Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
John M. Smith collection
Collection
Identifier: L596
Scope and Contents
This collection includes booklets, letters, photographs, maps, tintypes, newspaper clippings and realia from John M. Smith's personal collection ranging from 1790 to 1997 regarding Indiana history.
Dates:
1804-1982
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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John M. Smith collection
Jonas B. Berkey collection
Collection — Folder S0110
Identifier: S0110
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 21 photocopies of materials from Salem, Indianan. Included are papers dealing with Morgan's Raid, stock shares in various Salem businesses and schools, and receipts. Also included is a 9-page copy of coffin accounts, 1873-1880, of Washington County, Indiana, listing coffin sales to individuals.
Dates:
1852-1880
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Jonas B. Berkey collection
Joshua Leach collection
Collection
Identifier: L242
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence to Joshua Leach’s brother James, who was a lawyer in Stamping Ground and New Castle, Kentucky. The correspondence covered politics, business transactions (railroad and land), and family matters. In addition, the collection also includes letters from Leach’s relatives in Weatherford, Texas (1860–1861) and Natchez, Mississippi (1867–1868).The collection contains business papers of the Cincinnati and Indianapolis Junction Railroad Company and...
Dates:
1831-1883
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Joshua Leach collection
Judge John Rowan collection
Collection — Folder S1541
Identifier: S1541
Scope and Contents
This collection contains seven photostats of letters and documents. The first document was written when John Rowan was a United States Senator, which was 1825-1831. However, there is no date on the hand-written document regarding the opinions of Judge Trimble. The second item is a letter to the Honorable Samuel L. Lathan, written from Washington on March 18, 1828, by John Rowan, recommending midshipman, Philip Thomas Trapnal. The third item records the minutes of a meeting held on December 8,...
Dates:
1828-1861
Kathryn Fletcher Davis family papers
Collection
Identifier: L382
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, personal diaries, account books, and cassette tapes from Kathryn Fletcher Davis ranging from 1900 to 1975 regarding her life, daily expenses, and family. Her diaries record her every day life, including her relationships with family members, illnesses, household chores, and her attempts to bring in additional income through boarders and other jobs. The account books are detailed records of the family's expenses. Notable items include a small mirror with a...
Dates:
circa 1900-1976
Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Railroad Company collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S0117
Scope and Contents
The collection contains materials relating to the Lake Erie, Wabash and St. Louis Rail Road Company and the town of Huntington, Indiana efforts to get the railroad to run through its town. Included in the collection are two stock books from Huntington Indiana, a deposit notice, a 75th Anniversary copy of Time Tables, two account books, and receipts for the purchase and shipment of hogs.
Dates:
1851-1927
Lena M. Hiatt, Wayne County, Indiana photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP073
Identifier: SP073
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs from Lena M. Hiatt in Wayne County, Indiana ranging from circa 1900 to 1931 regarding places, buildings, and some objects in Richmond, Indiana and a couple of images of Centerville and other towns.
Dates:
circa 1900-1931
Lester N. Vandivier collection
Collection
Identifier: L167
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Lester N. Vandivier's notebooks regarding the railroad post office (RPO) and highway post offices (HPO), and includes letters, newsletters, and Vandivier's personal notes ranging from 1948-1974. Also included is a copy of the book, "Railroad Postmarks of the United States, 1861-1886" by Charles L. Towle and Henry A. Meyer (1968).
Dates:
1948-1974
Liberty Bell in Indianapolis photographs
Collection — Folder SP102
Identifier: SP102
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 2 black-and-white photographs taken in Indianapolis, Indiana when the trains bearing the Liberty Bell stopped in the city in April, 1893 on the way to the Chicago World's Fair, and again in 1904 on the way to the St. Louis World's Fair.
Dates:
1893 April; 1904 November
Lincoln funeral train, Michigan City, Indiana photographs
Collection — Folder SP101
Identifier: SP101
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 3 black-and-white photographs showing the Abraham Lincoln funeral train stopped at Michigan City, Indiana on May 1, 1965, on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illinois. The images feature a large memorial arch.
Dates:
1865/05/01
