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Philip Bagdon, Research Notes regarding Cass, West Virginia, 1876/1976 1.54 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 1/2 in. (1 record carton, 15 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Bagdon, Philip V.
Notes compiled by Philip Bagdon which were used by Dr. Roy Clarkson to complete his history of the logging town of Cass entitled Beyond Leatherbark: The Cass Saga. Bagdon's notes, composed of maps, tables and quotes from newspapers, correspondence and business records, are arranged chronologically and topically covering subjects important to the history of Cass, the Greenbrier River valley and east central West Virginia. Subjects mentioned are land purchases, timber appraisals, railroads, conservation and forest management, the lumber industry, and local social and economic development. Prominent names mentioned are Joseph K. Cass, James C. Lacey, John G. Luke, Edwin Mower, S. E. Slaymaker, E. P. Shaffer.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Robert Truax Washington, D.C. transportation collection, 1880/1985 6 linear feet (4 boxes, 1 oversize folder)

Truax, Robert A.
Collection consists of a variety of transportation-related documents, maps, and images. The most numerous group in the collection is approximately 150 postcards of Washington, D.C. from the early to mid-20th century, many of which include streetcars as well as famous streets and buildings.
  1. George Mason University

Rush Meadows Papers, 1901/1967 23.4 Linear Feet 23 ft. 5 in. (52 document cases, 5 in. each); (7 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each)

Meadows, Rush
Papers of Rush Meadows, a Charleston, West Virginia, mining engineer and mine operator, containing correspondence, maps, reports, and photographs on companies involved in coal, oil and gas production in Appalachia, the Rocky Mountain states, and Latin America.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Smokeless Fuel Co. Records, 1935/1957 3.3 Linear Feet 3 ft. 4 in. (8 document cases, 5 in. each)

Smokeless Fuel Company

This collection consists of correspondence, reports, financial records, pamphlets, maps, photographs, clippings, and other papers of a coal company operating in southern West Virginia. Subjects include operators' associations, wages, prices, mine inspection reports, sales, strip mining, and freight rates. Other firms mentioned include the Winding Gulf Collieries, Charleston Coal Co., Piney Coking Coal Land Co., Juliette Coal Co., LaMar Colliery Co., Phelps Coal Co., George Creek Coal Co., Guyan Eagle Coal Co., Johnstown Coal & Coke Co., Fourseam Coal Corp., Carbon Fuel Co., Cannelton Coal & Coke Co., Redyard Coal Co., Race Fork Coal Co., Crystal Block Coal & Coke Co., Williams Coal Co., and the Spruce River Coal Co.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stephen S. Fuller papers, 1932/2016 18 linear ft.

Fuller, Stephen S., 9999-9999
This collection includes economic reports, manuscripts, maps, newspaper clippings, and photographs. This collection contains materials from 1932 and 1956-2016
  1. George Mason University

Topographic Maps, 1891/1989, bulk 1900/1980 2.25 Linear Feet Summary: 2 ft. 3 in. (9 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 oversize folder, 2 items)

Topographic maps by the U.S. Geological Survey of various cities and towns in West Virginia. These are quadrangle maps covering four-sided areas bound by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. Contour lines show land shapes and elevation; colors distinguish map features, such as roads, rural areas, woodlands, urban areas, landmark buildings, etc.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Pocahontas Coal Company Records, 1915/1968 0.04 Linear Feet 1 folder, 0.5 in.

United Pocahontas Coal Company
This collection consists mainly of business records of the United Pocahontas Coal Company of Crumpler, West Virginia (McDowell County), including a one-page typescript history of the company, bylaws (1915), business correspondence, and three blueprint maps.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Aerial Photography Maps, 1937/1959 99.71 Linear Feet 99 ft. 8.5 in. (238 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each; 1 folder, 0.5 in.)

United States Department of Agriculture. Aerial Photography Division
Low altitude aerial photographs, overlapping in stereoscopal pairs on a scale of 1/20,000, which are used to check features on topographic maps, like geographic formations and man-made developments. There are surveys of all West Virginia counties, including portions of the state photographed in surveys of Virginia and Pennsylvania border counties.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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