Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Albert R. Merritt Collection
Collection
Identifier: M172
Scope and Contents
Books and memorabilia relating to railroads.
Dates:
Other: 1960-1989
Alexander M. Richmond Papers
Collection
Identifier: M003
Abstract
Alexander Malcolm Richmond (1889-1957) was employed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (1922-1949) and was involved in union activities with Main Line Lodge, No. 146, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America (1940-1951). He was also an executive board member of the Joint Protective Board, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America (1949-1951). His papers include business correspondence concerning working conditions, union business, work violations, and safety issues;...
Dates:
1940-1951
Collection on Otto Mears
Collection
Identifier: B216
Abstract
Otto Mears (1840-1931) was an entrepreneurial businessman who built railroads and was essential to the development of Southwestern Colorado. The son of an English father and Russian mother, he immigrated to the United States after being orphaned at an early age. After making it all the way to California he was placed in a boardinghouse at eleven years old when relatives could not be found to care for him. After serving in the Civil War he moved to Colorado where he began to build his empire....
Dates:
Other: 1892, 1948-1980
Incidents of Travel and Adventures in the Far West by Carvalho
Collection
Identifier: B388
Abstract
Memoir by Solomon Nunez Carvalho about his five-month journey on an expedition west over the Rocky Mountains with Colonel John C. Fremont.
Dates:
Publication: 1857
United States Railroad Administration Records
Collection
Identifier: M258
Abstract
The United States Railroad Administration was an independent federal agency, established by presidential proclamation on December 26, 1917. The materials in the collection are the records of the United States Railroad Administration, and include: circulars, orders, bulletins, dockets, rate advice correspondence, questionnaires, statistics, contracts between the government and the railroads, as well as letters, telegrams, and cases.
Dates:
1898-1923; Majority of material found in 1917-1920
Victor A. Miller American Civil War History Book Collection
Collection
Identifier: M174
Scope and Contents
The collection includes books about the American Civil War.
Dates:
Other: Date Not Yet Determined