Bland, Richard, collection of Richmond memorabilia A Guide to the Richard Bland collection of Richmond memorabilia M 32 A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Collection number M 32.

A Guide to the Richard Bland collection of Richmond memorabilia M 32

A Collection in Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Collection number M 32.


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Ray Bonis, Lee Anne Hurt, and Heather Foster

Repository
VCU James Branch Cabell Library
Identification
M 32
Title
Richard Lee Bland collection of Richmond memorabilia 1885-1995
URL:
http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vcu-cab/vircu00061.xml
Quantity
2 Linear Feet, 2 linear feet plus architectural drawings
Creator
Bland, Richard Lee, 1950-
Language
English .

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Richard Lee Bland collection of Richmond memorabilia, Collection # M 32, Special Collections and Archives, James Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.


Biographical / Historical

Richmond artist Richard Lee Bland (1950-) has been active in the Richmond art scene since 1968 after his admission into the School of the Arts, Richmond Professional Institute (now VCU). Bland describes himself as an impressionist painter. His vision for art developed from performance and conceptual art in tangent with "a compelling belief in impressionistic painting." Bland's mentor, Eliot Clark (1883-1980), an American Impressionist, was the last surviving participant of the Cos Cob Art Colony (1890-1900). Bland is critical of commercial art galleries, co-operative groups, and university art education practices. "I believe the artist must maintain an aesthetic apart from institutional curriculum," Bland said in 1995. "Self-reliance and community involvement help the artist confront relevant issues in a spirited fine art." Bland has had numerous art exhibits and is well known within the arts community in Richmond. He produced an experimental non-commercial alternative space, The Grove Avenue Gallery (1982-1984), to promote what he called a "bedrock" for independent Richmond art culture. He left for New York City in 1984 to practice art then returned to Richmond in 1986. He then purchased an old dairy barn in the lower Fan District converting it to a studio residence. Bland has established a growing archive of Richmond material, including vintage photographs, architectural drawings of historic Richmond buildings, and other artifacts of the city, that he calls a "a personal resource" of artistic inspiration.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of a variety of Richmond, Virginia related materials that Bland has gathered since the 1970s. The collection includes three original architectural drawings of Richmond's Cathedral of the Sacred Heart; drawings of plans and photographs of what was to become the power house of the Virginia Railway and Power Co. on Richmond's 12th Street and numerous other early 20th century drawings and materials documenting electrical plans for the city.The collection also contains material documenting the arts in Richmond from the 1890s to the present, including material on the various art organizations that have existed in the city; rock music of the 1980s; and correspondence and other material regarding Bland's Grove Avenue Gallery (1982-1984). Other materials related to the history of Richmond include late 19th and early 20th century business invoices and correspondence; streetcar ephemera of the 1940s; and numerous published materials and a wide assortment of ephemera items and photographs relating to wide cross section of Richmond's cultural history.

Arrangement

Collection is arranged by series and alphabetically therein. The items in Folders 1-8, Map Case #11, were found by Bland at an abandoned building in the 1980s. The building may have been the former site of the R.R. Cosby Electrical Co. which had operated in Richmond, Virginia for almost the entire 20th century. Other items, located in Boxes 1-6 and in Folder 9-10, Map Case #11, have been acquired by Bland at flea markets, garage sales, through dealers and at other locations.The collection is divided into the following series: Series I -- Art, Artists, & Craftsmen (1890s-1990s) ; Series II -- General (1880s-1980s) ; Series III -- Grove Avenue Gallery (1982-1984) ; Series IV -- Ledger from Maxwell & McGowan and McGowan and Pearsall House Furnishers (1901-1902) ; Series V -- Richmond Art Glass (late 19th/early 20th century) ; Series VI -- Historic Richmond (late 19th/early 20th century) ; Series VII -- Architectural Drawings and Oversize materials (1880s-1980s)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Arts -- History -- 19th century -- Virginia -- Richmond
  • Arts -- History -- 20th century -- Virginia -- Richmond
  • Richmond (Va.) -- Designs and plans -- Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Collectibles -- 19th century
  • Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Collectibles -- 20th century

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Richmond (Va.) -- Designs and plans -- Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Collectibles -- 19th century
  • Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Collectibles -- 20th century

Container List

Series I--Art, Artists, and Craftsmen
1890s-1990s
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Academy of Arts and Sciences, n.d.
    1935-1937
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts
    1938
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Anderson, George W. and Sons, Carpets and Oil Cloths
    1899
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-Application for membership into the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paper Hangers
    1911
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-Old Dominion Steamship Co. Receipt
    1917
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-Bemis Brothers Bag Co. Notice
    1917
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-Standard Time Exchange Notice
    1933
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-F.W. Devoe and C.T. Reynolds Co. of New York Receipt
    1916
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Chester A. Arthur, Richmond Painter-Oscar Schlegel Mfg. Co., Sign Painters Receipt
    1917
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Art Club: Constitution and By-Laws
    1897
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Art Society of Richmond
    1895
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Art Society of Richmond
    1991
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Artspace Gallery, n.d.
    1995
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Beaux-Arts Ball, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Blaine, Nell-Artist, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Bland, Richard, History of Art Organizations in Richmond, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Bruce, Patrick Henry- "Place in the Arts is Sought for Modernist Bruce "By Roberts
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Camera Club of Richmond, Virginia
    1935
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Coffey, Roger L., n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 1
    Grove Avenue Gallery (miscellaneous papers), n.d.
    1893-1984
    Scope and Contents

    (See also box 5)

  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Fulton Brick Works
    December 16, 1924
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Henry Street Gallery in first exhibit Friday, The Richmond News Leader
    November 29, 1986
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Johnston, George Benjamin M.D., Photographs
    1895, 1905
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    List of Exhibits
    1975-1980
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Lord Fairfax Waffle Shop, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Miscellaneous
    1869-1963
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Miscellaneous Artists
    1938-1958
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Norfolk College Art Department
    1898
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Photographers-Homeier and Clark, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Photographers-H.P. Cook, n.d.
    1915
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Photographers-Thomas Christian
    1902-1903
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Pinkham Ryder, Albert "Introductory Critique "
    1942
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Poems, Two Books (one by James Brunot, the other by Rik Davis), n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Poetic Richmond (Cover by Bland)
    1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Richmond Art Club
    1898-1914
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Richmond Art Co.-The Antique Galleries, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Spectrum (March, May)
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Tournament of Arts and Crafts (including a price list), n.d.
    1931
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    USA Today (Life Section); including "Pop Art's Peter Pan "(Andy Warhol)
    February 23, 1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Tray-Boy School of Dance
    1926-1927
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, n.d.
    1937-1939
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    Walker, Douglas Stewart-Artist, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 2
    West, Albert, Architect
    1895
Series II--General
1880s-1980s
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    "Aeroplane: Acrobatics and Thrill Rides "(poster)
    July 25, 1920
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Allen and Ginter, Purchase Order Forms
    1889
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Asia Company, Oriental Gifts Shop, 2 North Belmont Ave.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Barnes, T.N. Grocer
    1911
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Black Panthers
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Bland, Richard L.: Transcript and Student Fees
    1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Berry-Burk and Co., Men's Store
    1950s
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Cavalier Magazine
    1930
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Century Magazine, and article on Jefferson's House
    1887
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co., Va
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Cigarette and Cigar Papers (miscellaneous), n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Correspondence (miscellaneous)
    1919-1949
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    E.P. Murphy and Son
    1909
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    "Etc.: A Review of General Semantics-A Journal Devoted to the Role of Symbols in Human Behavior "
    1987
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Forest Garden Theater, Fall
    1922
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    The Glenette, Glen Allen Elementary School Annual
    1953-1954
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    "Green Devils ", RPI Folder
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Greenwood M.E. Church, Longdale Virginia
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    "Happy Hour ", Barguide
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Map of Historical Tidewater Ned.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Map of Korea, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Medical Students working on cadaver, photograph
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Meyer Greentree Clothing
    1938
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Miscellaneous Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings
    1894-1982
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Monticello Brochure and Ticket, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Monticello Wine Co.
    1910
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    The News Leader
    August 6, 1915
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Photographs (8) "By the Old James River Canal "
    Scope and Contents

    Photographs of construction of what was to become the powerhouse of the Virginia Railway and Power Co. on Richmond's 12th Street. The original photographs have been re-photographed and enlarged. Dates unknown. Photographs, Inter-racial military company; a photograph of a child by M.J. Powers, Richmond, Va; photograph of 'Operetta Pickles John Marshall High school, Richmond, Va)

  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    "Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down and other Songs In Dear Old Dixie Land ", n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 3
    Richmond Public Schools, First Honor Certificate
    1932
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Original Menu from Paul's Restaurant, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Program for "Hair "
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Receipts (miscellaneous Richmond businesses)
    1920-1964
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Receipts (Building Materials)
    1920s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Receipts (Planter's National Bank)
    1920s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Reinach
    1906
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond, Fredricksburg and Potomac Railroad
    1965
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Professional Institute-Bulletin, etc.
    1959-1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Reverie, by Margaret Dashiell
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Tour guide Map
    1960s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI Bulletin
    1963-1964
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI Bulletin
    1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI "Hawks and Sparrows "/ "Flash Gordon ", n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI " Spectrum "
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI Student Snapshots, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI, Student Art Exhibition, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RPI, Students, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Department of Public Safety
    1919
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Photo
    1980s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Richmond Water and Gas Works
    1890s-1940s
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Rik Davis Poems
    1940s-1983
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    RVA Punk Nation, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Southern Railway Co.
    1898
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Stewart Circle Pharmacy, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Tantilla Garden Richmond, Va
    1948
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    "To the Working People of Richmond ", n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    The Village Cafe-General Information and newspaper clippings
    1980-1992
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Village Cafe Menu, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Introduction to the Arts
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Newsletter
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, News Bulletin
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Notice to Returning Students
    1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, "The Galslight "and "Signpost "
    1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University- "Rhoads Hall is Dedicated "Proscript
    May 17, 1968
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Gov't Booklet, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Gov't Newsletter, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Commonwealth University, Student Probation
    1969
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    "Virginia Electric and Power Company-Weekly Pass ", Tickets advertisements
    1940-1943
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Electric and Power Company
    1927, 1940-2
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Railway and Power Company, Richmond, Virginia, n.d.
    1894-1924
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Virginia Transit Company, Weekly Pass
    1947
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    University of Virginia, Admission of Women
    1918
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    University of Virginia, Alumni News
    1932
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    University of Virginia, Leave of Absence
    1889
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    University of Virginia Law
    1892
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Watkins Nurseries, Chesterfield Co., Catalog
    1940
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    "The Way Virginia Girls Kiss ", n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Western Union Telegraph Co.
    1894-1899
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Westwood Supper Club, n.d.
    1946
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    "We've got to have Money "-program at MCV, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    Woody, Sam, Commissioner of Revenue, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 4
    WRVA Dialog
    1951
Series III--Grove Avenue Gallery
Mixed Materials box: 5 1982-1984
Scope and Contents

This box contains three scrapbooks with articles and flyers for the Grove Avenue Gallery, Richmond, Va.

Series IV--Ledger from Maxwell and McGowan and McGowan and Pearsall House Furnishers
Mixed Materials box: 6a 1901-1902
Scope and Contents

This box contains a ledger from Maxwell and McGowan and McGowan and Pearsall. The ledger for these two companies dates to 1901 and 1902. The companies are listed as General House Furnisher. The company was called Maxwell and McGowan in 1901 and it apparently changed hands in 1902. The ledger has receipts of the purchases made by the two companies. The items on the receipts include; chairs, lamps, palm fans, clocks, photograph albums, etc. The companies providing these items include: Marietta Chair Co. of Marietta, Georgia; Mercer Pottery Co. of Trenton, New Jersey; Eureka Furniture and Manufacturing Co. of Manchester, Virginia; Jamestown Bedstead Co. of New York; and Hagerstown Table Works of Hagerstown, Maryland. The Richmond City Directory for 1901 includes the following entry; Maxwell & McGowan (Thos R Maxwell and Geo W McGowan), furniture 1445 e Main. The 1902 City Directory lists; McGowan and Pearsall (Geo W McGowan and E Frank Pearsall) furniture 1445 e Main.

Series V--Richmond Art Glass
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    "Behold--I stand at the Door and Knock "Color Copy, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Binswanger Glass Co. Invoice, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Christ and Apostles, Original Drawing of window, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Gothic Window, Color copy, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Stagg, Thomas, Manufacturer of Paints and Glass
    1897
  • Mixed Materials box: 7
    Unidentified Stained Glass Window, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 7-A
    Binswanger Window with Crown and Challis, Original Drawing
  • Mixed Materials box: 7-A
    Christ the Shepherd Art Glass Window, Chimtaco Co., Original Drawing
Series VI--Historic Richmond
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Canal District Photographs
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Canal District Reprints
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Capitol Square, Photograph
    1900s
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Country Club of Virginia
    1939
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Glen Allen Baptist Church, Constitution and By-Laws
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Glen Allen Baptist Church, Member Card
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Female Seminary Schools
    1890s
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    First Church of Christ Scientist
    1928
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Jefferson Hotel Sticker, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Lee Theater, Opening Night Program
    1935
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Libbie Hill Park, Photo, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Map of Woodland Heights
    1909
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Maymont, Interior and exterior, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Miller and Rhoads Slide
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Mocha Temple, Broad Street
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Monument Avenue Sculptures, ca. 1900
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Mosque Letterhead, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Mosque Theater, Patron Letter
    1941
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Mosque Theater, Passion Play Leaflet
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Mosque Theater, Divisions of the Department of Finance
    1941
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Richmond Female Institute
    1885-1886
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Richmond Howitzer's Monument
    1960s
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Richmond Postcards
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    R.E. Lee Camp Memorial
    1928
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Richmond Penitentiary
    1904
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    St. Luke's Hospital Brochure, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Stained Glass Cartoon, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Unknown Richmond Buildings, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Virginia House, Pamphlet
    1929
  • Mixed Materials box: 8
    Virginia Postcards, "Clover Fields ", Keswick; Henry Clay Birth Place, Ashland
Series VII-Architectural Drawings and Oversize materials
Physical Location: Materials in this series are located in Map Case Drawer #11 or on top of the Map Case. 1880s-1980s
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.1
    Architectural Drawing
    May 24, 1910
    Arrangement

    Architectural Drawing of Private Garage, Mr. W. O. Randlett, Washington Ward, Richmond, Va.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.2
    Architectural Drawings
    Arrangement

    Architectural Drawings (four), Foundation Plan, First Floor Plan, Second Floor Plan and Side Elevation of Unidentified House, n.d.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.3
    Architectural Drawing of Unidentified Building, Front Elevation, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.4
    Architectural Drawings
    1910
    Arrangement

    Architectural Drawings (two) of Front Elevation and Side Elevation-Residence for R. C. Beverley, Ginter Park, Virginia Albert F. Huntt

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.5
    Architectural Drawing
    June 16, 1902
    Scope and Contents

    Architectural Drawing of Probolic Roof Truss for Henry Warden, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Designed by R. Shirreff E., Richmond, Virginia

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.6
    Imaged of proposed Jefferson Davis Monument, Monroe Park
    June 30, 1896
    Scope and Contents

    Photograph of drawing of the proposed Jefferson Davis Monument - view differs from the photograph above. Reproduced photo taken from the Richmond Dispatch, June 30, 1896. Negative #670.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.7
    Crossing-Transmission Line over A.C.L. Tracks
    October 27, 1918
    Scope and Contents

    Virginia Railway and Power Company near Centralia, Virginia. October 27, 1918, Milliken Patent Galvanized Steel Towers

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.7
    Map of Proposed Transmission Line
    1910
    Arrangement

    Virginia Rail and Power Co., Chester, Virginia-W.W. Laprade, May 1910, Retraced and Revised, June 1910

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.7
    Sub Power Station and Trouble Wagon House
    March 5, 1910
    Scope and Contents

    Virginia Railway and Power Co., Harrison and Clay St., E.W.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.8
    Map of the James River Showing Islands
    February 19, 1909
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.8
    Map of the Town of Highland Park, n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.8
    Map of Virginia
    1932
    Scope and Contents

    Index to Topographic Maps and Geologic Foliers, Dept. of Interior, U.S. Geologic Survey

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.9
    Drawing Exercise
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.9
    Drawing of Passenger Engine
    April 27, 1890
    Scope and Contents

    Virginia Mechanics Institute, April 27, 1890. On reverse of drawing is written "R.R. Cosby "

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.9
    Lettering Exercise No. 20 "Put on all dimensions and notes as shown in Fig. 41: Reinharts F. H. Lettering "
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.9
    Lettering Exercise, "Put on all dimensions, arrowheads and notes. Also a title containing the following. Halfside elevation of swing bridge; the Virginia Polytechnic Institute Drawing Department ", n.d.
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.10
    Section of Dam at Upper End of Canal-Appomattox River, Virginia Passenger and Power Company
    September 27, 1902
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.10
    Map of Portion of Washington Ward-Showing SRR Tracks, Traced by R.R. Cosby
    5-25-1910
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.10
    Architectural Drawing
    March 22, 1889
    Scope and Contents

    Virginia Electrical Rwy. and Develop Co. - Diagram of Possible Water Power at Haxall-Crenshaw Property, March 22, 1889

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.11
    Original Newspapers
    June 30, 1896
    Scope and Contents

    Times, Richmond, Virginia and Richmond Dispatch, June 30, 1896. These newspapers were found in the bottom of box containing other items. The box was purchased by Bland at a Flea Market and are not part of the collection of materials found by Bland at the former site of the R.R. Cosby Electrical Company.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.12
    Architectural Drawing, n.d.
    Scope and Contents

    Richmond Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Electrical Plans, Longitudinal Section

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.12
    Architectural Drawing, n.d.
    Scope and Contents

    Richmond Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Electrical Plans, Main Floor Plan

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.12
    Architectural, n.d.
    Scope and Contents

    Richmond Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Electrical Plans, Basement Floor Plan

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.13
    Posters and Flyers advertising Richmond rock bands and artists
    1980s
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.14
    Map of Broad Street
    1907
    Scope and Contents

    Showing Slope of Hill, Richmond Traction Company, Wm. Northrop and H. T. Wickham, Receivers, [The next line of type had the following which was scratched out: Virginia Passenger & Power Company], Profile, Broad Street between 10th and 24th Streets, Richmond. 1907, Traced by G.W. James.

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.14
    Proposed Application of New Horizontal for Operating Pumping Machinery
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.14
    Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.
    March 26, 1909
    Scope and Contents

    Bridge on Broad Street showing location of Richmond Passenger and Power Company's Conduit Line March 26, 1909

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.14
    Map of Certain Grants located in the James River 1783-1795
    1908
  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.14
    Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
    1908
    Scope and Contents

    Condensed Profile, shows Railway stops

  • Mixed Materials Map-case: 11.15
    Rand McNally Map of Virginia, n.d.