West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains ledgers of the West Iron Gate Land Company a Clifton Forge (Alleghany County), Virginia manufacturer of pig iron. Included in the collection are three letter books, all containing letters apparently written by Octavius Hileman on behalf of various incarnations and subsidiaries of the West Iron Gate Land Company. In addition to a letter book from West Iron Gate Land Company, there is a volume from its predecessor, Hileman, Waring and& Company; and from Hileman and Colburn, which seems to have managed the company's land sales. The collection also contains a ledger recording the payment for lots sold at Iron Gate and an account book for Callie Furnace, detailing income and expenditures.
Dates
- Creation: 1879 - 1902
Creator
- West Iron Gate Land Company (?-1890) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from the West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical / Historical
The West Iron Gate Land Company, which operated Callie Iron Furnace in Botetourt County, Virginia, had its origins in Hileman, Cook and Company. The latter company was established during the late 19th century and was dissolved on April 1, 1881, when D. S. Cook and Harris Wilton sold their interest in the company to J. B. Hileman, O. T. Waring, E. J. Waring, and O. Hileman. Under this partnership, the company was reorganized as Hileman, Waring and Company. The new company continued to operate Callie Furnace and was in turn reorganized as the West Iron Gate land Company in 1890.
Full Extent
1.0 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Accounts and correspondence of West Iron Gate Land Company (successor of Hileman, Waring & Company), a pig iron manufacturer in Clifton Forge (Allegany County), Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers were purchased by Special Collections in 1989.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers commenced and was completed in January, 2018.
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- A Guide to the West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers, 1879-1902
- Subtitle
- A collection in Special Collections.
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- ©2018 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu