Papers of Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, 1854-1883.

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Papers of Cyrus Kurtz Holliday, 1854-1883.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228721069

The collection consists of letters (52 original manuscript letters and 86 photocopies of typescripts), documents, 24 photographs, and a scrapbook related to the life and business activities of Cyrus K. Holliday. There are materials related to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company and its business matters, the development of the city of Topeka, and politics in Kansas.

165 pieces.1 box.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company

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U.S. railroad, primarily in the Midwest and West; headquarters: Chicago, Ill. Name changed from Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway after bankruptcy reorganization in 1895. From the description of Santa Fé train robberies, 1890-1895. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 228418621 The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) was founded by Cyrus K. Holiday in Kansas in 1859. By 1888 the railroad s...

Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900

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Railroad founder, investor, banker; of Topeka, Kan. From the description of C.K. Holliday scrapbook and letters [microform], 1864-1875 [i.e. 1927] (bulk 1864-1883). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 55871900 Cyrus K. Holliday (1826-1900), promoter and railroad builder, graduated from Allegheny College in 1852 and moved to Kansas, where he founded the city of Topeka and succeeded in having it declared the territorial capital. Holliday secured the charter ...