A&M 1609Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers A&M 1609Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Herman Guy Kump (1877-1962), Lawyer and Politician, Papers, A&M 1609, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Correspondence, legal papers, speeches, clippings, photographs, and printed material of a Randolph County prosecuting attorney, mayor of Elkins, judge of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit, Democratic politician, and state governor, 1933-1937. Also features personal correspondence in Series 10.

Subjects include John T. McGraw's senate contest, 1911; Canadian Reciprocity Agreement, 1911; women suffrage; State Prohibition Amendment, 1911-1912; VIRGINIA v. WEST VIRGINIA; Joseph Brown lynch case; New Deal operations and agencies in the state; Kump's legal practice; Red House Resettlement Project; Five-Year Plan for West Virginia; state and national elections, and state politics, 1908-1936.

Correspondents include T. Coleman Andrews, Newton D. Baker, Alben W. Barkley, Harry F. Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, John J. Cornwell, John J. Davis, John W. Davis, James A. Farley, John Nance Garner, William E. Glasscock, Henry D. Hatfield, J. Edgar Hoover, Harold L. Ickes, Douglas MacArthur, John T. McGraw, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Sly, Howard Sutherland, and Clarence Wayland Watson. See control folder for box level contents list.

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 Randolph County (W. Va.) Canadian Reciprocity Agreement Elections Judges - letters and papers. Lawyers - letters and papers. Politics and government. New Deal, 1933-1939 West Virginia - Five Year Plan. West Virginia - Governors. West Virginia - Prohibition Amendment. Women -- Suffrage Women's history -- 1900-1929 Women's history -- 1929-1950 Women -- United States -- History Politicians -- United States Politics and government. West Virginia - Politics and government. United States -- Politics and government Democratic Party (U.S.) Red House Resettlement Project Andrews, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1899-1983 Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956 Brown, Joseph. Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 Byrd, Richard E. Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 Davis, John J. (John James), 1835-1916 Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 Farley, James A. (James Aloysius), 1888-1976 Garner, John Nance, 1868-1967 Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925 Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972 Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 McGraw, John T. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Sly, John F. (John Fairfield), 1893-1965 Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950 Watson, C. W. Series 1. General CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218291904–1960CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218391904 November–1908 December1CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218401909 January–1909 July2CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218411909 August–1910 May3CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218421910 June–1911 February4CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218431911 March–1911 October5CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218441911 November–1912 May6CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218451912 May–1912 December7CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218461913 January–1913 August8CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218471913 September–1914 January9CorrespondenceArchival 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Financial RecordsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218301911–1922Wilson Lumber CompanyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219031912–191865Wilson Lumber CompanyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219041919–192266Hampshire OrchardsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219051911–191966Series 3. Bills and ReceiptsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218311896–1936GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219061896–191367GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219071914–191868GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219081919–192369GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219091924–193670Series 4. Press Releases and SpeechesArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218321930–194971Series 5. Legal PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218331883–1930Keenen Depositions, R.S. Dayton vs. Hester and BennettArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121910undated72Hutton vs. Wilson Lumber Co., Baltimore and Washington Papers; Keenen, L.H., vs. Scott, Emma; Kanawha National Bank vs. Scott, Emma, C.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121911undated73Sheffey, M. vs. Dave Colliery Co.; State of W.V. vs. Davis Trust Co.; plaintiff and petitioners depositions, WWI PapersArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121912undated74Scahill, Patrick J. vs. Davis Colliery Co., plaintiff and petitioners depositionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219131915 February–1915 April75Sheffyey Case; Keenan L.H. vs. Scott, Emma C.; Burton, Cottrill vs. Golden; Pingley vs. PingleyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121914undated76Pritt, T. vs. Riggleman, Sallie A.; State vs. Sutton, Claudie; Digman, L.E. vs. M.D. Traction Co.; Wardy, W. and Findley, L. vs. Coal and Coke Railway Co.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121915undated77W.V. Pulp and Paper Co., Walton, Laura, C. vs. Modern Woodmen of America, U.S.A. vs. Dye, I.K.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121916undated78George H. Crawford, Will CaseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121917undated79Public Service Commision Hearing, Cumberland and Allegheny Rate CaseArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219181926–192880Kump, H.G.Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121919undated81Circuit Court BooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219201916–192882GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1219211883-1922, 1925-193083Series 6. Daily Appointment BooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218341934–194284Series 7. WV Liquor Control ReportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218351933–193584Series 8. Newspaper ClippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218361932-1952, undated85Series 9. Check StubsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1218371916–192686Series 10. MiscellaneousArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121838undatedGeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121922undated87GeneralArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/121923undated88