Harry Slabotsky papers, circa 1905-1949.

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Harry Slabotsky papers, circa 1905-1949.

Papers include a newspaper clipping and circulars from the Southern Pacific Lines (1920) and the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company (1917) regarding Slabotsky's employment and position with the companies. Graphic materials include two printed pictures, possibly of Slabotsky and his graduating class; two photographs of water drainage tunnels [194-?]; and a postcard of a bridge in Morgan City, La. Slabotsky's 1906 LSU diploma is also included.

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Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

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Arthur Taylor Prescott (1863-1942) graduated from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La., in 1884. He became commandant of the student cadet organization at the University of Virginia in 1887, the first president of the Louisiana Industrial Institute at Ruston in 1894, and professor of government at Louisiana State University in 1899. From the description of Arthur T. Prescott receipts, 1880-1885. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 308362360 ...

Southern Pacific Company

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What started as a boycott by the American Railway Union against Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894 escalated to a strike covering the area from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. On the premise of interfering with the mails the federal government intervened and crushed the strike. From the description of Journal of incidents in San Francisco resulting from the American Railway Union strike, 1894 June 27-Aug. 31. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record ...

Slabotsky, Harry, b. 1885.

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Harry Slabotsky was born in 1885 and graduated from Louisiana State University in the Spring of 1906 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. His 1906 thesis is titled, THE UNITED STATES SYSTEM OF LAYING OUT THE PUBLIC LANDS. He worked for railroads in Texas and Louisiana and apparently later moved on to work in the hydroelectric industry. From the description of Harry Slabotsky papers, circa 1905-1949. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 261215799 ...

Houston & Texas Central Railway Company

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