Records, 1891-1972.

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Records, 1891-1972.

Presidential files (1891-1895) of Samuel Spencer including material relating to employment, passes, payrolls, and rates on coal and iron, and vice presidential files (1894-1972) of W.H. Baldwin, William W. Finley, and others, including correspondence, court proceedings, books and pamphlets, distance books, financial records, photos, and information concerning railroad tariffs, strikes, stocks and bonds, war loans, legal issues, and cotton and coal sales.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7258569

Virginia Tech

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Southern Railway (U.S.)

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Organized in 1894 from the bankrupt Richmond and Danville Railroad Company and several other railroad companies; headquartered in Washington, D.C. From the description of Records, 1891-1972. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410983 Formed in 1894; combined with Norfolk and Western Railway to become Norfolk Southern Corporation in 1982. From the description of Records, 1899-1950. (Atlanta History Center). WorldCat record id: 28414535 ...

Baldwin, William Henry, 1863-1905

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Spencer, Samuel, 1847-1906

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Spencer, native of Columbus, Ga., was president of six railroads, including the Baltimore and Ohio, 1887-1888, and the Southern, 1894-1906. He was a director of at least ten railroads and of several banks and other companies. From the description of Samuel Spencer papers, 1854-1918 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 26380330 From the guide to the Samuel Spencer Papers, ., 1854-1918, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.) ...

Finley, William W. (William Wilson), 1853-1913

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