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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
Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0048
Abstract
Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras.
Dates:
1875
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
Map of Pocahantas 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
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
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
Map of Routes and Distances to the Virginia Springs
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0052
Abstract
Map is rather bare, showing 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
Map of the "Old" Augusta Co. Fair Grounds at Staunton, Virginia
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0106
Abstract
Map is in blue-scale, showing the "Old" Augusta County Fairgrounds, containing 27.13 acres.
Dates:
1875
Map of the Virginia Kentucky and Ohio Railroad Connecting the Railroads of Virginia...
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0822
Abstract
Map of the Virginia Kentucky and Ohio Railroad Connecting the Railroads of Virginia with the Railroad of Kentucky on the Shortest Route East and West from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Ocean. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 182 William St., [ca. 1880].
Dates:
undated, likely c.1880
Map Showing the Position of the Morris Estates, Western Virginia
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0029
Abstract
Map shows railroads between various locations in the southern United States, in the areas encompassed by the Mississippi River and Atlantic, from Charleston (South Carolina) to Chicago.
The Morris Estates, highlighted in color on this map. No creator name appears on the map, though T. W. Tarbet may be a publisher. Additionally, the titular "Morris" has no identification apart from the geographic situatedness near Oceana, West Virginia.
Map contains some specific numbers about the estates,...
Dates:
1882
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- Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 1
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- Farrier, Martin P., 1869-1946 1
- Fishwick, John Palmer, 1916-2010 1
- French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston) 1
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- Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
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- Grove, Annie Cliffie, b.1894(?) (Roanoke, Va.) 1
- Grove, Arthur W., d.1946 (Roanoke, Va.) 1
- Grove, Margaret F., b. abt. 1871 (Roanoke, Va.) 1
- Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 1
- Iron Belt Land, Mining, and Development Company 1
- J.L. Smith Co. 1
- Koepler, W. E. E. 1
- Leech, Preston 1
- Lester, Riley 1
- Malcolm, C. B. 1
- Maple Shade Inn Company (Pulaski, Va.) 1
- New River Mineral Company 1
- New River Plateau Railway Company 1
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- P.S. Duval & Son 1
- Parsons, Henry C., 1840-1894 1
- Pocahontas Operators Association 1
- Porter, J. C. 1
- Raleigh Coal and Coke Company (1909-1950) 1
- Reed Island Iron Company (Pulaski County, Va.) (1881-1906) 1
- Reilly, G. A. 1
- Roanoke Gas and Water Company 1
- Roanoke Machine Works 1
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- Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 1
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- Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia Air Line 1
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