Papers of the Albemarle Soapstone Company, 1885-1907, 1919-1936.

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Papers of the Albemarle Soapstone Company, 1885-1907, 1919-1936.

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The collection consists of the business papers of the company and of two associate businesses, the Nelson and Albemarle Railway Company and the Virginia Soapstone Company of Schuyler, Va. The papers, presumably compiled by William L. Harrison, purchasing agent for all three companies, contain correspondence, orders and invoices, bound volumes, receipts and accounts, bank checks, company store scrip and scrip receipts, drawings and diagrams of products and some of the records of the Alberene postmaster. Early material consists chiefly of orders from other companies for soapstone products. Employee time books for 1891-1895 are also present. A large amount of material concerns purchases made by the company through Harrison, 1907-1907. The correspondence files, [1888?]-1904, consist chiefly of communications concerning orders and sales between company partner James H. Serene of the New York City home office, George M. Lee of the Chicago, Ill., office and salesroom, and the quarries. Correspondence files, 1905-1907, consist of similar correspondence between Richard Flynn of the New York office and Harrison. Local companies represented in the orders and invoices series include Carbolane Slate Company, Esmont; Charles King & Son Company, Charlottesville; Charlottesville Hardware Company; Charlottesville Lumber Company; H.C. Marchant Manufacturing Company, Charlottesville; J.H. Linney, Charlottesville; R.C. Vandegrift & Sons, Charlottesville; Scottsville Merchandise Company; and Smith Brothers, North Garden.

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University of Virginia. Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7621103

University of Virginia. Library

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Smith Brothers

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Francis Smith (1823-1908), George Warren Smith (1825-1922), David Clifford Smith (1827-1911), and Benjamin Franklin Smith (1830-1927), all of South Freedom, Maine, worked together for a period of eight years producing a series of large folio city views. Beginning in 1846, George and Francis worked as subscription agents and salesmen for artist Edwin Whitefield, promoting his work of American cities. Benjamin Franklin, the artist of the group, joined his brothers in worki...

Virginia Soapstone Company.

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Albemarle Soapstone Company.

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Alberene, Va., company; manufactureres of soapstone laundry tubs and sinks. From the description of Papers of the Albemarle Soapstone Company, 1885-1907, 1919-1936. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50141060 ...

Virginia Alberene Company.

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Charles King & Company.

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Flynn, Richard

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Carbolane Slate Company.

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J.H. Linney.

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Nelson & Albemarle Railway Company

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Passenger and freight railroad, 1903-1963, which chiefly served the local soapstone quarries. From the description of Papers, 1905-1990, bulk 1905-1911 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823280 ...

Charlottesville Lumber Company.

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R.C. Vandegrift & Son.

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Serene, James H.

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Lee, George Mervyn, 1915-1988

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Charlottesville Hardware Company.

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Harrison, William L.

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H.C. Marchant Manufacturing Company.

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Scottsville Merchandise Company.

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