A&M 2409Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers, 1898-1952 A&M 2409Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:51:29 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers McCabe, Robert Emmett, Sr., 1883-1963 McCabe, Brooks F., Jr., 1949- A&M 2409 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/423 12.5 Linear Feet 12 ft. 6 1/4 in. (30 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1/4 in.) 1898-1952 1907-1941 Legal files of attorney Robert Emmett McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia. They contain letters and casework for individuals and businesses. There is also an addendum to this collection containing political and financial records and other material. See scope and content note for details. 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/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Robert Emmett McCabe, Lawyer, Papers, A&M 2409, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

Scope and Contents

Legal files of attorney Robert Emmett McCabe of Charleston, West Virginia. They contain letters and casework for individuals and businesses.

Addendum of 2011/02/28 contains political and financial records and other material, including: political correspondence (1912-1952, scattered); congressional election campaign records for sixth district (1934); financial statements for oil and gas interests (1937-1944); photographs (1898, 1930s); scrapbook of clippings regarding congressional campaign (1934); day book for cash (1907); ledgers of "abstracts" or notes regarding real estate (six volumes, 1907-1911); and artifact (printers block, undated). There are also oversize items (1904, 1930s). (1898-1952; 1 ft. 8 in.)

Political correspondence in this addendum pertains primarily to Kanawha County politics, although some national activities are covered as well.

Photographs in this addendum include a group portrait of the "E.H.S." football team (1898), a picture of R.E. McCabe's law office (ca. 1930s), and portraits of R.E. McCabe (ca. 1930s).

Oversize items include a Virginia Law Certificate (1904), election campaign broadside for R.E. McCabe (1934), and original drawings of cartoons by "Vinroux" regarding New Deal politics (1930s).

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Election of 1934. Kanawha County - politics. Lawyers - letters and papers. New Deal, 1933-1939 McCabe, Robert Emmett, Sr., 1883-1963 McCabe, Brooks F., Jr., 1949-