Rockbridge Historical Society files on local companiesRHS.Coll.0042

Rockbridge Historical Society files on local companiesRHS.Coll.0042


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
RHS.Coll.0042
Title
Rockbridge Historical Society files on local companies 1870-1970
Quantity
.75 Linear Feet
Creator
Kline, Benjamin F.G.
Creator
Bodell, G.M.
Creator
White, Hugh Augustus
Creator
Ruffner, William Henry
Creator
Hutchison, W.J.
Creator
Letcher, Greenlee D. (Greenlee Davidson)
Creator
Thompson, Charles S.
source
Lexington Development Company (Lexington, Va.)
source
Rockbridge Company (Rockbridge County, Va.)
Language
This collection is in English.

Administrative Information

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This collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Rockbridge Historical Society files on local companies, RHS Coll. 0042, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Banks and banking
  • Blueprints
  • Bonds
  • Financial statements
  • Lexington Development Company (Lexington, Va.)
  • Lumber
  • Maps
  • Mills and mill-work
  • Publishers and publishing
  • Rockbridge Company (Rockbridge County, Va.)
  • Stables
  • Telephone -- Directories
  • Telephone companies
  • Virginia -- Alleghany County
  • Virginia -- Botetourt County
  • Virginia -- Rockbridge County
  • Wells Fargo & Company

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Bodell, G.M.
  • Hutchison, W.J.
  • Kline, Benjamin F.G.
  • Letcher, Greenlee D. (Greenlee Davidson)
  • Ruffner, William Henry
  • Thompson, Charles S.
  • White, Hugh Augustus

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Virginia -- Alleghany County
  • Virginia -- Botetourt County
  • Virginia -- Rockbridge County

Container List

Books box: 1 folder: 1
Companies- General
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an imprint from H. DeYoung, Clothier and Furnisher concerning their pants department, as well as a business card for a painting and repair shop opened by G.M. Bodell.

Text box: 1 folder: 2
Companies- General (Business Contributions)
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a list of Lexington businesses and a letter which serves as an invitation to a meeting at the Court House.

Text box: 1 folder: 3
Stock Certificates
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains stock certificates from the Lexington Light and Power Company as well as mortgage bonds from the Lexington Manufacturing Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 4
Blue Bird
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains photocopied newspaper clippings concerning the Blue Bird Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 5
Land Companies
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a newspaper article by Hugh White about the Rockbridge Land Boom.

Text box: 1 folder: 6
Dickinson's Brickyard
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a paper about the history of Dickinson's Brickyard.

Books box: 1 folder: 7
Lexington Building Supply
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an imprint of the Lexington Building Company's constitution and by-laws.

Text box: 1 folder: 8
Cornwall Building Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the prospectus of the Cornwall Building Company, a written receipt, a letter, and a contract.

Text box: 1 folder: 9
Natural Bridge Forest Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a report of the president of the Natural Bridge Forest Co. (dated 1900) and a trustee's certificate.

Books box: 1 folder: 10
The Buena Vista Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a prospectus of the Buena Vista Company (undated), an imprint entitled "List of Lots Assigned Stockholders" (dated 1889), and an imprint entitled "The New City of Buena Vista" (dated 1890), which contains a map of Buena Vista and facts about Buena Vista.

Text box: 1 folder: 11
Buena Vista Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock certificate issued by the Buena Vista Company.

Books box: 1 folder: 12
Buena Vista Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a book entitled "Report on the Landed Property of the Buena Vista Company" by W.H. Ruffner, published in 1889.

Text box: 1 folder: 13
Buena Vista Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a paper on the land boom in Virginia as well as newspaper clippings about the land boom from the Rockbridge County News.

Text box: 1 folder: 14
C&O Development Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock certificate from the Chesapeake and Ohio Development Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 15
Central Land Company of Buchanan
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the fourth (1894) and fifth (1895) annual report of the Central Land Company of Buchanan and a stock certificate.

Text box: 1 folder: 16
Clifton Forge Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a prospectus of the Clifton Forge Company, a stock certificate book belonging to WJ Hutchison, a book of the public sales of lots, three letters, a stock certificate, and a court summons.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 17
Glasgow Investment Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains an imprint entitled "The New City of Glasgow," dated 1890; a transcript of record (dated 1900) and a note for appellees on rehearing (dated 1896), both from the Fourth Circuit United States Circuit Court of Appeals, dated 1890; minutes from the first meeting of the Glasgow Investment Company; and a blueprint of a plot of land in Glasgow, dated 1903.

Text box: 1 folder: 18
Glasgow Investment Company Bonds
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains bonds from the Glasgow Investment Company, deeds to the James River Investment Company, John T. McSorley, D.S. Layne, A.P. Boude, R.L. Northern, , and George W. Manly; a deed from George W. Manly to Carey J. Hunter

Text box: 1 folder: 19
Glasgow Development Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a document entitled "Abstract of Title of the Lands of the Glasgow Development Company near Midvale, Virginia" by Greenlee D. Letcher.

Text box: 1 folder: 20
Goshen Land and Improvement Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock certificate and checks from the Goshen Land and Improvement Company

Text box: 1 folder: 21
Goshen Land and Improvement Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains stock certificates from the Goshen Land and Improvement Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 22
Lexington Development Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two copies of a document, originally printed as a pamphlet, entitled "A Few Plain Words About the Lexington Development Company" by a stockholder, said to be McKeerer.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 23
Lexington Development Company: Prospectus, Brochure, Financial Statement, Misc.
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains the prospectus, financial statements, and stock of the Lexington Development Company.

Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 24
Lexington Investment Company: Brochure and Stock Certificates
English.
Text box: 1 folder: 25
Rockbridge Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock certificate from the Rockbridge Company.

Books box: 1 folder: 26
South Iron Gate Land
1890-09-17English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a list of lots owned by the South Iron Land Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 27
West Enderly Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock receipt from the West Enderly Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 28
Loch-Laird
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a stock certificate from the Loch-Laird Land and Improvement Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 29
Locher's Silica Corporation
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two papers about Charles Locher and the Locher Silica Corporation.

Text box: 1 folder: 30
South River Lumber Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a paper entitled "Reminiscences of the South River Community" by Charles L. Thompson.

Books box: 1 folder: 31
Whitmer and Steele Lumber Companies
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains two copies of a book entitled "'Wild Catting' on the Mountain: The History of the Whitmer and Steele Lumber Companies" by Benjamin F.G. Kline, Jr.

Text box: 1 folder: 32
Glasgow Publishing Company
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a subscription blank from the Glasgow Publishing Company.

Text box: 1 folder: 33
Manufacturing
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains stock certificates from the Buena Vista Cassimere Mills.

Text box: 1 folder: 34
Spottswood Telephone Company
1911-04-29English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a note about a change in rates by the Spottswood Telephone Company.

Books box: 1 folder: 35
Telephone Directories
194719631925English.
Scope and Contents

Telephone directories for Rockbridge County including Lexington, Buena Vista, Brownsburg and others for years 1925, 1947, and 1963.

Text box: 1 folder: 36
Telephone Companies
English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a paper on long distance calling in Virginia.

Text box: 1 folder: 37
Wells Fargo
1875-05-03English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a reward poster looking for two men who robbed a Wells Fargo bank.

Text box: 1 folder: 38
Wright Livery Stable
1939-09-21English.
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a newspaper clipping about the Wright Livery Stable.