A&M 1659Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers, 1919-1961 A&M 1659Staff 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 08:08:52 -0400.EnglishDescribing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Walter Simms Hallanan (1890-1962) Papers Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 A&M 1659 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6209 2.5 Linear Feet 2 ft. 6 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (5 in. of loose papers) 1919-1961 Correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, and printed material of the Republican national committeeman, state political leader, and president of the Plymouth Oil Company. Subjects include Republican national conventions, 1928-1960; state and local politics, 1919-1961; National Petroleum Council; Plymouth and related oil companies; Republican rejection of the League of Nations; and Hallanan's role as temporary chairman of the 1952 Republican National Convention. Correspondents include Michael L. Benedum, John W. Bricker, John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Leonard W. Hall, Warren G. Harding, Henry D. Hatfield, Will H. Hays, Herbert Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Jr., Arthur Krock, Alfred M. Landon, Louis Johnson, William E. Jenner, Henry R. Luce, Theodore R. McKeldin, William C. Marland, Richard Nixon, Chapman Revercomb, Harold E. Stassen, Harold E. Talbot, Earl Warren, and Sinclair Weeks. Subjects include the controversy over the review policies and contents of the West Virginia GUIDE; dispute with the Surplus Commodities Corporation over the distribution of food to striking miners in the southern coalfields, 1939; the H.G. Kump - M.M. Neely primary contest, 1942; support for Rush D. Holt's isolationist policies; the gubernatorial race, 1940; the contest between the Steel Workers' Organizing Committee and the Weirton Steel Employees' Security League, 1937; Holt's opposition to the "Little Hatch Bill"; the establishment of a merit council in the Department of Public Assistance, 1939-1940; and Holt's presidential address before the West Virginia Bar Association, 1944. Correspondents include John J. Cornwell, John W. Davis, Rush D. Holt, George W. Johnson, Paul V. McNutt, Matthew M. Neely, Milo Perkins, Lee Pressman, Jennings Randolph, Chapman Revercomb, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William H. Vanderbilt. 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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3 photos separated to A&M 4168, Panoramic Photos Collection:

Republican State Convention, Huntington, WV; 1922/08/14

15th Annual Tax Conference, National Tax Association, Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, MN; 1922/09/19

Hoover Inauguration, Washington, D.C.; 1929/03/04

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 Elections Petroleum industry and trade Politics and government. Republican National Convention - 1952. League of Nations National Petroleum Council Plymouth Oil Company Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Benedum, Michael L. Bricker, John W. (John William), 1893-1986 Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 Dewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 Hall, Leonard W. (Leonard Wood), 1900-1979 Hallanan, Walter S. (Walter Simms), 1890-1962 Harding, Warren G., 1865-1923 Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954 Hoover, Herbert Charles, 1903-1969 Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 Jenner, William E. (William Ezra), 1908-1985 Johnson, Louis. Krock, Arthur, 1886-1974 Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967 Marland, William C. McKeldin, Theodore R. (Theodore Roosevelt), 1900-1974 Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Revercomb, Chapman, 1895- Stassen, Harold E. (Harold Edward), 1907-2001 Talbot, Harold E. Warren, Earl, 1891-1974 Weeks, Sinclair, 1893-1972