Inventory of the William Nelson Page Papers, 1787-1926
Collection Number 1991
Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Contact Information:
- Manuscripts Department
- CB#3926, Wilson Library
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
- Phone: 919/962-1345
- Fax: 919/962-3594
- Email: mss@email.unc.edu
- URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Page, William Nelson, 1854-1889.
- Title
- William Nelson Page Papers, 1787-1926 (bulk 1880-1889).
- Call Number
- 1991
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 2,100 items (2.5 linear feet).
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Administrative Information
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the William Nelson Page Papers, #1991, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Online Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Coal trade--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Industries--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Industries--Virginia--Rockbridge County--History--19th century.
- Industries--West Virginia--Fayette County--History--19th century.
- Industries--West Virginia--Greenbrier County--History--19th century.
- Industries--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Iron industry and trade--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Iron industry and trade--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Iron mines and mining--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Iron mines and mining--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Page, William Nelson, 1854-1889.
- Pittsburgh and Virginia Railroad Company.
- Railroads--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Railroads--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Real estate development--Virginia--History--19th century.
- Real estate development--West Virginia--History--19th century.
- Richmond (Va.)--Social life and customs.
- Staunton (Va.)--Social life and customs.
- Virginia and Pittsburgh Land Association.
Collection Overview
Business correspondence, almost entirely 1880-1889, of Page as superintendent, manager, and director of several coal and iron companies, of the Virginia and Pittsburgh Land Association (a land development company), and of the Pittsburgh and Virginia Railroad Company. Page operated chiefly in Fayette and Greenbrier counties, W. Va., and Rockbridge County, Va. The correspondence with other company officials, attorneys, geologists, bankers, and suppliers of equipment concerns organization, operation, and expansion of coal, iron, and related industries in the region. Also included is personal correspondence with relatives in Staunton and Richmond, Va.