The Kankakee & South Western Railroad Company Records, 1877-1902
Scope and Contents note
See also IC 8 K5.5, Kankakee & Western Railroad Company Accounting records, and IC +8 C9.5, Clinton Bloomington & North Eastern Railway Company Accounting records.
Dates
- Creation: 1877-1902
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 Kankakee & South Western Railroad Company (Original company) was incorporated in Illinois on May 20, 1878. The line runs from Otto to Chatsworth, Illinois, for 36.7 miles. In Sept. 1880, the company was consolidated with the Kankakee & Western Railroad Company and the Clinton, Bloomington & North Eastern Railway Company to for the consolidated Kankakee & South Western Railroad Company.
Arrangement note
The Kankakee & South Western Railroad Company Records are organized into the following two subseries: In-letters, Dec. 1877-Nov. 1880; and Accounting records, Aug. 1878-Dec. 1902.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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