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Items with subject 'Railways'
Delmarva Railroad Stations photograph collection
by Unknown (1920s)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
Black and white photographic prints of varying railroad stations once located throughout the Delmarva Penninsula in Maryland and Delaware. Images include the Laurel Depot, Union Station in Salisbury, the Delmar Station, and the Bridgeville, Delaware Station.
Diaries of Henry Evans
by Evans, Henry (1910 – 1915)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
These diaries were written by Henry Evans of Laconia, New Hampshire between 1910 and 1915. In the first diary, Evans was 17 years old and finishing school. The other diaries--dated 1911, 1913, and 1915--he worked for a railroad company and also delivered express messages. He wrote about the places he visited regionally, people he saw, and kept an account of his expenditures.
Jim Wootten railroad ephemera
by Wootten, Jim (1893 – 1953)
3 folders (0.3 linear feet)
The Jim Wootten railroad ephemera includes items related to railroads on the Delmarva peninsula. Included are a New York, Philadelphia, and Norfolk Rail Road Company baggage master's record that documents work in 1893 and 1900, three locomotive operating manuals from 1950 and 1953, and 18 passenger tickets for the Pennsylvania Railroad that date between 1924 and 1941.
Joseph Long Papers
by Long, Joseph L. (1937 – 2005)
8 cartons, 3 oversize boxes (11.25 linear feet)
Joe Long was an American athlete, soldier, railroad worker, and politician born in 1921 in Delmar, Maryland. The Joe Long collection contains material compiled by Joe Long and his wife Mabel, who acted his campaign manager during campaigns. Materials included are newspapers, government bills, speeches, cards, letters, books, scrapbooks, and photographs compiled and saved by the Longs since the late 1930's.
Kent Griffith Collection
by Griffith, Kent (1868 – 1998)
6 cartons, 5 oversize folders (10.5 linear feet)
The Kent Griffith Collection consists of extensive documentation of railways on and near Delmarva, including (but not limited to) the Eastern Shore Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, and New York, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk Railroad from the 1800s to the 1990s. While the collection includes Griffith's research notes and correspondence, as well as photographs he took and collected, the railroad memorabilia that Griffith collected was thorough and diverse. These documents include pass cards, time tables, employee timebooks, papers from a railroad employee TC Hurst, a scrapbook with hundreds of early 20th century Pennsylvania Railroad technical and safety memos, shipping and freight tags and receipts, detailed track charts and maps, and more.
Maritime and Railroad photograph collection
by Lewis, Robert J. (1920 – 1970)
6 folders (0.06 linear feet)
Series of black and white photographic prints documenting transportation pathways of maritime steamships, tugboats and ferries as well as railroad transportation in Baltimore as well as varying locations throughout the Eastern Shore including Vienna, Pocomoke, Salisbury and Whitehaven, Maryland and Chincoteague, Virginia.
Salisbury and Pocomoke Ephemera
by Unknown (1930s)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This collection contains various ephemera from Salisbury and Pocomoke, Maryland in the 1930s, including: two Tilghman Fertilizers booklets, a program for the Peninsula General Hospital, two receipts for the Shawen Inn, a booklet of parlor games, and a Good Friday broadside for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Salisbury Railroad Herbicide Photography Collection
by Unknown (1921)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains photographs of the "The Weed Exterminator Herbicide" being applied to railroads in Salisbury, Maryland in 1921. The photos show the process, as well as its effects on weeds found along the rail siding.
Special Collections Pamphlet Collection
by Various (1762 – 1985)
9 cartons, 2 boxes (10 linear feet)
The Special Collections Pamphlet Collection consists of over 800 published manuscripts discussing a wide variety of national and international topics. The materials date between 1762 and 1985. Similar topics have been grouped together, but may be found throughout the collection. Some of the major topics included in the collection are: race relations, Australia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, African American history, Native American history, military history (American Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War), education, industry, labor history, agriculture, railways, government and politics, international relations, socialism, communism, economics, prisons, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, prohibition, temperance, women's history and groups, and biographies and obituaries.
United States Railway Association Collection
by United States Railway Association (1974 – 1981)
2 boxes (1.5 linear feet)
This collection contains various reports and plans from the United States Railway Association (USRA). These plans include the Preliminary and Final System Plans and maps to go along with these plans. Also included are evaluations of various plans put forth by USRA. There are also copies of various laws regarding USRA and railroads.
Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company Payroll Ledger
by Odell, John (1848)
1 folder (0.1 linear feet)
This ledger was kept by John Odell and provides payroll record for employees of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad Company, also known as the Fitchburg Railroad, in 1848.
Walsa Collection
by MacLeish, Patty; Reibel, Daniel B. (1999 – 2001)
1 folder (0.01 linear feet)
This collection contains photocopies of Maryland railroad lines from the 1880s through 1900s. Also included is a copy of "The Chronicle of Early American Industries Association" from September 1976, featuring an article about hand sewn timber logs and their construction.