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Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Betsy Reed, Graduate Assistant and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
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Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Huddle Family Papers, Ms1989-084, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection was acquired by Special Collections in 1989.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Huddle Family Papers was completed in September 2014. Some initial labeling of materials was completed prior to 2000. Additional processing and the majority of the collection description was completed in 2014.
Charles Ross Huddle and his son Charles Richard Huddle were mining engineers in Ivanhoe, Virginia who served in various capacities with the National Carbide Company; Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation (formerly the Ivanhoe Furnace Company); New River Mineral Company; and Sand Mountain Sand Corporation.
This collection contains papers associated with Charles Ross Huddle and his son Charles Richard Huddle who were mining engineers in Ivanhoe, Virginia, and served in various capacities with the National Carbide Company; Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation (formerly the Ivanhoe Furnace Company); New River Mineral Company; and Sand Mountain Sand Corporation. The papers include the Huddles' personal and business correspondence, W. F. Rupp's correspondence (business manager of the Ivanhoe Furnace Company's home office in Pittsburgh), and A. B. Dally's correspondence (chief executive officer of Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation), reports, business ledgers, employee records, deeds, blueprints, and approximately 300 photographs of Ivanhoe and the businesses with which the Huddles were associated. The collection also includes Charles Richard Huddle's files on St. John's Episcopal Church and Wythe county, and the local Ruritan Club. Papers date from the 1850s to the 1970s.
The collection is in its original order. In addition to a folder-level list, the contents list below includes a brief description of the type of materials found in each box and the family member to which they relate.
The guide to the Huddle Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).