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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

Eastman, Josephus, b. 1822. Josephus Eastman diary, 1863.

Title: Josephus Eastman diary, 1863.

Journal entries for June 26 and June 27, 1863 document the arrival of the first train in Grinnell. The train was operated by the Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232305078 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

Leonard, Levi O., 1854-1942. Papers of Levi O. Leonard 1839-1941 (Part 1).

Title: Papers of Levi O. Leonard 1839-1941 (Part 1).

The papers of Levi O. Leonard document the building of the Union Pacific Railroad from Omaha, Nebraska to Promontory Point, Utah. It includes the papers of Thomas C. Durant and the Credit Mobilier of America. Included are account books, letterpress books, contracts, legal papers, land profiles, maps, etc., all related to the actual construction of the transcontinental railroad. There are construction-period photographs taken by such noted photographers as A.J. Russell, Charles R. Savage, and J.E. Stimson. The papers also include historical material relating to other railroads, including the Mississippi and Missouri, Chicago and Rock Island, Adirondack, Baltimore and Ohio, etc. Correspondence is found throughout the entire collection. The letters from engineers, construction superintendents, railroad officials, stockholders, etc. reflect a broad range of concerns from rail orders to cotton speculation or excursion invitations to legal wrangles. Some of the correspondents include: D.H. Ainsworth, John B. Alley, Oakes Ames, Oliver Ames, George Ashmun, Benjamin E. Bates, Clark Bell, Cornelius S. Bushnell, Dan T. Casement, John S. Casement, Ebenezer Cook, John P. Cook, Henry C. Crane, and Samuel S. Cox. More correspondents include: George T.M. Davis, James W. Davis, Peter A. Dey, Sidney Dillon, John A. Dix, Grenville M. Dodge, William P. Dole, John R. Duff, Thomas C. Durant, William W. Durant, James A. Evans, Henry Farnum, James Fisk, and George W. Frost. More correspondents include: Samuel Hallett, Benjamin F. Ham, Springer Harbaugh, James Harlan, Alexander Hay, James T. Hodge, Fred S. Hodges, Ben Holladay,Jacob E. House, Herbert M. Hoxie, Charles A. Lambard, William H. Macy, D.C. McCallum, Henry S. McComb, and Henry McFarland. More correspondents include: John D. Perry, Henry V. Poor, A.J. Poppleton, Samuel B. Reed, Edward H. Rollins, Silas Seymour, Charles T. Sherman, William T. Sherman, J.H. Simpson, Webster Snyder, Edmund C. Stedman, William O. Stoddard, and Lorenzo Sweat. More correpondents include: Charles Tracy, John F. Tracy, George Francis Train, John P. Usher, B.F. Wade, John M.S. Williams, James M. Woolworth, and Brigham Young. The Leonard papers also include lectures and radio talks given by L.O. Leonard.

ArchivalResource: Papers, 32.5 linear ft., (65 boxes)Photographs, 4 linear ft., (8 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233105998 View