Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, 1885-1937
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, financial records, reports, minutes, and other official records of the subsidiary lines operating in the southern United States.
Dates
- Creation: 1885-1937
Creator
- From the Collection: Illinois Central Railroad Company (Organization)
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).
Biographical/Historical note
The Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company was incorporated in Mississippi, March 18, 1889, as a reorganization of the Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad Co., sold under foreclosure, February 4, 1889. (See IC + 6 V3, Vicksburg & Meridian Railroad Company). On March 31, 1925, the company was leased to the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad Company, and upon the merger of the Y&MV with the IC on Jul. 1, 1946, the IC assumed all the terms and obligations of the A&V lease. The line extends approximately 141 miles from Vicksburg to Meridian, Mississippi.
Arrangement note
The Company's papers are arranged into the following three subseries: Licenses Granted, Sept. 1885 - Feb. 1905; Rates of Pay, 1898-1937; and Accounting records, May 1889-Aug. 1911 (oversize).
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
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