West Virginia and Regional History Center
Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers
Pierce, Carleton Custer.
A&M 1674
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1.3 Linear Feet
Summary: 1 ft. 4 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 ledger, 1 in.)
ca. 1840-1955
Military records, business papers, and correspondence of a brigadier general, Kingwood attorney, state legislator, secretary of the West Virginia Horticultural Society, state adjutant general, and state Selective Service director. Other papers include a letter book, West Virginia National Guard, 1903-1907; state Selective Service memoranda, 1940-1947; and a "Historical Record of Selective Service in West Virginia." Other subjects include the Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad, Pierce's coal mining, public utilities, oil, timber, gas, fruit growing, and other business activities. Correspondents include William G. Conley, William M.O. Dawson, Davis Elkins, William E. Glasscock, Walter S. Hallanan, Lewis B. Hershey, Homer A. Holt, Harley M. Kilgore, J. Howard McGrath, Edward Martin, Clarence W. Meadows, E.F. Morgan, Matthew M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, Chapman Revercomb, and Howard Sutherland. This collection also includes the business and legal papers, ca.1840-1890, of James H. Carroll, Kingwood attorney and editor of the PRESTON COUNTY HERALD.? Subjects include the presidential elections of 1856 and 1884 in West Virginia.? Other papers relate to Kingwood and area mercantile firms, and the operation of the PRESTON COUNTY JOURNAL, 1891-1894; and a circulation record of Preston County newspapers, 1889-1897. Correspondents include Gideon D. Camden and Henry G. Davis.
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Carleton Custer Pierce (1877-1958) Papers, A&M 1674, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Separated Materials
Separated to A&M 4168, Panoramic Photos Collection: Governors Inspection, 201st Infantry, Camp Dawson, WV, 1929
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Kingwood (W. Va.)
Preston County (W. Va.)
Account books
Agriculture
Coal mining.
Editors - letters and papers.
Election of 1856.
Election of 1884.
Elections
Gas industry
General stores
Lawyers - letters and papers.
Lumber trade
Petroleum industry and trade
Railroads - Morgantown and Kingwood Railroad.
Railroads
Preston County Herald.
Preston County Journal.
Democratic Party (U.S.)
United States. Bureau of Selective Service
United States National Guard - West Virginia.
West Virginia. Legislature
West Virginia State Horticultural Society
Camden, Gideon Draper, 1805-1891
Carroll, James Hawley, 1820-1890
Conley, William G. (William Gustavus), 1866-1940
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916
Dawson, William M.O.
Elkins, Davis, 1876-1959
Glasscock, Wm. E. (William Ellsworth), 1862-1925
Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962
Hersey, Lewis B.
Holt, Homer Adams, 1898-1975
Kilgore, Harley Martin, 1893-1956
Martin, Edward.
McGrath, J. Howard (James Howard), 1903-1966
Meadows, Clarence W.
Morgan, E.F.
Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958
Patteson, Okey L.
Pierce, Carleton Custer.
Revercomb, Chapman, 1895-
Sutherland, Howard, 1865-1950