James G. Wheeler papers
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- James G. Wheeler papers
- Date
- 1880-1958, undated
- Creator
- Wheeler, James G., 1890-1981
- Extent
- 17.0 Cubic feet
- Subjects
- Coal--Kentucky.
- Corporate lawyers.
- Lawyers--Kentucky.
- Railroads--Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by subject into nine series: General Coal, Kentucky Coal Agency, Kentucky Utilities, Law firm, Personal name, Railroad, Subject files, Western Kentucky Coal Company, and Oversize and rolled material.
- Preferred Citation
- 92m3: [identification of item], James G. Wheeler papers, 1880-1958, undated, University of Kentucky Special Collections.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- James Guthrie Wheeler (1890-1981) the son of Congressman Charles K. Wheeler and Mary "Mamie" Guthrie Wheeler, was a lawyer in Paducah, Kentucky. After attending the University of Virginia, he was admitted to the bar in 1911. Wheeler enlisted in 1917 and by the end of World War I he was ranked a Major in the Infantry. He eventually became a senior partner in his father's law firm, Wheeler, Wheeler, and Shelbourne in Paducah. The firm practiced mainly corporate law and were counsel for the Western Kentucky Coal Company, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and the Paducah Electric Company. Wheeler married Bertha Ferguson in 1920; they had three children.
- Scope and Content
- The James G. Wheeler papers (dated 1880-1958, undated; 17 cubic feet; 41 boxes) contains case files, legal documents, correspondence, contracts, and printed materials which document Wheeler's career as a corporate lawyer in Paducah, Kentucky. The bulk of the collection consists of files concerning law cases handled by Wheeler as a part of the law firm Wheeler, Wheeler, and Shelbourne. The law firms activities general involved defending large coal, utilities, and railroad companies from law suits. Main companies represented in this collection include Western Kentucky Coal Company, the Illinois Central Railroad Company, and the Paducah Electric Company (or Kentucky Utilities). The collection contains a small amount of personal material including correspondence with Alben W. Barkley; Roy Shelbourne, one of his law firm partners, and Mamie K. Wheeler, his mother. Additionally, the Subject Files series contains evidence of his involvement with the American Legion, Citizens for Victory, the Democratic National Committee, and the Kentucky League for British Victory.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- Property rights reside with the University of Kentucky. The University of Kentucky holds the copyright for materials created in the course of business by University of Kentucky employees. Copyright for all other materials has not been assigned to the University of Kentucky. For information about permission to reproduce or publish, please contact Special Collections.
Contents of the Collection
General Coal, 1937-1945, undated
Bituminous Coal Commission, 1937-1940, undated
Bituminous Coal Commission - hearing transcript, 1938
W.G. Duncan Coal Company, 1941-1945
Duvin Providence Coal lease, 1941 November-December
Gasser v. King Coal Company , 1945
National Coal Association bulletins, 1942-1943
National Coal Association bulletins, 1944-1945
Southern Coal Company, Inc., 1937-1938
Kentucky Coal Agency, 1935-1957, undated
Correspondence files, 1938-1957
, 1938 August-1929 June
, 1939 July-1940 December
, 1941 Janury-June
, 1941 July
, 1941 August-September
, 1941 October-November
, 1941 December
, 1942 January-February
, 1942 March-April
, 1942 May-June
, 1942 July-August
, 1942 September-December
, 1943 January-1944 May
, 1944 June-December
, 1945-1956
, 1957
Subject files, 1935-1947, undated
Exhibits 1-24 and those not numbered, 1941
Financial Agreements, correspondence, and memoranda, 1935-1939, undated
Material re. court cases, 1937-1942
Material re. court cases, 1942-1947
Miscellaneous, 1937-1944, undated
Production reports - cars loaded and unbilled, 1941-1942
Production reports - coal production and price lists, 1941-1942
Production reports - loading, 1941-1947
Directory of producers and sub-agents to the Firebox, 1939
Kentucky Coal Agency bulletins, 1944-1945
Price lists, 1939-1942
Price lists and rail distribution, 1941-1942
Rail distribution, 1942-1944
Rail distribution and realization reports, 1940-1942 January, 1946
Realization reports, 1942 February-1944 November
Realization reports and stockholders reports, 1944-1947, 1940-1944
Publications, 1938-1942
Kentucky Utilities, 1928-1943, undated
Correspondence, 1928-1942
Willie May Lewis v. Kentucky Utilities , 1928
Mrs. J.W. Little v. Kentucky Utilities, 1928
Ernest Morrison v. Kentucky Utilities , 1931
Rouse Construction v. Kentucky Utilities, 1928-1930
W.O. Ward v. Kentucky Utilities , 1928
Franchises - Hickman, Ky., 1933-1940, undated
Franchises - Paducah, Ky., 1938-1942, undated
Franchises - newspaper clippings re. Paducah, undated
Miscellaneous, 1919-1943, undated
Rates, clippings, 1928
Law firm, 1897-1946, undated
Contracts, 1897-1945, undated
Paducah Airport Corporation contract, 1897-1945
Paducah Graded Milk Producers' Association contract, 1933
Paducah - Ohio River Bridge Company contract, 1927-1929
Sherrill Russell Lumber Company contract, 1928-1929, undated
Star Laundry contract, 1942
Cases, 1924-1946, undated
Board of Drainage Commissioners v. Gholson , 1927-1928
Larry Carter v. Central States Power and Light Corp. , 1940-1942
Dillman Industries and the North Star Boat, 1937-1939
Dixie Greyhound Lines v. Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway, and Motor Coach Employees of America, 1946, undated
International Accountants Society v. Jones , 1927-1928
Kentucky v. Helson , 1928-1929
Bill Marvel v. Western Kentucky Stages , 1946
McGinnis and Flanders v. Merchants and Manufacturers Securities Company , 1929
McGinnis v. Western States Lumber Co. , 1928
W.S. Seltzer v. Irvin S. Cobb Cigar Company , 1924, 1928
Western Union Telegraph v. Alma Williams , 1928
Captain George H. Wilson v. O'Sullivan, 1928
Subject, 1925-1942
Court docket, 1942
D.F. Broderick Insurance Company, 1937-1940
City Consumers Company, 1941
Joe Cummin Indictment, 1941
Martha L. Fowler lease, 1941
Luther Waltrip Estate, 1937, 1941
Mary R. Yeiser Estate, 1937-1942
Miscellaneous, 1925-1942
Personal name, 1940-1944
Railroad, 1925-1945, undated
Gulf Transport Company correspondence, 1940-1945
Illinois Central Railroad Company, bi-monthly and annual reports, 1937
J.B. Holder v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1926-1927
Home Insurance Company of New York v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1936
Marshall Jones v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1925-1927
Lamb v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1937-1938
Illinois Central Railroad Company - Mexican Claim, 1938-1940, 1943
J.F. Meyers v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1936-1938
Cliff Shemwell v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1928
A.B. Smith Lumber v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1925-1928
Winders v. Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1928-1929
Illinois Central Railroad Company correspondence, 1937
Kentucky Railroad Association correspondence, 1933-1934
Kentucky Railroad Association correspondence, 1935-1938 March
Kentucky Railroad Association correspondence, 1938 April-1941
Kentucky Railroad Association publications, 1932-1940, undated
Lousiville and Nashville Railroad correspondence, 1941-1942
Missouri and Pacific Railroad correspondence and reports, 1935-1944
Subject files, 1925-1944, undated
American Legion, 1925-1927
Citizens military training camps, 1936-1940, undated
Citizens for Victory, 1942
Democratic National Committee, 1944
Federal Rules Committee, 1944
Fees (legal), 1928
Fees (legal), 1942
Kentucky Committee, 1941-1942
Kentucky League for British Victory, 1941
Miscellaneous, 1927-1944, undated
Western Kentucky Coal Company, 1932-1948, undated
Correspondence files, 1933-1941
Court cases, 1932-1948
Allen v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1947 March
Barber v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944 September
Baxter v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945-1946
Belcher v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 March-August
City National Bank v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1932-1937, undated
Compensations Cases, 1943 August-1944 March
Cook v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944-1945
Cox v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944 September
Crouch v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 January-February
Davidson v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 January-March
Davis v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946-1947
Duarard v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 September-1947 July
Dunkerson v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 November-1946 July
Earles v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 January-February
Emery v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February
Finnie v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 May-September
Fowler v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 September-December
Futrell v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 July
Grainger v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 November-1946 November
Green v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 August-1948 February
Higgins v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 May-September
Hill v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944 October-1945 March
Holley v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 November-1947 April
Hunter v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 September-1947 February
Index of Office Files, 1945 June-undated
Jackson v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 June-August
James v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 May-June
Jenkins v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 November-1946 January
Jennings v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 June-July
Jewell v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February-March
Joiner v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 August-October
Lack v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February-March
Lehman v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 June-1947 July
Mabry v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 January-September
McCallon v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944-1946
McCoy v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 December-1947 April
McGregor v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 March-April
Mecks v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 January-May
Mitcherson v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1947 March-May
Model Cleaners v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 March-June
Nichols v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 November-1947 May
Paducah Laundry v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1947 November-1948 March
Pate v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945-1946
Phillips v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945
Porter v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February
Purkey v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 September-October
Riley v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 December-1947 April
Rudy v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1947 June
Sawyer v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 March-July
Shell Oil Co. v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1944 October-1945 December
Shelton v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 December
Sherrill v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1943-1945
Sills v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 March-April, 1947 March
Sledd, Lawrence v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945-1946
Sledd, Lee v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 December-1947 March
Smith, E.U. v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 August-1947 July
Smith, Miller v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 July-November
Stone v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February-1946 July
Sullivan v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 September-November
Thurman v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 June
Tolbert v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 July-August
Travis v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 May-1947 August
Vandyke v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 September-1947 July
Wadley v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 October-1946 January
Walgreen Drugstore v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 February-March
Walker v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945-1946
Watson v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 November
Webb v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 February-July
Whittemore v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1946 May-1947 August
Whiteside v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 October-1947July
Williams, H. L. v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1947 March
Williams, Isaiah v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 August-October
Wood v. Western Kentucky Coal, 1945 January-March
Subject files, 1936-1943, undated
Coil lease, 1940
Damage to asphalt mattress, 1941
Damage to piling at New Orleans, 1941
Election (National Labor Relations Board), 1941
Federation of Miners, 1940-1941
Inland Boatmen's Strike, 1940-1942, undated
"Lost Rudder", 1941
Post Office Department claims, 1940-1941
Post Office Department correspondence, 1940-1941
Sub-contracts, 1940 October-November
Western Kentucky Coal stationary, undated
Tax matter, 1936-1938, 1939, undated
Wage differential, 1941 April
Wage and Hour Bill, 1937-1943, undated
Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act, 1940 July-1941 September
Wreck of Tows, copies of statements and correspondence, 1938-1939, undated
Oversize and rolled material, 1880-1940, undated
Rolled Items, 1927-1931, undated
Oversize Items, 1880-1940, undated
Charles K. Wheeler's law degree, 1880
Commercial and Manufacturers Association, undated
Illinois Central Railroad Brockport, IL, 1925 November
Meyer-Dumore Bottle Cleaner blueprint, 1927 October 25
Citizens Military Training Camps poster (4), undated
Copy of Olive Branch petition, 1775
Blueprint of proposed highway bridge over Ohio River Brockport, Il. to Paducah, Ky., 1927 September 22
Blueprint of proposed revision of south fill (Ohio River bridge), 1927 December 12
Blueprint of south approach to Paducah-Ohio River Bridge, 1928 October 27
James G. Wheeler's law degree, 1929 February 27
Issues of railroad data, 1935 May-1937 May
Chart showing origin and destination of revenue railroad shipments from Il., In., and Western Ky., 1936-1937
Carlisle County News, 1938 January 27
Madisonville Messenger , 1938 February 28
Paducah Sun Democrat , 1931 January 12
Map showing rates on coal from Western KY mines as compared with competitor's rates, 1939 August 15
Map of Western Ky. coal field, 1939 September 6
Propaganda poster American appeasement in Japan, 1939
Blueprint of Cliff Shemwell v. WKC , 1939 October
Franchise Ordinance introduced by Mayor Lackey and passed by the Board of Commissioners (seven copies), 1940 August 7
"The Black Diamond ", 1940 December 28
Notice of National Labor Relations Board elections, 1941 November 26
"The Labor Digest ", 1941
Advertisement for Southern Illinois Fox Hunter's Association meeting, 1942 September
"PM Dailey ", 1943 June 1
"The Earlington News ", 1944 January 21
Blueprint of DeKoven Coal field, mine #1, undated
Blueprint of Madison Coal Corp. property holding in DeKoven, Ky., undated
"Concerning a Franchise ", undated
National Coal Association cartoon "Give the coal industry a chance", undated
National Coal Association cartoon "This octopus of unfair competition must be removed ", undated
Message from Wilbur Nelson, head of Mining Branch, undated
Posters opposing Hitler, circa 1940s
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Table of Contents
- Abstract
- Descriptive Summary
- Collection Overview
- Preferred Citation
- Restrictions on Access and Use
- Contents of the Collection
- General Coal, 1937-1945, undated
- Kentucky Coal Agency, 1935-1957, undated
- Kentucky Utilities, 1928-1943, undated
- Law firm, 1897-1946, undated
- Personal name, 1940-1944
- Railroad, 1925-1945, undated
- Subject files, 1925-1944, undated
- Western Kentucky Coal Company, 1932-1948, undated
- Oversize and rolled material, 1880-1940, undated
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