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Francis D. Donovan Papers., undated, 1829-1997.

Title: Francis D. Donovan Papers. undated, 1829-1997.

Francis D. Donovan (1917-2005) was a resident of Medway, Massachusetts, and an avid railroad photograph and memorabilia collector and researcher, particularly of materials associated with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor lines. His papers consist of his writings and research files about the railroad; photographs of stations, engines, and railroad scenes; maps, scrapbooks, postcards and timetables.

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company. Records, 1822-1964 (inclusive), 1822-1927 (bulk).

Title: Records, 1822-1964 (inclusive), 1822-1927 (bulk).

A selection of account books of lines which went to make up the railroad. The most extensive series are for the Central New England Railroad (1899-1927), the Hartford and New Haven (1835-1872), and the New York and New Haven (1845-1887). Ledgers and occasionally other volumes for the following: Boston and New York Air Line Railroad; Boston and New York Central Railroad; Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad; Central New England and Western Railroad; Charles River Branch Railroad; Charles River Railroad; Hampshire and Hampden Canal Co.; Housatonic Railroad; Hudson Connecting Railroad Co.; Joy Steamship Co.; Maine Steamship Co.; Naugatuck Railroad; New York and Boston Railroad; New York and New England Railroad; New York, Providence and Boston Railroad; New England Railroad; New England Terminal; New England Transfer; Old Colony Railroad; Old Colony Steamboat Co.; Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad; Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad; Poughkeepsie, Hartford and Boston Railroad; Providence and Springfield Railroad; Providence and Stonington Steamship Co.; Rhode Island and Massachusetts Railroad; Shore Line Railway Co.; and Union Wharf Co. Also included are letters to Charles F. Pond, president of the New York and New Haven Railroad (1847-1852) and daily record of engines (1868-1882). There is also an extensive file of miscellaneous materials on the various lines which made up the New Haven. An additional group of papers are the files of Prof. Kent T. Healy who taught transportation at Yale and was a member of the New Haven reorganization committee, ca. 1947-1953; these relate to the reorganization and finances of the railroad from 1947 to 1964.

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