Wheelwright Collection, 1916-1979.

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Wheelwright Collection, 1916-1979.

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This collection contains records from three of the coal companies that owned Wheelwright: Inland Steel, Island Creek, and Mountain Investment. The Island Creek records are primarily those of the coal operations and contain daily time reports, records of employee earnings, mine reports, and office files. The Mountain Investment Company section thoroughly records the company's ownership of Wheelwright from l966 until 1979, when it sold the town to the Kentucky Housing Corporation. Their records include utility files of everything from meter readings to financial records; accounts payable; an extensive house and building file containing everything from maintenance to payment records; and office files.

185 cubic ft.

University of Kentucky Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7811853

University of Kentucky Libraries

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Price, E.R. (Jack).

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Inland Steel Company

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Steel Company founded in 1893 in Chicago, Illinois; Inland Steel operated a fleet of bulk freighters for ore transport on the Great Lakes. From the description of Records 1978-1981. (Bowling Green State University). WorldCat record id: 588915836 Wheelwright, located in eastern Kentucky's Floyd County, is a town created by the coal industry. Initially developed as a coal camp by Elk Horn Coal Corporation, Wheelwright began to take shape in 1911. It was incorporat...

Wheelwright, Jere Hungerford

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Mountain Investment Company.

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Island Creek Coal Company

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