Coal Mining Photograph Album of the Virginias

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Coal Mining Photograph Album of the Virginias, c. 1911, Ms2023-087, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Abstract:
This photograph album includes images of coal mining operations and related industries within West Virginia and Virginia.
Language:
The material in this collection is in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Coal Mining Photograph Album of the Virginias, c. 1911, Ms2023-087, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This photograph album includes images of coal mining operations and related industries within the Virginias. The primary locations are Lexington, Virginia, and Charleston, Beckley, and Hinton, West Virginia.

Biographical / historical:

According to the National Parks Service (NPS), coal mining began in West Virginia in 1810 and "continued to grow even though the hopes for interregional development failed to materialize." The NPS also states, "coal operators of West Virginia supplied an ever-increasing percentage of coal for the nation's energy needs."

External source:

Sharon A. Brown, "Chapter One: Fayette County Coal", in Historic Resource Study, Kay Moor, New River Gorge National River, West Virginia, United States Department of the Interior National Park Service (July 1990), https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/neri/hrs1/chap1.htm, accessed on August 3, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Coal Mining Photograph Album of the Virginias was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in April 2016.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Coal Mining Photograph Album of the Virginias was completed in August 2023.