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A. H. and William Gibboney Letter, 1882 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Gibboney, A. H.
The collection contains a letter sent from Tazewell, Virginia, in 1882 by A. H. and William Gibboney to W. R. Wharton, Esquire, concerning the breach of payment for workers that have left the corps of the Norfolk and Western Railroad (previously the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad).
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Chapman J. French Diaries, 1906/1944 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston)
The collection contains twenty-three diaries meticulously written by Chapman J. French, a civil engineer for Norfolk & Western Railway, made during the years of 1906-1912, 1928-1935, and 1937-1944. The diaries relate French's daily activities at home and at work. They also include such items as addresses, cost accounts, and major league baseball scores.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Geological Map of a Portion of the Flat-Top Coal Field Showing the Approximate Outcrop of the Pocahontas or No. 3 Coal Bed in McDowell County, West Virginia, 1887 0.1 Cubic Feet 18 x 33 in.

D'Invilliers, Edward
Map shows the coal beds at Flat-Top Coal Fields in McDowell County, West Virginia. It contains an index of openings in the coal bed, and a scale of sections, as well as a key to limestone and shale locations.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings, 1890/1983 132 Cubic Feet

The Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings collection includes information about Hotel Roanoke in the form of original drawings, blueprints and photocopies dating from 1890 to 1983. The collection contains foundation, floor, and framing plans, elevations; ventilation, plumbing, heating and cooling plans; external and internal details for various rooms, stairways, and features; alterations; landscaping details; and exterior features, such as swimming pool and stables.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Norfolk and Western Railway Accounting Department Personnel Records, 1874/1907 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896)
The Norfolk and Western Railway Accounting Department Personnel Records are comprised of employee records of the company's accounting department from 1874 to 1907. The three ledgers include such information as employee name, age, marital status, date and place of birth, date of hire, jobs worked, and salary. Also included are notes regarding resignations or discharges. Interspersed throughout the ledgers are correspondence, memos and notes relating to such things as employment reference requests from other companies and employee infractions against company policies.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, 1851/1978 3.7 Cubic Feet 6 boxes, 1 oversize folder

Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896)
The Norfolk and Western Railway and Associated Companies contains a collection of records relating to the Norfolk & Western Railway and several of its predecessor and subsidiary lines and other associated enterprises, including the Atlantic & Danville Railway; Bluefield Inn; Deepwater Railway; Hotel Roanoke; New Jersey, Indiana & Illinois Railroad; New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad; Norfolk and Petersburg Railroad; Norfolk and Western Railroad; Roanoke Machine Works; Shenandoah Valley Railroad; Tidewater Railway; and the Winston-Salem Southbound Railway. Included are such materials as financial and legal documents, reports, maps, construction files, printed materials, and Norfolk & Western standard plans.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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