VIRGINIA CANALS AND NAVIGATION SOCIETY
RECORDS, 1966-2000

Accession 36741, 38087

Inventory

Box Folder R.G. Contents
0- VCNS Founding Papers
0-1 Founder's Biographies
1 1 0-1 Founder's Biographies - Higgs, George, W., Jr.
2 0-1 Founder's Biographies - Trout, William E., III
3 0-1 Founder's Biographies - Rich Davis - Founders' Papers
4 0-1 Founder's Biographies - Harding, Russell - Founders' Papers
5 0-2 Organizing Committee
6 0-3 Proposed Changes to Constitution
7-8 0-3 Constitution, By-Laws, Charter
9 0-4 IRS Tax Status - Report, 17 May 1990
1- VCNS Historic Files
10 1-0 Policy Statements
1-1 Annual General Meetings
11 1-1 1978 - Richmond, VA
12 1-1 1979 - Warrenton, VA
13 1-1 1980 - Great Falls, VA
14 1-1 1981 - Lynchburg, VA
15 1-1 1982 - Newport News, VA
16 1-1 1983 - Lexington, VA
17 1-1 1984 - Fluvanna County, VA
18 1-1 1985 - Richmond, VA
19 1-1 1986 - Lynchburg, VA
20 1-1 1987 - Alexandria/Great Falls, VA
21 1-1 1988 - Fredericksburg, VA
22 1-1 1989 - Buchanan, VA
23 1-1 1990 - Petersburg, VA
24 1-1 1991 - Goose Creek/Leesburg, VA
25 1-1 1992 - Roanoke Rapids, NC
26 1-1 Annual General Meetings, 1993 - Dismal Swamp, VA
27 1-1 1994 - Harper's Ferry, WV
2 1 1-1 1995 - Roanoke, VA
2 1-1 1996 - Goochland, VA
3 1-1 1997 - Northern Virginia/C & O Canal
4 1-1 1998 - Rivanna River/Charlottesville, VA
5 1-1 1999 - Lexington, VA
5a   2000 - Richmond, VA
1-2 Membership Rosters
6 1-2 1979-1980
7 1-2 1981-1985
8 1-2 1986-1990
9 1-2 1991-1995
10 1-2 1996-2000
1-3 Board Meeting Minutes
11 1-3 1979-1980
12 1-3 1981-1985
13 1-3 1986-1990
14 1-3 1991-1995
15-16 1-3 1996-2000
17 1-3 Summary of Activities Extracted from the Minutes of the Board of Governors/Directors Meetings, 1979-1998
1-4 President's Files
3 1 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Correspondence - General, Incoming, 1979-1980
2 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Hobbs, Gibson (Lynchburg)
3 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Fletcher, Richard R. (Rockbridge Co.)
4 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Trout, William E. III
5 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Membership Growth
6 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Miscellaneous Canal Information
7 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Parkinson, William W. (Warrenton)
8 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - Correspondence - Outgoing
9 1-4 Bush, Robert O. - VCNS Founding, Special Notices, Rosters
10 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - National Park Service Legislation and Regulations
11 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Potomac Canal Talk & Slide Show
12 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Meetings
13 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Bazuin, Sybil
14 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Alexandria Canal
15 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Haxall, Theodore - Boats
16 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Bush, Bob
17 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Lewis, John G.
18 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Public Relations
19 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Shank, Bill - American Canal Society
20 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Arlington County
21 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Fairfax County
22 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Archaelogical Reports
23 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Great Falls - Patowmack Canal
  24 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Antiquity Act Permit - Patowmack Canal
25 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Bush, Bob
26 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Harbaugh Journal
4 1 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Annual Meetings
2 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Virginia Constitution Bicentennial Commission
3 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Pennsylvania Canal Society Spring Tour 1985 at Potomac Canal
4 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Great Falls Park GIS Map - Index
5 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal Workshop - 4-5 May 1983
6 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal Correspondence to W.E. Trout
7 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal Congressional Correspondence
8 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Fitzsimons, Neal
9 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Hobbs, Gibson
10 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Warner, Senator John
11 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Trible, Senator Paul
12 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Great Falls Historical Society
13 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Parris, Congressman Stan
14 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - National Park Service Proposals
15-16 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - National Park Service
17 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Stock Ledger, National Archives
18 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Northern Va. Assoc. of Historians
19 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - ASCE History & Heritage Committee
20 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - McGrail, Thomas H.
5 1 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Iaccoca, Lee
2 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Restoration II
3 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Potomac River Basin Consortium
4 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - ASCE Meetings and Reports
5 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Virginia Society of Professional Engineers
6 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Various Government Agencies
7 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Batteau Fest (Joe Ayers)
8 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - John Lewis - Goose Creek
9-10 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Patowmack Canal - Correspondence and Reports
11 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Burke Dam
12 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Gude, Gilbert
13 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Essay Contest - "From Canal to Constitution"
14 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Speech to Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
15 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Donation Campaign - Buchanan, Va. Flood, 1985
16 1-4 Higgs, George W., Jr. - Miscellaneous
6 1-2 1-4 Trout, William E., III - Annual Meeting - 1984
3 1-4 Trout, William E., III - FFV (Float Fisherman of Virginia)
4 1-4 Trout, William E., III - Virginia List of Rivers
5-8 1-4 Trout, William E., III - Harding, Russ
9 1-4 Trout, William E., III - Fluvanna 1984 Meeting
10-11 1-4 Trout, William E., III - VCNS Flyer
7 1 1-4 Trout, William E., III - VCNS Logo
2-10 1-4 Trout, William E., III - VCNS
11 1-4 Trout, William E., III - Miscellaneous
12 1-4 Hopper, Samuel L. - Miscellaneous
8 1 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Reports and Correspondence from W.E. Trout III
2 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. -  Incoming Correspondence, 1988-1995
3 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Canal Restoration Commentary - Morant, Bev. Wm.
4 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Canal Conferences
5-8 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Patowmack Canal Restoration
9 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Essay Contest - "From Canal to Constitution"
10 1-4 Howlett, Myles R. - Miscellaneous
9 1-3 1-4 Mitchell, Vivienne - Miscellaneous
4 1-4 Price, Wyn - Miscellaneous
5 1-4 Dunnavant, Nancy - Miscellaneous
6 1-4 Harris, Ruth P. - Miscellaneous
7-9 1-4 Kastner, Thomas M. - Miscellaneous
1-6 Treasurer's Files
9a 1 1-6 Bank - Bob Bush, 1978-1980
2 1-6 Savings Account, 6/4/80-12/29/80
3 1-6 Balance Sheets, 1980-1990
4 1-6 Checking Account - Bank Statements, Cancelled Checks, 1980-1986
5 1-6 Bills and Receipts, 1981
6 1-6 Bank Statements/Deposit Stubs, 1981-1982
7 1-6 Bills and Receipts, 1982-1983
10 1 1-6 Bank Statements, 1983-1984
2 1-6 Savings Account, 1983-1986
3 1-6 Bills and Receipts, 1984
4 1-6 Insurance, 1985
5 1-6 Bank, 1986
6 1-6 Correspondence, 1986
7 1-6 Receipts, 1986
8-10 1-6 Cancelled Checks, 6/24/86-7/24/91, #1001-1242
11 1-6 Bank, 1987
12 1-6 Correspondence, 1987
11 1 1-6 Receipts, 1987
2 1-6 Check Registers, 1987-1991
3 1-6 Bank - First American Bank/Seligman Group - 1988
4-5 1-6 Correspondence, 1988
6 1-6 Internal Revenue Service, 1988
7 1-6 Receipts, 1988
8 1-6 Bank - First American Bank/Seligman Group - 1989
9 1-6 Correspondence, 1989
10 1-6 Receipts, 1989
12 1 1-6 Correspondence, 1990
2 1-6 Bank - First American Bank/Seligman Group - 1990
3 1-6 Receipts, 1990
4-5 1-6 Membership Applications
6 1-6 Treasurer's Reports, 1985-1989
7 1-6 Treasurer's Reports, 1990-1997
8 1-6 Howlett, Lynn
9 1-7 Archivist's Files - Reports and Correspondence
10 1-8 "Tiller" Editor Files
11 1-9 VCNS Special Notices, 1977-1979
12 1-10 "The Sweep," VCNS Newsletter, 1985-1999
13 1-11 VCNS Calendar of Events, 1997
14 1-12 VCNS Districts
15 1-13 Certificates of Appreciation
13 1 1-14 Trustee's Files, McGehee, Minnie Lee - Miscellaneous
2-4 1-14 Trustee's Files, McGehee, Minnie Lee - Essays by William E. Trout III
5 1-15 VCNS Chapters
6 1-15 Potomac Chapter Meetings, 1986
7 1-16 Special Events
8 1-17 James River Batteau Festival
2- VCNS Publications
14 1 2-1 Index to VCNS Publications
2-8 2-2 "The Tiller" Magazine
9 2-2 Index to "The Tiller"
10 2-3 "Headwaters to the Sea" Pamphlet
11 2-4 "Canal Parks in Old Virginia" Leaflet
12 2-5 "The Bateauman's Guide to the James"
13 2-6 "Touring Richmond's Canal" Pamphlet
14 2-7 "The Aged Pilot Man" Pamphlet
15 2-8 "James River Batteau Festival Trail" Atlas
16 2-9 "A Guide to the Works of the James River & Kanawha Company"
17 2-10 "The James River & Kanawha Canal - Guide from Byrd Park to the Tidewater"
18 2-11 "The Patowmack Canal" Pamphlet
19 2-12 "The Appomattox River Atlas"
15 1 2-13 "The Maury River Atlas"
2 2-14 "The Rappahannock Scenic River Atlas"
3 2-15 "Appomattox River Seay Stories" Book
4 2-16 "The Rivanna River Atlas"
5 2-17 "The Glorious Adventure" Pamphlet
6 2-18 "The Slate & Willis's River Atlas"
7 2-19 "The Goose Creek Scenic River Atlas"
8 2-20 "The Dismal Swamp Canal Atlas"
9 2-21 "The Upper James Atlas"
10 2-22 "Goochland County's Historic Canals" (Draft)
11 2-23 "Falls of the James Atlas"
12 2-24 "River Boat Echoes" Book
13 2-25 "Falls of the Appomattox Atlas"
14 2-26 "The Patowmack Canal: From Canal to Constitution" Pamphlet
15 2-27 "The Shenandoah River Atlas"
16 2-28 "The Lockhouse at Nine-Mile Locks"
17 2-29 "Stone Mileposts Along the Dismal Swamp Canal"
3- VCNS Projects
16 1 3-1 Great Falls (Patowmack Canal) Restoration
2-3 3-2 James River Batteau Fest
4 3-3 Burke Dam Project (JR & K)
5 3-4 Byrd Park Pump House (JR & K)
6 3-5 Tidewater Lock Stones (JR & K)
7 3-6 Bibliography of Virginia Canals
8 3-7 History of VCNS
9-14 3-8 James River Film - 1986
17 1 3-9 Ben Salem Lock Model Exhibit
2 3-10 "From Canal to Constitution" Essay Contest - 1987
3 3-11 Adopt-A-Lock
4 3-12 Dismal Swamp Canal Superintendent's/Toll House Restoration
5 3-13 Goochland County JR&K Canal Exhibit
6 3-14 VCNS Web Page
7 3-15 Richmond Riverfront Development
8 3-16 Appomattox Riverwalk
9 3-17 Virginia Museum of Transportation - Canal Exhibit
10 3-18 Alexandria Tidelock Historical Marker
11 3-19A VCNS Institutional Home - The Library of Virginia
12 3-19B VCNS Institutional Home - Lynchburg College
18 1 3-20 "Tiller" Binder Sales
2 3-21 River Mileage System
3 3-22 "George Washington's Canal at Great Falls, Virginia"
4 3-23 Publication Outreach
5 3-24 Merger of VCNS and JRBF
4- Virginia Waterways Register
6 4-1 Status of Virginia Canals
7 4-2 Virginia Canals Structures Inventory
8 4-3-1 National Historic Register Nominations - Patowmack Canal
9-10 4-3-2 National Historic Register Nominations - Goose Creek Locks
11 4-3-3 National Historic Register Nominations - Gilmerton Lock
12 4-3-4 National Historic Register Nominations - Varney's Falls Dam
13 4-3-5 National Historic Register Nominations - Palmyra Ruins
14 4-3-6 National Historic Register Nominations - Union Mills Canal Outlet Locks
15 4-3-7 National Historic Register Nominations - Rivanna Navigation
18a 1 4-6 Corps of Engineers Drawing, JR & K, Charles Ellet, Jr.
5- Other Source Info
2 5-1 Canal Organizations in U.S. and Canada
3 5-2 "George Washington Papers," Minnesota Historical Society
4 5-3 "Thomas F. Hahn Book Collection," Lyceum Museum, Alexandria, Virginia
5 5-4 Bibliography: "The Patowmack Canal," Natl. Geog. Soc.
6 5-5 Bibliography, Mariner's Museum, Newport News, VA
7 5-6 "Canal Boat Construction Index," ACS
8 5-7 Bibliography, "Backsights," VDOT
9 5-8 Bibliography, The Library of Virginia
10 5-9 JR&K Canal Library Collections Shelf List
11-12 5-10 Reynolds Canal Center, 1979-1981
13 5-11 Haxall, Theodore, Canal Boat Records Index, Valentine Museum
14 5-12 Virginia State Library Canal Exhibit, Jan.-March 1994
15 5-13 Canal Information, Special Collections, Duke University
19 n/a 5-14 PACSCL Photograph Directory
1 5-15 "The Virginia Genealogist" - Various Canal References
2 5-16 "A Guide to Canal Records in the New York State Archives"
6- Manuscript Collection
3 6-1 "Thomas Harbaugh's Journal" (C & O)
4 6-2 "The Rappahannock Canal" by Donald S. Callaham
5 6-3 "Patowmack Canal Preservation Alternatives" - National Park Service
6-4 "The James River Batteau: Tobacco Transport in Virginia" by Bruce G. Terrell
7 6-5 Batteau Construction Notes
8 6-6 "1823 Survey of the River Potomac"
9 6-7 "1785 Compact and Boundary Between Virginia and Maryland"
10 6-8 "Reminders of Commerce on the Potomac River" by Osgood R. Smith
11 6-9 "Lynchburg and its People" by W. Asbury Christian
12 6-10 "Richmond and Alleghany Railroad Water Rents Ledger, 1882"
13 6-11 "The Checkered Career of Tobias Lear" by Ray Brighton
14 6-12 "The Transfer of Early Industrial Technologies to America"
15 6-13 "History of Allegany County, Maryland"
16 6-14 "The Unseen River" by Garvey Winegar
20 1 6-15 "Cotton" - Home of Thomas Ludwell Lee, 1803, Goose Creek, VA
2 6-16 1807 Acts Passed by Virginia General Assembly - Proposed Meherrin River Canal
3 6-17 "Backsights" by Howard Newlon, VDOT
4-5 6-18 Wooling Family Papers
6 6-19 Rappahannock Canal System, 1988
7 6-20 "The Facts of Washington's Bequest to a National University" Essay
8 6-21 "Economic History of James River and Kanawha Canal" by Homer Marshall, Jr. (1960)
9 6-22 "North River Navigation Company" by Douglas E. Brady (1996)
8- Canal Societies Periodicals
10-12 8-1 American Canal Society - "American Canals"
21 1 8-2 Illinois Canal Society - "Newsletter"
2-3 8-3 Canal Society of Indiana - "Indiana Canals"
4-6 8-4 Canal Society of Indiana - "Newsletter"
7-8 8-5 Middlesex (Mass.) Canal Association - "Towpath Topics"
22 1-3 8-6 C & O Canal Association - "Along the Towpath"
4-6 8-7 Calvert Marine Museum (MD) - "Bugeye Times"
7-8 8-8 Canal Society of New Jersey - "On the Level"
9-10 8-9 Canal Society of New York State - "Bottoming Out"
11 8-10 Canal Museum Associates (NY) - "Canal Packet"
12 8-11 Neversink Valley Area Museum (NY) - "The Towpath"
23 1-4 8-12 Canal Society of Ohio - "Towpaths"
5 8-13 Canal Society of Ohio - "Newsletter"
6 8-14 Pennsylvania Canal Society - "Canal Currents"
7 8-15 Hugh Moore Historical Parks and Museums (PA) - "The Locktender"
8 8-16 James River Batteau Festival (VA) - "Virginia Batteau Journal"
9 8-17 James River Batteau Festival (VA) - "Quarterly Review"
10 8-18 Great Falls Park (NPS) - "Sharper"
11 8-19 Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Society (GA) - "Newsletter"
12-13 8-20 Rideau Canal (Canada) - "Steam & Stone"
24 1-4 8-20 Rideau Canal (Canada) - "Steam & Stone"
9- Virginia Canals and Rivers
5 9-0 Alexandria Canal
6 9-1 Appomattox River
7 9-2 Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal
8-10 9-3 Dismal Swamp Canal
11 9-4 Goose Creek
12-13 9-5 James River
25 1 9-6 Maury (North) River
2 9-7 Potomac River
3 9-8 Patowmack Canal
4 9-9 Rappahannock River
5 9-10 Rivanna River
6 9-11 Shenandoah River
7 9-12 Slate & Willis's Rivers
10- U.S. and Foreign Canals
8 10-0 "Canals and Railroads of the Mid-Atlantic States, 1800-1860" by Christopher T. Baer
9 10-3 Indiana Canals
10 10-4 Maryland Canals
11 10-5 Maine Canals
12 10-7 New Jersey Canals
13 10-8 New York Canals
26 1 10-9 Ohio Canals
2 10-10 Pennsylvania Canals
3 10-19 Belgian Canals
4 10-20 Canadian Canals
5 10-20A Rideau Canal
6 10-20B Welland Canal
7 10-22 English Canals
8 10-25 Panama Canal
11- Models/Dioramas Collection
9 11-1 Model - Tugboat, T. Haxall
10 11-2 Model - Schooner "America," T. Haxall
11 11-3 Diorama - Scottsville Basin
12 11-4 Model - Indiantown Creek Aqueduct, Appomattox Canal
13 11-5 Lock Demonstration Model (Watered)
14 11-6 Buena Vista Aqueduct Model
15 11-9 Diorama - Byrd Creek Aqueduct/Culvert
16 11-10 Diorama - Cedar Point Lock Keepers House and Lock #7, JR & K
12- Archaelogical Artifacts
17 12-1 Richmond Basin Artifacts Display
18 12-2 Batteau Artifacts (Jim Seay) Display
19 12-5 Pig Iron "Liberty Furnace"
20 12-7 Skip Pan Tool
13- Artworks Collection
21 13-1 Print - "Richmond at Dawn"
22 13-6 Music - "The Canaller's Songbook"
23 13-7 Music - "Minstrel Show"
24 13-12 Print - "Richmond Packet Office"
25 13-14 Lyrics
15- Newspaper Clippings
27 1-3 15-1 Virginia Canals/Navigations
4-6 15-1 Virginia Canals/Navigations - not sorted
7-8 15-2 Batteaux
9 15-3 Other Canals
17- Ephemera Collection
27 10 17-1 Cloth Patch
11 17-7 James River & Kanawha Canal Company Stock Certificate, 1861
12 17-8 Copy of Stock Certificate - James River Canal Packet Company
13 17-9 Copy, Virginia State Navigation Lottery Ticket, 1827
18- Special Collections
14 18-2 VCNS Research Library
28   Miscellaneous Publications
29   Miscellaneous
Accessions Card File
James River & Kanawha Company Library Card Catalog
Slides (GW Potomac Canal, 1982-1983)
Cassette Tapes (NPS/VCNS Meeting, 1985)

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