Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Personal Papers
Scope and Content of the Collection
Collections of correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs of three people related to the CB&Q but whose papers do not constitute part of the records of the company. The first two series are of the wife and daughter of CB&Q President C. E. Perkins, and contain personal information about the Perkins family as well as the business of the railroad. The last is the collection by the son-in-law of the originator of the CB&Q's railway mail service.
Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
This finding aid describes additions to the original deposit of records inventoried in the Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851-1901 (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1949).
Dates
- Creation: 1862-1934
Creator
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
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).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Extent
3.5 Linear Feet (3.5 boxes)
Abstract
Collections of correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs of three people related to the CB&Q but whose papers do not constitute part of the records of the company. Includes papers of C.E. Perkins's wife Edith Forbes Perkins, his daughter Edith Perkins Cunningham, and William A. Davis, postmaster for St. Joseph, Missouri, supposedly the first to suggest Railway Mail Service as a replacement for the Pony Express. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series
- Series A-4-1: Edith Forbes Perkins Papers, 1897-1914
- Box 1
- Series A-4-2: Edith Perkins Cunningham Papers, ca. 1907
- Boxes 1-3
- Series A-4-3: William A. Davis Papers, ca. 1862-1934
- Box 4
Collection Stack Location
4a 37 4
Provenance
Deposit of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Company, 1943, with subsequent additions, 1948-onward. Ownership transferred to Newberry Library by Burlington Northern Company, 1975.
This finding aid supersedes the Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851-1901 (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1949), and incorporates subsequent additions to the company records.
Processed by
Martha Briggs, Alison Hinderliter, Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, Emma Martin, Andrew Olofsson, and Pamela Olson, 2014.
Subject
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
- Cunningham, Edith Perkins, 1873-1961 (Person)
- Davis, William A., 1809-1875 (Person)
- Perkins, Edith Forbes, 1843-1925 (Person)
- Title
- Inventory of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Personal Papers, 1862-1934
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alison Hinderliter and Kelly Kress
- Date
- ©2014.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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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