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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection contains letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July 1849 convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.
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Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company
The collection contains letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July 1849 convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wayne Perkins Collection,

2.6 Cubic Feet 8 boxes; 1 oversize folder
Collection of records, memorabilia, and photographs relating to a number of North American railroads but concentrating mostly the Norfolk & Western Railway. Also includes papers of various Southwest Virginia families and a small set of personal papers.
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Wayne Perkins Collection, 2.6 Cubic Feet 8 boxes; 1 oversize folder

Collection of records, memorabilia, and photographs relating to a number of North American railroads but concentrating mostly the Norfolk & Western Railway. Also includes papers of various Southwest Virginia families and a small set of personal papers.

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