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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book, Ms1989-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book was acquired by Special Collections prior to 1989.

Processing Information

The processing and description of the Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book commenced and was completed in November, 2017.

Administrative History

Hileman, Cook and Company operated Callie Iron Furnace in Botetourt County, Virginia during the latter 19th century. The company was dissolved on April 1, 1881, when D. S. Cook and Harris Wilton sold their interests in the company to J. B. Hileman, O. T. Waring, E. J. Waring and O. Hileman, who reorganized the company as Hileman, Waring and Company. The new company continued to operate Callie Furnace. Hileman, Waring and Company seems in turn to have been reorganized as the West Iron Gate Land Company in 1890, with Hileman retained as vice-president and general manager.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of a single account book maintained by Hileman, Cook and Company--and the company's successor, Hileman, Waring and Company-- operators of Callie Iron Furnace in Botetourt County, Virginia, during the late 19th century. The ledger seems to document all of the company's various accounts, including labor, store, and transportation.

Related Material

Related collections at VT Special Collections and University Archives:

Octavius Hileman Papers, Ms2008-085

West Iron Gate Land Company Records, Ms1989-012

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Account books
• Iron foundries -- Virginia
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).