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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts, Ms2009-046, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts were purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The receipts had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts commenced and was completed in March 2009.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company was organized in 1899, when it acquired several plants previously owned by the Carter Coal and Coke Company in Pulaski and Wythe counties, Virginia, as well as furnaces at Roanoke, Radford, and Max Meadows, in addition to operations in other parts of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The company was forced into receivership in 1901 but emerged in 1903 and continued to operate, expanding its operations to include two rail lines and numerous coal mines.
This collection contains receipts issued to the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company for various purchases. While many of the purchases were made from businesses in Lynchburg, Virginia and Bristol, Tennessee, others originate from such cities as Kansas City, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
The Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts were acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the receipts were removed to a separate collection.
The acquisition of which these certificates were a part also included the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:
Chapman J. French Papers, Ms2009-034
Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates, Ms2009-035
New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-036
Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, Ms2009-037
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Receipts, Ms2009-038
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, Ms2009-039
Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040
Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet, Ms2009-041
Sullivan Railroad Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-042
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044
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