Royster Lyle Iron Industry papers, RHS.Coll.0096

Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Repository

Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Identification

RHS.Coll.0096

Title

Royster Lyle Iron Industry papers 1789-1887

Quantity

1.25 Linear Feet

Creator

Davis, William W.

Language

English .

Conditions Governing Use

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

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

Royster Lyle Iron Industry papers, RHS Coll. 0096, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Retrieved from Prof. Ken Koons, VMI, by Tom and Seth, May 14, 2019.

Biographical / Historical

Royster Lyle, Jr. (1933-2007) was born and raised in Danville, Virginia and attended Hampden-Sydney College. In 1962 Lyle moved to Lexington, Virginia to take a position at the George C. Marshall Foundation and Research Library where he was employed for thirty-one years. Beyond his noteworthy career at the Marshall Foundation, Lyle championed a number of major historical preservation and environmental conservation causes in the region. Lyle authored numerous articles and co-authored two books during his 45 years as a resident of Lexington, Virginia.

Related Material

WLU Coll 0374 - Hand written and illustrated notebook of short stories (The Screech Owl Story, The Sparrow Hawk New Home, The Baby Wren Queen Home, and The Hummingbird New Home on a Farm) was written by Lyle when he was twelve years old. It was a gift to his grandmother on December 25, 1945.

RHS Coll 0499 - Royster Lyle, Jr. Research Collection

General

These papers were brought in by VMI Prof. Ken Koons, May 14, 2019.

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 1

Bethel Presbyterian Church brochure

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 2

Blacksmith Victor Bell

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 3

Blacksmith Andrew Brown

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 4

Blacksmith Manley Brown

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 5

Blacksmith George Chaplin

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 6

Blacksmith Willford Downs

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 7

Blacksmith John McCown

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 8

Blacksmith John Middleton

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 9

Blacksmiths miscellaneous

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 10

Blacksmith Joe Norris

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 11

Blacksmith Joseph Patton

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 12

Blacksmith Joseph Points

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 13

Blacksmith Isaac Swartz

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 14

Blacksmith Sam Williams (slave at Buffalo Forge)

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 15

Edward Brown

1813

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 16

Buffalo Mills Forge

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 17

Isaac Caruthers

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 18

Cedar Grove/Bath Iron

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 19

Cedar Grove Ledger and Scrapbook

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 20

Ben Darst, Sr.

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 21

Eagle Tavern

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 22

Bath Iron Works Furnace (includes photos)

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 23

Beechenbrook Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 23

Buena Vista Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 24

Buena Vista Furance

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 25

Buffalo Forge Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 26

California Furance

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 27

Charcoal Furnaces

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 28

Civil War Furnaces

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 29

Glenwood Furance

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 30

Irish Creek Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 31

Lebanon Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 32

Lime Kiln Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 33

Lucy Selina Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 34

McCormick Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 35

Moore Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 36

Mossy Creek Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 37

South River Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 38

Valley Forge Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 39

Vesuvius Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 40

Victoria Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 1 folder: 41

Wilson/Mayburry and Jolly Furnace

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 42

William Hill and the area Ironworks

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 43

"Indian Princess!"

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 44

Iron Fence

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 45

Iron Industry

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 46

Iron Manufacturers

1860

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 47

Ironworks, miscellaneous

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 48

Ironworks, photographs

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 49

John Irvine

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 50

John Deere's Shop

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 51

Ben Jordan

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 52-54

John Jordan

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 55

John Jordan correspondence, mainly with John Lucas, William Jordan, and E. Lorraine

1847-1857

Scope and Contents

Includes estimates on Lock No. 14.

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 56

Jacob Leese

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 57

Leyburn family

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 58

Cyrus McCormick

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 59

McCormick's mill and workshop

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 60

Maps

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 61

MESDA (Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina)

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 62

Mills

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 63

Miscellaneous

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 64

Thomas B. Mullen

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 65

Philadelphia Museum of Art images

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 66

Pig Iron

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 67

Plow (Bar Share)

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 68

Plow Works, Vesuvius

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 69

Potters

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 70

Roanoke Boat Company

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 71

Steeles Tavern

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 72

Stoves, Cast Iron

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 73

Stoves, R. E. Lee

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 74

Walker family

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 75

Washington Academy

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 76

Weaver vs Jordan

Mixed Materials Box 2 folder: 77

Whiteside family

Mixed Materials Box 3

William W. Davis Collection, Iron Industry

Davis, William W.1845-1870

Scope and Contents

Correspondence of the Davis family, mainly pertaining to the mill and school at Cedar Grove, Rockbridge County.

Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 1
Correspondence
1845
Scope and Contents
Jacob Finney, Staunton, Virginia to John P. E. Stanley, Baltimore, Maryland, January 6, 1845 (original); John P. E. Stanley to Jacob Finney, January 10, 1845 (original on same piece of paper as the January 6 letter); typescripts of two letters on the same piece of paper, from John Jordan to William Davis, April 25, 1845 and May 1, 1845
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 2
Correspondence
1848
Scope and Contents
James Cole Davis, Botetourt Springs to his mother, Ann Davis, Cedar Grove Mills, March 5, 1848 (original and photocopy); William H. Ott, Augusta County, Virginia to William W. Davis, December 11, 1848 (photocopy)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 3
Correspondence
1849
Scope and Contents
R. Turk (?), Middlebrook to Mr. Davis, May 7, 1849 (photocopy); W. H. Compton, Lexington, Virginia to W. W. Davis, May 11, 1849 (photocopy); Jane Gillespie, Oak Hill, Louisa Co., to sister Ann, August 28, 1849 (photocopy); Jane Gillespie to brother William, August 28, 1849 (photocopy); R. Turk (?), Middlebrook to W. W. Davis, September 5, 1849 (photocopy); Baker, G. A., Lexington, Virginia to worthy brother, September 26, 1849 (photocopy); ___________? to sister, A. Davis, Rockbridge, September 26, 1849 (photocopy); James M. Brown, Kanawha C.H. to W. W. Davis, October 20, 1849 (photocopy); James Cole Davis, Botetourt Springs to his sister, December 3, 1849 (photocopy)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 4
Correspondence
1850
Scope and Contents
James Cole Davis, Washington College to his father, March 8, 1850 (photocopy); James Strickler, Cedar Grove Mills to William W. Davis, June 12, 1850 (photocopy); Sarah Holbrook, East Charlemont to Mr. Davis, September 28, 1850 (photocopy); William C. Norcross(?), Pine Forge to William W. Davis, November 28, 1850 (photocopy)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 5
Correspondence
1851
Scope and Contents
Smithson & H__________?, Lynchburg to William W. Davis, September 5, 1851 (photocopy); Harriet Morrison, Powhatan to Mr. Davis, September 29, 1851 and October 14, 1851 (originals); A. J. Huntington, Chelsea, Mass. to Mr. Davis, Cedar Grove Mills, December 16, 1851 (original); J. D. Davidson to Mr. Davis, December 25, 1851 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 6
Correspondence
1852
Scope and Contents
A. J. Huntington, Chelsea to Wm. W. Davis, Feb. 18, 1852 (original); McDaniel & Son(?) to W. W. Davis, March 20, 1852, which includes an 1851 statement (original); Lewis Webb & Son(?) to W. W. Davis, August 23, 1852, which includes a statement (original); S. C. Robinson, Roaring Run Furnace to W. W. Davis, June 5, 1852 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 7
Correspondence
1853
Scope and Contents
John Bell, Catawba to William W. Davis, April 28, 1853 (original); McDaniel Hurt & Preston, Lynchburg W. W. Davis, July 14, 1853 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 8
Correspondence
1854
Scope and Contents
Jones & Finney to W. W. Davis, February 26, 1854 (original); McDaniel Hurt & Preston, Lynchburg to Wm. W. Davis, April 11, 1854 (original); W.A. Hughes(?), Frederickhall to W. W. Davis, May 17, 1854 (original); Compton and Chandler, Lexington to W. W. Davis, November 22, 1854 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 9
Correspondence
1855-05-17
Scope and Contents
J. J. Fry(?), Richmond to W. W. Davis, May 17, 1855 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 10
Correspondence
1856
Scope and Contents
Irby & Saunders, Lynchburg to Wm. W. Davis, April 8, 1956 (original); M. L. Hughes(?), Seclusion to W. W. Davis, September 19, 1856 or 1857(?) (original); Sam Christian, Walnut Hills to W. W. Davis, November 6, 1856, which includes, which includes also a note from Sam (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 11
Correspondence
1857
Scope and Contents
Joseph R. Campbell, Lexington to Wm. W. Davis, June 17, 1857 (original); Jones & Finney, Pattonsburg to W. W. Davis, Feb. 11 & 17, March 18, 1957 (originals); John Hepler, Goshen Bridge to Wm. W. Davis, Feb. 26, 1857 (original); J. C. ____________, the Institute for the deaf and dumb and the blind to __________, Nov. 21, 1857 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 12
Correspondence
1858
Scope and Contents
W. M. McCutcheon to Wm. W. Davis, April 12, 1858 (original); M. M. Bryan, Roaches Island to Wm. W. and James C. Davis, Nov. 12, 1858 (original); P. Scott receipt due John A. Wilson on taxes…, Nov. 19, 1858 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 13
Correspondence
1860
Scope and Contents
______________, Louisa, VA to W. W. Davis, Feb. 8, 1860 (original); James B. Goodwin, Louisa, 1860 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 14
Correspondence
1861-08-02
Scope and Contents
Elizabeth Strasberg, Fishersville to brother ___________, August 2, 1861 (original and typescript)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 15
Correspondence
1862
Scope and Contents
H. B. Bosserman, Camp Alleghany to brother __________, March 27, 1862 (original in two pieces); A.(?) H. Bosserman, Rockbridge to brother __________, Nov. 23, 1862 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 16
Correspondence
1863
Scope and Contents
William Kelly(?), Camp Alleghany to friend Henry __________, March 13, 1863 (original); Wm.(?) Bosserman to friend ___________, ___________, VA, July 18, 1863 (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 17
Correspondence
1864-05-09
Scope and Contents
William Hall, At Home to friend (?), (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 18
Correspondence
1864-12-04
Scope and Contents
Alex Bondurant, Col Alto to dear Sir (?), (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 19
Correspondence
October 5, 1870
Scope and Contents
W. A. Anderson, Lexington, VA Law Office to J. McHull (?), (original)
Mixed Materials Box 3 folder: 20
Correspondence, undated

Scope and Contents
Undated – Fanny(?), Valley Union Seminary to Dearest Brother (?), Jan. (original & transcript); Mag Davis, Young Ladies Institute to Dear Ma, May 5 (original & transcript); M. L. Hughes(?), Seclusion to A. O. Davis, Cedar Grove, August 6 (original); 2 envelopes