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Railroads -- United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2161
Abstract

Allen's history of the railroad, with research notes and correspondence; a corporate history. Railroad material includes correspondence, reports, financial records, employee records, timetables, pamphlets, newspapers, broadsides, maps, blueprints, charts, and photographs. Also records of predecessor, affiliated, or otherwise connected railroads.

Dates: 1872-1960.

Railroad miscellany

 Collection — Manuscript box 32 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065246427]
Identifier: 1140m
Scope and content A ticket from Mansfield, Ohio to Ashland on the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad, September 3, 1889; ticket from Niagara Falls to a suspension bridge on the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad, August 28, 1886; and two tickets written out by hand in the form of passes for Henry Rulison, one to Detroit and back on the NYC & HRR (September 11, 1885), and the other to Clifton Springs, New York and back on the NYC & HRR (August 27, 1885). Also, a railroad timetable for...
Dates: 1885-1889.

Romaine Measley travel collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31924093395089]
Identifier: 6747
Scope and content

Contains materials related to travel ephemera of the National Park System and Western Railroads.

Dates: 1928-1931.

Social issues pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1220
Abstract Pamphlets on social issues at the local, state, and national levels in the United States, with local and state pamphlets focused mainly but not exclusively on New York State or its localities. Topics include education, religion and moral issues, politics (especially surrounding the issue of slavery and the Civil War), temperance, agriculture, and railroads. Also included are pamphlets relating to libraries, historical societies, and history, as well as literary pamphlets (literary essays,...
Dates: 1806-1960-(bulk 1840-1880).

Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5556
Abstract

Arbitration awards, meeting minutes, and correspondence of the Switchmen's Union of North America.

Dates: 1926-1969

Switchmen's Union of North America Additional Unification Minutes and Convention Proceedings

 Collection
Identifier: 5447
Abstract

Unification minutes, convention proceedings, and other files of the Switchmen's Union of North America.

Dates: 1908-1971

Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules

 Collection
Identifier: 5174m
Abstract

Work Agreements, Regulations, Wage Book and Book of Rules from Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company.

Dates: 1894-1913

Wheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company Offices of Vice-President & General Manager Representative Files

 Collection
Identifier: 5550
Abstract

Files of the Vice President and General Manager of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company consisting of circulars from the National Mediation Board regarding employee representation.

Dates: 1931- 1939