Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...

Scope and Content Anderson, William A. Appalachian Geology Augusta Mill & Merchantile Co. Blacksburg, Town of Bockee, John J. Bomb (to test the stability of natural silicates in iron furnaces) Brown, J. Wilcox Calcite & Aragmite Experiements Campbell, M. R. Caves Cement Cement--thesis Charts & Maps Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. Cline, W. S. Clippings...

Scope and Content Daily, D. T. Dams, Damsites & Reservoirs Dillon's Sons, E. Echols, W. M. Engineering Experiment Station Experimental Results (Lime) Field notes Firmstone, H. Fischer, Alfred George Forrer, Samuel Fossils Geological Survey (Virginia) letters Goshen Iron Co. Graham, David Harvey, A. W. Index to manuscript--Industrial Development Jones,...