Summers, Festus P. (Festus Paul), 1895-1971
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Overview Correspondence, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and book manuscripts. Included are WVU adviser records of Dr. Charles Henry Ambler, WVU History Department. The material also comprises WVU Faculty Senate minutes and Library Committee reports. The book manuscripts cover the Cabinet Diary of William L. Wilson; The Democracy of Tariff Reform; Johnson Newlon Camden: A Study in Individualism. There is a partial set of the galley proofs for West Virginia The Mountain State, by Ambler and Summers.
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Papers
Overview Correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, research notes, and other papers of a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Included are: his official as well as personal correspondence; notes for speeches; research notes, rough drafts and proofs for his published works on William L. Wilson and Johnson Newlon Camden; exams, outlines, and notes for classes he taught; material relating to the...
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Personal Diaries
Content Description Personal diaries of Festus P. Summers, a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. The diaries are in 19 volumes covering the period 1953-1971. They document in a thorough manner his experiences in the communities of West Virginia University and Morgantown. He comments on local and national events, including for example a visit of Harry Truman to Morgantown in 1956.Contents...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Personal Diaries
Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Overview Research papers of Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), a historian who served on the faculty of West Virginia University from 1932 to 1965 and as chairman of the history department from 1946 to 1962. Collection includes photocopied correspondence, articles, and typescripts, as well as manuscript notes. Many of the photocopies appear to have been made from Archives and Manuscript collections at the West Virginia and Regional History Center, including A&M 873, A&M 1661, A&M 1824, and A&M 2141. Topics...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers (1895-1971), Historian, Research Papers Regarding West Virginia History
Festus P. Summers, Collector, Correspondence
Overview This collection contains an autographed letter of Jas. F. Strother concerning the Whig campaign of 1852; 15 telegrams of the Civil War era concerning railroads, troop supplies and movements, soldier's pay; copies of three letters relating to the Congressional election of 1900, second district; letters from S. A. Hayes to his father, P. Hayes, 1882-1887; and a letter book of B. S. Jacobs, an official of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, for September 30, 1859 to February 26, 1860. see inventory...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers, Collector, Correspondence
Festus P. Summers, Collector, Scrapbook Regarding Monongalia County and West Virginia University
Overview Scrapbook containing newspapers, newspaper clippings, printed pamphlets, programs, broadsides and certificates and a few manuscript items. Most of the material deals with Monongalia county and WVU history and activities. (For a detailed listing see inventory sheet.)
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers, Collector, Scrapbook Regarding Monongalia County and West Virginia University
Festus P. Summers, Historian, William L. Wilson Biography, Research Papers
Overview Research papers compiled by Dr. Summers for a biography regarding William Lyne Wilson (1843-1900), a Virginian born in Charles Town who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and as President of both West Virginia University (1882-1883) and Washington and Lee University (1897-1900), among other positions. The collection includes notes, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs arranged loosely by chapter. The notes include typescript and handwritten copies of letters,...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Festus P. Summers, Historian, William L. Wilson Biography, Research Papers
Miners' Treason Trials, Records
Overview The collection consists of case papers for the trials of coal miners and UMWA leaders, indicted for treason in connection with the armed march into Logan County, West Virginia, during August and September, 1921. The main part of the papers concern the trials of Walter Allen, William Blizzard, C. Frank Keeney, Rev. J.E. Wilburn, and John Wilburn. There are also photocopies of an indictment dated 17 September 1921 and an indictment dated 12 January 1922, as well as other court records concerning...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Miners' Treason Trials, Records
West Virginia Centennial Commission, Papers
Scope and Contents Correspondence, reports, financial records, and minutes of the West Virginia Centennial Commission from 1958-1964. This material was obtained for the Library by Festus P. Summers, commission member. Much of Dr. Summers' personal correspondence as a commission member is included. Correspondents include Don Crislip, Cecil H. Underwood, P.H. Price, Lyndon B. Johnson, Philip Conley, William D. Barns, Ross B. Johnson, Festus P. Summers, Robert L. Hogg, George More, Frances Krauskopf, Donovan Bond,...
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia Centennial Commission, Papers
West Virginia University, Department of History, Records
Overview Records of the WVU Department of History, consisting of applications for positions, invoices, purchase records, material on the Army Special Training Program, and faculty material such as grade books, exams, lecture notes, and course outlines. See the processing notes for a more complete listing of persons and subjects.
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University, Department of History, Records
Civil defense -- United States 2
Coal miners 2
Monongalia County (W. Va.) 2
Account books 1
Baltimore Sun 1
Civil War - Virginia 12th Cavalry. 1
Civil War - West Virginia. 1
Civil defense -- West Virginia 1
Coal miners' trials. 1
Coal mines and mining 1
Coal mining - Miners' Treason Trials. 1
Harper's Weekly 1
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 1
Labor unions 1
Librarians 1
Logan County. 1
Miners' Treason Trials. 1
Morgantown, W. Va. -- History 1
New York Tribune 1
Postal service 1
Saint Louis Republican 1
Trials (Treason) -- United States 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
West Virginia -- Centennial celebrations, etc. 1
West Virginia -- History 1
West Virginia - Civil War. 1
West Virginia Mine Wars, W. Va., 1897-1921. 1
West Virginia University - Presidential Selection Committee. 1
West Virginia University -- History 1
West Virginia University -- History -- World War, 1939-1945 1
Wilson-Gorman Tariff 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Army Special Training Program 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- West Virginia 1