Papers of William Nelson Page [manuscript], 1852-1924.

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Papers of William Nelson Page [manuscript], 1852-1924.

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The collection contains business correspondence, reports dealing with Henry H. Rogers who financed construction of the Virginia Railroad, minutes of the first meeting and other papers concerning the founding of the West Virginia Coal Mining Association, legal documents, geological and strata maps, reports on mining properties, and clippings of articles by Page. There are also papers relating to the Gauley Mountain Company, the Great Kanawha Colliery Company, the Hawk's Nest Coal Company, the Iron and Steel Works Association of Virginia, and Loup Creek Colliery. The collection also contains photographs of the Loup Creek Colliery and a commemorative medal from the St. Louis Exposition, 1904. Correspondents include Joseph Reid Anderson, R.A. Camm, the Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art, Thomas D. Ransom, Jacob Rubins, C.W. Smith, general manager of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, A. Stewart, secretary of the Iron and Steel Works Association, Henry St. George Tucker, and other mining, transportation, and refining concerns.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : St. Louis, Mo.)

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company Records have remained in the custody of the St. Louis Art Museum (formerly St. Louis Museum of Fine Arts) since their creation during the period 1901-1909. Although the World's Fair itself was in operation from April to Dec. 1904, years of preparation by the Art Department preceded the exhibition of American and foreign art works, and many months were required to conclude departmental affairs following the closing. The Art Dept. Chief, Halsey C. Ives, was al...

Marshall, James Jones, Mrs.,

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Smith, C. W. (Clifford William)

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Rubins, Jacob.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.

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Camm, R.A.

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Stewart, A.

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Hawk's Nest Coal Company.

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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

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Peter Cooper (1791-1883) was a manufacturer, inventor, philanthropist, and founder of Cooper Union. Cooper's son-in-law Abram S. Hewitt (1822-1903) was a manufacturer, philanthropist, U.S. Representative from New York, and mayor of New York. From the description of Cooper-Hewitt collection, [ca. 1783-1953] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155472943 Art museum, N.Y., N.Y. Founded 1897. Name changed to Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Housed in the Carnegie Mansion...

Loup Creek Colliery.

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Tucker, Henry St. George, 1853-1932

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000359 Lawyer, law professor, and U.S. Congressman. Henry St. George Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1853. He was educated in Virginia, attending a private school in Richmond, preparatory school at Middleburg, and graduating from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, in 1876. In that same year...

Ransom, Thomas Frazer (English engraver, 1784-1828)

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H.L. Staples and Company.

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Great Kanawha Colliery Company.

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Page, William Nelson, 1854-1932.

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Civil and mining engineer of Virginia and West Virginia. From the description of Papers of William Nelson Page [manuscript], 1852-1924. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825739 ...

Gauley Mountain Coal Company.

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Iron and Steel Works Association of Virginia.

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Anderson, Joseph R. (Joseph Reid), 1813-1892

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Joseph R. Anderson (1813-1892) was associated with the Tredegar Company, a major iron works and armorer in Richmond, Virginia. He was a Confederate brigadier general and friend of Robert E. Lee. From the description of Papers, 1861-1867. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122395576 Native of Botetourt County, Virginia; graduate of West Point; associated with and owner of Tredegar Iron Works from 1841; served in the Confederate Army from 1861-1862, then was reassigned to keep the...