Includes typescript essays entitled "Iron-masters of Rockbridge County," "The Old Charcoal Iron Furnaces; Its Construction and Operation, "Victoria Furnace at Goshen," "Extracts from the Testimony in the Law Suit Weaver vs. Jordan Davis and Co." and "A Biographical Sketch of William Weaver." Also includes Lexington New Gazette article on iron works, a Richmond Times-Dispatch article on Rockbridge "pyramid." Inlcudes essay entitled "California Furnace," as well as essay about the history of "this old Iron Ball." Includes publication on Joseph R. Anderson of Tredegar published in The Commonwealth Magazine. Articles and essays range from early 1940s to late 1950s as creation dates.