Collection of Kate Shelley materials, bulk circa 1956.

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Collection of Kate Shelley materials, bulk circa 1956.

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The collection includes correspondence, clippings and ephemera related to the dedication of the Kate Shelley memorial at Boone, Iowa (July 6, 1956) and the proclamation of Kate Shelley Week by the governor of Iowa; issues of The Conductor and brakeman (a periodical published in Cedar Rapids, Iowa devoted to railroads and their employees) with articles featuring Shelley; and several photos of Kate Shelley and her family. The Conductor and brakeman issues in the collection are June and October, 1955 and January, June and August 1956. The materials were collected by Sally and Robert McCullough, relations of Shelley.

.25 linear ft. (2 folders)

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760210

State Historical Society of Iowa, Library

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Chicago and North Western Railway Company.

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"The Chicago & North Western Railway, created during the late 1850s by the merger of several small railroads in Illinois and Wisconsin, was led during its early years by William B. Ogden, Chicago's first mayor. In 1864, the Chicago & North Western absorbed the Galena & Chicago Union, which in 1848 had been the city's first railroad. Between 1872 and 1910, under the leadership of Marvin Hughitt, the length of track in the road's rail network grew from about 1,400 miles to nearly 10,00...

Shelley, Kate

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