education (located in box 26, folder 8)."," Political itinerary includes a schedule for the Central New Jersey School Boards' Day (2000) for which Rush Holt, Jr. delivered the opening and closing remarks."," Miscellaneous material includes a summary of Rush Holt Jr.'s activity in the House of Representatives, and a biography of Representative George Miller (D-California), among other material.","Includes itineraries, notes, mailings, invitations to fundraising and related events, correspondence, press activity, and advertisements, among other material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns for the House of Representatives.","Includes ephemera relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s education, his childhood, and his 2011 swearing-in ceremony to the House of Representatives."," Educational ephemera includes program booklets from events sponsored by Carleton College and Landon School. Events include a winter concert, commencements, and a carnival, among others."," Childhood ephemera includes drawings, name cards, and craft projects, including some from Bible School."," Swearing-in ceremony ephemera includes schedules of events, a map of Washington, D.C. detailing \"areas of interest,\" and guidelines to \"proceedings of the House floor.\"","Includes original and photocopied clippings about Rush Holt, Jr.'s personal and political activities."," Topics include general recognition, news about Rush Holt, Jr.'s campaigns, and copies of letters written to newspaper editors about Rush Holt, Jr., among others.","Includes the transcript of a speech delivered by Rush Holt, Jr. at West Virginia University History Department's \"First Annual Senator Rush D. Holt Lecture\" on April 11, 2011 (located in box 47, folder 11).","Includes correspondence, publications, and other miscellaneous material relating to Rush Holt, Jr.'s political activities."," Correspondence includes letters to and from Rush Holt, Jr. with individuals such as Helen Holt; and Clarence J. Brown, former president of the United States Capitol Historical Society; among others. Also included are invitations to special events."," Publications include a copy of a mass-mailed report/survey of Rush Holt, Jr.'s progress (located in box 34, folder 2), pamphlets, and newsletters.","Promotional poster from Rush Holt, Jr.'s U.S. House of Representatives campaign (1996)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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