Box 10
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Subseries 6 P4.12: Out-letters to J. M. Forbes, 1886-1891, n.d.
File — Box: 10, Folder: 54-55
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.12
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
These letters were additions to the original donation from the Cunningham-Overton Collection (previously known as C-O 1/F3.1), and while some pre and post-date Perkins’ tenure with the B&MRR, Nebraska, the letters form a continuum from Perkins’ earliest days with the B&M, Iowa though to his presidency of the CB&Q. It was a Forbes’ urging that Perkins was hired at the B&MRR, Iowa in 1859. Forbes was on the board and involved with the operations of the B&M, Iowa, and was in...
Dates:
1886-1891, n.d.
Memos and miscellaneous papers, 1855-1883, n.d.
File — Box: 10, Folder: 56
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.12
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
These letters were additions to the original donation from the Cunningham-Overton Collection (previously known as C-O 1/F3.1), and while some pre and post-date Perkins’ tenure with the B&MRR, Nebraska, the letters form a continuum from Perkins’ earliest days with the B&M, Iowa though to his presidency of the CB&Q. It was a Forbes’ urging that Perkins was hired at the B&MRR, Iowa in 1859. Forbes was on the board and involved with the operations of the B&M, Iowa, and was in...
Dates:
1855-1883, n.d.
New line between Crete & Great Bend, Neb., 1872-1873
File — Box: 10, Folder: 57
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.2
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Eight letters from citizens of Kansas concerning a proposed new line between Crete, Nebraska and Great Bend, Kansas and a ten page report from civil engineer Thomas Doane, 1872-1873
Dates:
1872-1873
Found in:
The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
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Subgroup 6: Correspondence by individuals
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Series 6 P4: Perkins, C. E.
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Subseries 6 P4.2: In-letters – proposed line between Crete, Nebraska and Great Bend, Kansas
New engines, 1873
File — Box: 10, Folder: 58
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.21
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Four letters recommending specifications for new engines, Mar.-Apr. 1873
Dates:
1873
Post office matters, 1874-1875
File — Box: 10, Folder: 59
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.22
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Eight letters on financial matters of postal service on Nebraska lines, 1874-1875
Dates:
1874-1875
Jan. 1873
File — Box: 10, Folder: 60-62
Identifier: CB&Q 6 P4.3
Scope and Contents note
From the Sub-Series:
Incoming correspondence including some early letters to Perkins as general superintendent of B&MRR, Iowa, but most to him as vice-president of the B&MRR, Nebraska. Letters concern all aspects of operations, finances, relations with other roads, personnel issues, and expansion. Of note are letters from the Nebraska Relief Society, reporting on conditions in various Nebraska counties hit by the 1874 grasshopper plague, and letters pertaining to the development of Russian colonies, also...