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Correspondence of businessman and politician Thomas Beall Davis (1828-1911), brother of Henry Gassaway Davis (1823-1916). Most of the letters and telegrams concern the lobbying efforts of individuals and organizations to influence Davis when he filled an unexpired term in the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress (June 6, 1905-March 3, 1907). There are many requests for appointments, discharges, and pensions. Also lobbying requests for interstate commerce requiring subsidies or regulations for matters of harbors, railways, and temperance. Mentioned are the West Virginia Anti-Saloon League; the West Virginia Board of Agriculture in support of the Grange; and a union of harbor pilots, the American Pilot Association. There is also a letter from I. C. White of the West Virginia Geological Survey protesting a proposed appropriations cut for the United States Geological Survey which would have limited its scope to only mapping public lands in the West. Also included is a biographical sketch of H. G. Davis up to 1909 which lists his charitable and philanthropic works. Also there is a blueprint map of Barbour County Century Coal Field showing watershed and railways, ca. 1900.

Forty-one maps of various cities and towns in West Virginia drawn by T.M. Fowler between 1870 and 1911. Locations include Bluefield, Buckhannon, Cairo, Cameron, Clarksburg, Davis, Elkins, Fairmont, Grafton, Harrisville, Keyser, Keystone, Mannington, Morgantown, Moundsville, New Martinsville, Northfork and Clark, Parkersburg, Parsons, Pennsboro, Philippi, St. Mary's, Salem, Sistersville, Wellsburg, Weston, and Wheeling. Most of the maps date from 1896 to 1899. There is also an addendum of five framed maps, including Fairmont, Keyser, New Martinsville, Parkersburg, and St. Mary's. A complete inventory of towns and dates is available in the library.

Topographic maps by the U.S. Geological Survey of various cities and towns in West Virginia. These are quadrangle maps covering four-sided areas bound by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. Contour lines show land shapes and elevation; colors distinguish map features, such as roads, rural areas, woodlands, urban areas, landmark buildings, etc.

A computer disk (3.5 in. floppy) index of the map holdings of the West Virginia Geological Survey in 1994. This electronic map catalog of 306 pages was originally generated in Word Perfect 5.1 by Dr. Peter Lessing of the WV Geological and Economic Survey. The original diskette is in the collection, but its content has been converted to a 372 page Microsoft Word text file that is readable by contemporary devices.

Map tracings of towns and subdivisions of towns and districts in West Virginia.

Correspondence, business papers, engineers' ledgers, blueprints, maps, structural drawings, and photographs document the construction and operation of the West Virginia Midland Railway Company (later the West Virginia Midland Railroad) in Webster Springs, West Virginia, from 1906 to 1933.

U.S. Department of Agriculture soil surveys and brochures about soil surveys for West Virginia. Soil survey maps are in color and include a description of the area and data on climate, agriculture, types of soil, and a summary.