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Clarence Trent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Abstract

The collection comprises the papers of Clarence E. Trent, having to do with his involvement in American Society of Mechanical Enginners, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), and his engineering education.

Dates: 1958 - 1991

Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-037
Abstract

Photograph album contains 202 images from the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company factory in Berlin, Germany, showing factory interior and exterior views, a cable car, and various company products, including meters and generators.

Dates: n.d.

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

The collection contains a United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-077
Abstract

The collection contains letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July 1849 convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.

Dates: 1849

Virginia Central Railroad Company Rental Receipt,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-043
Abstract

This collection contains a rental receipt for the labor of Isaac, an enslaved man. The receipt was issued by the Virginia Central Railroad Company in 1855 to Mrs. Elisabeth S. Lindsay and promises a payment of $175 to Lindsay after the one year rental period ends.

Dates: 1855 - 1857

Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, & Southern Part of Florida with Environs of Richmond & Charleston

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0027
Abstract

Map is printed in colors. It shows the states of Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, with insets of Richmond and Charleston, and southern Florida at a reduced scale. Contains a key that identifies various railroads and canals.

Dates: 1875

Virginian Railway Company, Amonate, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-113
Abstract

The collection contains several photographs from the Virginian Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway—a major midwestern railroad company which operated out of Norfolk, VA).

Dates: 1942

Virginian Railway Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-015
Abstract

The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from the Virginian Railway Company's Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents.

Dates: 1945-1959, undated

W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. Railway Right-of-Way Map (1920)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0553
Scope and Content

Small 1920 map showing the railroad right-of-way through the land of the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company.

Dates: 1920

Wabash Railway Timetables

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-071
Abstract

This collection contains two timetables of the Wabash Railway, serving the upper mid-central United States.

Dates: 1936 - 1937

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Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 13
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 12
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 4
Virginian Railway 4
Rand McNally and Company 3
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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 (1896-1944) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (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
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
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
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
Sullivan Railroad Company 1
Swann, John S. 1
T. Ellwood Zell and Company 1
Tarbet, T. W. 1
Thomas Wood and Company (Max Meadows, Va.) 1
Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
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