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Illinois Central Railroad Company

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Predecessor Companies

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-1&2
Abstract

Correspondence, circulars, and other documents primarily related to the predecessor companies of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), spanning the years 1849-1864: the Aurora Branch Railroad, the Chicago and Aurora Railroad Company, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Dates: 1849-1889

Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives

 Collection
Identifier: IC
Abstract The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes, reports and legal documents, financial records, stock information, historical material, maps, blueprints, and...
Dates: 1831-1984; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1970

Illinois Central Railroad Company personnel records

 Collection
Identifier: IC-Personnel
Abstract Very incomplete personnel records of the Illinois Central Railroad Company that were abandoned in the Champaign (IL) Depot, salvaged by the staff of the Urbana Free Library, and subsequently donated to the Newberry Library. Includes employee service record cards for switchmen, telegraphers, firemen, brakemen, and engine foremen. Also includes fingerprint records, and employee applications (1910-1930) that were donated by a former IC employee.Records have been arranged in...
Dates: approximately 1910-1970

LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Chicago Suburban Timetables

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blommaert
Abstract

The LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Chicago Suburban Timetables contains timetables for Chicago suburban railroad lines. The collection highlights the corresponding railroad lines: Burlington Route, Illinois Central, North Shore Line, Rock Island, and South Shore Line.

Dates: 1883-2009

Robert Moir Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Moir
Abstract

Professional correspondence, papers, and documents of Oquawka, Illinois, businessman Robert Moir, owner of Robert Moir & Co., a firm with wide-ranging investments in land, livestock, lumber, railroads, and other industries. Also a few letters from family and friends.

Dates: 1850-1909; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1898

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Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Railroads -- Illinois 2
Advertising -- Transportation -- United States -- History 1
Banks and banking -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bonds (negotiable instruments) 1
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Business enterprises -- Illinois 1
Businessmen -- Illinois -- Oquawka 1
Circulars (fliers) -- 1851-1900 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Contracts 1
Illinois -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Ledgers (account books) 1
Livestock -- Economic aspects -- United States 1
Oquawka (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century -- Sources 1
Railroads -- Employees 1
Railroads -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Railroads -- Management 1
Railroads -- United States -- Accidents 1
Railroads -- United States -- Branch lines -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Design and construction 1
Railroads -- United States -- Electrification 1
Railroads -- United States -- Equipment and supplies -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Fares 1
Railroads -- United States -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair 1
Railroads -- United States -- Management -- History 1
Railroads -- United States -- Maps 1
Railroads -- United States -- Mergers 1
Railroads -- United States -- Rates 1
Railroads -- United States -- Right of way 1
Railroads -- United States -- Tickets 1
Railroads -- United States -- Timetables 1
Scrapbooks 1
Stock certificates 1
Suburbs -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Transportation -- Illinois 1
Transportation timetables -- 1851-1900 1
Transportation timetables -- 1901-1950 1
Transportation timetables -- 1951-2000 1
Transportation timetables -- 2001-2050 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Manuscripts 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation 1
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