Chicago Surface Lines records, 1857-1951.

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Chicago Surface Lines. Chicago Surface Lines records, 1857-1951.

Chicago Surface Lines records, 1857-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709936935

Minute books, corporate records, accounts books, letters, contracts, ordinances, patents, memoranda, stock certificates, bank statements, etc. of the Chicago Survace Lines and of railroad companies that merged into it. Includes a scrapbook (oversize) of Chicago Elevated Rail Road tickets and passes used on the system, ca. 1915-1948. Most of the 85 volumes (1859-1950) are minute books or corporate records, which are chiefly devoted to the recording of minutes but also may include contracts, memoranda, letters, and sundry business documents. Financial and stockholder account books are also included. Materials not in volumes include ca. 950 letters, agreements, contracts, ordinances, memoranda, blueprints, patents, and miscellaneous items, 1857-1941 and about 1,000 stock certificates, 1870-1948. Microfilm: Reel 1: v.1-v.9 p.336; Reel 2: v.9 p.335-v.17 p.253; Reel 3: v.17 p.253-v.24 p.34; Reel 4: v.24 p.34-v.35; Reel 5: v.35-v.46 (E); Reel 6: v.46 (E)-v.53 p.133; Reel 7: v.53 p.134-v.57 p.133; Reel 8: v.57 p.134-v.65 p.421; Reel 9: v.65 p.422-v.70 p.605; Reel 10 v.69-v.70; Reel 11: v.71-v.75; Reel 12: v.75-v.79 p.413; Reel 13: v.79 p.414-v.85. Parts of the pages in vol. 75 are obscured by the weights used to hold the pages for microfilming.

1 oversize folder.13 microfilm reels : neg. ; 35 mm. (Camera negative of vols.).13 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (Reader copy).

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