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Harry C. Woodyard (1867-1929) Papers
Woodyard, Harry C., 1867-1929
A&M 2458
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1.4 Linear Feet
1 ft. 5 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 2 in.)
ca. 1910-1929
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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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Harry C. Woodyard (1867-1929) Papers, A&M 2458, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, legal, and financial, and miscellaneous papers of a businessman and politician from Roane County, West Virginia, who was elected to the state Senate in 1898 and to the U.S. Congress as a Republican for several terms: 1902-11, 1916-23, 1925-27. His early business activity was in wholesale groceries and the lumber industry. He later engaged in newspaper publishing and owned an estimated eighteen weekly papers. Woodyard's sons continued in their father's business after his death. The correspondence consists of letters received by Woodyard during his later terms as congressman (1920s), as well as personal letters from his family and friends.
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Chicago (Ill.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Roane County (W. Va.)
San Francisco (Calif.)
Washington (D.C.)
Election of 1924.
Elections
Lumber trade
Maps.
Politics and government.
Taxation
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
United States. Congress
Goff, Guy Despard, 1867-1933
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962
Hogg, William R.
Kelly, Clyde.
Lee, H.B.
Woodyard, Harry C., 1867-1929
Office Correspondence -- AArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159139undated11Office Correspondence -- BArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159140undated12Office Correspondence -- CArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159141undated13Office Correspondence -- D-E-FArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159142undated14Office Correspondence -- GArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159143undated15Office Correspondence -- HArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159144undated16Office Correspondence -- J-KArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159145undated17Office Correspondence -- LArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159146undated18Office Correspondence -- Landsittel LettersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159147undated19Office Correspondence -- MArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159148undated210Office Correspondence -- N-RArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159149undated211Office Correspondence -- SArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159150undated212Office Correspondence -- T-ZArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159151undated213Deeds, Contracts, and CertificatesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159152undated214Personal CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1591531923–1929215Miscellaneous PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159154undated216Bills and Receipts -- A-LArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159155undated317Bills and Receipts -- M-PArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159156undated318Bills and Receipts -- R-WArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159157undated319Personal Tax RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1591581921–1923320Scrapbook #1: Newspaper clippings concerning political matters, taken from various West Virginia newspapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/15915919103Scrapbook #2: Photostatic copies of letters from various U.S. newspaper publishers to Edward Woodyard Associates, New York City concerning relations between big business and local, small-town populationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/159160undatedunboxed