Richard F. Dole papers, ca. 1850-1985.

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Richard F. Dole papers, ca. 1850-1985.

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Includes correspondence; published articles by Mr. Dole, unpublished articles and articles and journals anotated by Mr. Dole; histories; Maine railroads: business records, annual reports, chronologies, ephemera, locomotive lists; Maine Central Railroad: locomotive builders, locomotive data and specifications, biographical data, general corporate history, scrapbooks, special trains such as Flying Yankee, Gull, etc., station data, strikes, timetables, traffic statistics, and passenger traffic dept. bulletins, articles, maps, newspaper clippings, underlyers in Maine, New Hampshire, Quebec, and Vermont.; non-Maine railroads: such as B & M railroad, Canadian railroads, Central Vermont railroads, historical dates for N.E. railroads, Massachusetts railroad laws, New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, and U.S. military railroads during the Civil War; photo albums and loose photos; maps and plans; booklets, periodicals, newspaper clippings, railroad maps, watercolor, Maine Historical Society quarterlies, bulletins, odd railroad magazines, all narrow gauge railroads.

45 linear ft.

Maine Historical Society Library

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