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Johnson, Frank A., 1922-. Oral history interview with Frank A. Johnson, 2009 January 16.

Title: Oral history interview with Frank A. Johnson, 2009 January 16.

Interview with Frank A. Johnson, an Army veteran, concerning his childhood and education in Easton, Pa.; family's experience in the Great Depression; father's service in U.S. Navy in World War I; decision to go work while still attending school at age of thirteen; work with Lehigh Valley Railroad; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; family's move to New York City; service as civilian air raid warden; drafted in the U.S. Army in 1942; courtship with now-wife, Evelyne; basic training at Ft. Dix, N.J.; assignment to cryptography training program in Pawling, N.Y.; assignment to Albrook Field, Panama; assignments throughout Central and South America, which mainly involved intercepting communications of Nazis and Nazi sympathizers; help provided by network of Catholic priests; breaking German code; feelings regarding war's end; return to New York City; civilian career in manufacturing. Appendix consists of sixteen leaves of photos photocopies of paperwork.

ArchivalResource: 68, [17] leaves ; 29 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/610205091 View

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Annual reports to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1935-1939.

Title: Annual reports to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, 1935-1939.

ArchivalResource: .5 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70963118 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Estate of Asa Packer deceased loan on Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. stock and Bethlehem Loan Co. stock : syndicate records, 1897 Mar. 2.

Title: Estate of Asa Packer deceased loan on Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. stock and Bethlehem Loan Co. stock : syndicate records, 1897 Mar. 2.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270835616 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Financial Dept. Records of Vice President A. J. County, 1902-1938 (bulk 1925-1938).

Title: Records of Vice President A. J. County, 1902-1938 (bulk 1925-1938).

The records of the Vice President-Treasury, Accounting & Corporate Work comprise 8 cubic feet of material, dating from 1901-1938. They include a small number of files from County's service as Vice President-Accounting and as Vice President-Accounting & Corporate Work. The bulk of the records, however, dates from 1925-1938. Thus, this material covers his tenure as both Vice President-Treasury, Accounting & Corporate Work (1925-1929), and as Vice President Finance & Corporate Relations. The files are continued by those of the Vice President-Finance.

ArchivalResource: 8 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122558552 View

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. Coal Dept. Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

Title: Records, 1856-1899 [microfilm].

The records are selected microfilm and xerox copies from a larger body of Coal Department records at the Lackawanna County Historical Society, 232 Monroe Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510.

ArchivalResource: 12 reels of microfilm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122392708 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Lehigh Valley R.R. general consolidated 4 1/2% bonds : syndicate records, 1913 Dec. 19.

Title: Lehigh Valley R.R. general consolidated 4 1/2% bonds : syndicate records, 1913 Dec. 19.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270906781 View

Jackson and Sharp Company. Records, 1869-1946 (bulk 1898-1905).

Title: Records, 1869-1946 (bulk 1898-1905).

The records consist of six lots of miscellaneous material acquired from different individuals who salvaged them from the plant after its closing. At that time, the builder's negatives were given to the Delaware State Archives.

ArchivalResource: 4.1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86119252 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Lehigh Valley stock purchase : syndicate records, 1902 Dec. 06.

Title: Lehigh Valley stock purchase : syndicate records, 1902 Dec. 06.

Documents the consolidation of New York and Hoboken Ferry Company.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270891921 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Legal Dept. Records, 1855-1968, (bulk 1910-1950).

Title: Records, 1855-1968, (bulk 1910-1950).

ArchivalResource: 136.5 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122397633 View

Beckwith, A. T., surveyor. Map of the Morris Canal through Newark, N.J., surveyed 1892 / survey made under the direction of Walter G. Berg, principal asst. engr., L.V.R.R. [Lehigh Valley Railroad Company] by A.T. Beckwith, address c/o P. & R.R.R. [Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.], Philadelphia ; assisted by A. Valentine of Woodbridge, N.J.

Title: Map of the Morris Canal through Newark, N.J., surveyed 1892 / survey made under the direction of Walter G. Berg, principal asst. engr., L.V.R.R. [Lehigh Valley Railroad Company] by A.T. Beckwith, address c/o P. & R.R.R. [Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.], Philadelphia ; assisted by A. Valentine of Woodbridge, N.J. 1892.

ArchivalResource: 1 map on 4 sheets : col. ; 147 x <1,614> cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/493455591 View

Learned Hand papers

Title: Learned Hand papers

Materials relating to Hand's private and public life, his activities as an alumnus of Harvard University, his friendship with Felix Frankfurter, and to the Hand family. Includes material on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, New York City; information on the Progressive movement (1909-1914) and the beginnings of the New Republic and its early staff; and transcripts of oral-history interviews conducted by Gerald Gunther of Stanford Law School and others, of Judge Hand, his family and associates.

ArchivalResource: 116 linear feet linear feet (in 235 boxes and 18 paige boxes)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/law00059/catalog View

North Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Records, 1836-1982.

Title: Records, 1836-1982.

The records of the North Pennsylvania Railroad Company consist of basic corporate records such as minute books, annual reports, account books and statements. They give a good overview of the company's planning, construction and operation down to the Reading lease of 1879, the dull middle period when the firm was a passive lessor (1879-1971), and the complex negotiations connected with the bankruptcy and conveyance to Conrail (1971-1981).

ArchivalResource: 14 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123711 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary. Corporate records, 1843-1968.

Title: Corporate records, 1843-1968.

The records consist of typed duplicates or microfilm copies of all records pertaining to the activities of the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company from its organization to 1960. In addition, there are good representative samples of the contracts, manuals and other corporate papers, which were printed and distributed in multiple copies.

ArchivalResource: Mss. 16 linear ft.Microfilm 115 reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123673 View

Reading Company. Records, 1795-1979.

Title: Records, 1795-1979.

The archive consists of the corporate records of the Reading Company (1871-1976), the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (1833-1896), the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company (1896-1923), and 159 predecessors and subsidiaries. Record types include minutes, account books, securities records, reports and agreements. Departmental records are available for the parent company, primarily from the various officers of the Operating Department, the Legal Department, the Secretary and Treasurer. Fragments of presidential correspondence are also available, especially for J. S. Harris and A. A. McLeod. Departmental records contain abundant detail on operating, technical and labor matters, with coverage relatively complete for the 1860-1914 period. Of special interest are papers relating to the Molly Maguires in the 1870s.

ArchivalResource: 1,131 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122516026 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Engineering Dept. Maps and drawings, 1876-1976 (bulk, 1900-1950).

Title: Maps and drawings, 1876-1976 (bulk, 1900-1950).

This subgroup of maps and drawings consists of items extracted from the correspondence files or in some cases purchased from private collectors who salvaged them from the company. All maps and drawings relating to right of way and structures have been arranged here, including items from the files of other departments on the grounds that they were originally prepared by the Engineering Department and to put all drawings of a similar type together. Because the drawings are a synthetic collection of fragments, they have been arranged somewhat arbitrarily according to the type of thing depicted.

ArchivalResource: 72 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123466646 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Lehigh Valley stock railroad syndicate : syndicate records, 1901 Jan 5.

Title: Lehigh Valley stock railroad syndicate : syndicate records, 1901 Jan 5.

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Records

Title: Lehigh Valley Railroad Records

Papers and photographs documenting the Lehigh Valley Railroad.

ArchivalResource: 3.25 Cubic feet (7 boxes, 1 map-folder)

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Cooper, Theodore, 1839-. Cooper Bridge Plan collection, 1887-1889 (bulk).

Title: Cooper Bridge Plan collection, 1887-1889 (bulk).

Consists mainly of letters (194 items) and drawings (ca. 150) sent to Theodore Cooper, giving him information for the important paper on American railroad bridges which he published in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1889. Also contains notes, sketches, and a few photographs. Drawings are mainly prints and blueprints of railroad bridges, including ones designed by Theodore Burr, Timothy Palmer, Lewis Wernwag, and Albert H. Fink. Correspondents include the American Society of Civil Engineers; D.M. Stauffer, editor of Engineering News magazine; H. Bissell, chief engineer, Boston and Maine Rail Road; A.J. Swift, chief engineer, Delaware & Hudson Canal Company; Palmer C. Ricketts, director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and T.R. Lawson, his assistant; Henry McCormick Jr., president of Harrisburg Bridge Company; and the Lehigh Valley Rail Road Company. The collection includes several items about the work of Theodore Burr and Timothy Palmer, earlier civil engineers who had each designed a number of railroad bridges.

ArchivalResource: .9 cubic ft. plus 278 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63934951 View

Girard Estate Records

Title: Girard Estate Records

ArchivalResource: 5 Cubic feet (16 boxes, 1 map-folder)

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Easton and Amboy Railroad Company. Journals and ledgers, 1871-1903.

Title: Journals and ledgers, 1871-1903.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70963080 View

Morris Canal and Banking Company. 1890 bond transfer book, 1897.

Title: 1890 bond transfer book, 1897.

1890 bond transfer book containing a certificate (14 July 1897), transferring $500,000 of registered bonds to Girard Life Insurance, Annuity, and Trust Company of Philadelphia, as trustee under the mortgage of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company.

ArchivalResource: .33 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70961585 View

Railroad advertising pamphlet collection, circa 1920-circa 1940.

Title: Railroad advertising pamphlet collection, circa 1920-circa 1940.

The collection consists of 5 Southern Pacific (1937), 1 New York Central (1935), 1 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1 Milwaukee Road (Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company), 2 Lehigh Valley Railroad Company (1938), and 1 Pennsylvania Railroad tourist pamphlets and leaflets dating from the 1920s-1940s.

ArchivalResource: 11 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/467952080 View

Wilgus, William J. (William John), 1865-1949. William J. Wilgus papers, 1895-1947.

Title: William J. Wilgus papers, 1895-1947.

Collection consists of records that document Wilgus' professional activities as a civil engineer.

ArchivalResource: 115 linear feet (112 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122576089 View

J.P. Morgan & Co. Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. general mortgage 4 1/2% bonds : syndicate records, 1916 Apr. 17.

Title: Lehigh Valley R.R. Co. general mortgage 4 1/2% bonds : syndicate records, 1916 Apr. 17.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270913200 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Traffic Dept. Freight Dept. Registers, 1853-1905.

Title: Freight Dept. Registers, 1853-1905.

This subgroup consists of five registers that have survived from the early years of the company. They were purchased by Hagley at the Penn Central Auction of 1972.

ArchivalResource: 5 vols.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123466706 View

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Paterson--Mountain View--Pompton Feeder.

Title: Paterson--Mountain View--Pompton Feeder. [189-?]

ArchivalResource: 1 map : col. ; 143 x 304 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/492251324 View

Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. Records, 1847-1971.

Title: Records, 1847-1971.

The records of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company consist of duplicate corporate records formerly in the custody of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.

ArchivalResource: 10 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122567839 View

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Industrial Engineering Dept. Records, 1945-1966 (bulk 1963-1966).

Title: Records, 1945-1966 (bulk 1963-1966).

The surviving files of the Director of Industrial Engineering consist of a sample of reports and studies. Most were undertaken between 1963 and 1966, but there are some earlier items inherited from elsewhere in the Operating Dept. While most of the reports contain analyses of the structures and work force at various locations, they are not strictly in the Taylorist tradition or time-and-motion studies. They are mostly concerned with things like overall input and output, with the narrow goal of getting rid of anything unnecessary or redundant.

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122503453 View

Penn Central Transportation Company Records, 1835-1981, 1835-1960

Title: Penn Central Transportation Company Records 1835-1981 1835-1960

Records of railroad companies, mainly Michigan lines, absorbed with the merger of the New Yok Central Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company into the Penn Central Transportation Company.

ArchivalResource: 273 linear ft. and 144 oversize volumes

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bhlead/umich-bhl-87400?rgn=main;view=text View

Dorr, William Ripley, collector. California railroad clubs : photograph albums, 1948-1960

Title: Dorr, William Ripley, collector. California railroad clubs : photograph albums, 1948-1960

ArchivalResource: 2 albums (416 prints) in 1 manuscript box

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New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co. New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company records, 1914.

Title: New York, Ontario and Western Railway Company records, 1914.

The collection contains shipping manifests produced by the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. The dates upon the manifests are from January to April of 1914.

ArchivalResource: 1 file folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29821678 View