New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company Records, 1874-1882
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: 1874-1882
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 New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company (NOStL&C) was formed in 1873 in Mississippi to authorize the consolidation of the New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern (NOJ&GN) and the Mississippi Central (MissCen) Railroad Companies, which occurred on Apr. 13, 1874. The line ran 544 miles from New Orleans, LA, to Fillmore, KY.
Arrangement note
The New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company Records are arranged in the following three subseries: Francis, W.M., Out-letters, Feb.-Jul. 1875; Frost, E.D., Out-letters, June 1875-Mar. 1876; and Accounting records, July 1874-Dec. 1882.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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