Records, 1896-1969.

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Records, 1896-1969.

Executive correspondence and subject files (35 cubic ft., 1905-1918) and card index to them (ca. 10,000 entries); preferred stock index ledgers (2 v.); treasurer's letter books (11 v., 1896-1897); records of auditor's claims (1 v., 1896-1899); inventory and appraisal of equipment (1896); rolling stock records (2 v., 1909-1921); letters received index (2 v., 1904-1908); account book (1914-1924); cashbooks (6 v., 1925-1930); estimated expenditures (1 v., 1918-1919); sealed instruments (1 v., 1896-1911); unclaimed wages (6 v., 1896-1933); annual reports to U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission (46 v., 1916-1961); advances on payrolls (27 v., 1898-1930); files dealing with labor disputes, train robberies, World War I, and train accidents (13 cubic ft., 1915-1930); and annual reports and other printed materials (1896-1930); together with historical photograph collection (ca. 30,000 images) taken by Norfolk and Western Railway Public Relations Dept., many for possible publication in Norfolk and Western Magazine.

ca. 83 cubic ft. and 107 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7260517

Virginia Tech

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United States. Interstate Commerce Commission

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Clyde Bruce Aitchison (1875-1962) was an attorney and Interstate Commerce Commissioner. He was born in Iowa, educated at Hastings College, Neb., University of Oregon, and American University. He began the practice of law at Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1896, and moved to Portland, Ore., in 1903. He was Commissioner of the Oregon Railroad Commission and its successor the Public Service Commission, 1907-1916, and solicitor for the National Association of Railroad Commissioners, 1916-1917. From 1917 to ...

Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Public Relations Dept.

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...