Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 73 Collections and/or Records:
Monon Railroad collection
Collection
Identifier: L317
Scope and Contents
This collection includes autographed, signed letters; typed, signed letters; autographed documents; company information; maps; an incomplete dissertation; notes; and newspaper and magazine information from Leland S. Van Scoyoc in Indianapolis, Indiana and the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway Company and Monon Railroad Company in Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; and Louisville, Kentucky, ranging from 1842 to 1957 and regarding the railroad's history.
Dates:
1842-1957, undated
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Monon Railroad collection
Monon Railroad Company collection
Collection
Identifier: L101
Scope and Contents
This collection includes letters, stock transaction records, ledgers, company reports, newspaper clippings, railroad ticket stubs and envelopes, business cards and memorabilia, such as playing cards, a patch, a pamphlet, and centennial commemorative seals, from Monon Railroad Company and others in Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, and the United States, ranging from 1946 to 1972 and undated, regarding the organization and its activities.
Dates:
1946-1972, undated
New York Central and South Shore Line railroads photographic slides
Collection — Folder SP040
Identifier: SP040
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 33 35mm slides in Indiana circa 1950s of locomotives of the New York Central Railroad, photographed by Dr. S. D. Marty, and the South Shore Line Railroad, photographed by Paul Meyer.
Dates:
circa 1950
Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company collection
Collection — Folder S2383
Identifier: S2383
Scope and Contents
This collection contains items related to the foreclosure sale of the Ohio Falls Car and Locomotive Company of Jeffersonville, Indiana, including a May 15, 1876 "Description and Terms of Sale" document; a June 16, 1876 circular letter to the bondholders of the company; a July 1, 1876 letter written by Joseph W. Sprague and sent to Joseph W. Alsop of New York City; an August 10, 1876 estimate of the value of the property written by Sprague; a copy of a flyer advertising the August 14, 1876 sale...
Dates:
1864-1876
Orphan trains collection
Collection — Folder S2895
Identifier: S2895
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and an annual report from Annette R. Fry in New York, New York regarding various people who were relocated from New York City to Indiana on the orphan trains run by the Children's Aid Society of New York City.
Dates:
1971-1972
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Orphan trains collection
Peddle family collection
Collection — Folder S1048
Identifier: S1048
Scope and Contents
The collection includes comprises an unbound volume titled, "Letters of the Peddle Family: Civil War Period," which contains transcribed letters from members of the Peddle family, ranging from 1834 to 1901. The volume includes genealogical charts, background information, and a foreword by the compiler, Juliet Peddle, in Terre Haute, Indiana on February 1, 1947. The letters were found in a trunk belonging to Sarah Peddle Burton (1852-1939). There are also two photographic prints of collages of...
Dates:
1834-1901, 1947
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Peddle family collection
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, Madison, Indiana inclined plane photographs
Collection — Folder SP174
Identifier: SP174
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two black-and-white photographs from Heberhart and Son in Madison, Indiana in 1897, depicting an inclined plane for the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad near Madison. The accompanying typed, descriptive labels were created by W. G. Heberhart in Madison and taken from the label on the back of one of the photographs. The images and labels were originally displayed in a glass frame on a wall. They were removed from the frame in 2022 due to...
Dates:
1897, undated
Powell A. Moore photograph collection
Collection — Folder SP142
Identifier: SP142
Scope and Contents
This collection includes black-and-white photographs from historian Powell A. Moore in Lake County, Indiana ranging from 1883 to 1946 and undated, regarding the cities of Gary and Hammond and other places in Lake County, as well as local industries, such as meat packing and oil refining.
Dates:
1883-1946, undated
Railroad stock and bond certificates
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S2094
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a large number of blank stock and bond certificates printed by railroad companies from the 1840s to 1907. Folder 1 contains certificates from the following companies: Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway Company; Chicago, Indiana and Southern Railroad Company; Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Rail Road; Cincinnati and Indiana Railroad Company; Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Chicago Railway Company; Cincinnati, Lafayette, and Chicago Railroad Company;...
Dates:
circa 1840-1927
Richard W. Thompson collection
Collection
Identifier: L158
Scope and Contents
The collection consists principally of Richard W. Thompson’s political correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national Whig and Republican party politics, and Thompson’s role in political campaigns (1840s-1880s); letters from constituents during his terms in Congress regarding political appointments and local politics (1841-1849); Civil War correspondence, including correspondence regarding state and national politics and Thompson’s duties in Terre Haute (1861-1865); his...
Dates:
1818-1931
