Records, 1902-1970.

Virginia Tech

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Virginia Tech (VT), formally Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. In 1872, with federal funds provided by the Morrill Act of 1862, the Reconstruction-era Virginia General Assembly purchased the facilities of Preston and Olin Institute and 250 acres of nearby Solitude Farm. The commonwealth incorporated a new institution on the site, a state-supported land-grant military institute named ...

Spackman, Horace B. (Horace Beale), 1862-1938

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Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

Buena Vista Furnace (Buena Vista, Va.).

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Tredegar Company.

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Jeffrey Manufacturing Company (Columbus, Ohio)

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Jeffrey Manufacturing Company was established in 1877 in Columbus, focusing on coal industry machinery and diversifying over the years to supply equipment for various industries. Dresser Industries, inc. acquired the company in 1974. From the description of Jeffrey Mining Machine Company Collection, ca. 1900-1992. (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 56845994 ...

Goshen Iron Company.

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Alleghany Furnace (Iron Gate, Va.).

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Alleghany Ore and Iron Company

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The Alleghany Ore and Iron Company was incorporated under the laws of Virginia on March 4, 1902. It operated blast furnaces at Iron Gate, Buena Vista, and Shenandoah, Virginia, and iron mines at Lignite in Botetourt County. It became a subsidiary of the Lukens Iron & Steel Company of Coatesville, Pa., in 1907. The furnaces were closed between 1917 and 1923 and the iron mines around 1925. The company remains an inactive subsidiary of Lukens, Inc. From the description of Records, 1...

Gem Furnace (Shenandoah, Va.).

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Western Maryland Railroad Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Victoria Coal and Coke Company.

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Moxham, Arthur James, 1854-1931

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Reynders, John V. W. (John Van Wicheren), 1866-1944

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Huston, Charles L., 1856-1951

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Steel industry executive and philanthropist. Charles Lukens Huston was born in Coatesville, Pennsylvania on July 8, 1856, the second son of Dr. Charles Huston (1822-1897) and Isabella Pennock Huston (1822-1889). His maternal grandmother, Rebecca Webb (Pennock) Lukens (1794-1854) had inherited the Brandywine Iron Works & Nail Factory founded by her father Isaac Pennock in 1810. After Rebecca Lukens' death the elder Huston assumed control as Huston, Penrose & Compa...

Inter-Racial Council.

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Flood, Henry D. (Henry Delaware), 1865-1921

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Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers of Henry Delaware Flood, 1870-1921 (bulk 1901-1921). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009861 Biographical Note 1865, Sept. 2 Born, Appomattox County, Va. circa 1885 Educated at Washington & Lee Universit...

Manganese Products Company.

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D'Invilliers, E. V. 1857-1928.

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Low Moor Iron Company (Alleghany County, Va.)

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Lukens Steel Company

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Lukens Steel Company was operated as a sole proprietor steel production business under Rebecca Lukens in Coatsville, Pennsylvania, from 1825 to 1840. It incorporated in 1890 to grow to become one of the major plate steel producing corporations in the 20th century. From the description of Lukens Steel Company collection, 1898-1989. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 243699141 The Lukens Steel Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 17, ...

Liberty Lime & Stone Company, Inc.

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