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A. H. and William Gibboney Letter

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2008-070

Abstract

The collection contains a letter sent from Tazewell, Virginia, in 1882 by A. H. and William Gibboney to W. R. Wharton, Esquire, concerning the breach of payment for workers that have left the corps of the Norfolk and Western Railroad (previously the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad).

Dates: 1882

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Arthur W. Grove Family Papers,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2011-084

Abstract

The Arthur W. Grove Family Papers consists correspondence, receipts, and other documents relating to the family from 1900 to 1957.

Dates: 1900 - 1957

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0048

Abstract

Facsimile of original in Virginia State Library. Marked as "No. 9" in an unidentified series. Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras. Reprinted under title "Map Showing Proposed Routes of the Richmond & Southwestern Railway."

Dates: ca. 1880

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Ms-1994-003

Scope and Contents Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway...

Dates: c.1900-1925, 1994

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Map of Pocahontas Coal Fields

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0363

Abstract

Map shows Pocahontas Coal Field, with index of mines and their owners. Map is bordered by images of the mines listed on the map.

Dates: 1948

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Map of Pulaski, Pulaski County, Virginia

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0203

Abstract

Map shows land in Pulaski, Virginia, owned by The Pulaski Land Co. and The Iron Belt Land, Mining, and Development Company. It contains an illustration in the upper left.

Dates: 1884

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Map of Roanoke County, Virginia

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0188

Abstract

Full title reads, "Map of Roanoke County, Virginia, compiled from actual surveys, land maps, and data furnished by the Appalachia Electric Power Co., Virginia State Highway Dept., Norfolk & Western R. R., Virginian Railway" Map contains table of distances, statistics of Roanoke City, Salem, Vinton, and Roanoke County, historical origin of the city, and legend.

Dates: 1942

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs

Collection — Object: 1

Identifier: Map-0052

Abstract

Map shows transportation in the form of railroads (both complete and in-progress), stage routes, and canal routes, and geographic features such as rivers and mountains. It shows towns that are connected by the routes, but little more.

Dates: circa 1890

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech