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By Nichole Delasalas
Collection Overview
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Correspondence and receipts from various businesses from 1918 to 1937.
Biographical Note
William Snead Graham was born on April 15, 1886 in Lynchburg, Virginia. He married Ruth Tunstall on April 15, 1915 and the couple lived in Norfolk, Virginia for more than 40 years. Graham was district manager for several businesses, including The Koppers Coal Company; Castner, Curran & Bullitt, Inc.; New England Coal & Coke Company; Mystic Steamship Company; Elkhorn Piney Coal Mining Company; and The Eastern Gas and Fuel Association. He died on February 15, 1948 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all reseachers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Saunders, Jr. by donation
Preferred Citation:
William S. Graham Papers, MSS 0000-016, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed February 24, 2016.
Box and Folder Listing
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- Box 4
- Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1930 July-January
- Companies associated with this file include: The Koppers Coal Company, National Laundries, Glass Service Corporation, A. S. Nawlin and Company, Chas. D. Barney and Company, General Foods, Southern School of Beauty Culture, Inc., The Analysis Foundation, Camp Shawanogi, The Midland and Coal Company, Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Miller Trail Control Corporation.
- Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1930 December-August
- Companies associated with this file include: Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Maryland Casualty Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, The Koppers Coal Company, National Laundries, Glass Service Corporation, A. S. Nowlin and Company, Chas D. Barney and Company, General Foods, Southern School of Beauty Culture, Inc., The Analysis Foundation, Camp Shawanogi, The Midland Coal Corporation, Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Miller Train Control Company.
- Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1932 December-January
- Companies associated with this file include: General Foods, Corroon and Reynolds, Ferlazzo's Southern Antique Shops, Inc., Spann and Hill, R. F. Trant, Chiles Coal Company, The Consolidation Coal Company, Hampton Roads Wholesale Coal Association, Odend'Hal - Monks Corporation, The West Virginia Coal Company, Burk and Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Mass Mutual, The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Nansemond Brick Corporation, Investment Corporation of Norfolk, Myers Corporation of Norfolk, Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia, Farmers Manufacturing Company, The Koppers Coal Company, Maryland Casualty Company.
- Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1933 December-January
- Companies associated with this file include: Jefferson Coal Company, Hampton Roads Wholesale Coal Association, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, E. L. Cooke, Jr and Company, Tax Equalizing Association, Farmco Package Corporation, T. J. Pargoe, Pan American Union, A. S. Nawlin and Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, The Koppers Coal Company.
- Folder 5: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1934 July-January
- Companies associated with this file include: The Koppers Coal Company, Norfolk Country Club, Tunstall and Tunstall, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Granger Engineering, New England Coal and Coke Company, National Bank of Commerce, Virginia Smokeless Coal Company, The Virginian Railway Company, First Presbyterian Church, J. Southgate and Son, A. T. Massey Coal Company, Castnen, Curran, and Bullitt, Investment Corporation of Norfolk, Farmco Package Corporation.
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