Railroads
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway Company, Financial Ledgers
Preston County (W. Va.) Court Records and Miscellaneous Papers
Records of the Preston County court, consisting almost entirely of land records such as maps, surveys, plats, deeds, and indentures. There are also some personal papers and correspondence of Preston County residents, including Israel Baldwin and Julius K. Monroe, and the Fairfax family. Some photographs from this collection have been digitized.
Sabra Lucinda (Miner) Sturgiss Papers
Samuel Price, Lawyer and Politician, Papers
Scott-Palmer Family Papers
Stephen B. Elkins Correspondence and Records relating to Coal, Railroad, and Other Industries
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.
Stevens Coal Company Records
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.
Stuart Family Papers
Thompson Family of Canaan Valley Business and Family Papers
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.
Walter Bledsoe and Company, Archives
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.