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Coal mining - coal companies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1535
Overview

Daybooks and ledgers of a company store operated by the Hope Manufacturing and Coal Company, an early producer of coal and salt in the Mason County, West Virginia, area.

Dates: 1876-1906
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White (1848-1927) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0469
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of Dr. Israel C. White, 1904-1906, mainly concerning his activities as chief of the Brazilian Coal Commission; includes various coal analysis reports and a report on the fossil plant materials collection made in Brazil by Dr. White and Dr. Sexias; manuscript and typescript of "Notes of Explorations in Brazil"; and a passport issued to Dr. White signed by John Hay, 1904.

Dates: 1904-1906
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Israel C. White Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0710
Scope and Contents Personal and business records of Dr. Israel C. White, assistant geologist, Pennsylvania Geological Survey, 1876-1883; professor of geology West Virginia University, 1877-1892; assistant geologist, U. S. Geological Survey, 1884-1888; delegate to the International Geological Congresses, St. Petersburg, 1897-1927; and chief geologist of the Brazilian Coal Commission, 1904-1906. Included are family letters and pictures; also, diagram plans, and maps 1874-1941. Additional...
Dates: 1867-1941
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. Davitt McAteer, Collector, Records regarding Wanamie Mine and Other Material

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4265
Overview

Records of the Wanamie Mine and Glen Alden Coal Company, including employee reports, dust control reports, and Interior Board of Mine Operation Appeals decisions. Also included are materials relating to an exhibition titled "Men at the Coalface," consisting of drawings by Tisa von der Schulenburg.

Dates: 1940-1979
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

J. Walton Thomas Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2481
Scope and Contents

Personal and business correspondence, legal, and financial papers of J. Walton Thomas, of Troutdale, Virginia, part owner of Mt. Rogers Furniture Co. and coal speculator. Thomas was one of the early owners of the Antler Coal and Coke Co., of Antler Siding, West Virginia, which dealt with Pocahontas Smokeless Coal. There are several photographs in the collection, as well as pamphlets and broadsides.

Dates: 1901-1924
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

James R. Moreland (1879-1955) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1146
Scope and Contents Family papers of Alexander Smith, Charles Edgar Brown, and Joseph Moreland; correspondence; materials relating to local history and Moreland's civic, social, religious, and professional activities. Typescript on the Union in West Virginia Coal Fields; a bound typescript on the History of the Various Courts of Monongalia County; and abstracts and legal papers of the Connellsville Basin Coke Company. Material also includes plats and maps relating to the residential and...
Dates: 1809-1948
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

John W. Mason (1842-1917), Consolidation Coal Company Properties Book

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3820
Overview Book entitled "Properties Owned and Controlled by the Consolidation Coal Company: West Virginia Properties Inspected by the Directors and their Guests Aug. 2-3, 1907." The first two pages show the schedule of activities for Thursday, August 1 through Saturday, August 3, 1907. Includes information on the number of mines, production, acreage, house ownership, and employment numbers for Consolidation Coal Company, Fairmont Coal Company, Clarksburg Fuel Company, Pittsburgh and Fairmont Fuel...
Dates: 1907
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Kanawha Coal and Coke Company, Archives

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2569
Overview

Ledger of this company for shipments on account, showing consignee, destination, type of coal, and car initial and number for the Acme, Keystone, and Empire Mines.

Dates: 1897-1898
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Kemble White (1873-1965) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2209
Overview Correspondence and other papers of Kemble White, one-time law partner of A.B. Fleming, specialist in oil and gas law, counsel for the West Virginia subsidiaries of Standard Oil (Hope Natural Gas, South Penn Oil, and Eureka Pipeline), charter member of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association, veteran of the Spanish-American War, one-time president of the West Virginia Bar Association; and the West Virginia University Alumni Association. Additional items include: White's notebooks...
Dates: 1898-1965
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Lynchburg Coal and Coke Company Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0862
Overview

The collection consists of statistics on bituminous coal production, 1934-1935, and mine office daily reports, 1938-1940.

Dates: 1934-1940
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center