Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
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The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rockbridge Historical Society files on local companies, RHS Coll. 0042, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA
In some cases the citation format may vary. Please contact Special Collections' staff to verify the appropriate format.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Banks and banking
- Blueprints
- Bonds
- Financial statements
- Lexington Development Company (Lexington, Va.)
- Lumber
- Maps
- Mills and mill-work
- Publishers and publishing
- Rockbridge Company (Rockbridge County, Va.)
- Stables
- Telephone -- Directories
- Telephone companies
- Virginia -- Alleghany County
- Virginia -- Botetourt County
- Virginia -- Rockbridge County
- Wells Fargo & Company
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Bodell, G.M.
- Hutchison, W.J.
- Kline, Benjamin F.G.
- Letcher, Greenlee D. (Greenlee Davidson)
- Ruffner, William Henry
- Thompson, Charles S.
- White, Hugh Augustus
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia -- Alleghany County
- Virginia -- Botetourt County
- Virginia -- Rockbridge County
Container List
This folder contains an imprint from H. DeYoung, Clothier and Furnisher concerning their pants department, as well as a business card for a painting and repair shop opened by G.M. Bodell.
This folder contains a list of Lexington businesses and a letter which serves as an invitation to a meeting at the Court House.
This folder contains stock certificates from the Lexington Light and Power Company as well as mortgage bonds from the Lexington Manufacturing Company.
This folder contains photocopied newspaper clippings concerning the Blue Bird Company.
This folder contains a newspaper article by Hugh White about the Rockbridge Land Boom.
This folder contains a paper about the history of Dickinson's Brickyard.
This folder contains an imprint of the Lexington Building Company's constitution and by-laws.
This folder contains the prospectus of the Cornwall Building Company, a written receipt, a letter, and a contract.
This folder contains a report of the president of the Natural Bridge Forest Co. (dated 1900) and a trustee's certificate.
This folder contains a prospectus of the Buena Vista Company (undated), an imprint entitled "List of Lots Assigned Stockholders" (dated 1889), and an imprint entitled "The New City of Buena Vista" (dated 1890), which contains a map of Buena Vista and facts about Buena Vista.
This folder contains a stock certificate issued by the Buena Vista Company.
This folder contains a book entitled "Report on the Landed Property of the Buena Vista Company" by W.H. Ruffner, published in 1889.
This folder contains a paper on the land boom in Virginia as well as newspaper clippings about the land boom from the Rockbridge County News.
This folder contains a stock certificate from the Chesapeake and Ohio Development Company.
This folder contains the fourth (1894) and fifth (1895) annual report of the Central Land Company of Buchanan and a stock certificate.
This folder contains a prospectus of the Clifton Forge Company, a stock certificate book belonging to WJ Hutchison, a book of the public sales of lots, three letters, a stock certificate, and a court summons.
This folder contains an imprint entitled "The New City of Glasgow," dated 1890; a transcript of record (dated 1900) and a note for appellees on rehearing (dated 1896), both from the Fourth Circuit United States Circuit Court of Appeals, dated 1890; minutes from the first meeting of the Glasgow Investment Company; and a blueprint of a plot of land in Glasgow, dated 1903.
This folder contains bonds from the Glasgow Investment Company, deeds to the James River Investment Company, John T. McSorley, D.S. Layne, A.P. Boude, R.L. Northern, , and George W. Manly; a deed from George W. Manly to Carey J. Hunter
This folder contains a document entitled "Abstract of Title of the Lands of the Glasgow Development Company near Midvale, Virginia" by Greenlee D. Letcher.
This folder contains a stock certificate and checks from the Goshen Land and Improvement Company
This folder contains stock certificates from the Goshen Land and Improvement Company.
This folder contains two copies of a document, originally printed as a pamphlet, entitled "A Few Plain Words About the Lexington Development Company" by a stockholder, said to be McKeerer.
This folder contains the prospectus, financial statements, and stock of the Lexington Development Company.
This folder contains a stock certificate from the Rockbridge Company.
This folder contains a list of lots owned by the South Iron Land Company.
This folder contains a stock receipt from the West Enderly Company.
This folder contains a stock certificate from the Loch-Laird Land and Improvement Company.
This folder contains two papers about Charles Locher and the Locher Silica Corporation.
This folder contains a paper entitled "Reminiscences of the South River Community" by Charles L. Thompson.
This folder contains two copies of a book entitled "'Wild Catting' on the Mountain: The History of the Whitmer and Steele Lumber Companies" by Benjamin F.G. Kline, Jr.
This folder contains a subscription blank from the Glasgow Publishing Company.
This folder contains stock certificates from the Buena Vista Cassimere Mills.
This folder contains a note about a change in rates by the Spottswood Telephone Company.
Telephone directories for Rockbridge County including Lexington, Buena Vista, Brownsburg and others for years 1925, 1932, 1947, and 1963.
This folder contains a paper on long distance calling in Virginia.
This folder contains a reward poster looking for two men who robbed a Wells Fargo bank.
This folder contains a newspaper clipping about the Wright Livery Stable.