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Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Records Relating to Coal, Railroad, and Other Industries 0.08 Linear Feet 1 in. (2 folders)

Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911

Business and legal papers of U.S. Senator and timber, coal, and railroad magnate Stephen B. Elkins. Subjects include the Hampshire and Baltimore Coal Company, Davis Coal and Coke Company, West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh and the Morgantown and Kingwood railroads, timber and coal lands, the Pressed Prism Plate Glass Company (NY), and Hallihurst Farm.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stevens Coal Company Records 1.75 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 9 in. (11 unboxed ledgers, 17 1/2 in.); (2 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each)

Stevens Coal Company
Acme, West Virginia, company which consisted of the Empire, Acme, and Keystone mines, and also had an interest in railroads. The collection contains a letter-book, payrolls, time-books, and coal shipment records. The letter-book has correspondence between T.F. Garrison and John J. Shouk of the Shouk-Garrison Coal Co. Payroll records include deductions from wages for rent, smithing, doctor, and company store accounts.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Stuart Family Papers 1.5 Linear Feet 1 ft. 6 in. (3 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case, 2 1/2 in.); (1 ledger, 1/2 in.)

Stuart family

Papers of John and Lewis Stuart, 1785-1823, and of Samuel Price, 1830-1879. Price's papers include mainly legal and business correspondence related to Price's law practice in Lewisburg, West Virginia. The Stuart papers concern settlement in Greenbrier County, land transactions, and family matters. The collection includes lawyer's fee books and account books for general merchandise, ca.1830-1880. There are also printed booklets of court briefs, pamphlets concerning "the slavery question" and railroads, and several Congressional documents.

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Business and Family Papers 5.75 Linear Feet 9 document cases, 5 in. each; 2 document cases, 2.5 in. each; 1 record carton, 15 in.; 1 flat storage box, 3.5 in.; 1 oversize folder, 3 items

Business records and family papers of the Thompson family of Canaan Valley, WV. Includes genealogical information, correspondence, historical narratives, photographs, ephemera, currency, printed materials, business records, artifacts, and other material. See Scope and Content note for more information.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

"To the People of Rockbridge" Broadside 1 Item

Shenandoah Valley Railroad

This broadside by the Valley Railroad titled 'To the People of Rockbridge' outlines funding for the railroad to be built through the county. It asks the people of Rockbridge to help finance the railroad by buying stock in it. It makes the argument that the county's prosperity depends on the railroad. It says students at Washington and Lee University and Virginia Military Institute should no longer be expected to walk through the mire to travel to and from their families and that the railroad will add value to property and give the county access to trade markets.

  1. Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Walter Bledsoe and Company, Archives 0.1 Linear Feet Summary: 1/2 in. (1 folder)

Bledsoe, Walter and Company
Picture guidebook of a coal distributorship founded in 1910 in Terre Haute, Indiana. Gives a brief history of coal mining in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Tennessee, and a description of company mines in each state.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

West Virginia Midland Railroad Company Records 4.2 Linear Feet 4 ft. 2 in. (5 document cases, 5 in. each); (2 flat storage boxes, 5 in. each); (5 flat boxes, 3 in. each)

West Virginia Midland Railway Company
Correspondence, business papers, engineers' ledgers, blueprints, maps, structural drawings, and photographs document the construction and operation of the West Virginia Midland Railway Company (later the West Virginia Midland Railroad) in Webster Springs, West Virginia, from 1906 to 1933.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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