A Guide to the William H. Kiblinger Papers, 1855-2000 Kiblinger, William H., Papers, 1855-2000 39455

A Guide to the William H. Kiblinger Papers, 1855-2000

A Collection in
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Accession Number 39455

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Repository

Library of Virginia

Accession number

39455

Title

William H. Kiblinger Papers, 1855-2000

Physical Characteristics

26.5 cubic feet and 3 volumes

Creator

William H. Kiblinger

Physical Location

Personal papers collection, Acc. 39455

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

William H. Kiblinger. Papers, 1855-2000. Accession 39455, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Janice L. Abercrombie, Mineral, Virginia, 4 April 2002.

Biographical/Historical Information

William Henry Kiblinger was born on 29 January 1918 in Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia. He was the son of George Edgar Kiblinger (1877-1948) and Maggie May Lavinia Butler (1879-1951). During World War II, Kiblinger served as a Master Sergeant in the 246 Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Monroe and Fort Story, Virginia, and later with the 3169 Signal Service Group in New Guinea, the Philipines, and Okinawa. After the war, he worked in communications for the federal government. He never married. During his retirement, he worked on family genealogy, researched local history, pursued photography, and was an amateur radio operator. Kiblinger died on 23 January 2001.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1855-2000 (bulk 1940-2000), of William Henry Kiblinger (1918-2001) of Mineral, Louisa County, Virginia. The bulk of the collection dates from 1940-2000. Includes historical files on the town of Mineral and Louisa County, Virginia, family research files, notebooks, correspondence and subject files, photographs, oversize material, and other items.

Organization

Organized into the following six series: I. Mineral/Louisa County History Files; II. Family Research Files; III. Notebooks; IV. Correspondence and Subject Files; V. Photographs; VI. Oversize and Other Items.

Contents List

Series I: Mineral/Louisa County History Files

Box 1-10

This series contains information accumulated by Kiblinger during his research on local history. The files include drafts of articles he wrote and published, and research on prominent individuals, places, and events. There is material on mines and the mining industry, schools, including a run of graduation announcements and programs, churches, and local businesses. There is also a substantial amount of information on the Davis, Harper, Hendrick, Sims, Walton, and Whitlock families. This series contains abstracts of census, deed, and marriage records, tombstone inscriptions, maps, published sources, and other materials.

Box 1 Folder 1
Adams
Box 1 Folder 2
Aerial Maps
Box 1 Folder 3
Aerial Maps - Mineral and Contrary Creek
Box 1 Folder 4
Aerial Maps - Order Forms
Box 1 Folder 5
Aerial View of Louisa
Box 1 Folder 6
Alhizer
Box 1 Folder 7
Allah Cooper Mine
Box 1 Folder 8
Arminius Mines
Box 1 Folder 9-10
Arminius Mines - Correspondence
Box 1 Folder 11
Article - Chiswell (in progress)
Box 1 Folder 12
Article - The Crenshaw Sulphur Mine
Box 1 Folder 13
Article - Cuzco
Box 1 Folder 14
Article - The Rough and Ready Iron Furnace
Box 1 Folder 15
Article - The Rough and Ready Turnout
Box 1 Folder 16
Article - Tolersville P.O. Tavern/Reuben B. Davis
Box 1 Folder 17
Article - Tramroad: Victoria Furnace to Tolersville
Box 1 Folder 18-19
Article - The Victoria Furnace
Box 1 Folder 20
Belvin
Box 1 Folder 21
Berryman
Box 1 Folder 22
Bickers, James Franklin, Jr.
Box 1 Folder 23
Bishop-Bickers
Box 1 Folder 24
Bishop. Walter
Box 1 Folder 25
Burgess Postcard Collection (Mineral Area Scenes)
Box 1 Folder 26
The Business of Mining and its Influence on Mineral, Virginia by James R. McCloud, Jr. (July 1996)
Box 1 Folder 27
C & O Railway Tracks - Mineral
Box 1 Folder 28
Cemeteries
Box 1 Folder 29
Census - 1850 - Louisa County
Box 1 Folder 30
Chaplin
Box 2 Folder 1
Chiswell Mine Patent
Box 2 Folder 2
Church of the Incarnation
Box 2 Folder 3
Cole
Box 2 Folder 4
Coleman, Chaplin & Burch
Box 2 Folder 5
Contrary Creek (North Branch)
Box 2 Folder 6
Contrary Creek Lands (Deeds and Plats)
Box 2 Folder 7
"Contrary" Plantation
Box 2 Folder 8
County Maps - Mineral Area
Box 2 Folder 9
Courthouse Move From Louisa to Mineral, 1904
Box 2 Folder 10
Cuzco Landmarks
Box 2 Folder 11
Davis
Box 2 Folder 12
Davis, Abraham
Box 2 Folder 13
Davis-Harris-Thomasson-Barnett
Box 2 Folder 14
Davis, Reuben B. & Abraham
Box 2 Folder 15
Reuben B. Davis Cemetery
Box 2 Folder 16
Deeds - Abraham H. Davis to Reuben B. Davis
Box 2 Folder 17
Davis Turnout/Tram Road
Box 2 Folder 18
Dunn
Box 2 Folder 19-20
Early County Schools
Box 3 Folder 1
Ennis, Thomas
Box 3 Folder 2
Estes
Box 3 Folder 3
Fleming
Box 3 Folder 4
Foster
Box 3 Folder 5
Gold (Va. Reduction Works and Mining Company)
Box 3 Folder 6
Gooch-Toler Connection
Box 3 Folder 7
Grace Adams Davis Park Dedication, 22 May 1993
Box 3 Folder 8
Graduation Announcements and Programs, 1910-1919
Box 3 Folder 9
Graduation Announcements and Programs, 1920-1929
Box 3 Folder 10
Graduation Announcements and Programs, 1930-1939
Box 3 Folder 11
Graduation Announcements and Programs, 1940-1949
Box 3 Folder 12
Graduation Announcements and Programs, 1979, 1982, 1990
Box 3 Folder 13
Grady
Box 3 Folder 14
Grasberger
Box 3 Folder 15
Grooms-Bowles
Box 3 Folder 16
Gunter
Box 3 Folder 17
Hambleton/Hamilton
Box 3 Folder 18
Harlow - Census
Box 3 Folder 19-20
Harper
Box 4 Folder 1
Harper - Census
Box 4 Folder 2
Harris
Box 4 Folder 3
Nathan Harris Cemetery
Box 4 Folder 4
Harris - Census
Box 4 Folder 5
Harris Chapel
Box 4 Folder 6
Harris Tract
Box 4 Folder 7
Haynes
Box 4 Folder 8
Heads of Household - Louisa County [1785?]
Box 4 Folder 9-13
Hendrick
Box 4 Folder 14
Hendrick Deeds
Box 4 Folder 15
Hendrick Homes in Kentucky
Box 4 Folder 16
Hendrick, James
Box 4 Folder 17
Hendrick, William
Box 4 Folder 18-19
Hendrick, William W.
Box 5 Folder 1
The Hendricks and Their Kin by Jasper R. Hendrick (1962)
Box 5 Folder 2
Hester
Box 5 Folder 3
Hiter
Box 5 Folder 4
Johnson
Box 5 Folder 5
Johnson, Lewis H.
Box 5 Folder 6
Jordan
Box 5 Folder 7
Julia Mine - Woodlawn Cemetery
Box 5 Folder 8
Keller
Box 5 Folder 9
Kendrick
Box 5 Folder 10
Kennedy
Box 5 Folder 11
Kennon
Box 5 Folder 12
Lacy
Box 5 Folder 13
Letterheads (Copies)
Box 5 Folder 14
Letterheads (Originals)
Box 5 Folder 15
Louisa County and the War Between the States
Box 5 Folder 16
Louisa County Bicentennial Festival Day - 22 May 1976
Box 5 Folder 17
Louisa County Corporations - Mining and Other
Box 5 Folder 18
Louisa County Deed Abstracts
Box 5 Folder 19
Louisa County Directory, 1907
Box 5 Folder 20
Louisa County History
Box 5 Folder 21
Louisa County/Mineral Historic Mine and Furnace Study, 1999
Box 5 Folder 22
Louisa County - Miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 23
Louisa County Postmasters
Box 6 Folder 1
Louisa County, Virginia: Archaeological Resources Related to Mining and Early Industry (2000)
Box 6 Folder 2
Louisa County, Virginia: Archaeological Resources Related to Mining and Early Industry (2000) - DRAFT
Box 6 Folder 3
Louisa County Women's Club
Box 6 Folder 4-5
Louisa Railroad
Box 6 Folder 6-7
Maps and Plats
Box 6 Folder 8
Maps - Civil War Era
Box 6 Folder 9
Maps - Contrary Creek and Tolersville Area (1963)
Box 6 Folder 10
Maps - Louisa County (Roads)
Box 6 Folder 11
Maps of Mines Near Mineral City
Box 6 Folder 12
Maucher - Census
Box 6 Folder 13
Mine Accidents
Box 6 Folder 14
Mine Deeds and Plats
Box 6 Folder 15
Mine Stock Certificates
Box 6 Folder 16
Mineral Baptist Church
Box 6 Folder 17
Mineral - Baseball Teams
Box 6 Folder 18
Mineral City - Business Lots
Box 7 Folder 1
Mineral City - Businesses (Billheads)
Box 7 Folder 2-3
Mineral City - Churches
Box 7 Folder 4
Mineral City - Deeds
Box 7 Folder 5
Mineral City - Maps, ca. 1890
Box 7 Folder 6
Mineral City Mining, Manufacturing and Land Company
Box 7 Folder 7
Mineral City - Notes
Box 7 Folder 8
Mineral - Deaths, 1920-1950 (Safley Funeral Home)
Box 7 Folder 9
Mineral - People
Box 7 Folder 10
Mineral High School - Classes of 1934 and 1935 Reunions
Box 7 Folder 11
Mineral High School - Diplomas and Certificates
Box 7 Folder 12
Mineral High School - First Graduating Class
Box 7 Folder 13
Mineral High School - Graduates, 1911-1940
Box 7 Folder 14
Mineral High School - Miscellaneous
Box 7 Folder 15
Mineral High School - The Prospector (1938)
Box 7 Folder 16
Mineral Hotel
Box 7 Folder 17
Mineral Prospectus
Box 7 Folder 18
Mineral - Street Renaming
Box 7 Folder 19
Mineral Telephone Directory, 1948
Box 7 Folder 20-21
Mineral/Tolersville Centennial/Bicentennial Celebration, 1990
Box 8 Folder 1
Miners' Descendants - Correspondence
Box 8 Folder 2
Mines - Census Records
Box 8 Folder 3
Mines and Mining - General Information
Box 8 Folder 4
Mines - Miscellaneous Notes
Box 8 Folder 5
Nelson
Box 8 Folder 6
Nelson, William C.
Box 8 Folder 7
Noel
Box 8 Folder 8
Official Company Seals, Tracings, etc.
Box 8 Folder 9
Parish Register (copy)
Box 8 Folder 10
Parrish
Box 8 Folder 11
Pedigree Chart of Dolly Lorraine Garrett (b. 1912)
Box 8 Folder 12
Pendleton
Box 8 Folder 13
Plats - Contrary Creek Area
Box 8 Folder 14
Porter
Box 8 Folder 15
Post Offices and Postmarks
Box 8 Folder 16
Pottiesville Store Ledger, 1818
Box 8 Folder 17
Pyrite-Gold Belt in Louisa and Spotsylvania Counties
Box 8 Folder 18
Quarles
Box 8 Folder 19
Rough and Ready Furnace and its Railroad
Box 8 Folder 20
Safley Funeral Home Register, 1920-1951
Box 8 Folder 21
Scarrots Meeting House
Box 8 Folder 22
Schmitz
Box 8 Folder 23
Schools
Box 8 Folder 24
Shealor/Sheelor
Box 9 Folder 1
Simms/Sims
Box 9 Folder 2
Sims - Census
Box 9 Folder 3
Sims Property
Box 9 Folder 4
Slate Hill Gold Mine
Box 9 Folder 5
Smith - Census
Box 9 Folder 6
Boyd M. Smith Mine
Box 9 Folder 7
Spicer
Box 9 Folder 8
Spicer - Census
Box 9 Folder 9
Story of Old Tolersville - Material and Notes
Box 9 Folder 10
Stout
Box 9 Folder 11
Sulphur Mines
Box 9 Folder 12
Talley
Box 9 Folder 13
Tanyard Branch Aerial Photograph
Box 9 Folder 14
The Tavern Cottage
Box 9 Folder 15
Thomas, Sarah - Will, 1980
Box 9 Folder 16
Toler Family
Box 9 Folder 17
Toler, William F. - Deeds and Tavern Licenses
Box 9 Folder 18
Tolersville Depot Plans
Box 9 Folder 19
Tolersville Notes
Box 9 Folder 20
Tolersville - Plats
Box 9 Folder 21
Tolersville Post Office
Box 9 Folder 22
Towsey, Richard R.
Box 9 Folder 23
Tribble - Census
Box 9 Folder 24
Trice
Box 9 Folder 25
Trinity Baptist Church
Box 9 Folder 26
Trinity Meeting House
Box 9 Folder 27
Tulloh
Box 10 Folder 1
Victoria Furnace Sulphur Mine Area
Box 10 Folder 2-3
Victoria Iron Furnace
Box 10 Folder 4
Virginia Reduction Works and Mining Company
Box 10 Folder 5
Waldrop
Box 10 Folder 6
Walton
Box 10 Folder 7
Walton Gold Mine
Box 10 Folder 8
Walton, William
Box 10 Folder 9
Ware
Box 10 Folder 10
Whitlock
Box 10 Folder 11
Whitlock, Jesse C.
Box 10 Folder 12
Winston, Frank V.
Box 10 Folder 13-14
Woodlawn Cemetery
Box 10 Folder 15
Woodlawn Plantation

Series II: Family Research Files

Box 11-16

This series includes information gathered by Kiblinger on the genealogy of the Butler, Kiblinger, and allied families. Of particular note in this series are papers relating to the Civil War service of William Carpenter Kiblinger (1831-1908) who served in the 10th Virginia Infantry. Included are letters written to his wife describing camp life and battles, a furlough pass, amnesty oath, currency, and other items. This series also contains abstracts of census records, deeds, orders, and wills, as well as correspondence, tombstone inscriptions, and plats and surveys. There are copies of a family newsletter he published for a short time, and also a genealogy he compiled with Earl R. Savage in 1998. This series documents lines of his family which settled in Rockingham County and Louisa Counties, Virginia, and Indiana, Ohio, and Texas.

Box 11 Folder 1-9
Butler
Box 11 Folder 10
Butler - Census Abstracts
Box 11 Folder 11
Descendants of John G. Butler and Mary Thacker
Box 11 Folder 12
Butler Family Group Sheets
Box 12 Folder 1-2
Butler, Maggie May Lavinia
Box 12 Folder 3-4
Butler, Maggie May Lavinia - Papers (Class Writing Exercises)
Box 12 Folder 5
Descendants of Samuel Butler
Box 12 Folder 6
Descendants of Samuel and Elizabeth Butler of Louisa County
Box 12 Folder 7
Butler Society
Box 12 Folder 8
Cemeteries - Butler/Kiblinger
Box 12 Folder 9
Census Notes - Allied Families
Box 12 Folder 10
Cross Keys Farms
Box 12 Folder 11-14
Kiblinger
Box 13 Folder 1-8
Kiblinger
Box 13 Folder 9-10
Kiblinger Car (Auburn, Indiana)
Box 13 Folder 11
Kiblinger - Census
Box 13 Folder 12
Kiblinger - Correspondence
Box 13 Folder 13
Kiblinger - Cross Keys
Box 14 Folder 1
Kiblinger - Deeds
Box 14 Folder 2
Kiblinger Family Bible Records
Box 14 Folder 3-5
Kiblinger Family Group Sheets
Box 14 Folder 6
Kiblinger Farm Plats and Surveys
Box 14 Folder 7
Kiblinger Genealogy - Cypert, Yvonne
Box 14 Folder 8-9
Kiblinger - Germany
Box 14 Folder 10
Kiblinger - Indiana and Ohio
Box 14 Folder 11
Kiblinger Inquiries and Correspondence
Box 14 Folder 12
Kiblinger, Jacob
Box 14 Folder 13
Kiblinger, Jacob - Tavern (Trevilian's Depot)
Box 14 Folder 14
Kiblinger, Johan Daniel
Box 14 Folder 15
Kiblinger-Kyger
Box 14 Folder 16
Kiblinger - Maps and Plats
Box 14 Folder 17
Kiblinger - Marriage Bonds
Box 14 Folder 18
Kiblinger - Marriages
Box 15 Folder 1
Kiblinger Material
Box 15 Folder 2
Kiblinger - Melton Tract/Trevilian's Depot
Box 15 Folder 3
Kiblinger - Personal Contacts - Notes from Their Memory
Box 15 Folder 4
Kiblinger - Rockingham Historical Society
Box 15 Folder 5
Kiblinger - Rockingham County Map, 1885
Box 15 Folder 6
Kiblinger - Texas Branch
Box 15 Folder 7
Kiblinger - Trevilian's Depot Deed
Box 15 Folder 8
Kiblinger, William C. - Civil War Service
Box 15 Folder 9
Descendants of William Carpenter Kiblinger
Box 15 Folder 10
Kib's Kousins Newsletter - Proofs, Mailing List, etc.
Box 15 Folder 11
Kib's Kousins Newsletter (Vol. 1, no. 1 - Vol. 3, no. 4)
Box 15 Folder 12
Kublinger
Box 15 Folder 13
Kublinger - Copies
Box 15 Folder 14
Kublinger, Jacob - Will, 1817 (copy)
Box 15 Folder 15
Kublinger Tree - Johan Jacob & Johan Daniel
Box 16 Folder 1
Descendants of Johann Jacob Kublinger
Box 16 Folder 2
The American Descendants of Peter Kublinger by Earl Roland Savage and William Henry Kiblinger (1998)
Box 16 Folder 3
Descendants of Peter Kublinger
Box 16 Folder 4
Revolutionary War Claims (Butler/Kiblinger)
Box 16 Folder 5
Savage, Earl R.

Series III: Notebooks

Box 17-20a

This series contains notes which Kiblinger accumulated during his research on local history and genealogy. They are arranged alphabetically by topic, although many of the notebooks contain numerous subjects. Among the more prominent topics are the Butler, Hendrick, Keller, and Kiblinger families, and notes on Contrary Creek and various local mines. Data contained in the notebooks included abstracts of census records, marriage records, information from deed and will books, and tombstone inscriptions.

Box 17 Folder 1-2
Butler
Box 17 Folder 3
Butler Data, Louisa County Deaths, and Walton Data
Box 17 Folder 4
Butler/Essex County
Box 17 Folder 5
Butler/Kiblinger
Box 17 Folder 6
Butler/King William County
Box 17 Folder 7
Butler Marriages
Box 17 Folder 8
Butler Wills, Deeds, Marriages
Box 17 Folder 9
Census - Elkhart County, IN and Rockingham County, VA
Box 17 Folder 10
Chancery Final Decrees
Box 17 Folder 11
Chiswell/Contrary Plantation
Box 17 Folder 12
Contrary Creek Lands/Hendrick Deeds
Box 17 Folder 13
Contrary Plantation, Deeds, etc.
Box 17 Folder 14
Cooper's Mill Deeds
Box 18 Folder 1
Deed and Will Book Abstracts
Box 18 Folder 2
Deeds (Kiblinger/Porter)
Box 18 Folder 3
Hambleton/Hendrick
Box 18 Folder 4
Hendrick/Butler
Box 18 Folder 5
Hendrick/Johnson
Box 18 Folder 6
Keller Rockingham/Augusta Census & Marriages and Davis Family Data
Box 18 Folder 7
Kiblinger (Ohio/Indiana)
Box 18 Folder 8-11
Kiblinger Research
Box 18 Folder 12
Louisa County Marriages
Box 18 Folder 13
Louisa County Occupations/Butler Family Census Records
Box 18 Folder 14
Louisa Railroad
Box 19 Folder 1
Mineral City Lots/Allah Cooper Mine
Box 19 Folder 2
Mines on Contrary Creek
Box 19 Folder 3
Order and Minute Books, Marriages, Wills, Deeds
Box 19 Folder 4
Reuben B. Davis Cemetery
Box 19 Folder 5
Surveys/Kiblinger Farm & Adjoining Lands
Box 19 Folder 6-12
Various Subjects
Box 20 Folder 1
1860 Federal Census - Louisa County (Selected)
Box 20 Folder 2
1870 Federal Census - Louisa County
Box 20 Folder 3
1870/1880 Federal Census - Louisa County (Occupations)
Box 20 Folder 4
1880 Federal Census - Louisa County
Box 20 Folder 5
1880 Federal Census - Louisa County (Incomplete)
Box 20 Folder 6-7
1900 Federal Census - Louisa County
Box 20 Folder 8
1900/1910 Federal Census - Louisa County (Selected)
Box 20 Folder 9-10
1910 Federal Census - Louisa County
Box 20a Folder 1
1910 Federal Census - Louisa County
Box 20a Folder 2-3
1920 Federal Census - Louisa County

Box 21-29

Series IV: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1858-1999

These are basically Kiblinger's personal files. The correspondence is family related. There are many letters written by him to his sister and parents while he was in the service during World War II. Also included in this series are accounts and receipts, information on amateur radio, his Army service, the Civilian Conservation Corps, clippings, funeral programs, invitations, report cards, and other miscellaneous family-related materials.

Box 21 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1858-1859
Box 21 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1862-1868
Box 21 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1870-1879
Box 21 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1881, 1885-1888
Box 21 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1890-1894
Box 21 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1895-1899
Box 21 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1900-1905
Box 21 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1906-1907
Box 21 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1908-1909
Box 21 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1910-1913
Box 21 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1914-1919
Box 21 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1920-1924
Box 21 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1925-1929
Box 21 Folder 14
Correspondence, 1930-1939
Box 22 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1940-1941
Box 22 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1942
Box 22 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1943 (January-May)
Box 22 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1943 (June-December)
Box 22 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1944 (February)
Box 22 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1944 (March)
Box 22 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1944 (April-December)
Box 22 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1945 (June-July)
Box 22 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1945 (August-December)
Box 22 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1947-1949
Box 22 Folder 11
Correspondence, 1950-1959, 1962
Box 22 Folder 12
Correspondence, 1984-1988
Box 22 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1990-1999
Box 22 Folder 14
Correspondence, n.d.
Box 23 Folder 1
Account Book, 1898
Box 23 Folder 2-3
Accounts and Receipts
Box 23 Folder 4
Agreements
Box 23 Folder 5
Almanacs
Box 23 Folder 6-8
Amateur Radio
Box 23 Folder 9-10
Army Records - MSgt William H. Kiblinger
Box 23 Folder 11
Autograph Book - Sarah E. Kiblinger, 1933-1934
Box 24 Folder 1
Bank Book, 1959-1964
Box 24 Folder 2
Birthday Cards
Box 24 Folder 3
C & O Historical Society
Box 24 Folder 4
C & O Railway - Depot Plans, Agents, etc.
Box 24 Folder 5
Calling Cards
Box 24 Folder 6
Cancelled Checks
Box 24 Folder 7
Census Order Forms
Box 24 Folder 8
Certificates
Box 24 Folder 9
Chancery Final Decrees
Box 24 Folder 10
Christmas Cards
Box 24 Folder 11-12
Ciphering Book (copy)
Box 25 Folder 1-2
Civilian Conservation Corps
Box 25 Folder 3
Clark County (OH) Historical Society
Box 25 Folder 4
Class Attendance Lists
Box 25 Folder 5-12
Clippings
Box 26 Folder 1
Court Records
Box 26 Folder 2
Deeds
Box 26 Folder 3
DialAmerica Marketing, Inc.
Box 26 Folder 4
Enlisted Record and Record of Separation
Box 26 Folder 5
Envelopes
Box 26 Folder 6
Estate of Robert B. Cook
Box 26 Folder 7
Foreign Currency
Box 26 Folder 8
Funeral Programs
Box 27 Folder 1
German Script
Box 27 Folder 2
Greeting Cards
Box 27 Folder 3
Gulf War
Box 27 Folder 4
Hanover County Court Record Abstracts (1979)
Box 27 Folder 5-6
Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Historical Society - Newsletters and Other Publications
Box 27 Folder 7
Invitations
Box 27 Folder 8
Invoices - Arminius Chemical Co.
Box 27 Folder 9
Iron Furnaces in Virginia
Box 27 Folder 10-12
Kiblinger, William H. - Personal
Box 27 Folder 13
Library Inventory List, 1993
Box 27 Folder 14
Metro Rail System - Washington, DC
Box 27 Folder 15-16
Miscellaneous
Box 28 Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous
Box 28 Folder 3-5
Miscellaneous Research Notes
Box 28 Folder 6
Morse Telegraph Club
Box 28 Folder 7
Names, Addresses, Birthdays
Box 28 Folder 8
New House, 1951
Box 28 Folder 9
Newsletters - Genealogical and Historical Societies
Box 28 Folder 10
Patents
Box 28 Folder 11
Physical Fitness Certificates
Box 28 Folder 12
Poetry
Box 28 Folder 13
Promissory Notes
Box 29 Folder 1
RF & P Railroad
Box 29 Folder 2
Railroad Schedules
Box 29 Folder 3
Railroads - Plats and Depot Tracks
Box 29 Folder 4
Receipts - Coleman & Chaplin, 1914-1915
Box 29 Folder 5
Register of Names of Men Buried in Confederate Cemetery, Spotsylvania C.H., Va., War 1861-1864
Box 29 Folder 6-7
Report Cards
Box 29 Folder 8
Research Projects
Box 29 Folder 9
Resolutions of Respect, 1926
Box 29 Folder 10
Route 522 Project
Box 29 Folder 11
Sale of Kiblinger Land, 1993-1994
Box 29 Folder 12
Tax Receipts
Box 29 Folder 13
Taxes
Box 29 Folder 14
University College of Medicine Commencement, 1911
Box 29 Folder 15
Valentines
Box 29 Folder 16
VEPCO Power Line - Kiblinger Farm
Box 29 Folder 17
Wedding Invitations

Series V: Photographs

Box 30-53

This is the largest series in the collection. They are organized alphabetically by topic. There are a substantial amount of photographs of various mines, CCC camps, trains and railroad depots, as well as the Church of the Incarnation, Cross Keys farm, flowers, bushes, and trees, buildings in Mineral, Virginia, and the town's centennial celebration and its high school, a county right-of-way construction project, and images taken while he was in the service during World War II. There are also a large amount of photographs of the Butler, Kennedy, Kiblinger, Safley, and Sims families. The researcher should consult the finding aid to the collection for a complete list of topics in this series.

Box 30 Folder 1
Abercrombie, Janice
Box 30 Folder 2
Advertisements and Billheads
Box 30 Folder 3
Aircraft
Box 30 Folder 4
Alhiser
Box 30 Folder 5
Allah Cooper Mine
Box 30 Folder 6
Amateur Radio Field Day - 28-29 June 1997
Box 30 Folder 7
Apperson
Box 30 Folder 8
A.R.E. and A.R.E. Members (Virginia Beach)
Box 30 Folder 9-11
Armenius Mines
Box 30 Folder 12
Artifacts/Antiques
Box 30 Folder 13
Auction at Mineral Ice Company (D.E. Bumpass)
Box 30 Folder 14
Bailey
Box 30 Folder 15
Belscher
Box 30 Folder 16
Berea Baptist Church
Box 30 Folder 17
Berryman
Box 30 Folder 18
Bethpage Christian Church
Box 30 Folder 19
Birds/Animals
Box 31 Folder 1
Birds/Animals
Box 31 Folder 2
Walter L. Bishop Residence
Box 31 Folder 3
Blake
Box 31 Folder 4
Blose
Box 31 Folder 5
Bowles Store/Residence
Box 31 Folder 6
Boyd Smith Mine
Box 31 Folder 7
"Bracketts"
Box 31 Folder 8
Thomas Bronough Residence
Box 31 Folder 9
Bumpass Family
Box 31 Folder 10
D.E. Bumpass - Photographs and Postcards
Box 31 Folder 11
David E. Bumpass Residence
Box 31 Folder 12
D.E. Bumpass Store (Mineral, VA)
Box 31 Folder 13
David E. Bumpass, Jr. Auction, 1996
Box 31 Folder 14-18
Butler
Box 32 Folder 1
Butler Hay Crop
Box 32 Folder 2
Butler, Henry K.
Box 32 Folder 3
John H. Butler Residence
Box 32 Folder 4
Butler, Lewis A.
Box 32 Folder 5
Butler, Lewis H.
Box 32 Folder 6
Lewis H. Butler Cemetery
Box 32 Folder 7
Butler, Maggie May Lavinia
Box 32 Folder 8
William H. Butler Residence
Box 32 Folder 9
Butler, William Samuel
Box 32 Folder 10
William S. Butler Cemetery (Mineral, VA)
Box 32 Folder 11
William S. Butler Residence (Berryman)
Box 32 Folder 12
Butler/Towsey Cemeteries
Box 32 Folder 13
Byrd Mill
Box 32 Folder 14-15
CCC Camps
Box 32 Folder 16
C & O Railroad Depots
Box 32 Folder 17
C & O Railroad Depots in Louisa County
Box 33 Folder 1
Camblin
Box 33 Folder 2
Carosi, Adelaide
Box 33 Folder 3
Cars/Trucks
Box 33 Folder 4
Catherine Furnace
Box 33 Folder 5
Cemetery Near Martha Jefferson Hospital (Charlottesville)
Box 33 Folder 6
Christian Church Cemetery (Louisa)
Box 33 Folder 7-11
Church of the Incarnation
Box 33 Folder 12
Church of the Incarnation - 100th Anniversary
Box 34 Folder 1
Church of the Incarnation - Rectory
Box 34 Folder 2
Church of the Incarnation - Stained Glass/Altar
Box 34 Folder 3
Cofer
Box 34 Folder 4
Coins/Currency
Box 34 Folder 5
Cold Spring
Box 34 Folder 6
Coleman Hotel
Box 34 Folder 7
Comic Strips
Box 34 Folder 8
Conrad's Store (Elkton, VA)
Box 34 Folder 9
"Contrary" Plantation
Box 34 Folder 10
Cook
Box 34 Folder 11
Cooper Mill on Contrary Creek
Box 34 Folder 12
Crank Building
Box 34 Folder 13-15
Cross Keys Farm
Box 34 Folder 16
Cuckoo
Box 34 Folder 17
Cuzco (Walton Tavern)
Box 34 Folder 18
Daniel/Belvin
Box 34 Folder 19
Davis
Box 34 Folder 20
Davis Cottage/Tavern
Box 34 Folder 21
Davis Turnout
Box 34 Folder 22
Dellinger
Box 34 Folder 23
Dickinson Store
Box 34 Folder 24
Dobbins/Hunt
Box 34 Folder 25
Stephen Dunnington House Site
Box 34 Folder 26
The Echo - 1927
Box 34 Folder 27
Ellis
Box 34 Folder 28
Episcopal Churches
Box 35 Folder 1
Ergenbright
Box 35 Folder 2
Estes
Box 35 Folder 3
Abraham Estes Cemetery
Box 35 Folder 4
Farmers Supply Company
Box 35 Folder 5
Filming a Movie at Louisa C & O Depot (1993)
Box 35 Folder 6
Fire Station - Mineral
Box 35 Folder 7
Fireman's Fair and Parade
Box 35 Folder 8-12
Flowers, Bushes, Trees
Box 35 Folder 13
Fort Story
Box 35 Folder 14
Fredericks Hall
Box 35 Folder 15
Frederickville Iron Furnace
Box 35 Folder 16
Friedens Church
Box 35 Folder 17
Garland Store
Box 35 Folder 18
Gibson
Box 35 Folder 19
Gold Mines - Pendleton Area
Box 35 Folder 20
Gold Scale, ca. 1895
Box 35 Folder 21
Gordon
Box 36 Folder 1
Grasberger
Box 36 Folder 2
Charles Groom Residence
Box 36 Folder 3
Daniel Grubbs Residence
Box 36 Folder 4
Herman Hall Funeral, Oct. 2000
Box 36 Folder 5
Hambleton/Foster
Box 36 Folder 6
Hancock Collection (Trevilian Depot)
Box 36 Folder 7
Harlowe
Box 36 Folder 8
Harper
Box 36 Folder 9
Harris
Box 36 Folder 10
Samuel Harris Residence
Box 36 Folder 11
Harris Cemetery (Pendleton, VA)
Box 36 Folder 12
Harris Chapel
Box 36 Folder 13
Hendrick
Box 36 Folder 14
Hester
Box 36 Folder 15
Hester, Agnes Thomas - 91st Birthday
Box 36 Folder 16-17
Hillcrest Cemetery (Louisa, VA)
Box 36 Folder 18
Historic Estates
Box 36 Folder 19
Hix
Box 36 Folder 20
Holladay Mill
Box 36 Folder 21
Hollands
Box 36 Folder 22
Insects
Box 36 Folder 23
Johnson
Box 37 Folder 1
Joe Johnson Residence (Fire)
Box 37 Folder 2
Jones, Scott Nelson
Box 37 Folder 3
Jordan, Ira F.
Box 37 Folder 4
Julia Mines
Box 37 Folder 5
Keane
Box 37 Folder 6
L.A. Kellar Residence
Box 37 Folder 7
Keller
Box 37 Folder 8-9
Kennedy
Box 37 Folder 10
Henry R. Kennedy Cemetery (Mineral, VA)
Box 37 Folder 11
John H. Kennedy Residence
Box 37 Folder 12
Kennedy, Virginia Spicer
Box 37 Folder 13
Kennon
Box 37 Folder 14
Kiblinger Car (Auburn, Indiana)
Box 37 Folder 15-16
Kiblinger - Group Photos
Box 37 Folder 17
Kiblinger Homes
Box 37 Folder 18
Kiblinger - Miscellaneous
Box 38 Folder 1
Kiblinger - Texas Branch
Box 38 Folder 2
Kiblinger, Charles W.
Box 38 Folder 3
Kiblinger, Charles William Porter
Box 38 Folder 4-5
Kiblinger, George Edgar
Box 38 Folder 6
George E. Kiblinger Residences
Box 38 Folder 7
Kiblinger, Henry Hiram
Box 38 Folder 8
Henry Hiram Kiblinger Residence - Contrary Creek
Box 38 Folder 9
Kiblinger, Inez
Box 38 Folder 10
Kiblinger, Jacob Erasmus Tyree
Box 38 Folder 11
Kiblinger, Peter Franklin
Box 38 Folder 12
Kiblinger Property Line
Box 38 Folder 13
Kiblinger, Robert Peter
Box 38 Folder 14-16
Kiblinger, Sarah E.
Box 39 Folder 1
Kiblinger, Sarah E. - Kings Adult Home
Box 39 Folder 2
Kiblinger, Sarah E. - Marks Adult Home
Box 39 Folder 3
Kiblinger, Sarah E. - Funeral, 23 October 1997
Box 39 Folder 4
Kiblinger Shop Building
Box 39 Folder 5
Kiblinger Stove
Box 39 Folder 6
Kiblinger, Tyree E.
Box 39 Folder 7
Kiblinger, Vandelia Virginia
Box 39 Folder 8
Kiblinger, William Carpenter
Box 39 Folder 9-11
Kiblinger, William Henry
Box 39 Folder 12-13
William H. Kiblinger Residence
Box 40 Folder 1
Lacy
Box 40 Folder 2
Lake Anna State Park
Box 40 Folder 3
Leigh, George
Box 40 Folder 4
Lett Mine
Box 40 Folder 5
Liggon
Box 40 Folder 6
Little League/Cecil K. Luck Field
Box 40 Folder 7
Lloyd
Box 40 Folder 8
Longway
Box 40 Folder 9
Louisa - Buildings
Box 40 Folder 10
Louisa County Airport
Box 40 Folder 11
Louisa County - Bird's Eye Views
Box 40 Folder 12
Louisa County - Churches
Box 40 Folder 13
Louisa County Courthouse
Box 40 Folder 14
Louisa County Industrial Park
Box 40 Folder 15
Louisa County Poor House
Box 40 Folder 16
Louisa County Public Library
Box 40 Folder 17
Louisa Hotel
Box 40 Folder 18
Louisa - Main Street
Box 40 Folder 19
Lyles
Box 40 Folder 20
Luce Mine
Box 40 Folder 21
Macedonia Church Cemetery
Box 41 Folder 1
Mahoney
Box 41 Folder 2
Mallory
Box 41 Folder 3
Maps
Box 41 Folder 4
Masonic Lodge #58, Louisa - Members
Box 41 Folder 5
Masonic Lodge (Mineral, VA)
Box 41 Folder 6
Massey
Box 41 Folder 7
May Residence
Box 41 Folder 8
McGehee
Box 41 Folder 9
Methodist Church
Box 41 Folder 10
Miller's Market
Box 41 Folder 11
Mineral Auto Parts Building (Whitlock)
Box 41 Folder 12
Mineral Avenue
Box 41 Folder 13
Mineral Baptist Church
Box 41 Folder 14
Mineral Baptist Church Cemetery
Box 41 Folder 15-18
Mineral - Buildings
Box 42 Folder 1-3
Mineral - Buildings
Box 42 Folder 4-8
Mineral Centennial Celebration - 4 August 1990
Box 42 Folder 9
Mineral Elementary School Faculty
Box 42 Folder 10
Mineral Fire and Rescue Trucks
Box 42 Folder 11
Mineral - First Street
Box 42 Folder 12-13
Mineral High School
Box 42 Folder 14
Mineral High School - Class Photos
Box 43 Folder 1
Mineral High School - Class Photos
Box 43 Folder 2
Mineral High School - Faculty
Box 43 Folder 3
Mineral High School - Sports Teams
Box 43 Folder 4
Mineral Jail
Box 43 Folder 5
Mineral - Louisa Avenue
Box 43 Folder 6
Mineral Milling Company
Box 43 Folder 7
Mineral - Miscellaneous People
Box 43 Folder 8
Mineral Post Office
Box 43 Folder 9
Mineral Tea Room
Box 43 Folder 10
Mineral - Third Street
Box 43 Folder 11
Mineral Water Works
Box 43 Folder 12-13
Mines - Miscellaneous and Unidentified
Box 43 Folder 14
Mining Company Seals
Box 43 Folder 15
Minter
Box 43 Folder 16
Miscellaneous Cemetery Markers
Box 43 Folder 17-18
Miscellaneous Identified Photographs
Box 44 Folder 1-2
Miscellaneous Unidentified Photographs
Box 44 Folder 3
Moore
Box 44 Folder 4
Morrison Gold Mine
Box 44 Folder 5
Mt. Hermon Baptist Church
Box 44 Folder 6
Neeley
Box 44 Folder 7
William C. Nelson Mill on Contrary Creek
Box 44 Folder 8
Nelson-Ware-Butler Residence
Box 44 Folder 9
Newspapers, Publications, etc.
Box 44 Folder 10
Noel
Box 44 Folder 11
Peyton Noel Residence
Box 44 Folder 12
North Anna Power Plant
Box 44 Folder 13
Oak Grove Cemetery
Box 44 Folder 14
Oakland Cemetery (Louisa, VA)
Box 44 Folder 15
Ogg Memorial Building
Box 44 Folder 16
Old Tolersville Road
Box 44 Folder 17
Old Tolersville Road Drainage Project
Box 44 Folder 18
Oliver
Box 44 Folder 19
Ore Samples
Box 45 Folder 1-2
Parades
Box 45 Folder 3
Payne
Box 45 Folder 4
Pendleton
Box 45 Folder 5
Dr. E. Barbour Pendleton Residence
Box 45 Folder 6
Pendleton's Depot
Box 45 Folder 7
Pennington, E.C.
Box 45 Folder 8
Peoples
Box 45 Folder 9
Peregoy
Box 45 Folder 10
Pets
Box 45 Folder 11
Peyton Place
Box 45 Folder 12
Porter
Box 45 Folder 13
Proffitts Corner
Box 45 Folder 14
Purcell
Box 45 Folder 15
Putty, Leroy
Box 45 Folder 16
Quarles
Box 45 Folder 17
Quilt
Box 45 Folder 18-19
Radio Equipment/Operators
Box 45 Folder 20
Restricted Photos
Box 45 Folder 21
Rhoades
Box 45 Folder 22
Richmond, VA
Box 45 Folder 23
Right-of-Way Project - 522 N
Box 46 Folder 1-5
Right-of-Way Project - 522 N
Box 46 Folder 6
Road to Kiblinger Farm
Box 46 Folder 7
Rockingham County Cemetery Markers
Box 46 Folder 8
Rohr
Box 46 Folder 9
Rough & Ready Iron Furnace
Box 46 Folder 10
"Roundabout"
Box 46 Folder 11
Rudinger Residence
Box 46 Folder 12
Runnet
Box 46 Folder 13
Sacra
Box 46 Folder 14
Sacra, James
Box 46 Folder 15-16
Safley
Box 46 Folder 17
Frank Safley Residences
Box 47 Folder 1
George E. Safley Residence
Box 47 Folder 2
St. John's Chapel (Louisa County, VA)
Box 47 Folder 3
St. John's Chapel (Mechanicsville)
Box 47 Folder 4
St. John's Episcopal (Spotsylvania County)
Box 47 Folder 5
St. Jude Catholic Church
Box 47 Folder 6
Savage
Box 47 Folder 7
Schooler Family Cemetery
Box 47 Folder 8
Schools - Louisa County (also Class Photos)
Box 47 Folder 9
"Scotchtown"
Box 47 Folder 10
Scraptown (Armenius Mines)
Box 47 Folder 11
Henry Sharp Residence (Pendleton, VA)
Box 47 Folder 12
Mae Payne Shelton Gravesite
Box 47 Folder 13
Shumake
Box 47 Folder 14
Simms, Thomas
Box 47 Folder 15-16
Sims
Box 47 Folder 17
Emmitt Sims Residence
Box 47 Folder 18
Jack Sims Residence
Box 47 Folder 19
Skwarlo
Box 47 Folder 20
Smith/Safley Descendants - Charlottesville, 1993
Box 48 Folder 1-2
Snow/Ice Storms/Weather
Box 48 Folder 3
Sonntag
Box 48 Folder 4
Spicer
Box 48 Folder 5
Spicer/Jarrell Visit - May 1994
Box 48 Folder 6
Spicer, Wallace & Eleanor - 50th Anniversary (10 February 1991)
Box 48 Folder 7
C.C. Spicer Residence
Box 48 Folder 8
Sterling Poultry Farm
Box 48 Folder 9
Strickler
Box 48 Folder 10
Elton Strong and Walbrook Swank
Box 48 Folder 11
Sulphur Mines
Box 48 Folder 12
Talley/Shealor
Box 48 Folder 13
Genie Talley Residence (Pendleton, VA)
Box 48 Folder 14
Tate
Box 48 Folder 15
Terrell
Box 48 Folder 16
Thomas, Sarah C. - Funeral, 14 June 1991
Box 48 Folder 17
Thompson
Box 48 Folder 18
Adam Toler - Ciphering Book
Box 48 Folder 19
Tolersville/Toler Descendants
Box 49 Folder 1
Tolersville Tavern/Mineral Hotel
Box 49 Folder 2
Tour DuPont, 1993/Bikers
Box 49 Folder 3
Towsey Cemetery
Box 49 Folder 4-6
Trains
Box 49 Folder 7
Travel
Box 49 Folder 8
Tredegar Iron Works
Box 49 Folder 9
Trevilian Depot
Box 49 Folder 10
Trice
Box 49 Folder 11
Richard Trice Building
Box 49 Folder 12
Trinity Baptist Church
Box 49 Folder 13
Tulloh
Box 49 Folder 14
Turner, Edward
Box 49 Folder 15
V.W. Turner Residence and Store
Box 49 Folder 16
TV Images
Box 49 Folder 17
Twin Vein Mine
Box 49 Folder 18
U.S. Constitution Plaque Dedication, 1988
Box 50 Folder 1
Victoria Furnace
Box 50 Folder 2
Victoria Furnace Tram Road R/O Way
Box 50 Folder 3
Vision Quest Wagon Train
Box 50 Folder 4
Waldrop Church Cemetery
Box 50 Folder 5
Walton Gold Mine on Contrary Creek
Box 50 Folder 6
Walton and Wood Motor Company/Store
Box 50 Folder 7
Ware-Butler-Sims Cemetery
Box 50 Folder 8
Ware-Butler-Sims Residence
Box 50 Folder 9
Martha Washington Birthplace
Box 50 Folder 10
Watkins
Box 50 Folder 11
Wheeler
Box 50 Folder 12
Wheeler, James Kennedy
Box 51 Folder 1
Whitlock
Box 51 Folder 2
Whitlock's Store
Box 51 Folder 3
Bartholomew Whitlock Residence
Box 51 Folder 4
John H. Whitlock Cemetery
Box 51 Folder 5
Wilson
Box 51 Folder 6
Wind-Swept Pines at Kiblingers
Box 51 Folder 7
Wood
Box 51 Folder 8
Woodlawn Cemetery
Box 51 Folder 9-10
World War II - People and Places
Box 52
Photograph Albums
Box 53
Slides

Series VI: Oversize and Other Items

Box 54-61

This series includes much of the same types of material contained in the rest of the collection, but are housed elsewhere because of their size. There are files on Armenius Mines, census records, Contrary Plantation, court records, deeds, diplomas, railroad plans and specifications, maps and plats, marriage records, military service records, photographs, and publications. Also included in this series is ephemera, unused postcards, publications, and ledgers. There are numerous ledgers of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, including block registers, car reports, freight claims, monthly time books, way bills, and loose papers. There is also a ledger of Pleasants Cash Store in Bumpass, a time roll of the Grasselli Chemical Company, and day books belonging to John H. Kennedy.

Box 54 Folder 1
Armenius Mines - Time Roll and Employee Accounts
Box 54 Folder 2
Census Records
Box 54 Folder 3
Contrary Plantation
Box 54 Folder 4
Court Records
Box 54 Folder 5
Deeds
Box 54 Folder 6
Diplomas
Box 54 Folder 7
Freight & Passenger Depots - Plans and Specifications
Box 54 Folder 8
Kiblinger-Butler Marriage Records
Maps and Plats
Physical Location: G14/10
Box 54 Folder 9
Military Service Awards and Certificates (Frank L. McLean)
Box 54 Folder 10
Miscellaneous
Box 54 Folder 11
Photographs
Box 54 Folder 12
Publications
Box 54 Folder 13
The Soldier's Paper - 15 January 1865
Box 55
Ephemera
Box 56
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Block Register
Box 56
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Car Report Book
Box 56
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Freight Claims
Box 56
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Freight Conductors Record
Box 56
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Monthly Time Book
Box 57
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Time Book
Box 57
Ledgers - C & O Railway - Way Bills and Loose Papers
Box 58
Ledgers - Pleasant's Cash Store (Bumpass) - Invoice Book
Box 59
Miscellaneous Ledgers, Account Books, and Memorandum Books
Grasselli Chemical Company - Time Roll and Employee Accounts
Physical Location: Shelf
John H. Kennedy - Day Books, 1894-1895 (3 vols.)
Physical Location: Shelf
Box 60
Postcards
Box 61
Publications