A&M 2209Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers, 1898-1965 A&M 2209Staff 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 08:07:14 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers White, Kemble, 1873-1965 A&M 2209 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6128 2.1 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 1 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 oversize folder, 1 item) 1898-1965 Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks from language and accounting classes taken at the University; correspondence dealing with Mrs. White's gardening activities; drafts of White's proposals for constitutional revision in West Virginia; a Spanish-American War Muster-roll for Company M, 2nd West Virginia Volunteers; and two diaries (ca.1868). Subjects include: oil, land titles and leases; Fairmont Coal and Coke Company; Twin Mountain Orchards; Monongahela Valley Traction Company; Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad; West Virginia political campaigns; and constitutional revision in West Virginia. Correspondents include: Luther Anderson, Carl G. Bachman, Fred Blue, John C. Bond, Linn Brannon, William E. Chilton, J.J. Cornwell, J.S. Darst, Wells Goodykoontz, Howard M. Gore, J.W. Harman, John H. Hatcher, Henry D. Hatfield, Frank C. Haymond, Rush D. Holt, Guy Kump, Howard B. Lee, M.M. Neely, Okey L. Patteson, William H. Sawyers, E.B. Stephenson, Robert Taft, and L. Judson Williams. 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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 Agriculture Coal mining - coal companies. Elections Gas industry Lawyers - letters and papers. Militia - West Virginia 2nd Volunteers, Company M. Petroleum industry and trade Politics and government. Railroads - Twin Mountain and Potomac Railroad. Spanish-American War, 1898 West Virginia - politics. Eureka Pipeline. Fairmont Coal and Coke Company Hope Natural Gas Monongahela Valley Traction Company South Penn Oil Company Standard Oil Company West Virginia Bar Association West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association WVU Alumni Association West Virginia University Anderson, Luther. Bachman, Carl G. Blue, Fred. Bond, John C. Brannon, Linn. Chilton, William E. (William Edwin), 1858-1939 Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 Darst, J.S. Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 Goodykoontz, Wells, 1872-1944 Gore, Howard M. Harman, John William, 1869- Hatcher, John H. Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 Haymond, Frank C. Holt, Rush Dew, 1905-1955 Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 Lee, Howard Burton, 1879-1985 Neely, Matthew Mansfield, 1874-1958 Patteson, Okey L. Sawyers, William H. Stephenson, E.B. Taft, Robert. White, Kemble. Williams, L. Judson. Series 1. Correspondence (Boxes 1-4)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938681902-1963 August 201234CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938711902-1905 November 2911CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938721906 February 12-1914 December 2812CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938731915 February 6-1916 December 3113CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938741917 January 9-1919 December 1814CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938751920 January 17-1923 December 2215CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938761924 January 10-1925 December 1616CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938771926 January 20-1929 December 2317CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938781930 January 10-1932 December 2228CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938791933 January 7-1935 December 2329CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938801936 January 1-1938 December 14210CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938811939 February 16-1940 December 9211CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938821941 January 6-1945 August 14212CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938831946 June 22-1949 December 12213CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938841950 January 16-1955 December 21314CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938851956 February 23-1957 December 27315CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938861958 January 3-1958 December 23316CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938871959 January 19-1959 December 4317CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938881960 January 8-1963 August 20318Correspondence (Mrs. Kemble White)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193889undated421CorrespondenceArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193890undated425Series 2. Printed Material (Boxes 4-5)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938691898-195945Class NotebooksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193891undated420Biographical DataArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193892circa 1950s422Constitutional Revision ProvisionsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938931902-1958423Miscellaneous MaterialArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193894undated424Newspaper clippingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193895undated519PhotographsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1938961898-1899520Series 3. Ledgers and Business Papers (Box 5)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193870circa 1880s-1960s5Miscellaneous ledgers and account booksArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/193897circa 1880s-1930s5