Stephen B. Elkins Business Correspondence with Various Industries

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Location of collection:
West Virginia and Regional History Center
West Virginia & Regional History Center
West Virginia University
P.O. Box 6069
1549 University Avenue
Morgantown, WV 26506
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Stephen B. Elkins Business Correspondence with Various Industries, A&M 1532, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.42 Linear Feet 1 document case, 5 in.
Creator:
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 and Clark, Thomas G.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Stephen B. Elkins Business Correspondence with Various Industries, A&M 1532, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Business correspondence of U.S. Senator Stephen B. Elkins. Subjects include West Virginia coal companies, Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Berkeley Springs Hotel Company, Buckhannon Relief Oil and Gas Company, Allegheny Improvement Company, the Little Kanawha Syndicate, Wheeling Traction Company, West Virginia Bridge and Construction Company, Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad, St. Louis and North Arkansas Railroad, Magistral Exploration Company of Mexico, and the Westernport Electric Railway Company. Correspondents include A. B. White, R. C. Kerens, Henry G. Davis, D. O. Mills, Ogden Mills, George C. Sturgiss, and William F. Sadler, Jr.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Thomas G. Clark, Morgantown, WV., 1961 November 27.
Physical location:
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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