Eastern regional coal archives

98-305 Ben Donevant 1 in.

1941 West Virginia Selective Service Personnel Roster.

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 1 in.

Signed numbered company town photograph by Builder Levy, 1970.

98-312 Gene Basham 3 in.

Woolen blanket from Norfolk & Western YMCA boardinghouse, Bluefield, West Virginia, ca: 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 1 in

Smoky Hole mine on Coaldale Mountain, ca: 1910.
99-317 Raymond A. Froy 1 in.

Photographs, tunnel construction, Big Walker Mountain, Bland County, Va, 1968.

99-318 James Jennings 1 ft.

School memorabilia, Bluefield, WV.

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 1 in.

St. Luke=s Hospital annual yearbook, Bluefield, WV, 1925-26.
99-321 Keith B. Anderson 1 in.

Self-published manuscript, Semi-Socialism: an Alternative Government and Economic System, 1994.

99-322 Roscoe Matney 1 in.

History of Sycamore Coal Company, Patterson, VA, ca: 1950.

99-323 Charles A. Beasley 1 in.

The Voices of Summerlee, oral histories documenting Summerlee, WV.
99-324 Carol Carper 6 in.

Mercer County School staff directories, photographs, and other school publications, 1957-present.
99-325 Eric Budner 1 in.

Brier Club membership register, 1963-67, Bluefield, WV.
99-326 Archivist 2 in.

A signed print AThe Power Arrangers@ illustrated by Mike South, 1997.

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 6 in.

Bluefield Shoe Company account books, Bluefield, WV, 1933-64
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 2 ft.

Newspapers, Bluefield and Bramwell, 1908 - 1952.

99-334 Mary Jane Calfee Parks 9 in.

Government documents, Department of the Interior, 1890.

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 6 in.

Records of the Mercer County Food Dealers Association, 1930-1960

02-340 Josephine Campbell 6 in.

Bluefield Beaver High School annuals, 1923, 1926
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 3 ft.

Mining memorabilia and equipment; photographs, Deerfield mine.
02-344 Lindsey Grubb 1 in.

One photograph of the Bluefield Camera Club, 1950.

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.

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, 1902-1964.

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 1 in.

Postcards of Bluefield, West, Virginia, ca: 1910.

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 1 in.

Photographs of Leckie, West Virginia, ca: 1920's.

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.

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 1 in.

Unidentified photographs of surface mining operations, ca: 1930-1950.

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.