Vertical file collection on railroads, 1824-1935 (inclusive).

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Vertical file collection on railroads, 1824-1935 (inclusive).

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Consists of unbound manuscripts of less than a volume in size concerning numerous railroads and electric railroads in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain.

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ca. 3 linear ft. (1.5 file drawers)

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Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7175122

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company

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Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the description of Corporate records, 1901-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 313865953 Incorporated in 1864 under the laws of the state of Illinois, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company operated a line between western Chicago and Burlington, Iowa. From the guide to the Corporate records., 1882, 1901-1968....

Cleveland Rolling Mill Railroad Company.

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Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail Road Co.

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Memphis and Little Rock Railway Company.

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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company

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European and North American Railway.

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Rogers, W. Kim

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Signed "Private Sacretary" and written on White House stationery: "Executive Mansion, Washington". From the description of Letter, 1878, Dec. 17, Washington, to H. H. Tilley. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122480312 ...

Whistler, George W. (George Washington), 1800-1849

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Engineer and army officer. Father of artist James McNeill Whistler. From the description of George W. Whistler correspondence, 1842 September 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981348 ...

Narragansett Pier railroad.

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

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In 1833, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (P & R) was established to serve the burgeoning anthracite coal industry and its customers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The railroad also supported iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding, establishing itself as a transportation industry giant for over a century. During the American Industrial Revolution, the P & R provided trackage to the most densely industrialized parts...

Hastings and Dakota Railroad.

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Continental Union Railroad.

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Granite Railway (Quincy, Mass.)

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New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Saint Louis and San Francisco Railway Company.

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Baltimore and Susquehanna Railroad Company

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Chartered 1828; consolidated with several other lines to form Northern Central Railroad Company ca. 1855. From the description of Records, [18--]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70970254 ...

Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company

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The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail Road Company was organized in 1836. It operated in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. In 1902, it became a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Rail Road. From the description of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company landscaping account book, 1885-1891. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 317496691 ...

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company

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The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. was headquartered at 49 Wall St., New York, N.Y. It had many local stations, including one in New Milford, Pa. D. W. Hagen was an agent at the New Milford Station in the 1870s. From the description of Receipt book, 1853-1862, 1875-1888. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261228863 The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad was one of the largest and most prosperous anthracite mining and transporting co...

Mexican International Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf0x3s (corporateBody)

Union Pacific railroad company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mh1gs2 (corporateBody)

Served Oklahoma and other Western states. From the description of Union Pacific collection, 1930-1932. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972329 The story of the Union Pacific Railroad's involvement with oil and the Tidelands goes back to at least 1911 when the State of California granted the City of Long Beach its tidelands properties for development of commerce, navigation, fisheries, and recreation under a public trust doctine, meaning any development and revenues from such...

New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69w6fxb (corporateBody)

Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rr5v65 (corporateBody)

Mississippi Central Railroad Company (1897-1967)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61k35p5 (corporateBody)

The Mississippi Central Railroad Company was incorporated under the laws of Mississippi on March 10, 1852, and consolidated into the New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company in 1874. The company completed a railroad from Canton, Miss., to the Tennessee line on January 31, 1860. On July 1, 1859, the company absorbed the Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad Company (1853-59) which extended its line to Jackson, Tenn. With the New Orleans, Jackson & ...

Everett and Monte Christo Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z46zz (corporateBody)

Boston and Maine Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t195fx (corporateBody)

Akron Street Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zh2sx2 (corporateBody)

Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zq06r3 (corporateBody)

South Shore Railroad Company (N.S.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z47g3 (corporateBody)

Bellefontaine and Indiana Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qv9n24 (corporateBody)

Worcester Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sz2dxf (corporateBody)

Franklin and Bristol Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60p70r7 (corporateBody)

Northern Cross Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ns5853 (corporateBody)

Allegheny Portage Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q58q17 (corporateBody)

Western Vermont Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk1fzq (corporateBody)

Nova Scotia Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sf8wsj (corporateBody)

Boston, Concord, and Montreal Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj0kzp (corporateBody)

Pacific Railroad Company of Missouri.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn47tw (corporateBody)

Grand Junction Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pk6gm1 (corporateBody)

Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg and New Bedford Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rg1vp5 (corporateBody)

Mexican Central Railway Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zs7m3w (corporateBody)

Rio Grande Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s81gmz (corporateBody)

Peninsula Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw3gv1 (corporateBody)

Annapolis and Baltimore Short Line Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68t0qkw (corporateBody)

Gulf and Interstate Railroad of Texas.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj1p2n (corporateBody)

Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q019bx (corporateBody)

Eastern Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fj6kq3 (corporateBody)

Boston, Hoosac Tunnel and Western Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hb55pv (corporateBody)

Boyne City and Southeastern Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68d5wj8 (corporateBody)

Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xm27c0 (corporateBody)

American railroad company. From the description of Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122367852 From the guide to the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company station records, 1922-1923, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Delaware and Hudson Railroad Corporation

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6km3zsb (corporateBody)

Mount Carbon and Port Carbon Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j163w9 (corporateBody)

Hopkinton Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67d8vvq (corporateBody)

Crosby, William Chase, 1806-1880.

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Crosby engaged in lumbering operations in the Penobscot River area near Bangor, Maine and was interested in railroad building in Maine. His business operations were continued by his son Wilson Crosby. From the description of Business papers, 1818-1898 (inclusive). (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 229894318 William Chase Crosby was born in Atkinson, Maine in 1806. He was educated at the Gardiner Lyceum. He moved to Bangor in 1828 and was a businessm...

East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d56n3r (corporateBody)

South Pacific Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6md50gq (corporateBody)

Boston and Lowell Railroad Corporation

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The route for the Boston and Lowell Railroad was surveyed in 1829; one year later the Massachusetts Legislature granted approval for the project. In June 1835, a single track linking Boston and Lowell was completed, making this one of the earliest steam railways in the U.S. In 1895 the Boston and Maine Railroad, lessor of the Boston and Lowell Railroad, decided to eliminate a dangerous grade crossing at Prison Point St. by building an overhead viaduct and bridge connecting Cambridge and Charlest...

Cheshire Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xq357s (corporateBody)

Houston and Shreveport Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61g6mrj (corporateBody)

Connecticut Rivers Railroad Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p61nw0 (corporateBody)

Plattsburgh and Montreal Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dv7k8f (corporateBody)

Billerica & Bedford Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rn9838 (corporateBody)

Snohomish, Skykomish and Spokane Railroad and Transportation Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q58qb8 (corporateBody)

Sonora Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vt7skn (corporateBody)

Maine Central Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pc75dx (corporateBody)

In 1845 the Androscoggin & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to build a line from Danville Junction on the Atlantic & St. Lawrence (Grand Trunk) to Waterville, and the Penobscot & Kennebec Railroad was chartered to extend the Androscoggin & Kennebec line to Bangor. The former line was completed to Waterville in 1849, and the first train entered Bangor over the latter road in August, 1855. These railroads, forming a continuous line between Danville Junction and Bangor, were consolid...

LaSalle and Chicago Railway Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sn697n (corporateBody)

Newburyport Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr8vrc (corporateBody)

Portland, Saco and Portsmouth Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sv3qf7 (corporateBody)

Newcastle upon Tyne and Carlisle Rail-road Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wm698p (corporateBody)

Nashua and Rochester Railroad

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dc42mr (corporateBody)

Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jm75fj (corporateBody)

Saint Joseph Traction and Lighting Company.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kq42mr (corporateBody)

Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69084f4 (corporateBody)

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...

Rutland and Burlington Railroad

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Galena and Southern Wisconsin Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6742rkv (corporateBody)

Wisconsin Central Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63z476h (corporateBody)

Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Railroad Company

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w676954b (corporateBody)

Omaha, Council Bluffs and Suburban Railway.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dz68rn (corporateBody)

Androscoggin Railroad.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr5wx6 (corporateBody)

Haven, Franklin, 1857-1908

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60s2kph (person)

Louis Agassiz (1807-1873, APS 1843) was a zoologist and geologist. A student of Georges Cuvier, Agassiz was renown for his six-volume work Poissons fossils, a study of more than 1,700 ancient fish. Equally important was his Ètudes sur les glaciers (1840). In 1845 Agassiz moved to the United States on a two-year study grant from King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia to compare the flora and fauna of the United States and Europe. While in the United States he was invited to deliver a c...

Ames, Oakes, 1804-1873

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Oakes Ames was an American manufacturer, capitalist, and member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts who was asked by President Abraham Lincoln to build the Union Pacific portion of the transcontinental railroad. From the description of Oakes Ames letter to E. D. Braford, 1868 January 14. (University of California, Santa Barbara). WorldCat record id: 773429638 ...

Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Vertical file collection on railroads, 1824-1935 (inclusive).

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