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Series A-1-3: Ralph Budd -Federal Coordinator of Transportation Files, 1924-1937

 Series
Identifier: CB&Q A-1-3

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Reports and data/statistics gathered by the CB&Q in accordance with the Emergency Transportation Act of 1933. Includes survey forms, survey responses, report drafts, final reports, correspondence, memoranda, and blueprints. The largest section of the files consist of reports by the Regional Coordinating Committee (RCC), Western Railway Group - Western Region, regarding the consolidation of shops systemwide in 1935. Many of these records include blueprints of shops. Printed reports were deaccessioned; most are available at the Transportation Library, Northwestern University and other major repositories.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-1937

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically.

General Physical Description note

17 boxes and 1 oversize folder

Repository Details

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

Contact:
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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