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Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers
Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934
A&M 0042
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1.3 Linear Feet
1 ft. 3.5 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each; 1 document case, 2.5 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3 in.)
1861-1947 and undated
1861-1928
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia.
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Biographical / Historical
Granville Davisson Hall (September 17, 1837 – June 24, 1934) was an American journalist, businessman and politician who helped found the state of West Virginia. He was born in New Salem, Virginia now Harrison County, West Virginia where he began his career as a school teacher at the early age of 17. In 1859, he left Harrison County to work in the printing office of the
Wheeling Intelligencer. He remained in Wheeling only a few months, but he returned to record the proceedings of the Wheeling Conventions, 1861-1863. He was also an editior and writer for that newspaper. Hall served as the Secretary of State of West Virginia, 1865-1867, and as the private secretary of the first governor, Arthur Boreman. After the Civil War, Hall became involved in the railroad industry in Kentucky and eventually became President of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. Later he moved to Glencoe, Illinois where he continued writing and served as the village clerk. He died there at the age of 96. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Dolly Hancher Hall, originally from Wheeling, and by two sons.Adapted from articles in Wikipedia and the West Virginia Encyclopedia, as well as his obituary in the
Wheeling Intelligencer and a roadside marker near Shinnston, West Virginia.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Granville Davisson Hall (1837-1934) Papers, A&M 0042, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and writings of Granville Davisson Hall, reporter for the Wheeling Intelligencer during the Wheeling conventions, 1861-1863; secretary of state of West Virginia, 1865-1873; and author of numerous works of fiction and historical studies about West Virginia. Includes correspondence (1861-1947, undated), mainly regarding personal matters, the early statehood period, and Civil War activities in West Virginia; and typescript copies and drafts of numerous articles by Hall (some of which were published) on topics including West Virginia statehood, the U.S. Constitution and government, and other historical subjects (ca. 1896-1925, undated). Also includes miscellaneous typescript articles, newspaper clippings, and memoranda regarding politics and history (1863-1928, undated); and miscellaneous printed material from the First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia (1861-1863). The majority of the correspondence and miscellaneous material post-dates statehood.
Series include:
Series 1. Correspondence; 1861-1947, undated; box 1.
Series 2. Writings by G.D. Hall; ca. 1896-1925, undated; box 2, folders 1-47.
Series 3. Miscellaneous; 1863-1928, undated; box 2, folder 48 - box 3.
Series 4. Printed Material; 1861-1863; box 4.
Separated Materials
Pamphlet titled "Ordinances of the Convention Assembled at Wheeling, on the 11th of June, 1861," printed by authority of the Convention, Wheeling, Va., 1861, will be bound and added to main WVHRC stacks. Digitized version will be added to Printed Ephemera Collection.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
West Virginia - Politics and government - 1861-1865.
Politics and government.
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
West Virginia. Convention (1861 : Wheeling)
Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940
Campbell, Archibald W., 1833-1899.
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961
Dawson, William M.O.
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920
Hall, Granville Davisson, 1837-1934
Haymond, Henry
Hubbard, C. D. (Chester Dorman), 1814-1891
Hubbard, Dana L.
Hubbard, William P.
Leonard, Flora Farnsworth.
Northcott, R.S.
Siviter, Anna Pierpont, 1859-1932
Stevenson, W. E. (William Erskine), 1820-1883
Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954
Willey, Waitman T. (Waitman Thomas), 1811-1900
Series 1. Correspondence, Box 1Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300201861-1947 and undatedScope and ContentsThis series includes correspondence (1861-1947, undated), mainly regarding personal matters, the early statehood period, and Civil War activities in West Virginia. The majority of the correspondence post-dates statehood. Correspondents include: William E. Borah, Archibald W. Campbell, John S. Carlile, Roy B. Cook, William M.O. Dawson, Charles J. Faulkner, A.B. Fleming, Nathan Goff, Henry Haymond, C.D. Hubbard, Dana L. Hubbard, William P. Hubbard, Flora Farnsworth Leonard, R.S. Northcott, Anna Pierpont Siviter, W.E. Stevenson, Joseph P. Tumulty, and W.T. Willey.
CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300211861-186411CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300221865-186712CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130023186813CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130024186914CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300251870-188415CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300261900-190216CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300271903-190417CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300281906-190718CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300291908-190919CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300301910-1912110CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300311913-1915111CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300321916-1917112CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300331918-1919113CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300341920-1922114CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300351923-1927115CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300361937, 1947, undated116Correspondence with Governor Dawson of West VirginiaArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300371902-1915117Undated Correspondence, Shorthand Letters, and NotesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130038ca. 1866-1902118Newspaper Clippings of Articles by Hall; Article on Hanging of Associates of John Wilkes BoothArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300391914, undated119Correspondence and ReceiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300401861-1870120Series 2. Writings, Box 2, Folders 1-47Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130041ca. 1896-1925 and undatedScope and ContentsThis series includes typescript copies and drafts of numerous articles by Hall, some of which were published. Article topics include West Virginia statehood ("How the W.Va. Convention Tried to Conserve Slavery"), the U.S. Constitution and government ("The Failure of the 14th Amendment"), and other historical subjects ("Church's Life of Cromwell").
Articles Written by G.D. Hall; Contents (list of articles in folders 2-47)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004421"A Historic Old Virginia Town" Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004522"John Brown, The Unforgotten"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004623"A Son of the Old Dominion"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004724"Texas, the Fruit of Violence"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004825"The Missouri Compromise"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13004926"The Virginia Debt Case"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13005027"The Virginia Masons"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13005128"Thomas Jefferson, Politician"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/13005229"The Location of the National Capitol in 1790'Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130053210"A Domestic Peril, Unequal Representation"Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130054211"A New Angle in an Old Topic"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130055212"11th Amendment to the United States Constitution"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130056213"Relations of the United States and Canada"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130057214"Suffrage and Representation"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130058215"The Failure of the 14th Amendment"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130059216"Constitutional Limitations: Are They Adequate?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130060217"Is the United States a Judicial Monarchy?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130061218"A Sixty-Two Year Old Trial"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130062219"Andrew F. Ritchie of Fairmont"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130063220"The Name of W.Va. - It Was Lawfully Named Kanawha"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130064221"Virginia: Some of Her Forgotten History"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130065222"The Farnsworth Charge at Gettysburg - 1600 or 300?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130066223"How the W.Va. Convention Tried to Conserve Slavery"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130067224"The Flick Amendment"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130068225"The Sowing of the Dragon's Teeth in 1787"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130069226"The Plantation Life in Virginia Slavery Days"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130070227"The Color Line in the United States, Who Is to Blame?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130071228"Mormon Surgery under Brigham Young"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130072229"The Wiard Built-Up Steel Cannon"Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130073230"Is It Prosperity, Is It Ruin?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130074231"The Pennsylvanian Tightens Belt"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130075232"Church's Life of Cromwell"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130076233"The Dartmouth College Case"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130077234"Journalism, the Noblest Profession"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130078235"Woman and War"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130079236"The Fort Sheridan Flag"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130080237"'Amber': the Tragedy of Her Life and Death"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130081238"A Peep into the Twentieth Century"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130082239"England Eighty Years Ago"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130083240"Inwood Pictures"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130084241"Old Spanish Gold: a Study of 'Don Quixote'"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130085242"Concerning Motion"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130086243"Monopoly, Deadly Tyranny"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130087244"Soul or Faculty"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130088245"Whence-What-Whither?"Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130089246Miscellaneous Material Originally in Notebooks Containing Writings of G.D. HallArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130090247Series 3. Miscellaneous, Box 2, Folder 48-Box 3Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300421863-1928 and undatedScope and ContentsThis series includes printed material, typescripts and drafts of articles, newspaper clippings, memoranda, ephemera, and pamphlets. Subjects include the early statehood movement in West Virginia, Virginia and West Virginia history, general American history and politics, G.D. Hall and his books, and other topics.
Miscellaneous and Unpublished Papers Worth Rewriting (includes printed material about the West Virginia Constitutional Convention (1863); typescripts and drafts of articles, some submitted for publication [topics include the statehood movement, prominent West Virginians, autobiography, Virginia history, and other topics]; and ephemera, including an advertisement for a book by Leon Trotzky [1918]Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300911863-1928, undated248Miscellaneous Memoranda (includes printed material; news clippings; memoranda, including shorthand; and typescripts on general politics and history)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300921919-1927, undated249Miscellaneous Typescript Articles (includes articles on Virginia and West Virginia history, the Missouri Compromise, and drafts of items in Series 2)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300931917, undated31Miscellaneous Memoranda (includes typescript articles and memoranda on early statehood, general American history, the Bible, and ancient Greeks)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/130094undated32 Miscellaneous Printed Material and Newspaper Clippings (includes Anna Pierpont Siviter's book of poetry, Songs of Hope; newspaper clippings on William Hubbard, Hall's books, Maulsby Bridge, and other topics; pamphlets, including "The Virginia Secession Convention of 1861" by Hon. John Goode; and a map of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C. [1925])Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300951899-1925, undated33Series 4. Printed Material (includes loose miscellaneous printed material of the First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia), Box 4Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1300431861-18634Scope and ContentsThis series includes miscellaneous printed material from the First Constitutional Convention of West Virginia (1861-1863).