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Herman Haupt Manuscript Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-010
Abstract

This collection contains the manuscript draft of the American Civil War reminiscences of Herman Haupt, who served as the chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army. It includes Civil War correspondence, telegraph messages, reports, and general orders (originals and typescript copies). Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln.

Dates: ca. 1889

Robert Selph Henry Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-020
Abstract

Spanning 1861 to 1971, the Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the American Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.

Dates: 1861 - 1971

Historical Maps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-001
Abstract

A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).

Dates: 1500 - 2023

Roy Jay Holden, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-023
Abstract Papers of Roy Jay Holden, Jr. (1921-1989), an authority on railroad tank cars and the handling and transportation of hazardous materials, working for the American Car and Foundry Industries (1947-1970) and the Bureau of Explosives (later, Hazardous Materials Systems) of the Association of American Railroads (1973-1989). Includes reports, correspondence, drawings, specifications, and printed materials relating to the design and construction of railway tank cars and the handling and...
Dates: 1910 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1989

John V. Hooff Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-061
Abstract

This collection contains a handwritten letter written by John V. Hooff to Stevenson Archer, requesting for Hooff to be considered for the position of chairman at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

Dates: October 3, pre-1861

Robert E. Hord, Jr., Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-058
Abstract This collection consists primarily of correspondence written by Robert Hord, Jr., of Richmond, Virginia, to his parents, Gladys and Robert Hord, Sr. It also includes a scrapbook and photographs of the Hord family.Robert Hord, Jr., was born in 1920; he attended the Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Engineering Extension school in Richmond from 1937 to 1939. In April 1942, Hord enlisted in the Army where he served in the 302nd Ordinance Regiment before being transferred to the...
Dates: 1942-1945, n.d.

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

Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-056
Abstract

This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).

Dates: 1912 - 1937

Indexed Railroad and Township Map of Kentucky & Tennessee (also titled Railroad and County Map of Kentucky & Tennessee)

 Item — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0847
Abstract

Indexed map of railroad and townships/counties in Kentucky and Tennessee, printed in 1882 by George F. Cram, engraver and publisher, Chicago, Illinois.

Dates: 1882

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

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 14
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 13
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 5
Virginian Railway 4
Rand McNally and Company 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 3
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 2
Appalachian Power Company 2
French, Chapman J. (Chapman Johnston) 2
Hotel Roanoke 2
Pennsylvania. Department of Internal Affairs 2
Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railway 2
Tidewater Railway Company (1904-1907) 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 2
Wall, J. Sutton 2
A. Hoen & Co. 1
Aberdeen & Asheboro Railway Company 1
Adams Express Company (1854-2015) 1
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company 1
Appomattox Iron Works and Supply Company 1
Arthur W. Grove Family (Roanoke, Va) 1
Baist, G. Wm. (George William), 1859-1927 1
Barbour, John, Jr. (John Strode), 1820-1892 1
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893 1
Bixby, Arthur S., Sr. 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Bluefield Inn (W. Va.) 1
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 1
Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company 1
Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company 1
Cincinnati Northern Railroad Company 1
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company 1
Claytor, Robert B. (Robert Buckner), 1922-1993 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 1
Cram, George Franklin, 1841-1928 1
Cresson, John H. 1
Cumberland Valley Railroad Company 1
D'Invilliers, Edward 1
Deepwater Railway Company (1898-1907) 1
Dick, David (Surveyor) 1
Dickinson, W. 1
Drumeller, William F., Jr., 1923-2006 1
East Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia Railway Company 1
Farrier family 1
Farrier, Andrew L., 1895-1972 1
Farrier, Martin P., 1869-1946 1
Fish, Floyd Hamilton, Jr. 1
Fishwick, John Palmer, 1916-2010 1
G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. 1
Geological Survey (U.S.) 1
Gibboney, A. H. 1
Gibboney, William 1
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
Haupt, Herman 1
Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1921-1989 1
Hord family (Richmond, Va) 1
Hord, Robert E., Jr., 1920-2010 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
Michigan Central Railroad Company 1
Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company 1
Miller, J. C. 1
Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad Company 1
New River Mineral Company 1
New River Plateau Railway Company 1
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company 1
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company (1910-1974) 1
P.S. Duval & Son 1
Parsons, Henry C., 1840-1894 1
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co. 1
Pocahontas Operators Association 1
Porter, J. C. 1
Raleigh Coal and Coke Company (1909-1950) 1
Randolph, Wilton 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
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company (1901-1948) (Roanoke, Va.) 1
Roanoke and Southern Railway Company 1
Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882 1
Roy, Andrew 1
Scott, R. A. 1
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company 1
Sharp, Thomas Robinson, 1834-1909 1
Smith, Frank, 1912-1998 1
Southern Express Company 1
Southern States Dispatch 1