George Ritch White Diaries 1896-1954

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George Ritch White Diaries 1896-1954

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.whitegr

The diaries of George Ritch White, which span from1896 to 1954 (the diary for 1937 is absent), provide an extensive record of oneman's life, work, interests, observations, and travels. Diary entries documentin detail White's family life, friendships, and hobbies as a boy; his studiesas a young man at Tufts University and Yale University; his work as astatistician for the New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad; his dailyobservations, social and housekeeping activities, and income and expenseaccounts; and, most notably, his extensive travels across the United States andCanada by train.

4.6 linear feet (5boxes)

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tx79zh (corporateBody)

The collection holds documents related to early southern New England railroads, particularly those that were predecessor lines of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, the railroad predominant railroad in the region from 1872, when it was established through the merger of the New York and New Haven Railroad and the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, to 1969, when it was absorbed into Penn Central. From the description of New York , New Haven & Hartford Railroad Predecess...

White, George Ritch, 1883-1957.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h7124w (person)

George Ritch White (1883-1957) graduated from Yale in 1906 and worked as a statistician for the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad for 41 years. He kept a diary from the age of 13 to the age of 72, in which he documented his daily life and work, as well as his local, transcontinental, and foreign travels. From the description of George Ritch White diaries, 1896-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702181663 George Ritch White graduated from Yale in 1906 and worked as...