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Miscellaneous historical items, 1850-1963

 Series
Identifier: IC 3.6 and IC +3.6

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

5 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder. Includes many letters from employees sent with various items in answer to requests for old material for museum collection, displays, archives, etc., 1926-48. Items donated are random and mostly ephemeral in nature, such as diaries and account books kept by conductors, newspaper and magazine clippings, copies of early railroad magazines, sample forms, tickets, and baggage claim tags.

All photographs have been moved to the IC Addenda - Photograph Series; tariffs have been moved to IC 3.7 and +3.7 (Tariffs); timetables have been moved to IC 3.8 and +3.8 (Timetables); and maps have been moved to IC Addenda - Maps series.

Dates

  • Creation: 1850-1963

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Existence and Location of Copies note

The List of Engine Numbers for Illinois Central, In Effect Jul. 1, 1890, is also available on microfilm.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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