Accession Number: Ph2016-047acc
Repository: West Virginia State Archives
Creator: W. E. Bollinger and George Bragg
Title: W. E. Bollinger and Sons Collection
Date [inclusive]: 1929-1965
Extent: 1 letter size flip-top documents box, 12 letter size folders, 150 prints
Language: English
Citation: [item, collection number], W. E. Bollinger and Sons Collection, West Virginia Archives and History, Charleston, WV.
Processing information: Meredith Barbery, October 2024
Conditions on Use and Access: none
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Provenance: Unknown, refer to accession sheet for Ph2016-047.
Processing Notes: Materials displaying extensive mold or degradation have been removed to protect the rest of the collection. Some negatives had begun to dissolve and could not be salvaged.
Sources of Information [if applicable]: Refer to accession sheet for Ph2016-047
Historical Note: Refer to accession sheet for Ph2016-047
Scope and Content: This collection contains photographs and negatives taken by the W.E. Bollinger and Sons company. Topics include various individuals and companies around the Kanawha Valley from the 1920s through the 1960s.
Related Materials [if applicable]: Ph2016-047
Arrangement: Materials are grouped by business, if known, and by topic if the business is unknown.
Box 1:
1:1 Group photograph negatives from various companies, 1940s-1950s (31)
Ford, Bacon, and Davis, 1943-44 (19)
Bill Williams, drafting class (2)
Clendenin High School (7)
International Trucking Company Banquet (1)
Charleston Police Department, 1957 (1)
Columbia Gas System, retired employees, 1951 (1)
1:2 Daniel Boone Hotel photographs and negatives, 1957 (14)
Mostly the Mirror Room and exterior of the hotel
1:3 Kanawha Valley Hospital negatives, January 1937 (8)
Surgical theater and other rooms
1:4 Charleston Printing Company photographs and negatives, April 1943 (14)
1:5 Cedar Groves Collieries Company, July 1928 (7)
1:6 Carbon and Carbide, Aerial photographs of Charleston, July 1952 (23)
1:7 Peerless Coal and Coke Company, date unknown (9)
1:8 Various business & industries in West Virginia
Includes Department of Health, Campbell Creek Coal, Kanawha River Plant, Bell Phone "The Mountain State Story", McJunkin Corporation,Grandview Memorial Park
1:9 Photographs of various people and groups (3)
Chapman Revcomb-1960
Old Timer's Party at Daniel Boone Hotel, 1965
Calvary Church Choir, 1962
1:10 Photographs of West Virginia infrastructure, dates unknown (20)
Federal Building
Bluestone Dam
Winfield Lock and Dam
Adamston Flat Glass Company
Standard Ultra-Marine Plant, flood, 1937
Weston State Hospital
West Virginia Industrial Home for Girls
Hopemont Sanitarium
West Virginia Training School
Bluefield State Teachers College
Medium Security Prison
Huntington State Hospital
1:11 Aerial shots of Kanawha Valley (5)
1:12 Photographs of West Virginia Scenic Spots (6)