Collins family
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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collins Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2829
Overview
JOHN COLLINS OF FREDERICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, by Clarissa Tatterson, 1982. Typescript, 13pp.
Dates:
1982
Collins-Murphy-Hoge Family Genealogy
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1493
Overview
One page genealogical history of the Collins-Murphy-Hoge Family compiled by Troy Young Collins.
Dates:
1961
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1784
Scope and Contents
A letter from Justus Collins to his brother, Jairus Collins, when the latter became Superintendent of the Collins Mines at Glen Jean, West Virginia, September 1896. Letter written from Goodwill, W. Va.
Dates:
1896
Justus Collins (1857-1934) Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1824
Scope and Contents
Justus Collins [1857-1934] was an entrepreneur who opened his first coal mine in the Pocahontas- Flat Top coal field of Southern West Virginia, and thereafter operated mines in the New River, Tug River, and Winding Gulf coal fields. He headed a coal sales agency, speculated in coal and timber lands, headed a cement company, and was interested financially in rubber, oil, and gas companies. He played an important role in organizing the Tug River Coal Operators Association, the Winding Gulf...
Dates:
1887-1962
Minnie Kendall Lowther Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0740
Overview
M.K. Lowther (1869-1947) was a journalist and one of the first women newspaper editors in West Virginia. She was the author of the HISTORY OF RITCHIE COUNTY; BLENNERHASSETT ISLAND IN ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY; FRIENDSHIP HILL, HOME OF ALBERT GALLATIN; MARSHALL HALL AND OTHER POTOMAC POINTS IN STORY AND PICTURE; and MT. VERNON: ITS CHILDREN, ITS ROMANCES, ITS ALLIED FAMILIES AND MANSIONS. There are complete and incomplete typescripts, rough drafts, revisions, photographs and plates of her books....
Dates:
1907-1945
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- Account books 1
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- Coal mining - New River field. 1
- Coal mining - Regulation. 1
- Coal mining - Safety. 1
- Coal mining - Winding Gulf field. 1
- Coal mining - coal and coke sales. 1
- Coal mining - coal operators associations. 1
- Coal mining -- Strikes 1
- Education 1
- Frederick County (Va.) 1
- Friendship Hill National Historic Site (Pa.) 1
- Glen Jean (W. Va.) 1
- Maps. 1
- Maryland 1
- Mount Vernon (Va.) 1
- Mt. Vernon. 1
- New Deal, 1933-1939 1
- New River coalfields. 1
- Ohio 1
- Ohio River Valley 1
- Pennsylvania 1
- Pocahontas-Flat Top coalfield. 1
- Politics and government. 1
- Potomac River Valley 1
- Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 1
- Railroads - Virginia Railway - Winding Gulf Branch. 1
- Ritchie County (W. Va.) 1
- Rivers and river valleys. 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Taxation 1
- Virginia 1
- Virginian Railroad -- Railroads 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- West Virginia 1
- Winding Gulf (W. Va.) -- Coalfields 1
- Women's history -- 1850-1899 1
- Women's history -- 1900-1929 1
- Women's history -- 1929-1950 1
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