West Virginia--Social life and customs

Scope and Contents Circa 1900s-1930s photographs and a scrapbook featuring the Virginian Railway, primarily in West Virginia. The photographs depict trains, railroad tracks, bridges, tunnels, and housing construction. There are also photographs depicting railroad construction workers as well as family photographs. The collection also includes postcards, correspondence, and clippings of A. M. Traugott, along with a 1947 annual report, 1933 magazine feature, and 1938 organizational chart of the Virginian Railway...

Scope and Contents One circa 1900-1910 photograph scrapbook of people, pets, and scenery. Photographs depict horse-drawn carriages, owners with their dogs, camping tents, houses, railroads, railroad workers, and coal miners. Geographic locations identified include Winding Gulf, West Virginia; Soak Creek, West Virginia; and Aspen, Virginia. Railways captioned include the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and the Virginian Railway. One tent is labeled "No. 2 Palace" and one photograph identifies the Gulf Smokeless...