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 Container List Correspondence, Receipts, Statements, etc., of the Rives Family, chiefly of William Cabell Rives, Sr.and his wife Judith Page Walker Rives, and their children Ella Rives, Amelie Rives, Francis Rives, William Cabell Rives, Jr., and Alfred Landon Rives, covering the years 1800-1855. Box I Correspondence, Receipts, Statements, etc., of the Rives Family, including some material shedding light on William Cabell Rives, Sr.'s opinion of secession and the Civil War, covering the years 1856-1874. Box II Correspondence, Receipts, Statements, etc., of the Rives Family, including will and settlement of the estate of William Cabell Rives, Sr.(1868), covering the years 1868-1874. Box III Correspondence, Receipts, Statements, etc., of the Rives Family, including the will and settlement of the estate of Judith Page Walker Rives(~ 1882), autobiography of Judith Page Walker Rives, papers re: Grace Church(1882- n.d.), covering the years 1875-1889. Box IV Business and Personal Correspondence of the Rives Family, chiefly the correspondence of Alfred Landon Rivesas General Superintendent of the Panama Railroad Company, mainly with E. L. Oppenheim, and correspondence between Alfred Landon Rivesand T. R. Allenregarding investments in Washingtonstate. His interests Railroad Stocks and Mining Stocks. Material pertaining to the economy of Peru. Last Will and Testament of Ella Rives. Last Will and Testament of Sadie C. Rives(wife of Alfred Landon Rives). Covering years 1887-1890. Box V Business and Personal Correspondence of the Rives Family, chiefly Alfred Landon Rivesand his connections with Panama Railroad Company, the Panama Canal, the Veracruz to Pacific Railroad, the Maryland Trust Company, and T. R. Allenin Washingtonstate, covering the years 1891-1898. Box VI Correspondence, invitations, calling cards, and other undated material, chiefly of the Rives women, particularly during their various stays in Paris. Box VII The original manuscript of the Life and Times of Madison, by William Cabell Rives, Sr., a 3-Volume work published by Little, Brown and Companyin 1859 and 1868, ca. 1000 pages. Box VIII, parts A and B Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, chiefly of Judith Page Walker Rives(Mrs. William Cabell RivesSr.), including poems, short stories, essays, and translations from French. Box IX An empty scrapbook. William Cabell RivesLedger 1820-1827. 4 Alfred Landon Rivesnotebooks. Box X Architecture and Engineering Texts and Notes of Alfred Landon Rives, mainly in French. Box XI Architectural notes, textbooks, and drawings of Alfred Landon Rives, mainly in French. Box XII Architecture and Engineering Blueprints of Alfred Landon Rives. Box XIII Plans and Achievements of the Interoceanic Canal at Panama, mainly in French, and Alfred Landon Rives's ideas on them. Box XV Oversize Architectural Drawings of Alfred Landon Rives

Note: This is a preliminary listing of Rives' drawings in Oversize Tray 40 (folders I -III) and Oversize Tray 41 (folders IV -VIII). For the most part, these are tracings of drawings he made while in Europe in the 1850's as the best examples of bridges employing the latest in construction design and technology, These drawings were repaired by the Barrow Laboratory in Richmond in November 1975 and July 1982. Drawings of buildings in Oversize Tray 8 are not listed

 Folder I: England Sandon. "Plan of the Seventy Feet Entrance to the Sandon [Essex County] Dock" plan, cross section, [elevation] I. a Oversize Tray 40 [ ? ]. "Chemin de fer de Liverpoola Bijry, Viaduc sur le Canal Company's Wharf et sur Back Leeds Street, Prolongment [Extension] de Tithe Barn Street" elevation, plan I. b Oversize Tray 40 d.o. details of plans and elevations I. c Oversize Tray 40 [ ? ]. "Wild's wrought iron [canal] lock gates" interior and exterior elevations, cross sections, plans, details I. d Oversize Tray 40 Liverpool. "Eighty Feet Gates Huskisson Lock Liverpool" plan, transverse section, cross section-, sectional plan I. e Oversize Tray 40 d.o. details I. f Oversize Tray 40 [ ? ]. "Pont en Tole [iron plate] a Poutres Tubulaires [tubular girders] Chemin de fer anglais [English]" elevation, plan, cross section I. g Oversize Tray 40 Folder II: England- Newcastle & Berwick Railway "High Level Bridge [between Gatesheadand Newcastle]" plans, pier footings, level of carriage road, level of railroad II. a Oversize Tray 40 d.o. general elevation II. b Oversize Tray 40 d.o. elevation of pier II. c Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 2" elevation, sectional plan II. d Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 3" longitudinal section, details, sectional details II. e Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 4" transverse section, sectional plan of piers, detail of piers at roadway II. f Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 5" details of plans and sections of girders, cornices, parapets, wood bearers II. g Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 6" cross section details: roadway and footpaths II. h Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 7" details: footings of ribs and tie chains II. i Oversize Tray 40 d.o. " No. 8" general elevation and plan: approaches II. j Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 9" cross section and longitudinal section: approaches II. k Oversize Tray 40 Folder III: England- London & North Western Railway; Great Northern Railway [ London?]. "London & North Western Railway Hayden Square Branch, Lattice Bridge over Great Prescott Street and Goodman's Yard, No. 1" north elevation, plan, cross sections, plans of foundations III. a Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 2" details of elevations and sections of iron work III. b Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 3" details of elevations and sections of iron work III. c Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 4" details of plan and elevation of roadway III. d Oversize Tray 40 Newark. "Great Northern Railway, Bridge over Newark Dyke, No. 1" elevation, plan III. e Oversize Tray 40 d.o. "No. 2" details of elevation, plans, and cross sections III. f Oversize Tray 40 d.o. " No. 3" details III. g Oversize Tray 40 d.o. details III. h Oversize Tray 40 Folder IV: France Agen. "Pont-Canal d'Agen [canal on bridge]" general elevation, general plan, details of elevation and cross section IV. a Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Canal lateral a la Garonne[River]" details of elevations IV. b Oversize Tray 41 d.o. details of elevations and sections IV. c.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. elevations and details IV. c.2 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Cintres [arches] du Pont-Canal d' Agen" sectional elevation, elevation w/ construction supports, details, specifications IV. d Oversize Tray 41 Bercy. "Pont sur la Seine[River]'' 3 elevations, one w/ sectional details of pilings IV. e Oversize Tray 41 "Pont Double sur la Seine[River]" longitudinal section of half of one arch IV. f.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Pont sur la Seine[River]" elevation of viaduct, details of elevations and plan of arches IV. f.2 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Pont double sur la Seinea Bercy" details: cross section of roadway and railway IV. g Oversize Tray 41 d.o. details: cross section of railway and roadway IV. h Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Panneau superior du garde-corps internediatiaire" detail of guard rail IV. i Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Candelabre a gaz en dehors du pont" detail of gas lamp on side of bridge IV. j Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Candelabre a gaz du pont avec son Souhassement" detail of gas lamp with its base IV. k Oversize Tray 41 Calais. "Pont Tournant a Double Vole sur la Cunette [channel] No. 1" elevations, plans IV. 1 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Details des Ferrures, No. 2" longitudinal section of iron components at pivot IV. m.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. plans and details of pivot components IV. m.2 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " Details des Ferrures" cross section, plan, details of iron components IV. n Oversize Tray 41 Dunkirk. "Pont tournant de la citadelle a Dunkerque, [turning] Systeme de Mr. Raffeneau, No. 1" elevation and plan of half of bridge IV. o Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "No. 2" details of turning and structural components IV. p Oversize Tray 41 Lyon. "Viaduc sur la Soane[River]" details of elevation; plan of cornice (Signed by Rives, 1854) IV. q Oversize Tray 41 d.o. details: longitudinal section, cross section, plan, construction supports (signed by Rives, 1854) IV. r.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. details (rough pencil skecthes) IV. r.2 Oversize Tray 41 Montlouis. "Pont de Montlouis" elevations, plan, sections, construction supports IV. s Oversize Tray 41 Nogent. [Bridge] "Traverse de la Valle de la Marne[River] a Nogent" elevation, plan IV. t Oversize Tray 41 [ ? ]. "Chemin de fer de Parisa Strasbourg, Tete d'aval du Souterrain de haut-barre" [entrance of tunnel] elevation (signed by Rives 1854 July 18) IV. u.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. pencil sketches of elevation and plan (signed by Rives 1854 July 21) IV. u.2 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Station de Hochfelden" elevation (signed by Rives 1854 July 19) IV. u.3 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Station de Hochfelden" plans of basement, first floor, and second floor (signed by rives 1854 July 18) IV. u.4 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Pont sur le canal de la Marne[River, au Rhina Vendenhaim" plan (signed by Rives 1854 July 15) IV. v.l Oversize Tray 41 d.o. horizontal section (signed by Rives 1854 July 14) IV. v.2 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Station de Vendenhaim" elevation and plans (signed by Rives) IV. v.3 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " . de Paris al la frontiere de'Allemange ... 2 elevation, plan (signed by Rives 1854 July 13) IV. w Oversize Tray 41 Guetin. "Pont suspendu de Guetin" elevation, plan, details IV. x Oversize Tray 41 d.o. elevation of one span, detail: plan, section, guard rail, etc. IV. y Oversize Tray 41 [ ? ]. "Pont Levis" [draw bridge] details of operating components IV. z Oversize Tray 41 Rhin. "Pont Tournant sur le chenal [channel] de Vacken, Canal de la Marne[River] au Rhin, No. 1" elevation, sectional plan, longitudinal section, component details IV. aa Oversize Tray 41 d.o. sectional elevation, details of operating components IV. ab Oversize Tray 41 La Chaussee. "Chemin de fer de la Disdre[River], Viaduc No. 7 bis sur la Chaussee[River?] elevation, plan IV. ac Oversize Tray 41 Chaumons. ''[Railroad] Viaduc de Chaumons au travers de la Valle de Suiz" elevation, plan, specifications (signed by Rives 1855 Mar 25) IV. ad Oversize Tray 41 Folder V: Belgium, Germany, Switzerland Belgium "Chemin de fer Belge Rehnan,...Viaduc de la gueele du chemin de fer d'aise a la fronteire Belgi" elevation (half of bridge), plan of foundations, sectional elevation, details of elevation and construction supports V.a Oversize Tray 41 Germany Dirschau. "Chemin de fer de Berlina Konigsberg, Pont a trellis sur la Weichsel[River] a Dirschau, No. 1" elevation, plan V. b Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " No. 2" sectional elevation V. c Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " No. 3" detail of elevation V. d Oversize Tray 41 Bietigheim. "Viaduc sur la Valle d' Enz[River] pres de Bietigheimen Wurrtemburg" elevation, sectional plan V. e Oversize Tray 41 d.o. sectional elevation, details of elevation V. f Oversize Tray 41 Switzerland St. Gall. "Brucken und Thalubergange der St. Gallischen Eisenbahn, Blatt XV, II. Brucke uber die Sitter[River] bei St. Gallen" elevation, plan, details, specifications V. g Oversize Tray 41 Rumlang. "Brucken und Thalubergange der Schwiezerischen Centralbahn Linie Basel-Olten, Blatt II, III Thalubergange bei Rumlingen" elevation, plan, details, specifications V. g Oversize Tray 41 Olten. d.o. "Blatt III" "IV Brucke uber die Aare [River] bei Olten elevation, plan, details, specifications V. i Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt IV" "Details zu Blatt III [above]" details of iron work, elevation, cross sections V. j Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt 5" "Details zu Blatt III [above]" details of iron work, elevation and sectional plans V. k Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt IX" "X Brche ber die Aare[River] bei Bern" elevation, details, and specifications V. 1 Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt X" "Details zu Blatt IX [above]" V. m Oversize Tray 41 d.o. Blatt XI" "Details zu Blatt IX [above]" cross section V. n Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " Blatt XII" " Details zu Blatt IX [above]" horiszontal section V. o Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt XVI" "Details zu Blatt XV" cross section V. p Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Blatt XVII" "Details zu Blatt XV" V. q Oversize Tray 41 Folder VI: Russia Sebastopol. "Docks de Sebastopol" plan, longitudinal section, cross sections VI. a Oversize Tray 41 St. Petersburg. "Pont sur la Neva[River] a St. Petersburg, No. 1" elevation, plan, cross section, details VI. b Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "No. 3" "Details des macconeries [stonework]" elevation, plans VI. c Oversize Tray 41 d.o. elevation, plans VI. d Oversize Tray 41 d.o. " Details des piles" elevations, plans, details VI. e Oversize Tray 41 d.o. "Pont tournant" sectional-elevation, sectional plan VI. f Oversize Tray 41 Folder VII: United States District of Columbia. "Foundation of Pier No. 2, Potomac [River]Aqueduct" plan and specifications VII. a Oversize Tray 41 District of Columbia. " Potomac [River]Bridge, Pier 5, 10, 11, 12 with the arches dependent on them, showing the progress of Construction, March 1833" details of elevation VII. b Oversize Tray 41 District of Columbia. "Map showing proposed canal from Cabin John Bridgeto the Ches & Ohio Canal for transporting materials plan, cross sections VII. c Oversize Tray 41 Folder VIII- Unidentified [ ? ] stone arch bridge, elevation and plan VIII. a Oversize Tray 41 [ ? ]. iron arch bridge crossing " Alexander's Island" elevation of part of bridge, plan of foundation VIII. b Oversize Tray 41