Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
Roy E. Ferguson papers
Collection — Folder S458
Identifier: S0458
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a typed carbon copy of a speech from Roy E. Ferguson in Evansville, Indiana on 1949/11/21 regarding the history of railroads in Evansville.
Dates:
1949/11/21
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Roy E. Ferguson papers
R.W. Allen letter
Collection — Folder S1146
Identifier: S1146
Scope and Contents
This collection contains one letter from R[obert] W. Allen to James Allen written on November 26, 1851. The letter discusses the influenza outbreak and that Frankfort, Indiana has been spared the worst of the flu. The incidence of death was low and there were few who contracted the illness. Also discussed are community members and their well being along with the hopes of a railroad passing through Rockville and connecting with Lafayette.
Dates:
1851
Found in:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
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R.W. Allen letter
Smithers family photograph album
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: P036
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a photograph album containing photographs and photographic postcards of the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad construction in Mier, Indiana; construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Medford, Blountsville and Muncie, including a photograph of the Delaware County Courthouse and passenger station; and construction of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in Winchester, Indiana.Also included are family photographs of the Smithers...
Dates:
circa 1900-1910s
