Mr. & Mrs. G. O. Edwards Collection of W.M. Ritter Lumber Company Photographs

Collection — Box: A (Small Photos), Folder: 1

Identifier: AppMs-0092

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of black and white copy negatives and contact prints which depict the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company operations in Virginia and Kentucky. Depicted are housing for workers, trains hauling logs, and loggers and officials employed by Ritter Lumber Company. The original photographs dated from 1904 to 1946.

List of photographs and dates of originals

George L. Carter, Isaac T. Mann, George A. Kent, John B. Dennis, W. M. Ritter, Norman B. Ream, Thomas Fortune Ryan, James A. Blair, Ray Dennis, and James Hammill at Speer's Ferry, Virginia, circa 1904 (copied from a publication)
McClure, Virginia, 1917 (2 views)
Ritter Lumber Company Frying Pan Camp, Virginia, 1927
Blacksmith, circa 1930
McClure, Virginia lumber yard, circa 1937
Ritter Company family in front of shanty, circa 1937
Unloading logs in pond at Ritter mill in McClure, Virginia, circa 1937
Logging train near Route 63 and McClure, Virginia, circa 1937
Family in front of shanty, Caney Creek, 1939
Ritter Lumber Company labor camp, Caney Creek, Virginia. House of camp cook Frank Fletcher in back, 1940
Ritter Lumber Company camp on Caney Creek, circa 1940
"Ritter Engine" used for hauling logs to McClure Pond and sawmill, 1940
Railroad hand car, 1942
Nichols, superintendent of Ritter Mill in Hyder, Kentucky, 1946
Ritter Lumber Company mobile housing, Hyden, Kentucky, 1946
Ritter Lumber Company mobile housing, Hyden, Kentucky, 1946
A.A. Kopp, Noah Tiller, and Tom Trippler, undated
Virginia logging train, undated

Dates

1981

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

38.00 item(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Method of Acquisition

The Mr. & Mrs. G. O. Edwards Photographs were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on February 14, 1981 by Mr. & Mrs. G. O. Edwards of 309 Elmo Street, Bristol, Virginia 24201.

Existence and Location of Originals

The location of the originals is unknown.

Processing Information

Processing was completed in 1988 by Marie Tedesco. She revised the Finding Aid in 1995.

Subjects

Company towns Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Locomotives Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Logging railroads Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Lumber camps Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Railroads--Cars Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Railroads--Pictorial works Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
W.M. Ritter Lumber Company