Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
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
Marion County, Indiana history drawing prints
Collection — Folder S2571
Identifier: S2571
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 35 undated prints of drawings put from an unknown artist depicting scenes and places in the Indianapolis and Marion County history, which are as follows:1. Two pioneer hunters where Fall Creek meets White River (1800s)
2. Four riders on horses with covered wagon on trail (mid-1800s)
3. Surveying the new state capitol (1820)
4. Four men meeting about planning of Indianapolis (1820-1821)
5. Governor Jennings and wife on horseback going to Washington, D.C....
Dates:
undated
Martha E. Wright photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P032
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photographs, negatives, and postcards from Martha E. Wright in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from circa 1860 to 1993 and undated regarding individual family members from the Wright, Smythe, and Gill families, family homes, friends, daily life, recreational activities, parades in Indianapolis, industrial scenes, railroads, bridges, and steamboats.There were also correspondence and papers from Maurie Bailey Wright, Maude Bailey, and Kathryn and Martha Wright...
Dates:
circa 1860-1993, undated
Mary Ramier collection
Collection — Folder S1095
Identifier: S1095
Scope and Contents
This collection includes photocopies of documents and typed translations. Asbury Allegre wrote to his brother, Lorenzo Allegre in Fayette County, Ohio, on May 20, 1848, telling about his new son, Eberle Munroe. He says they have two stores in Albany, and expect a new railroad from Indianapolis to Belle Fountain, Ohio.The small notebook was kept by John William Kern of Amity Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, in 1839. In 1955, Lela Kern Richmann, granddaughter of William I. Kern,...
Dates:
1808-1955
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mary Ramier collection
Melville D. Landon correspondence
Collection — Folder S255
Identifier: S0255
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a signed, autographed letter from Melville D. Landon in New York on 1879/01/12 and a newspaper clipping regarding his books and lectures, as well as travel on railroads.
Dates:
1879/01/12
Midland Railway Company report
Collection — Folder S2382
Identifier: S2382
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 22-page report on the Midland Railway Company prepared by E. C. M. Rand, an expert railway examiner of Rand's Rating Agency. The report includes an 1889 map of Indiana with a line drawn showing the approximate route of the railroad; a list of the cities, towns and villages the railroad passed through; quotes from affidavits given by people living along the line regarding the condition of the railway; and the estimate by the examiner of the value of the property and...
Dates:
1900
Mills Averill letters
Collection — Folder S041
Identifier: S0041
Scope and Contents
This collection contains three letters written from Mills Averill to family and friends living in New York ranging from 1836 to 1842. In his letters, Averill discusses life as a settler in Indiana. In his first letter, he discusses the trip to Indiana from New York, the character of the people in the area, public improvements, and the railroad. Averill also notes his work at building a cabin for his family and the plowing he had done. In the second letter, he spends a great deal of time...
Dates:
1836-1842
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Mills Averill letters
Miriam Hazzard letter
Collection — Folder S622
Identifier: S0622
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a 6-page letter from Miriam Hazzard to family and friends in Indiana from Claquato, Lewis County, Washington Territory on June 20, 1882. Her letter relates the places she and her family traveled through during their train trip out west in April, 1882. She mentions several times the different snow sheds that the train passed through and that the family suffered "deathly illness" aboard ship traveling from San Fransico, California to Portland, Oregon. Hazzard also...
Dates:
1882
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Miriam Hazzard letter
Monon Railroad centennial photographs
Collection — Folder SP107
Identifier: SP107
Scope and Contents
This collection contains black-and-white photographs taken by Foster Photos of the Monon Railroad centennial on July 30, 1947, which included a parade and ride on the Monon railroad to New Albany, Indiana.
Dates:
1947/07/30
