EASTERN REGIONAL
COAL ARCHIVES
Accession List
Craft Memorial Library
600 Commerce Street
Bluefield, WV 24701
(304) 325-3943
EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES
Accession List
81-1
Randel Bond
20 ft.
Records and photographs of the Pocahontas Operators Association, 1880-1950.
81-2
Maxine Hornick
1 ft.
Tonnage and royalty payment ledger books from the Crozer Coal and Land Company, 1888-1957.
81-3
C.R. Davis
1 ft.
Oil portrait of John J. Lincoln, coal operator at Crozer Coal and Land Company, Elkhorn, West
Virginia.
81-4
Mrs. L. E. Tierney, Jr.
2 ft.
Manuscript materials and photographs of the Tierney family, coal operators of Powhatan Coal &
Coke Company, 1884-1970.
81-5
Charles F. Brooks
10 ft.
Sales Catalogues from Superior Supply Company, Superior-Sterling Company, and photograph
of N&W electric locomotive.
82-6
Lena French
1 ft.
Civil War correspondence, Concord College publications, legal papers of D.E. French.
82-7
Steve Tobias
Aerial photograph of Welch, West Virginia, ca: 1950.
2 ft.
82-8
John E. Biggs
5 ft.
Photographs of Norfolk & Western #607 J model locomotive, New River, 1950; Amonate coal
tipple, 1950.
82-9
Mrs. Charles F. Brooks
2 ft.
Historical materials from Superior-Sterling Company, photograph of Eckman, West Virginia
1922, map of southern West Virginia coal mining operations.
86-10
W.E. Smith
6 in.
Payroll records of Lake Superior Coal Company, Superior, West Virginia, 1941; UMWA Journal,
1949-1959; other scattered issues.
86-11
Various donors
3 ft.
Oral History Collection of cassette tapes, collected at various times and locations.
86-12
Luella Dye
City Directories of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1897-present.
16 ft.
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86-13
Charles F. Brooks
2 ft.
Historical materials, clippings, publications, and photographs of Charles F. Brooks, president of
Superior-Sterling Supply Company, and collector of Pocahontas Coalfield memorabilia.
Subjects included are Norfolk & Western Railway, Pocahontas Operators Association,
Virginian Railroad, Pocahontas, Virginia, McComas, West Virginia.
86-14
Southern Virginias Coal Association
1 ft.
Administrative and financial records of the Southern Virginias Coal Association, 1970-1975.
86-15
Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Celebration
6 ft.
Administrative and financial records of the 1983 Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Celebration.
86-17
Robert H. Moore, Jr.
3 in.
Bound ledger book from company store of J.E. Hale, Freeman, West Virginia, 1901-1907.
86-18
W.W. Hoskins
Scrapbooks of Bluefield, West Virginia clippings, 1978-present.
2 ft.
86-19
William Z. Maratta
7 ft.
Records of William Z. Maratta, Director of Plans and Development for the Pocahontas Fuel
Company, 1940-1974.
86-20
WVVA-Television
1 ft.
Videotapes of six thirty-minute programs produced by the station during the 1983 Pocahontas
Coalfield Centennial Celebration. Subjects include Pocahontas, Virginia; Bramwell, West
Virginia; Coalwood and Caretta, West Virginia.
86-21
James R. Shanklin
6 in.
Photographs and memorabilia of company doctor, in Gary, West Virginia, 1908-1930, including
company baseball materials.
86-22
George W. Gilliam
Photographs of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1913-1919.
6 in.
86-23
Alfred E. Garrett
Ten dollar bill, 1917, issued by Bluefield National Bank.
1 in.
86-24
Joseph Hundley
6 in.
Correspondence between Thomas Felts and James Elwood Jones, 1908; UMWA memorabilia, and
miscellaneous coalfield memorabilia.
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86-25
Eugenia Hancock
Coal company scrip collection, 1919-1951.
4
6 in.
86-26
Edward C. Page, Jr.
3 in.
Records and annual reports from Crozer Coal & Land Company, Page Coal & Coke Company,
thesis on geology of Pocahontas Coalfield.
86-27
H.D. White
Framed photographs of Norfolk & Western railroad accidents, 1916.
2 ft.
86-28
the archivist
15 ft.
Clipping files, containing secondary materials on many regional communities, companies, and
subjects. Subject list is available in control folder.
86-29
Lane Murphy
Photographs of Upland, West Virginia, 1908-1912.
1 in.
87-30
James L. Foster
Records of Bluefield Sanitarium hospital, 1921-1960.
6 in.
87-31
W.A. Wolfe
2 ft.
Records, photographs, memorabilia, of Norfolk & Western railroad, 1908-1980.
87-32
Henry F. Warden
1 ft.
Personal papers and photographs of Henry F. Warden, coal operator of Mill Creek Coal & Coke,
American Coal Company, Atwater, Pocahontas Fuel Company, and mayor of Bluefield, West
Virginia, 1913-1956.
87-33
David E. Johnston
2 ft.
Papers of David E. Johnston, attorney, judge, and author. Subjects include Flat Top Land
Association, miscellaneous legal papers and land transaction deeds, 1889-1908.
87-34
Helen Steele
Photographs of Northfork, and Keystone, West Virginia, 1901-1907.
3 in.
87-35
Pocahontas Land Corporation
20 ft.
Photographs, records, letter-press books, correspondence, maps, and other files of the Pocahontas
Land Corporation, 1885-present.
87-36
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
20 ft.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph newspaper, hard copy and microfilm dates vary, 1896-present.
87-37
Mrs. Paul Miller
2 ft.
Photographs of Maybeury, Barlow, and Bottom Creek, West Virginia, and Boissevain, Virginia.
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87-38
Bernard Wills
3 ft.
Photographs and scrapbook albums of Bluefield, West Virginia sign painter, 1930-1980.
87-39
William Y. Cooper
3 ft.
Photographs and memorabilia of John Cooper, and family, coal operators of Mill Creek Coal &
Coke Company, Bramwell, West Virginia, and McDowell, West Virginia, 1884-1930.
87-40
Roland Luther
1 ft.
Photographs and memorabilia of Luther family, coal operators of Peerless Coal & Coke Company,
Vivian, West Virginia, 1898-1940.
87-41
R.W. Wilkinson
8 ft.
Historical material and records of First National Bank of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1891-present,
including Bank of Bramwell, West Virginia.
87-42
M.T. Mooney
Photographs of Gilliam and Roanoke, West Virginia, 1919-1925.
1 in.
87-43
Gayle Hicks
A collection of coal company stickers, 1970-1980.
2 in.
87-44
James A. McQuail
1 ft.
Photocopy of deeds and scrapbook of McQuail family, southern West Virginia coal operators of
McQuail Coal and Coke Company, Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Company, Ennis Coal & Coke
Company, and Crane Creek Coal & Coke Company, Mercer County, West Virginia, 1890-1950.
87-45
Gladys Fowler
6 in.
Checkbook of UMWA Local #6120, Crystal, West Virginia, 1949-1959.
87-46
CONSOL
30 ft.
Corporate records, ledgers, maps, annual reports, minute books, land transaction accounts, and other
materials from Pocahontas Fuel Company, Crozer land Association, Pulaski Iron Company,
Bottom Creek Coal & Coke Company, Powhatan Coal & Coke Company, Crane Creek,
American Coal Company, Rolfe Coal & Coke Company, and town of Pocahontas, and town of
Bishop, Virginia, 1890-1950.
87-47
Roy Lowe
4 ft.
Wide-angle photograph of work force of miners at Litwar, West Virginia, 1930.
87-48
Hattie Cruise
Photographs of Keystone, West Virginia, 1910-1930.
3 in.
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87-49
Ethel Nester
6 in.
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives, regional
photographs.
87-50
Jean Foster
2 ft.
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, and personal papers of Miss Foster, local journalist and
historical enthusiast, 1903-1990.
87-51
H.E. Steele
Scrapbook of Bluefield Fire Department, 1928-1933.
3 in.
87-52
Ernest Poe, Jr.
Sales receipts from Bluefield retail businesses, 1898-1914.
2 in.
87-53
Ray Heldreth
4 ft.
Wide-angle photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1911; records of the Clover Club of Bluefield.
88-54
Mike Hornick
30 ft.
Historical materials relating to Gary, West Virginia, United States Coal & Coke Company,
including photographs, payroll ledgers, secondary sources, memorabilia, corporate account books
and other sources, 1900-1950.
88-55
T.A. Warden
3 in.
Photographs of Nemours, West Virginia; Bluefield, West Virginia, 1920-1923.
88-56
Hazel Schultz
Mine scrip, lunch bucket, photograph of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1941.
1 ft.
88-57
the archivist
1 ft.
Photocopies of manuscript material from United States Coal Commission, 1922.
88-58
Francis Huffman
Photographs and historical materials from Bishop, Virginia, 1930-1957.
6 in.
88-59
Sidney Kwass
3 in.
Receipts, photographs, and personal memorabilia, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1897-1924.
88-60
Jake Kipfinger
18 in.
Mining memorabilia and certificates; photographs of Bartley, West Virginia explosion, 1940.
88-61
Cela Burge
Records of Mercer County Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1987.
2 ft.
88-62
2 ft.
the archivist
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Records of Bluefield's commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1987.
88-63
Katherine Barringer
6 in.
Records of Buckeye Coal & Coke Company; family materials from Hewitt, Freeman, and
Pritchard families, Bramwell, West Virginia, 1889-1913.
88-64
Don Fogus
Historical records of Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, 1919-present.
10 ft.
88-65
Matt Sarrel
2 in.
Historical survey and building inventory of Keystone, West Virginia, 1988.
88-66
Robert Bruch
Norfolk & Western Railway memorabilia and records, 1920-1960.
4 in.
88-67
the archivist
West Virginia Bureau of Mines Annual Reports, 1893-1980.
1 ft.
88-68
Mike Meador
1 ft.
Research files for Even the Heavens Weep documentary film about West Virginia labor strife, 1987.
88-69
the archivist
Photographs of coalfields, 1987.
3 in.
88-70
Otto Stroupe
Mine payroll scrip account book from Havaco, West Virginia, 1940.
1 in.
88-71
James L. Monroe
1 in.
Photograph of Itmann, West Virginia, 1922; miscellaneous mining memorabilia.
88-72
John McGhee
3 in.
Archival film footage of Island Creek, photograph of Holden, West Virginia, 1930's.
88-73
Jim Dent
Historical materials from Bluefield Police Department, 1897-present.
2 ft.
88-74
Jewell Ridge Development Corporation
30 ft.
Historical materials, photographs, corporate records and ledgers, newspapers, and memorabilia from
Jewell Ridge Coal & Coke Company.
88-75
John Rankin
1 in.
Manuscript typescript of "History and Early Development of Bluefield, West Virginia."
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88-76
Skyland, Incorporated
Miscellaneous railroad memorabilia.
6 in.
88-77
various
Collection of MAPS from regional coalfields, 1880-present.
5 ft.
88-78
Robert Hicks
Bluefield water company records and map, 1970's.
2 in.
88-79
Mrs. Fred Burton
Masonic sword belonging to C.O. Stahlman, Bluefield mayor, 1921.
3 ft.
88-80
Main Street Bluefield
3 ft.
Records of downtown development efforts in Bluefield, West Virginia, 1965-present.
88-81
Leonty Durkett
6 in.
Records of St Mary's Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, Elkhorn, West Virginia, 1911-1935.
89-82
Ernie Reynolds
6 in.
Personal memorabilia and clippings, reference materials of coalfield historian.
89-83
Harold Schutt
1 ft.
Photographs, postcards, clippings, municipal records, of Bluefield, West Virginia, Pocahontas,
Virginia, Pinnacle Rock, 1922-1934.
89-84
Harry Finkelman
Clipping of "Coal Page" from 1893 Harpers Magazine.
1 in.
89-85
Eva Easley
3 in.
Historical materials of Bluefield College; photographs of Granada Theater and visit of evangelist
Billy Sunday in Bluefield, West Virginia, 1909-1950.
89-86
Jim Bailey
Deed for land in Bluefield to Richard Bailey, 1793.
89-87
Richard Smith
Railroad station signboard from Matewan, West Virginia.
1 in.
6 ft.
89-88
Page Coal & Coke Co.
20 ft.
Payroll books, store records, and blueprints from Page Coal & Coke Company, Pageton, West
Virginia, ca: 1920-1940.
89-89
Tim Honaker
Sales ledgers from Graham, Virginia, 1890-1905.
1 ft.
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89-90
George Wolfe
3 in.
Photocopies of correspondence from Wolfe, a mining engineer, to his son detailing his career in the
coalfields, 1939.
89-91
Bill Fox
50 ft.
Administrative records of the Superintendent's Office, Pocahontas Division, Norfolk & Western
Railway, ca: 1900-1950.
89-92
Francis Rush
4 in.
Scrapbooks and photograph albums of Bramwell, West Virginia, ca: 1910-1920.
89-93
Edwin Elliott
1939 Bluefield City License plate for automobile.
2 in.
89-94
C.W. "Wilson"
4 ft.
Wide-angle photographs of Concord College, 1930; UMWA conventions, 1936-1942.
89-95
Claude Blankenship
4 ft.
Records of the Bank of Matoaka; coalfield league baseball uniform; historical materials from
Matoaka, West Virginia.
89-96
Raymond Branham
18 in.
Historical materials, photographs, manuscripts from Bluefield, West Virginia, 1890-1920.
89-97
the archivist
2 ft.
Records of the Alliance For the Arts organization, which operates the Bluefield Area Arts Center,
1975-present.
89-98
Frank Holyroyd
Scrapbook from Concord College, 1920's.
2 ft.
89-99
Lyle Gage
2 in.
Postcard photographs of Bluefield, Princeton, and Thurmond, West Virginia.
89-100
USX
100 ft.
Payroll books and company records of United States Coal & Coke Company, Gary, West
Virginia, 1901-1950.
89-101
Bob Barnett
Records of Keesling movie theater company, 1940's.
20 ft.
89-102
the archivist
1 ft.
Materials documenting the 1988-1990 Pittston/UMWA strike, including clippings and videotape.
EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List
89-103
East River Mountain Garden Club
Scrapbooks recounting organizational activities, 1947-1981.
10
5 ft.
89-104
Joyce Hewitt
2 in.
Photographs of Buckeye Coal & Coke Company, materials from Hewitt family of coal operators,
ca: 1900.
89-105
H. Edward Steele
2 ft.
Annual Reports of Bluefield Supply Company, 1955-1983, and other company materials.
89-106
Mrs. A.R. Matthews
2 ft.
Personal and professional papers of A.R."Army" Matthews (1902-1960), last president of
Pocahontas Fuel Company, including correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia.
89-107
Mrs. Emma Yost
Photographs of Bluefield, donated by the "Bride of the Bluefields."
1 in.
89-108
Stuart McGehee
5 ft.
Administrative and organizational records of the 1989 Bluefield Centennial Celebration.
90-109
Jennifer Fox
6 in.
Personal and professional materials of Dr. J. Franke Fox, pioneer Bluefield physician, 1900-1938.
90-110
George Shrader
6 in.
Postcard photographs of Bluefield, Williamson, Keystone, Eckman, Kimball, and Vivian, West
Virginia.
90-111
Jeff Sparks
3 in.
Miscellaneous historical material concerning Bluefield, and Matoaka, West Virginia.
90-112
George Evans
3 in.
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Norfolk & Western Railway, 1905-1930.
90-113
Eleanor Hall
3 in.
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1912-1928.
90-114
Eula Barnhill
1 in.
Brochure from Bluefield Coal Show (Southern Appalachian Industrial Exposition), 1935.
90-115
various
4 ft.
Bluefield, West Virginia "Centennial History" Collection of materials donated during the 1989
Centennial Celebration, including photographs, publications, memorabilia, artifacts, maps, and
records.
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90-116
Edward Jarrett
3 ft.
Complete set of editions of The Mountain Mirror (1951-1953), a weekly newspaper tabloid
published in Bluefield, West Virginia by Southern Office Supply Company.
90-117
various
6 in.
Records, photographs, and memorabilia from the 1987 Mercer County Centennial Celebration.
90-118
J.K. Sult
Six postcard photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, ca: 1920.
1 in.
90-119
Ira Smith
Map of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1889.
3 ft.
90-120
Paul Chryssikos
2 in.
Clippings and programs from the 1976 dedication of a Bicentennial time capsule in Bluefield, West
Virginia, donated by the Civitan Club.
90-121
Claude Brooks
2 in.
Historical material from Tri-City Traction, the Southern West Virginia interurban public
transportation railway system, 1925-1975.
90-122
Al Skinner
Miscellaneous coal mining photographs used in Coal People Magazine.
2 ft.
90-123
WVU
6 in.
Five rolls of microfilm records of the Smokeless Operators Association, including tonnage
statistics, historical materials, and coal industry information.
90-124
John Fleming
20 ft.
Records of Ramsey School, and Beaver Pond School District, in Bluefield, West Virginia, 18891938.
90-125
Janet Herring
4 ft.
Memorabilia, photographs, and records of a McDowell County, West Virginia, mine inspector,
1919-1940, including substantial collection of safety lamps.
90-126
George Cochran
1 in.
Photographs and mining memorabilia including Greenbrier Coal & Coke Company, and Jairus
Collins.
90-127
Jim Bailey
6 in.
Miscellaneous receipts, papers, notebooks, and unidentified photographs, possibly family materials
found in a trunk in Hinton, 1897-1909.
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90-128
Dixon Jones
Photographs of downtown Bluefield, West Virginia, 1952-1956.
12
6 in.
90-129
H.C. Lewis
3 ft.
Papers of Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency founder Thomas L. Felts relating to the Matewan
Massacre, including newspapers clippings, photographs, trial transcripts, and secret memoranda,
1920-1921.
90-130
Bluefield Municipal Parking Commission
3 in.
Historical material, photographs, and clippings of the Bluefield Municipal Parking Commission,
including the 1947 Scott Street Garage, the nation's third urban tiered parking building.
90-131
Donald Wren
1 in.
Photographs of Mother Jones, ca: 1910; miscellaneous coal mining memorabilia.
90-132
Cathy Jones
3 ft.
Framed map of the Pocahontas Coalfield, 1933, produced by the Pocahontas Operators
Association.
90-133
Willie Walters
3 in.
Account Records of Black Wolf Coal & Coke Company, 1907; miscellaneous mining
memorabilia.
90-134
Ammar's, Inc.
1 ft.
Corporate history, memorabilia, clippings, and photographs from the Ammar family, Syrian
immigrant pack peddlers in the coalfields, who founded Ammar's, Inc., and Magic Mart merchandise
stores, 1920-present.
90-135
H. Edward Steele
Three issues of Sam Pennington's Feature Stories magazine, 1932.
2 in.
90-136
Ellen Elmes
1 in.
Photographs of mural depicting coal history in Richlands, Virginia, 1988.
90-137
Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic
6 ft.
Records and signage from the Bluefield Sanitarium Clinic hospital, 1966-1975.
90-138
Wanda Gumm
Yearbook Annuals from Welch, West Virginia, 1927-1929.
3 in.
90-139
Arnold Porterfield
18 in.
Records of the West Virginia Society of Professional Engineers, 1954-1967.
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91-140
Mrs. William Maxey
Photographs of Pocahontas Fuel Company officials, n.d.
1 in.
91-141
Thomas Sizemore
Personal papers and photographs of the Ratcliff family, ca: 1900-1930.
1 ft.
91-142
Luella I. Dye
1 ft.
Records, clippings, photographs, memorabilia of the Craft Memorial Library, Bluefield, West
Virginia, 1920-present.
91-143
Margaret Ann Murphy
3 in.
Promotional sales book of the Hannah Pocahontas Coal Company, 1936, Bluefield City Traffic
Rules, 1922.
91-144
Susan Childs
3 in.
Photographs of the Bolen, Kell, and Leckie families, including Carter Coal Company,
Jenkinjones, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1906-1988.
91-145
Dave Ledgerwood
Miscellaneous photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, n.d.
3 in.
91-146
Helen Warden Black
18 in.
Photographs, clippings, and memorabilia of the American Legion Drum & Bugle Corps, and
Bluefield Beaver High School, 1935-1945.
91-147
James E. Singleton, Jr.
3 in.
Federal regulations of prices and wages, Semmet-Solvay Coal Company, 1942-1946.
91-148
the archivist
2 ft.
Records, clippings, photographs, and memorabilia of the Lemonade Escapade, 50th anniversary
celebration of the "Nature's Air-Conditioned City" free lemonade promotional program of the
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, 1941-1991.
91-149
Ken Bowen
2 in.
Photographs and memorabilia of Goodwill Coal & Coke Company, 1900-1957.
91-150
Marilyn Gregory
1 in.
Photographs and correspondence of John Ferguson, victim of the Matewan Massacre, 1920.
92-151
Albert Carl Rudd
1 in.
Correspondence and photographs from Wenonah Coal & Coke Company, Dott, West Virginia,
1906-1942.
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92-152
Phyllis Oliver
4 ft.
Collection of glass electrical insulators; wide-angle photograph of Bluefield Shrine Club,
Philadelphia, ca: 1930.
92-153
Ruth Mattox
6 ft.
Scrapbooks, memorabilia, clippings, minute books, correspondence, cemetery records, of the
Matthew F. Maury Chapter #172, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Bluefield, West Virginia,
1896-present.
92-154
Jeannie Soos
6 ft.
Miscellaneous municipal records and maps of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1917-present.
92-155
Wilma Grubb
50 ft.
Miscellaneous records from the Mercer County Courthouse, including circuit court records,
witness registration ledgers, and jury files, and naturalization records, 1876-1900.
92-156
Ron Estep
Records of Bluefield Hardware Company, 1903-1954.
3 ft.
92-157
Harold Brewster
Private papers of coal operator Lamar Epperly, 1916-1948.
3 ft.
92-158
Lois Rounion
6 ft.
Records, photographs, and memorabilia of the YWCA Chapter, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1900present.
92-159
Claude A. Frazier
3 in.
Clippings and manuscript concerning coalfield physicians, Miners and Medicine.
92-160
Robert H. Moore
6 in.
Records, correspondence, and clippings of the Mercer County, Virginia secession campaign, 1984.
92-161
Charlie Venable
3 ft.
Accident report ledger, Pocahontas Division, Norfolk & Western Railway, 1900-1907; blueprints
for Norfolk & Western passenger station, Bluefield, West Virginia.
92-162
Marcella D. Whitlock
2 ft.
Scrapbooks: Mercer-Tazewell Chapter, Concord College Alumni Association, 1965-1983; West
Virginia Education Association, 1965-1966.
92-163
J. Roderick Moore
1 ft.
Photographs of Carter Coal Company, Coalwood, and Caretta, West Virginia, 1902-1942.
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92-164
Nancy Nash
1 in.
Photographs of Pocahontas Fuel Company medical staff performing inoculations at Amonate,
Virginia, 1938.
92-165
the archivist
1 ft.
Records, brochures, maps, clippings, magazines, calendars, and postcards documenting the West
Virginia state government travel industry initiatives, 1921-present.
92-166
Don Briggs
1 ft.
Miscellaneous photographs used by the National Park Service to prepare the Coal Heritage Study,
1991.
92-167
Sallie Stone
3 in.
Scrapbook, photographs, and blueprints from the Bluefield Little Gardens Club documenting the
creation of West Virginia's first Tourism information center, East River Mountain, Bluefield, West
Virginia, 1960.
92-168
Francey Lynch
1 ft.
Records of the Sahara Supper Club, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1948-1992.
92-169
Mike Rebuck
Safety stretchers for mine rescue, ca: 1930.
6 ft.
92-170
William B. Ware
Photograph of Thomas Felts, location unknown, ca: 1935.
1 in.
92-171
Holly Sphar
6 in.
Annual reports, correspondence, clippings, maps, publications, and private papers, Pocahontas Fuel
Company, 1901-1985.
92-172
Luella I. Dye
Handmade West Virginia quilt from the 1939 Worlds Fair.
3 ft.
92-173
Charles R. Scott
3 ft.
Map depicting coal seams, deposits, beds, and fields in West Virginia, 1935.
92-174
Vernon Meadows
3 ft.
Framed photograph of United States Coal & Coke Company store (United Supply Company),
Lynch, Kentucky, 1920.
92-175
Roy Buchanan
1 ft.
Miscellaneous coal industry materials, including maps of Coalwood and Caretta, West Virginia.
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92-176
Carol Sheppard
3 ft.
Photographs used by the American Mining Congress in various publications, 1950-present.
92-177
Billy Cherry
5 ft.
Personal papers of Mrs. Elizabeth Drewry, first black woman elected to the West Virginia House of
Delegates, 1920-1980.
92-178
Mike Still
3 in.
Photograph, clippings, reports, correspondence, and releases documenting the 1992 mine explosion
at Clintwood, Virginia.
92-179
various
6 ft
Eastern Regional Coal Archives Newspaper Collection. Editions from the Bluefield, McDowell
County, Mercer County, and other coalfield newspapers, 1890-present.
92-180
Tim Hensley
Keystone Coal Industry Annual Directories, 1937-present.
12 ft.
92-181
various
West Virginia Blue Books, 1919-present.
16 ft.
92-182
various
Telephone Directories, Bluefield, 1924-present.
3 ft.
92-183
the archivist
Norfolk & Western Railway Magazine, 1923-1982.
15 ft.
92-184
the archivist
Records of the Bluefield Historical Society, 1989-present.
6 in.
92-185
the archivist
1 ft.
Collection of historical materials documenting Matewan, West Virginia, 1920-present.
92-186
Jim Harman III
1 in.
Two shot glasses from Pocahontas, Virginia and Bluefield, West Virginia.
93-187
Mrs. R.A. Ercoline
Wide-angle photograph of Panther, West Virginia, ca: 1935.
6 ft.
93-188
Tim Kish
1 in.
Manuscript of "History of Bluefield Beaver Football," and other related documents.
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93-189
the archivist
1 in.
Jed Hotchkiss' magazine The Virginias: A Mining, Industrial, and Scientific Journal, vol. 1,
1880, and related materials.
93-190
Alan Goodykoontz
1 in.
Annual reports of Goodykoontz Drug Store, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1937-1947.
93-191
Bill Davis
1 in.
Manuscript "History of Bailey Lumber Company," Bluefield, West Virginia, with related
materials.
93-192
the archivist
2 ft.
Collection of films and videos relating to coal history, mining and the region.
93-193
various
4 ft.
Yearbooks, student handbooks, catalogs and other materials relating to Bluefield College, Bluefield,
Virginia, 1919-present.
93-194
various
6 ft.
Mining memorabilia, including safety lamps, breast augers, miner's caps, and rescue equipment.
93-195
Thomas E. Blevins
3 ft.
Photograph albums complied by William A. Jameson Jr., including photographs of Bramwell,
1940-1950's.
93-196
the archivist
6 in
Miscellaneous materials used to prepare the Coal Heritage Trail, 1992-present.
93-197
various
6 in.
Mine Foreman handbooks and West Virginia Mining Laws and other mine safety publications,
1948-1981.
93-198
Mildred Kerrigan
Cemetery record of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1908-1914.
3 in.
93-199
Dr. Jean Gilbert
3 ft.
Blueprints and plans of businesses in downtown Bluefield, West Virginia.
93-200
anonymous
2 ft.
Photograph files of Welch Daily News, including historical photographs of McDowell County,
1890's-present.
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93-201
Buster Kraus
30 ft.
Company records of Carter Coal Company, Consolidation Coal Company, and Olga Coal
Company, at Coalwood and Caretta, West Virginia. The collection included payroll books,
tonnage records, account books, store ledgers and house rentals, 1922-1947.
93-202
Mike Reed
1 ft.
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, Rich Creek, Virginia, Norfolk & Western Railway, and
miscellaneous documents, 1900-1940.
93-203
various
3 ft.
Historical collection of Elkhorn High School Alumni Association, including photographs and
documents, 1920-present.
94-204
Ruth Fleshman
Photographs of Gary, West Virginia, 1901-1915.
6 in.
94-205
Heber and A.F. Stafford
6 in.
Historical materials donated by the Bluefield Beaver High School Class of 1935, including
photograph album and reunion programs.
94-206
Kevin Dudley
3 ft.
Promotional map of Bluefield, Virginia and Bluefield, West Virginia, including photographs of
leading businesses, 1948.
94-207
Elizabeth Tilley
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1980-present.
3 in.
94-208
Margaret Ann Murphy
Salesman code book of coal industry trade representative, 1930.
1 in.
94-209
Leo C. Whitenack
Photographs of 1937 train wreck in Maybeury, West Virginia.
1 in.
94-210
Rena Peraldo Lotito
3 ft.
Private papers of memorabilia of Antonio "Tony" Lotito, coal and recreation director, Pocahontas,
Virginia, Bluefield College, and Bluefield Beaver High School, including photographs, clippings,
programs and other documents, 1900-present.
94-211
Malita W. Murphy
1 in.
Clippings documenting political career of Walter Virgil Ross, state legislator and attorney in
southern West Virginia, 1940-1946.
94-212
Peggy Wharton
6 in.
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Miscellaneous historical memorabilia documenting Bluefield, West Virginia, including post cards,
programs, posters, and railroad passes, 1915-1969.
94-213
Rozalia Cruise Hoge
6 in.
Photographs and documents of National Armature and Electric Works, Bluefield, West Virginia,
1918-1972.
94-214
Joan Murray
Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1918.
1 in.
94-215
Sherry Rohm
Sales account ledger book for Bluefield, West Virginia, 1904.
2 in.
94-216
Ruth E. Warmoth
3 in.
Miscellaneous historical memorabilia documenting Bluefield, West Virginia, including postcards,
gift boxes, and newspaper clippings, 1920-1970.
94-217
Rosemary Heldreth
Bluefield, West Virginia, Beaver High School Annuals, 1918-1923.
1 in.
94-218
Cannelton Coal
2 in.
Account ledger of Semet-Solvay and Kingston-Pocahontas coal companies, also articles on the
Pack family, 1940.
94-219
Debbie Hundley
1 in.
Photographs of Maybeury, West Virginia, and Amonate, Virginia, 1920's.
94-220
Rick Baker
1 in.
Coal company scrip.
94-221
archivist
6 in.
Miscellaneous regional artifacts including programs, yearbooks, composition books for Concord
College, Athens, West Virginia, Sam Pennington Feature Stories, and high school annuals for
Logan and Hinton, West Virginia, 1923-1949.
94-222
Russell Long
Photographs of Iaeger, West Virginia, 1900-1915.
1 in.
94-223
Beverly Underwood
1 in.
Miscellaneous Mercer County historical memorabilia including mine safety cards, postcards, war
ration book, First National Bank of Keystone checks, and baseball cards.
94-224
Edna Longworth
1 in.
Photograph of Graham College baseball team, Graham/Bluefield, Virginia, 1920.
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94-225
archivist
3 in.
Records of the Southwest Regional Council of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, 19881994.
94-226
archivist
Records of Coal Country Incorporated, 1990-present.
3 in.
94-227
archivist
Records of Coalways Incorporated, 1989-present.
2 in.
94-228
Vivian Bamgardner
1908 Bluefield Colored Institute diploma.
1 in.
94-229
Jim Taylor
1 in.
Records and memorabilia of Pocahontas Fuel Company and New River Coal Company.
94-230
William J. Pickett
1 ft.
Mine safety records and expense ledger of Northfork Land Company, 1931-1950.
95-231
W.E. McDougle
2 ft.
Large framed photograph of underground mining location unknown, ca: 1930.
95-232
Murray Whitehill
1 ft.
Photograph collection documenting reclamation of abandoned mining operations at Crane Creek,
Wyoming County, Norton, Dixiana, Toms Creek, and other locations.
95-233
Deb Sarver
Scrapbooks from Heatherwood Garden Club, Bluefield, WV, 1942.
1 in.
95-234
Margaret Ann Murphy
Scrapbook, Bluefield, WV, ca: 1930's.
1 in.
95-235
Richard Hight
6 in.
Photographs Norfolk & Western and Virginian railroads, ca: 1920-1940.
95-236
J.R. Shuck
2 ft.
Acrylic painting of Lake Superior, Number 4 mine, Superior, WV, 1995.
95-237
Sharon L. Perkinson
2 ft.
Photographs, manuscripts, memorabilia and records of William Leckie, southern West Virginia coal
operator 1890-1950.
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95-238
Dottie Speroni
1923 Fairview Junior High School annual, Bluefield, WV.
1 in.
95-239
Roger and Frank Buckland
Miner's dinner bucket, ca: 1950's.
6 in.
95-240
Theresa M. Weiser
Photograph of the Blue-Gray baseball team, Bluefield, WV, ca: 1950.
1 in.
95-241
Robert Hearn
1 in.
Photographs: Norfolk & Western passenger freight station, Bluefield, WV, ca: 1912, Virginian
Railway section crew, Giles County, Virginia, 1910.
95-242
Don Sarver
4 ft.
Miners' wash house baskets, breast auger, UMWA ribbon and company store ledger books, ca:
1920's.
95-243
Ronald E. Hood
Tools, memorabilia of Ohio Brass Company, ca: 1930-1970.
6 ft.
95-244
David DeBerry
1 in.
Photographs of African-American musicians, entertainers, performers, ca: 1920-1950.
95-245
Evelyn Massaroni
West Virginia Book Bank, 1982, and miscellaneous newspapers.
1 ft.
95-246
James Strother
1 in.
Scrapbook containing 1939 semi-centennial edition of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
95-247
Olin P. Keyes, Jr.
2 ft.
Watercolor and pen and ink drawings and paintings depicting underground coal mining scenes,
historic and contemporary by Olin P. Keyes, Jr., artist, Bluefield, WV.
95-248
Rita Prince
Medical supply/store ledger, 1860-1868.
4 in.
95-249
archivist
Photographic slides documenting coal mining and regional history.
2 ft.
95-250
Eloise Holstein
1 ft.
Library books from the McDowell County Board of Education, ca: 1900-1950.
95-251
John Feuchtenberger
3 ft.
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Photograph of Boissevain, Virginia, mine explosion, 1932.
95-252
John Biggs
10 ft.
Company records H.E. Harman Coal Corporation, Buchanan County, Virginia, 1930-1960.
94-253
archivist
3 ft.
Textile apparel advertizing various businesses and events in southern West Virginia, 1985-present.
95-254
William L. & Robert A. Kell
Wedding dress belonging to their mother, ca: 1940.
3 ft.
95-255
various
3 ft.
Documents, photographs, publications and other historical material from Bluefield State College,
1895-1995.
95-256
various
6 ft.
Documents, photographs, publications and other historical material from Bluefield Regional
Medical Center, Bluefield Sanitarium, Bluefield Community Hospital, 1900-present.
95-257
Zina Roberts Kennedy
Premier Coal & Coke Company business ledger, 1920-1921.
1 ft.
95-258
Harry Rutherford
3 in.
Postcards depicting many coalfield communities in southern West Virginia including Pocahontas,
Bramwell, Eckman, Matewan, Princeton, Matoaka, Welch, 1910.
95-259
Dorothy Dunn
6 in.
Photographs and memorabilia from Bluefield, West Virginia, including Appalachian Power
Company materials, 1925-1980.
95-260
Mrs. Alex Mahood, Jr.
100 ft.
Personal papers and architectural practice records of Alex Mahood (1888-1970), including plans,
drawings, photographs, correspondence, and other memorabilia.
96-261
Helen Jarret
25 ft.
Records, documents, memorabilia, samples, and printing materials from Southern Office Supply
and Printing Company, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1950-1996.
96-262
Robert L. Perry
1 ft.
Family scrapbook, 1900-1940 compiled by Mrs. John Blair Ward, includes information on
Bluefield Methodist Ministry, Bland Street United Methodist Church, Bluefield, West Virginia.
96-263
Alice Budge
6 ft.
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Scrapbook, photographs, memorabilia documenting career of Bluefield native Brig. General
William H. Middleswart, United States Army, 1945-1970.
96-264
Ann Dorton
1 in.
1921 Northfork High School annual, Northfork, West Virginia and Black Rock, 1925 annual of
Bramwell High School, Bramwell, West Virginia
96-265
Frances Wayland
1 ft.
Clippings, documents, and other materials relating to Bluefield Supply Company, Inc., Bluefield,
West Virginia, 1950-1975.
96-266
Ferndine Lineberry
Receipts from South West Virginia Improvement Company, 1895.
1 in.
96-267
Donnie Gott
2 in.
High School annuals, Beaver High School, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1921, 1922.
96-268
archivist
6 in.
Historical materials documenting professional baseball in Bluefield, West Virginia.
96-269
Mr. & Mrs. Lowell Powell
2 ft.
Norfolk & Western Railway photographs and documents, miscellaneous newspapers from
Bluefield, West Virginia, 1895-1916.
96-270
Louisa Sowers
1 ft.
Photographs, ca: 1930's - 1950's, taken by James Harold Martin documenting pioneer and Native
American sites in southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia, WWII medal of honor winner,
"Junior" Spurrier, Mercer County Courthouse fire, and Bluefield County Club, Mercer
County genealogy records.
97-271
Rebecca Cochran
3 in.
Miller Supply Company equipment supply catalogue, Bluefield and Huntington, West Virginia,
ca: 1935.
97-272
Billy and Jeanette Miller
1 in.
Photograph of mine explosion aftermath, Old Ben Coal Corporation, West Frankfort, Ill., 1930.
97-273
Cleo Barnett
20 ft.
Manuscript collection of Robert V. Barnett, publisher, editor, journalist, and community activist,
Bramwell, West Virginia, including files of Bramwell Aristocrat, 1985-1997.
97-274
Pauline Mueller
3 in.
Unpublished book manuscript "Breath of Life," fictional treatment of southern West Virginia coal
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mining life, 1901-1932.
97-275
Gail Rexrode
6 in.
Photographs documenting urban renewal in Bluefield, West Virginia, 1964.
97-276
Steve Miller
2 ft.
Wide-Angle photograph of tipple crew, Winding Gulf Colliery, Goodwill, West Virginia, 1940.
97-277
Martha Lancaster
6 ft.
Photographs, Bluefield, West Virginia: City Mayor Harry Vest, and aerial views of city, 1969.
97-278
Linda Thomas
Photographs, Bluefield, West Virginia, ca: 1900.
1 in.
97-279
Glenn Barnhill
Bluefield Blue-Gray Baseball program and scorecard, ca: 1940.
1 in.
97-280
Ralph Canterberry
Miscellaneous local postcards including 1915 Layland mine explosion.
1 in.
97-281
Leona Jones
2 in.
Scrapbook of A.V. Sproles family, Pocahontas Fuel Company, ca: 1920's.
97-282
Emma Sue Phelps
Unpublished script of play "One Day More" depicting Mother Jones.
1 in.
97-283
Bill Carper
6 in.
Framed official documents and land deeds concerning road construction, dated 1837, 1860, Mercer
County, including references to Athens, Napoleon B. French, and slaves.
(withdrawn)
97-284
archivist
10 ft.
Bound volumes and maps, prepared by the West Virginia Geologic Survey, 190897-285
Dave Reynolds
5 ft.
Oral history tapes, signed and numbered pen and ink print of acquitted Matewan Massacre
Defendants, and bound newspapers, Matewan, and Red Jacket, West Virginia.
97-286
Archivist
West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia reference volumes.
10 ft.
97-287
Kelly Massie
5 ft.
Bound sets of the company newsletter of Bluefield Supply Company, 1936-1986.
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97-288
John M. Wright
Customer calendars for Bluefield Supply Company, 1926-1931.
25
6 in.
97-289
Thomas Alexander
1 ft.
Newspapers, clippings, and miscellaneous documents relating to N&W, Bluefield, and AfricanAmericans, 1950-1970.
97-290
George Sitler
Photocopies of Bramwell(WV) Daily Enterprise newspaper, 1907.
1 ft.
97-291
French
Documents from the French Coal & Coke Company.
1 ft.
97-292
Thomas Cole
4 in.
History and Association minutes of Regular Baptist Congregations, Kentucky, West Virginia, and
Virginia, 1825-1921.
97-293
David Stiles
Proceeding of the West Virginia Coal Mining Institute, 1951-1977.
2 2 ft.
97-294
Betty Lou Mabe
2 in.
Scrapbook related to the activities of the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, Bluefield, WV,
1938.
97-295
Brant Family
18 in.
Twin-sized woven bed cover; ca: 1890.
97-296
Larry Akers
1 in.
Signed and numbered charcoal prints of Bluefield railroad yards and N&W locomotives, 1983.
97-297
Gary Bowling
Signed and numbered print of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1985.
1 in.
97-298
George Jarvis
Signed and numbered pen and ink print of Welch, West Virginia, 1989.
1 in.
98-299
Denise Smith
1 ft.
Five volumes of Richard Nye Price History of Holston Methodism, and blueprint of N&W J-Class
Steam locomotive.
98-300
Gretchen Boettcher
Photographs of Princeton Avenue in Bluefield, West Virginia, 1920's.
1 in.
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98-301
Mildred Sperry
1 in.
Photographs, clippings, and documents relating to a mine accident in McComas, West Virginia,
1949.
98-302
Barry McGhee
1 in.
Miscellaneous political documents and papers from Graham, Virginia, 1920's.
98-303
Marva Amaker
1 in.
Photographs and memorabilia from Scott Street Baptist Church, Bluefield, West Virginia, 19401975, including 50th anniversary celebration brochure.
98-304
Curator
3 in.
Cookbooks from Christ Episcopal and First Presbyterian churches, Bluefield, West Virginia, and
Springville Elementary School, Bluefield, Virginia, 1920-1995.
98-305
Ben Donevant
1941 West Virginia Selective Service Personnel Roster.
1 in.
98-306
William Heflin
2 in.
Employee Payroll Statements, Pocahontas Fuel Company, Bishop, Virginia, ca: 1957.
98-307
Alice Rasnake
2 in.
Scrapbook and miscellaneous clippings, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1941-1945.
98-308
Archivist
1 in.
Andrew McCreath=s The Mineral Wealth of Virginia, 1884, Norfolk & Western Railway.
98-309
Robert L. Perry
4 ft.
Blueprint architect=s construction plans for 1924 Jefferson Street, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1912.
Bluefield High School Beaverette, 1925-1927; Beaver High School Yearbook, 1927; Bluefield
College Collegian, 1928; Beth Ward (Perry)=s Beaver High School/
College scrapbook, ca: 1927-29, photograph of Arlington Coal & Coke Company store.
98-310
Floyd Hendricks
1 in.
Photographs of Maybeury 1937 train wreck, Bottom Creek school, ca: 1930; Kimball
Norfolk&Western shop crew, 1910.
98-311
Clifford Lantz
Signed numbered company town photograph by Builder Levy, 1970.
1 in.
98-312
Gene Basham
3 in.
Woolen blanket from Norfolk & Western YMCA boardinghouse, Bluefield, West Virginia, ca:
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1940's.
98-313
William Merva
3 in.
Scrapbook, memorabilia, clippings from Bluefield Symphony Orchestra, 1951-1957.
98-314
Lucile Simmerman
1 in.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph insert for Mercer County Airport Dedication, May 15, 1954.
98-315
Clarence Perkinson
20 ft.
Photographs, maps, brochures, miscellaneous mining documents and materials from MAPCO Coal
Company, R.E. Perkinson, Jr., 1930-1980.
99-316
Eddie E. Caudill
Smoky Hole mine on Coaldale Mountain, ca: 1910.
1 in
99-317
Raymond A. Froy
1 in.
Photographs, tunnel construction, Big Walker Mountain, Bland County, Va, 1968.
99-318
James Jennings
School memorabilia, Bluefield, WV.
1 ft.
99-319
Gail Hill
1 in.
Photographs of Natural Bridge, VA, and Cinderella Coal Company, Mingo County, ca: 1920's.
99-320
Harry L. Mead
St. Luke=s Hospital annual yearbook, Bluefield, WV, 1925-26.
1 in.
99-321
Keith B. Anderson
1 in.
Self-published manuscript, Semi-Socialism: an Alternative Government and Economic System, 1994.
99-322
Roscoe Matney
History of Sycamore Coal Company, Patterson, VA, ca: 1950.
1 in.
99-323
Charles A. Beasley
The Voices of Summerlee, oral histories documenting Summerlee, WV.
1 in.
99-324
Carol Carper
6 in.
Mercer County School staff directories, photographs, and other school publications, 1957-present.
99-325
Eric Budner
Brier Club membership register, 1963-67, Bluefield, WV.
1 in.
99-326
Archivist
2 in.
A signed print AThe Power Arrangers@ illustrated by Mike South, 1997.
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99-327
Archivist
1 in.
Guyan Eagle: a photographic history of Guyan Eagle Coal Company and its Subsidiary Elk Creek
Coal Company, by Harry D. Taylor, ca: 1940's.
99-328
Archivist
1 ft.
Annual reports, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 1969-present.
99-329
George McGonagle
15 ft.
Photographs, records, documents of the Bluefield Baseball Club, ca: 1940-present.
99-330
Margaret Elliott
Bluefield Shoe Company account books, Bluefield, WV, 1933-64
6 in.
99-331
Peggy Turnbull
6 in.
Miscellaneous local history publications and documents, books, photographs, clippings, and
brochures, printed by Southern Office Printing Co, Bluefield, WV, ca: 1950-90.
99-332
Robert H. Moore
4 in.
Records and memorabilia from the 1999 reunion of Miss Blanche Miller=s kindergarten,
Bluefield, WV.
99-333
Bee Stringfellow
Newspapers, Bluefield and Bramwell, 1908 - 1952.
2 ft.
99-334
Mary Jane Calfee Parks
Government documents, Department of the Interior, 1890.
9 in.
99-335
Helen Payne
1 in.
Reprint maps of southwestern Virginia, 1700's, photograph of Ramsey School.
00-336
Amy Bostic
1 in.
Photographs of Higgenbotham house and N & W station, Bluefield, WV, circ: 1900.
02-337
William Baker
1 in.
One photograph of 600 Commerce Street in downtown Bluefield, site of the Craft Memorial Library.
Circa 1940.
02-338
Susan Buckland
6 in.
Photographs of Norfolk & Western Railway workers, and Bluefield residences.
02-339
Paul Cole
Records of the Mercer County Food Dealers Association, 1930-1960
6 in.
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02-340
Josephine Campbell
Bluefield Beaver High School annuals, 1923, 1926
29
6 in.
02-341
George Brooks
2 ft.
Framed wide-angle photograph, construction of the Norfolk & Western freight depot, Bluefield,
1925.
02-342
Kenneth Gray
1 ft.
Records of Hart Electric Company, a subsidiary of Joy Manufacturing Company, 1930-1990.
02-343
William F. Pigg
Mining memorabilia and equipment; photographs, Deerfield mine.
3 ft.
02-344
Lindsey Grubb
One photograph of the Bluefield Camera Club, 1950.
1 in.
02-345
Wesley L. Scott
1 in.
Photographs, Eckman, McDowell County, and African-American coal miners, 1922.
03-346
Hawkins
4 in.
Norfolk & Western Railway materials, including 1928 Pocahontas Division Track Chart; ACoal
Country@ board game.
03-347
Reed
2 in.
Safety certificates, photographs, and other memorabilia of Eugene Reed, a mine safety inspector
from Gary, West Virginia.
03-348
King
1 in.
Pocahontas Fuel Company payroll stubs, photographs, saftey handbook, 1950's.
03-349
Chafin
2 in.
Video and transcript of oral history interview with Andrew Chafin concerning the Hatfield-McCoy
Feud, 1972. (NOTE: the collection is restricted; see control folder for conditions).
03-350
Brown
1 in.
Norfolk & Western Railway employee identification cards, union membership cards, 1940's.
03-351
Eimco
5 ft.
Memorabilia, photographs, and signage from Eimco, Eastern Iron and Metal Corporation, Bluefield,
West Virginia.
03-352
Donevant
2 in.
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Annual Reports, West Virginia Teachers Retirement Board, 1940-1950.
03-353
Johnson
4 in.
Original sheet music and scores written by Bluefield native Ora Schleusner, ca: 1950.
03-354
Corsaro
2 ft.
Records of the Carbon Fuel Company, and papers of its President, L. Newton Thomas, 19021964.
03-355
University Club
2 in.
Photograph album and miscellaneous clippings of the University Club, a men=s fraternal
organization in Bluefield, West Virginia, 1935-1963.
04-356
Jackson
3 ft.
Payroll book ledger of the South West Virginia Improvement Company, precursor to the
Pocahontas Fuel Company, Pocahontas, Virginia, 1888.
04-357
Kennedy
6 in.
Black and white mounted photograph of Keystone, West Virginia, 2004.
04-358
Lilly
3 ft.
Wide-angle photographs of Maybeury, West Virginia, including construction of the new Elkhorn
tipple at Barlow, Elkhorn Coal Company, fraternal organizations, religious orders, 1930.
04-359
Gow
2 in.
Framed lithograph crayon portrait entitled, AHired Hand,@ signed by the artist Barbara Gow, in
1974.
04-360
Reynolds
3 ft.
Framed color wide-angle photograph of Lake Superior Coal Company, Superior, West Virginia,
taken ca: 1925 by photographer Red Ribble.
04-361
Branton
3 in.
Signed, numbered prints of murals at the Richlands, Virginia Miners Memorial, 2003, by artists
Thomas Hagerman and Ellen Elmes.
04-362
Williams
6 ft.
Scrapbooks, 1959-1997, of the Appalachian Power Company=s Girls Service Club, Bluefield,
West, Virginia.
05-363
Curator
Postcards of Bluefield, West, Virginia, ca: 1910.
1 in.
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05-364
Lewis, Series II
2 in.
Photographs of McDowell County, West Virginia, including but not limited to Welch, Keystone,
Northfork, and mining scenes, ca: 1900.
05-365
City of Bluefield
2 in.
Color photographs, circa 1990's, of landmarks, schools, and businesses in Bluefield, West Virginia.
05-366
Culbertson
1 in.
Photographs of Norfolk & Western derailment at Jenkinjones, West Virginia, in 1955; Pocahontas
Fuel Company Drainage Tunnel commemorative booklet and medallion, 1936.
05-367
Davis
2 in.
CD-ROM with photographs of Wharton, and Van, West Virginia, and the Y & O Coal Company.
05-368
Lambert
Photographs of Leckie, West Virginia, ca: 1920's.
1 in.
05-369
Robinson
1 ft.
Photographs from the Appalachian Power Company, including offices, aerial shots, and power
lines throughout the region, including but not limited to Bluefield, Welch, Pearisburg, Pageton,
Crumpler, Narrows, Mullens, McDowell, Matoaka, Rolfe, Coalwood, Beckley, Galax,
Christiansburg, Radford, Pulaski, Abingdon, and Grundy.
06-370
Williams
6 ft.
Three framed wide-angle photographs of the Arista mine of the Weyanoke Coal & Coke
Company, ca: 1935.
06-371
Buchanan
1 in.
Photographs of women=s basketball teams at West Virginia Business College and Graham High
School, ca: 1930.
06-372
Lambert
1 in.
Receipts from the Norfolk Coal & Coke Company, Maybeury, West Virginia, 1893.
06-373
Anonymous
3 in.
Medical record books of Dr. Peyton R. Higgenbotham, Bluefield African-American physician,
1940-1950's
06-374
Nash
6 in.
Materials documenting the life and career of Bluefield native John F. Nash, Nobel Prize-winning
physicist.
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06-375
Nester
3 ft.
Wide-Angle photograph of Norfolk & Western shop crew, Kimball, West Virginia, 1937.
06-376
Brunais-Gibson
3 in.
Norfolk & Western Conductor=s Car Report, 1924; room keys to Hotel Matz and Commercial
Hotel, Bluefield, West Virginia.
06-377
Kammer
3 ft.
Signed numbered print of Isaban tipple, by Sherman Street, titled ACoal Life.@
06-378
Cole
2 in.
Photograph of Mercer County Board of Education at the Concord College He-Men=s
Association, July 1940.
06-379
Jackson
1 in.
Color snapshot photographs of downtown Bluefield, West Virginia, ca: 1950's.
06-380
Brown
1 ft.
Annuals from Bluefield Junior High School and Fairview School, 1970's-1980's.
06-381
Veach
1 ft.
School records from Bluefield and Beaver Pond District, including curriculum, class lists, grades,
teacher salaries and other financial records, 1892-1910.
06-382
Kennedy
3 in.
Miscellaneous commercial and retail memorabilia from Bluefield and Welch, West Virginia, ca:
1920-1960.
06-383
Tyson
1 in.
Photographs of unidentified individuals, World War Two aircraft, ca: 1940's.
06-384
Romano
Unidentified photographs of surface mining operations, ca: 1930-1950.
1 in.
06-385
Nester
Correspondence, invoices, general office files from the Pulaski Iron Company at Eckman, West
Virginia, ca: 1900-1910.
07-386
Skaggs
Photos of Shedd family. Correspondence. Beaver High School class of 1917 photos.
Shedd family genealogy 1327-1920.