A&M 1794Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Legal Papers A&M 1794Erica UszakWest Virginia and Regional History Center

2023/01/11

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 08:15:15 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Legal Papers Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 A&M 1794 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/6922 0.42 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case, 5 in.; 1 oversize folder) 1881-1896 1866-1910 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/ Most materials are in English except for the blueprints of Santa Fe, NM, 1907 ("Plano General del Pueblo Moderno" and "Villa Catalina Elkins"), which are written in Spanish. Conditions Governing Access

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Legal Papers, A&M 1794, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Correspondence and legal papers of Republican U.S. Senator (1895-1911) Stephen B. Elkins. There are letters (originals and copies) from James A. Garfield (3); U.S. Grant (2); William McKinley (1); William H. Taft (1); James G. Blaine (23); Benjamin Harrison (18); and other political and business associates. Other personal letters include various correspondents and their opinions of Elkins's speeches. The legal documents pertain to Elkins's New Mexico land interests and lawsuits resulting from his claims, particularly his legal suit with former Civil War General Benjamin F. Butler. Others interested in the New Mexico affairs include William C. Rencher, Abraham Staab, Adolph Staab, T. B. Catron, F. W. Risque, R. C. Kerens, John T. McCook, and Ehud N. Darling. There is a photostat positive of page 2 of the New York Daily Tribune, dated Thursday, June 4, 1885, that contains a copy of an oration by Stephen Elkins, delivered at the University of Missouri, "Dangers that Menace the Country--Causes and Remedies." There also are blueprints that relate to Elkins's interests in New Mexico (Oversize Folder 1).

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 United States -- Politics and government Legal documents New Mexico Correspondence to or concerning Senator ElkinsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859801885-19101885-1889English.Box 11Correspondence to or from Garfield, Grant, McKinley, and TaftArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859811881-1910English.Box 12Correspondence from James G. BlaineArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859821875-1891English.Box 13Correspondence to or from Benjamin HarrisonArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859831888-1896English.Box 14Miscellaneous Letters Concerning Elkins' SpeechesArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859841883-1886, 19021883-1886English.Box 15Correspondence with Benjamin ButlerArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859851887-1892English.Box 16Correspondence and Legal Documents Relating to Stephen Elkins, T. B. Catron, William C. Rencher, and New Mexico landsArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859861871-1905English.Box 17Benjamin Butler v. Stephen Elkins Legal Briefs and Related DocumentsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859871885-1895English.Box 18Legal Cases Involving Stephen Elkins, Benjamin Butler, Ehud N. Darling; The Ortiz-Mine GrantArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859881880-1891English.Box 19Photograph of Land in Homer, Texas, Finance Committee, West Virginia Legislature Section of Forested LandArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859891866English.Box 110Copy of oration delivered by Elkins at the University of Missouri, "Dangers that Menace the Country—Causes and Remedies"Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1859791885 June 4Oversize Folder 1Blueprints of Plano General del Pueblo Moderno, Santa Fe, New Mexico (founded by Mutual Cooperative Life Insurance Company) by Abraham L. PozzoArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/185990December 1907Spanish; Castilian.Oversize Folder 1