Papers, 1923-1940.

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Papers, 1923-1940.

The collection contains daybooks (1923-37), daily report binders (1936-40), cashbooks (1923-32), checkbook with stubs (1933-36). The daybooks include hour by hour accounts of Kirchner's activities beginning with his time in Lima and Bellevue, Ohio (1920s and early 1930s) and ending with his time in Muncie (after 1937).

2 boxes (0.88 linear ft.)day books 13 items.daily report binders 4 items.cashbook 1 item.checkbook with stubs 1 item.

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New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

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Railroad founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. From the description of Records 1846-1961. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17725622 Nickel Plate Road on Oct. 16, 1964 was absorbed via merger by the N & W, or Norfolk and Western...

Kirchner, Hugh J.

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Hugh J. Kirchner worked as a railroad detective in Lima and Bellevue, Ohio, and in Muncie, Indiana in the 1920s and 1930s, and served as the captain of police for Nickel Plate Railroad. From the description of Papers, 1923-1940. (Ball State University Library). WorldCat record id: 34612223 ...