EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES Accession List Craft Memorial Library 600 Commerce Street Bluefield, WV 24701 (304) 325-3943 EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES Accession List 81-1 Randel Bond 20 ft. Records and photographs of the Pocahontas Operators Association, 1880-1950. 81-2 Maxine Hornick 1 ft. Tonnage and royalty payment ledger books from the Crozer Coal and Land Company, 1888-1957. 81-3 C.R. Davis 1 ft. Oil portrait of John J. Lincoln, coal operator at Crozer Coal and Land Company, Elkhorn, West Virginia. 81-4 Mrs. L. E. Tierney, Jr. 2 ft. Manuscript materials and photographs of the Tierney family, coal operators of Powhatan Coal & Coke Company, 1884-1970. 81-5 Charles F. Brooks 10 ft. Sales Catalogues from Superior Supply Company, Superior-Sterling Company, and photograph of N&W electric locomotive. 82-6 Lena French 1 ft. Civil War correspondence, Concord College publications, legal papers of D.E. French. 82-7 Steve Tobias 2 ft. Aerial photograph of Welch, West Virginia, ca: 1950. 82-8 John E. Biggs 5 ft. Photographs of Norfolk & Western #607 J model locomotive, New River, 1950; Amonate coal tipple, 1950. 82-9 Mrs. Charles F. Brooks 2 ft. Historical materials from Superior-Sterling Company, photograph of Eckman, West Virginia 1922, map of southern West Virginia coal mining operations. 86-10 W.E. Smith 6 in. Payroll records of Lake Superior Coal Company, Superior, West Virginia, 1941; UMWA Journal, 1949-1959; other scattered issues. 86-11 Various donors 3 ft. Oral History Collection of cassette tapes, collected at various times and locations. 86-12 Luella Dye 16 ft. City Directories of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1897-present. 86-13 Charles F. Brooks 2 ft. EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List 3 Historical materials, clippings, publications, and photographs of Charles F. Brooks, president of Superior-Sterling Supply Company, and collector of Pocahontas Coalfield memorabilia. Subjects included are Norfolk & Western Railway, Pocahontas Operators Association, Virginian Railroad, Pocahontas, Virginia, McComas, West Virginia. 86-14 Southern Virginias Coal Association 1 ft. Administrative and financial records of the Southern Virginias Coal Association, 1970-1975. 86-15 Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Celebration 6 ft. Administrative and financial records of the 1983 Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Celebration. 86-17 Robert H. Moore, Jr. 3 in. Bound ledger book from company store of J.E. Hale, Freeman, West Virginia, 1901-1907. 86-18 W.W. Hoskins 2 ft. Scrapbooks of Bluefield, West Virginia clippings, 1978-present. 86-19 William Z. Maratta 7 ft. Records of William Z. Maratta, Director of Plans and Development for the Pocahontas Fuel Company, 1940-1974. 86-20 WVVA-Television 1 ft. Videotapes of six thirty-minute programs produced by the station during the 1983 Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Celebration. Subjects include Pocahontas, Virginia; Bramwell, West Virginia; Coalwood and Caretta, West Virginia. 86-21 James R. Shanklin 6 in. Photographs and memorabilia of company doctor, in Gary, West Virginia, 1908-1930, including company baseball materials. 86-22 George W. Gilliam 6 in. Photographs of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1913-1919. 86-23 Alfred E. Garrett 1 in. Ten dollar bill, 1917, issued by Bluefield National Bank. 86-24 Joseph Hundley 6 in. Correspondence between Thomas Felts and James Elwood Jones, 1908; UMWA memorabilia, and miscellaneous coalfield memorabilia. 86-25 Eugenia Hancock 6 in. Coal company scrip collection, 1919-1951. EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List 4 86-26 Edward C. Page, Jr. 3 in. Records and annual reports from Crozer Coal & Land Company, Page Coal & Coke Company, thesis on geology of Pocahontas Coalfield. 86-27 H.D. White 2 ft. Framed photographs of Norfolk & Western railroad accidents, 1916. 86-28 the archivist 15 ft. Clipping files, containing secondary materials on many regional communities, companies, and subjects. Subject list is available in control folder. 86-29 Lane Murphy 1 in. Photographs of Upland, West Virginia, 1908-1912. 87-30 James L. Foster 6 in. Records of Bluefield Sanitarium hospital, 1921-1960. 87-31 W.A. Wolfe 2 ft. Records, photographs, memorabilia, of Norfolk & Western railroad, 1908-1980. 87-32 Henry F. Warden 1 ft. Personal papers and photographs of Henry F. Warden, coal operator of Mill Creek Coal & Coke, American Coal Company, Atwater, Pocahontas Fuel Company, and mayor of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1913-1956. 87-33 David E. Johnston 2 ft. Papers of David E. Johnston, attorney, judge, and author. Subjects include Flat Top Land Association, miscellaneous legal papers and land transaction deeds, 1889-1908. 87-34 Helen Steele 3 in. Photographs of Northfork, and Keystone, West Virginia, 1901-1907. 87-35 Pocahontas Land Corporation 20 ft. Photographs, records, letter-press books, correspondence, maps, and other files of the Pocahontas Land Corporation, 1885-present. 87-36 Bluefield Daily Telegraph 20 ft. Bluefield Daily Telegraph newspaper, hard copy and microfilm dates vary, 1896-present. 87-37 Mrs. Paul Miller 2 ft. Photographs of Maybeury, Barlow, and Bottom Creek, West Virginia, and Boissevain, Virginia. 87-38 Bernard Wills 3 ft. Photographs and scrapbook albums of Bluefield, West Virginia sign painter, 1930-1980. EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List 5 87-39 William Y. Cooper 3 ft. Photographs and memorabilia of John Cooper, and family, coal operators of Mill Creek Coal & Coke Company, Bramwell, West Virginia, and McDowell, West Virginia, 1884-1930. 87-40 Roland Luther 1 ft. Photographs and memorabilia of Luther family, coal operators of Peerless Coal & Coke Company, Vivian, West Virginia, 1898-1940. 87-41 R.W. Wilkinson 8 ft. Historical material and records of First National Bank of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1891-present, including Bank of Bramwell, West Virginia. 87-42 M.T. Mooney 1 in. Photographs of Gilliam and Roanoke, West Virginia, 1919-1925. 87-43 Gayle Hicks 2 in. A collection of coal company stickers, 1970-1980. 87-44 James A. McQuail 1 ft. Photocopy of deeds and scrapbook of McQuail family, southern West Virginia coal operators of McQuail Coal and Coke Company, Turkey Gap Coal & Coke Company, Ennis Coal & Coke Company, and Crane Creek Coal & Coke Company, Mercer County, West Virginia, 1890-1950. 87-45 Gladys Fowler 6 in. Checkbook of UMWA Local #6120, Crystal, West Virginia, 1949-1959. 87-46 CONSOL 30 ft. Corporate records, ledgers, maps, annual reports, minute books, land transaction accounts, and other materials from Pocahontas Fuel Company, Crozer land Association, Pulaski Iron Company, Bottom Creek Coal & Coke Company, Powhatan Coal & Coke Company, Crane Creek, American Coal Company, Rolfe Coal & Coke Company, and town of Pocahontas, and town of Bishop, Virginia, 1890-1950. 87-47 Roy Lowe 4 ft. Wide-angle photograph of work force of miners at Litwar, West Virginia, 1930. 87-48 Hattie Cruise 3 in. Photographs of Keystone, West Virginia, 1910-1930. 87-49 Ethel Nester 6 in. Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, Norfolk & Western Railway locomotives, regional photographs. 87-50 Jean Foster 2 ft. EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List 6 Photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, and personal papers of Miss Foster, local journalist and historical enthusiast, 1903-1990. 87-51 H.E. Steele 3 in. Scrapbook of Bluefield Fire Department, 1928-1933. 87-52 Ernest Poe, Jr. 2 in. Sales receipts from Bluefield retail businesses, 1898-1914. 87-53 Ray Heldreth 4 ft. Wide-angle photographs of Bluefield, West Virginia, 1911; records of the Clover Club of Bluefield. 88-54 Mike Hornick 30 ft. Historical materials relating to Gary, West Virginia, United States Coal & Coke Company, including photographs, payroll ledgers, secondary sources, memorabilia, corporate account books and other sources, 1900-1950. 88-55 T.A. Warden 3 in. Photographs of Nemours, West Virginia; Bluefield, West Virginia, 1920-1923. 88-56 Hazel Schultz 1 ft. Mine scrip, lunch bucket, photograph of Pocahontas, Virginia, 1941. 88-57 the archivist 1 ft. Photocopies of manuscript material from United States Coal Commission, 1922. 88-58 Francis Huffman 6 in. Photographs and historical materials from Bishop, Virginia, 1930-1957. 88-59 Sidney Kwass 3 in. Receipts, photographs, and personal memorabilia, Bluefield, West Virginia, 1897-1924. 88-60 Jake Kipfinger 18 in. Mining memorabilia and certificates; photographs of Bartley, West Virginia explosion, 1940. 88-61 Cela Burge 2 ft. Records of Mercer County Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1987. 88-62 the archivist 2 ft. Records of Bluefield's commemoration of the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, 1987. 88-63 Katherine Barringer 6 in. Records of Buckeye Coal & Coke Company; family materials from Hewitt, Freeman, and Pritchard families, Bramwell, West Virginia, 1889-1913. 88-64 Don Fogus 10 ft. EASTERN REGIONAL COAL ARCHIVES - Accession List 7 Historical records of Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, 1919-present. 88-65 Matt Sarrel 2 in. Historical survey and building inventory of Keystone, West Virginia, 1988. 88-66 Robert Bruch 4 in. Norfolk & Western Railway memorabilia and records, 1920-1960. 88-67 the archivist 1 ft. West Virginia Bureau of Mines Annual Reports, 1893-1980. 88-68 Mike Meador 1 ft. Research files for Even the Heavens Weep documentary film about West Virginia labor strife, 1987. 88-69 the archivist 3 in. Photographs of coalfields, 1987. 88-70 Otto Stroupe 1 in. Mine payroll scrip account book from Havaco, West Virginia, 1940. 88-71 James L. Monroe 1 in. Photograph of Itmann, West Virginia, 1922; miscellaneous mining memorabilia. 88-72 John McGhee 3 in. Archival film footage of Island Creek, photograph of Holden, West Virginia, 1930's. 88-73 Jim Dent 2 ft. Historical materials from Bluefield Police Department, 1897-present. 88-74 Jewell Ridge Development Corporation 30 ft. Historical materials, photographs, corporate records and ledgers, newspapers, and memorabilia from Jewell Ridge Coal & Coke Company. 88-75 John Rankin 1 in. Manuscript typescript of "History and Early Development of Bluefield, West Virginia." 88-76 Skyland, Incorporated 6 in. Miscellaneous railroad memorabilia. 88-77 various 5 ft.