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Pamphlets, ca. 1856-1970s

 Series
Identifier: IC 3.61 and +3.61

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Scope and Contents note

Printed booklets on various topics: historical essays and dissertations, rule books for affiliated roads and companies, directories, guides, advertisements, and some legal arguments and remarks. This series has been greatly expanded from its original grouping as listed in the 1951 printed guide by Mohr, and includes the company's miscellaneous publications and offprints. One item, a commemorative book on the Railroad's 50th anniversary, is oversize.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1856-1970s

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 pamphlet "The IaF&SC", by R.L. Wattling (Harvard University honors thesis, typescript) Apr. 7, 1948, is also available on microfilm.

Repository Details

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

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