Scotia Coal Company, Archives, 1878-1956 A&M 2570

Scotia Coal Company, Archives, 1878-1956 A&M 2570


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Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2570
Title
Scotia Coal Company, Archives 1878-1956
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/195199
Quantity
12.25 Linear Feet, Summary: 12 ft. 3 in. (17 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 records carton, 15 in.); (5 small flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (3 large flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 large flat storage box, 5 in.); (18 ledgers, 1 ft. 6 in.); 4 reels of microfilm
Creator
Scotia Coal Company
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Scotia Coal Company mine and store inventories; time, field rent, and account books; invoices, ledgers and registers covering business matters and community conditions. Also includes small box of pamphlets, including travel brochures for Washington D.C. and Gettysburg (ca. 1880-1900), and programs from the Chicago World's Fair (1893).

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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Scotia Coal Company, Archives, A&M 2570, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Account books
  • Cannelton Coal Company
  • Coal mining - coal companies.
  • Dana Bros. Co.
  • Fayette County (W. Va.)
  • New River - coal industry.
  • New River Coal Company
  • New River Coal Operators Association
  • Scotia Coal Company
  • South Side Coal Company
  • Star Coal & Coke Company
  • United Mine Workers of America

Container List

Series 1. South Side Coal Company (Boxes 1-3)
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 3 1898-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
    Audits
    1919-1938
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
    Deeds
    1907-1931
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Monthly Production Costs and Ratios
    1922-1928; 1937-1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
    Operating Overhead Costs
    1945-1949
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
    Tax Returns
    1919-1920
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10
    Labor Cost Sheets
    1940-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Store Inventories
    1944-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18
    Store Orders
    1923-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1
    Coal Operators Associations
    1898-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2
    Insurance
    1911-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3
    Legal Counsel
    1912
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Locomotives
    1919-1926
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
    Lubricating Oil Contracts
    1933-1949
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Machinery and Supplies
    1919-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
    Post Office
    1940-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
    Trucks and Autos
    1942-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
    U.S. Government
    1942-1947
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
    West Virginia Government
    1938-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
    Workmen's Compensation and Pensions
    1936-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
    Assignment of Wages Cases
    1937-1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
    Closing Notice to Employees
    1950
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
    Employee and Labor Petitions
    1919-1949
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
    Merchandise Leases
    1938-1941
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
    South Side Burial Fund
    1949
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
    South Side Churches
    1931
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
    Strike Fines
    1941-1942
Series 2. Scotia Coal & Coke Company (Boxes 4-21)
Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Mixed Materials Box: 11 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Mixed Materials Box: 17 Mixed Materials Box: 18 Mixed Materials Box: 19 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Mixed Materials Box: 21 circa 1930-1955
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 7 Mixed Materials Box: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 9
    Correspondence (general correspondence, John F. Hunter, National Coal Association, UMWA, and others)
    1937-1946
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 2
    Royalty Reports
    1943-1946
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 3
    Production Inventories
    1943-1946
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 10 Folder: 6
    Tipple Inspection Reports
    1954-1955
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11
    Yardage Measurements and Field Books
    1931-1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1
    Mine Inventories
    1942-1949
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2
    Telegraphic Code Book
    1915
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 6
    Coal Analysis Reports
    1953-1956
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4
    Daily Shipping Reports
    1953-1955
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 6
    Section Foreman Daily Reports
    1955
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 7
    Store and Office Construction
    1943
  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 Mixed Materials Box: 15
    Financial records (salary volumes, payroll records, time books)
    1917-1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3
    Employee Earnings Records
    1937-1942
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4
    Burial Fund Reports
    1939-1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 3
    Employee Earnings Records
    1937-1942
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 4
    Burial Fund Records
    1939-1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 5
    Christmas Fund Collections
    undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 6 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 7
    Employee Collections
    circa 1940s
  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 8 Mixed Materials Box: 16 Folder: 9
    Employee Statements of Availability
    1943-1945
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1
    Salary Withholding Agreements
    1953
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2
    Strike Fund Payments
    1944-1945
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3
    Vacation Pay
    1943-1946
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5
    Lease Agreements
    1950-1951
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2
    Rent Ledgers
    1931-1953
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4
    Summary of Rents (Brooklyn and Rush Run)
    1931-1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 6
    Employee Bond Payment Ledger
    1944-1953
  • Mixed Materials Box: 19
    Company Store Inventories, Account Book, and Ledger of Collections made from Employees for Suggestee Executions
    1929-1943
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 1
    Monthly Report of Injuries
    1942
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 2 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 5 Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 6
    Workmen's Compensation Fund Cases
    1942-1952
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 7
    Fox, Ralph, Case
    1946-1947
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 8
    Olenik, Theodore, Case
    1936-1948
  • Mixed Materials Box: 20 Folder: 9
    Wright, Thomas, Case
    1946-1947
  • Mixed Materials Box: 21
    Employee's IRS Withholding Statements
    circa 1940s
Series 3. New River Company (Box 22)
Mixed Materials Box: 22 1919-1947
  • Mixed Materials Box: 22
    Rent and Sales Books (Whipple and Scarbro Mines)
    1919-1947
Series 4. Oversized Material
1878-1956
  • Payroll Ledgers, Brooklyn Mine
    1953-1956
  • Scotia Coal Company Cash Book
    1945-1952
  • Scotia Coal Company Rent Book
    1937
  • Star Coal and Coke Company Journal
    1936-1946
  • Cannelton Coal Company, Store #2 Daybook
    1896-1898
  • Dana Bros., receipts
    1878-1880
  • Pamphlets
    undated