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Finding Aid for the Virginia Coal and Iron Company Records, 1883-1915


MS-2369

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 7, 2006.

Summary Information
Title: Virginia Coal and Iron Company Records

Date/Date Range :   1883-1915

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:
This collection of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company Records, 1883-1915, contains 22 coal export reports and letters from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum in Philadelphia, PA, to the Virginia Coal & Iron Co., as well as 15 documents for railroads in the South and Northeast. Many of these include references to the Virginia Coal & Iron Co., Virginia Iron, Coal, & Coke Co., Interstate Railroad Co. in Virginia, Interstate Coal & Iron Co. in Virginia, and Looney Creek Railroad Co. in Kentucky.

Call number: MS-2369

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
Collection is property of the University of Tennessee Special Collections Library.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Virginia Coal and Iron Company Records, MS-2369. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

Collection consists of two filders divided into two series: Coal Export Reports and Letters and Coal and Railroad Records.


Biography / History

The Virginia Coal and Iron Company was incorporated in 1882. Its headquarters was located at Big Stone Gap, VA, with a branch office in Philadelphia, PA. The company holdings consisted of 98,510 acres of land in Lee and Wise counties in Virginia and in Harlan County, Kentucky.


Collection Scope and Content Note

In this collection of the Virginia Coal & Iron Company Records, 1883-1915, are two series, contained in separate folders. The first is 22 coal export reports and letters from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum in Philadelphia, PA, to the Virginia Coal & Iron Co. One letter/report dates to November 1899 and three to January 1900, while the rest have no dates. These contain information on the coal and coke industry oversees. The second series contains 15 documents for railroads in the South and Northeast. Many of these include references to the Virginia Coal & Iron Company, Virginia Iron, Coal, & Coke Company, Interstate Railroad Company in Virginia, Interstate Coal & Iron Company in Virginia, and Looney Creek Railroad Company in Kentucky. There are several affidavits and meeting minutes, concerning board member and stockholder meetings, as well as letters and reports dealing with railroad companies' projects. Herein is one item from each of these years: 1883, 1893, 1896, 1900, 1901, and 1913. There are also six from 1914, two 1915, and one undated.

The collection in MS-1700: Virginia Coal and Iron Company Collection, 1879-1910, contains legal documents, relating to land disputes, financial materials, including returned checks, and correspondence mainly between the company and other businesses.

Subject Terms

  • Iron industry and trade -- Virginia.
  • Coal trade -- Virginia.
  • Coal mines and mining -- Virginia.
Contents List
   

Series I: Coal Export Reports and Letters, 1899-1900
Folder   1     Item   1    
Letter from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal trade in England, 1899 November 10
Folder   1     Item   2    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Portugal, 1900 January 4
Folder   1     Item   3    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Algeria, 1900 January 9
Folder   1     Item   4    
Letter from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Denmark, 1900 January 24
Folder   1     Item   5    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in France, undated
Folder   1     Item   6    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Algiers, Africa, undated
Folder   1     Item   7    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in the Canary Islands, undated
Folder   1     Item   8    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coke in Belgium, undated
Folder   1     Item   9    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal contracts of the British Railways, undated
Folder   1     Item   10    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about American coal in Europe, undated
Folder   1     Item   11    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Odessa, Russia, undated
Folder   1     Item   12    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Barcelona, Spain, undated
Folder   1     Item   13    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about the coal trade of Greece, undated
Folder   1     Item   14    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coke in Germany, undated
Folder   1     Item   15    
Report copy from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Barbados, undated
Folder   1     Item   16    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Montevideo, Uruguay, undated
Folder   1     Item   17    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about American coke in France, undated
Folder   1     Item   18    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Catania, Sicily, Italy, undated
Folder   1     Item   19    
Report from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coke in Switzerland, undated
Folder   1     Item   20    
Report copy from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in the Canary Islands, undated
Folder   1     Item   21    
Report copy from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coal in Siam, undated
Folder   1     Item   22    
Report copy from the Philadelphia Commercial Museum to the Virginia Coal and Iron Company about coke in Chile, undated
   

Series II: Coal and Railroad Records, 1883-1915
Folder   2     Item   1    
Letter from H.C. Wood, President of South Atlantic & Ohio Railroad Co., to M.S. Kemmerer about the completion and sale of a "Road" and stocks, some of which are held by the Virginia Coal & Iron Co., 1883 March 29
Folder   2     Item   2    
Report of the Treasurer from the Big Stone Gap and Powells Valley Railway Company to its stockholders, 1893 May 2
Folder   2     Item   3    
Minutes of a Meeting for the Board of Directors of the Interstate Railroad Company, 1896
Folder   2     Item   4    
Letter from Interstate Coal & Iron Company to J.F. Bullitt., dated March 8, 1901. It includes a copy of a letter, dated December 28, 1900, from George M. Holstein to George L. Carter of the Virginia Iron, Coal, & Coke Company. Also, there is a copy of an agreement for the lease of Looney Creek Coal Mines to the Virginia Iron, Coal, & Coke Company from the Interstate Coal & Iron Co. on January 22, 1900, 1901 March 8
Folder   2     Item   5    
Offer to Margarett Blair from C.F. Blanton of the Wentz Comppany for land near Looney Creek, 1913 December 30
Folder   2     Item   7    
Affidavit allowing E.J. Prescott to represent Daniel B. Wentz at a Looney Creek Railroad Co. stockholders meeting, 1914 March 9
Folder   2     Item   8    
Affidavit allowing E.J. Prescott to represent H.B. Price at a Looney Creek Railroad Co. stockholders meeting, 1914 March 9
Folder   2     Item   9    
Affidavit allowing E.J. Prescott to represent W.C. Kent at a Looney Creek Railroad Co. stockholders meeting, 1914 March 9
Folder   2     Item   10    
Affidavit from seven men, including C.F. Blanton, Daniel B. Wentz, H.B. Price, W.C. Kent, and E.J. Prescott, agreeing to Board of Directors meeting, 1914 March 23
Folder   2     Item   11    
Minutes of Board of Directors Meeting with handwritten notes, 1914 March 27
Folder   2     Item   12    
Map of location of Looney Creek Railroad in Harlan Co., KY, 1914 April 16
Folder   2     Item   13    
Blank form for the Auditor of Public Accounts of Kentucky for the Looney Creek Railroad Co., 1915 June 30
Folder   2     Item   14    
Letter to C. F. Blanton from Attorneys Sampson & Sampson about Auditor form for Looney Creek Railroad Co., 1915 July 15
Folder   2     Item   15    
Envelope from Virginia Coal & Iron Company in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, with handwritten numbers, undated