<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-WvMtURHC" url="https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/196469">A&amp;M 0057</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper>Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers, 1813-1964 <num>A&amp;M 0057</num></titleproper><author>Staff of the West Virginia &amp; Regional History Center</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>West Virginia and Regional History Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://host.lib.wvu.edu/images/logos/wvrhc.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><address><addressline>1549 University Ave. </addressline><addressline> P.O. Box 6069 </addressline><addressline>Morgantown, WV 26506-6069</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 304-293-3536</addressline><addressline>wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-08-30 07:32:51 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage><language encodinganalog="language" langcode="eng">English</language></langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Charles Carpenter, Collector, Papers, A&amp;M 0057, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>57, 1773, 2106, 2119</p>  </relatedmaterial>
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<p>Manuscript and printed materials relating to the development of railroads in West Virginia, including contracts, letters, wage agreements, monthly situation reports, construction profiles, maps, and speeches. Most of these pertain to the business of the Coal and Coke Railroad Co., Elkins W.Va.  Railroad companies represented include Baltimore and Ohio; Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton; Coal and Coke; Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk; Hampshire Southern; Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier; Roaring Creek and Belington; Western Maryland; West Virginia Midland; and West Virginia and Pittsburgh.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <subject source="ingest">Maps.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Charleston, Clendenin and Sutton Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Coal and Coke Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Hampshire Southern Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Nicholas, Fayette, and Greenbrier Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Roaring Creek and Belington Railroad.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railway.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - West Virginia Midland Railway Company.</subject>
    <subject source="ingest">Railroads - Western Maryland Railroad.</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110904" source="lcsh">Railroads</subject>
    <geogname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042989" source="lcsh">Elkins (W. Va.)</geogname>
    <corpname source="local_LC">Martin Coal Company</corpname>
    <corpname source="ingest">Real Estate and Improvement Company of Baltimore City.</corpname>
    <persname source="ingest">Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Payne, Daniel G.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Rector, Augusta.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Rector, Charles H.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Sincell, James R.</persname>
    <persname source="ingest">Warder, Henry.</persname>
    <famname authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85087256" source="Library of Congress Name Authority File">Morgan family</famname>
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