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Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

Title: Papers, 1820-1884 [microform].

The papers include family and business correspondence, maps, plans, engineering diagrams, reports on labor and construction costs and other materials bearing on Jervis' engineering commissions. The papers are an excellent source for the early evolution of railroad, canal and hydraulic technology in the United States and for the formative years of the American civil engineering profession.

ArchivalResource: 13 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123462 View

Snyder, Harry, fl. 1863-1865. Harry Snyder diary and Bible, 1860-1865.

Title: Harry Snyder diary and Bible, 1860-1865.

Diary kept by Snyder during his Civil War service with the 17th Ohio Infantry Regiment and as a carpenter in Geneseo, Ill., following his discharge in 1864. Subjects include Snyder's participation in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia; and his service in military hospitals in Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn. Also documents his work as a carpenter for the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company and others. Includes a Bible presented to Snyder upon his enlistment in 1861.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/613325719 View

Reed, Samuel B. Samuel B. Reed papers, 1841-1921 (inclusive).

Title: Samuel B. Reed papers, 1841-1921 (inclusive).

Correspondence, fianancial records, diaries, papers, and miscellanea relating to Samuel B. Reed's career as an engineer and surveyor for various railroad lines in Canada and the United States. Personal correspondence with Jane Ann Earl Reed and Lucy Adeline Hurd Van Horne also discuss railroad matters.

ArchivalResource: 2 linear feet. (5 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702166811 View

Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Title: Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and the Midwest. Materials documenting the New Haven and Northampton Company, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Mississippi and Missouri Valley Railroad, Northern Indiana Railroad, and Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad is arranged here. The papers of Henry Walcott Farnam include personal and professional correspondence, financial papers, writings, subject files and scrapbooks relating to his family, life in New Haven, student and teaching experiences at Yale, membership in local, state, and national academic and reform organizations, and philanthropic activities on behalf of educational and charitable institutions. The papers of William Whitman Farnam include correspondence and topical files relating to family matters, Yale University, and New Haven Park Commission activities.

ArchivalResource: 161.5 linear ft.

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0203 View

Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Title: Farnam family papers, 1721-2002 (inclusive), 1850-1937 (bulk).

Correspondence, diaries, letterbooks, financial papers, writings, scrapbooks, and memorabilia of the Farnam family of New Haven, Connecticut, 1721-1929. The papers of Henry Farnam (1803-1883), and two of his sons, Henry Walcott Farnam (1853-1933) and William Whitman Farnam (1844-1929) form this collection. The papers of Henry Farnam include personal and professional correspondence concerning his family, life in New Haven, and the building of several canals and railroads in Connecticut and the Midwest. Materials documenting the New Haven and Northampton Company, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad, Mississippi and Missouri Valley Railroad, Northern Indiana Railroad, and Peoria and Bureau Valley Railroad is arranged here. The papers of Henry Walcott Farnam include personal and professional correspondence, financial papers, writings, subject files and scrapbooks relating to his family, life in New Haven, student and teaching experiences at Yale, membership in local, state, and national academic and reform organizations, and philanthropic activities on behalf of educational and charitable institutions. The papers of William Whitman Farnam include correspondence and topical files relating to family matters, Yale University, and New Haven Park Commission activities.

ArchivalResource: 161.5 linear ft.

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0203 View

Jervis, John B. (John Bloomfield), 1795-1885. Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878.

Title: Papers of John B. Jervis, 1827-1878.

Personal and business correspondence, autobiography, accounts, agreements, appraisals, bills, contracts, maps, plans, receipts, reports, specifications, surveys, and other papers relating to Jervis' canal and railroad interests. Includes material on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Boston, Rome and Oswego Railroad, Boston and Worcester Railroad Corporation, Carbondale Railroad, Chenango Canal, Chicago and Rock Island Railroad Company, Croton Aqueduct, Delaware and Hudson Canal, Delaware and Hudson Railway, Harlem River Bridge and Tunnel, Hudson Canal Company, Hudson River Railroad, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad, Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, New York and Erie Railroad, Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne, and Chicago Rail Road Company. St. Lawrence Canal, Saratoga and Schenectady Rail Road, and Schenectady and Syracuse Railroad.

ArchivalResource: 13 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71067890 View

Grant, James, 1812-1891. James Grant collection, [183-]-[188-] (bulk 1870-1880).

Title: James Grant collection, [183-]-[188-] (bulk 1870-1880).

Financial records, including receipts (1840-1880) and business files (1863-1880); legal records, including early cases in Chicago (1837-1840) and legal case files (1872-1876); letters (1848-1864); and correspondence (1866-1880).

ArchivalResource: 15 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70972715 View