Iron industry and trade
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Etna Furnace Company Account Book
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0167
Scope and Contents
Journal ledger containing accounts of slaves, receipts, and expenditures.
Dates:
Inclusive 1854-1857
Glasgow Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0057
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items of the Glasgow family of Virginia, including correspondence and business papers of William Anderson Glasgow (1825-1910), of Fincastle, and his son, Francis Thomas Glasgow (1854-1927), both lawyers; and of Francis T. Glasgow (1829-1916), brother of William A. and his uncle, Joseph Reid Anderson (1813-1892), both of Richmond; legal briefs, contingent claims contracts, and vouchers, 1880-1885, of the firm of Glasgow and Glasgow, Fincastle, Va.; legal papers,...
Dates:
Inclusive 1858-1926
Kathleen E. Bruce to William A. Anderson Letter
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: WLU-Coll-0663
Content Description
A Christmas card from historian Kathleen E. Bruce to her uncle William A. Anderson of Lexington, Virginia, postmarked December 25, 1928, announcing a forthcoming publication,"Rise of the Iron Industry in Virginia." The title of the book became "Virginia Iron Manufacture in the Slave Era," and was published in 1930. Kathleen Bruce was teaching history at the College of William and Mary in 1928. She was the granddaughter of Joseph Reid Anderson, former Confederate general and owner of the...
Dates:
1928-12-25