Coal mines and mining -- West Virginia -- Fayette County
Subject
Subject Source: Local Lc
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly Collection
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4590
Scope and Contents
Reverend C. Shirley Donnelly, a Baptist minister and local historian, collected these materials for his own research and interest in West Virginia history. The collection contains various materials pertaining to coal mining and West Virginia history, especially in the New River area and Fayette County. It includes correspondence, land grant and deed records, pamphlets, journals, local histories, records, photographs, and art relating to mining and life in the New River area. One set of...
Dates:
1731, 1781-1992, and undated; Majority of material found within 1860-1980
Walter Caldwell, Collector, Photographs of Coal Towns and Mining in Fayette and Raleigh Counties
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3567
Overview
Includes more than 700 .jpg photographs on compact disc (CD) regarding coals towns and mining in Fayette and Raleigh Counties, West Virginia. Includes paper copy of thumbnail index (found on the CD) to images in the collection. Other counties featured include Kanawha, Putnam, and Summers. Selected materials are available online as higher resolution .tif files.
Dates:
ca. 1870-1960