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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Iowa
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-5
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, circulars, securities, and other miscellaneous materials related to the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad-Iowa (B&MRR-Iowa), incorporated in 1852 and leased to the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) in 1872. Includes materials related to incorporation, operation, branches to Chariton and Creston, and consolidation with CB&Q. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1852-1919
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-6
Abstract
Correspondence, contracts, financial records, and other materials related to the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska (B&MRR-Nebraska), incorporated in 1869 and taking over all Nebraska property of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Iowa, as well as the Nebraska land grant given to the B&MRR-Iowa in 1864. The B&MRR-Nebraska consolidated with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) in 1880. Includes materials related to...
Dates:
1850-1918
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Decade Subject File
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-33
Abstract
Correspondence, statements, reports, and other papers related to different aspects of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) operations, grouped by decade: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, and 1900. Each decade comprises a separate series, and subseries within each decade follow the same sequence: Statements, Equipment, Personnel, Legal, Contracts, New Lines, Pools, and Miscellaneous, with a separate Strike subseries in 1880. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy...
Dates:
1856-1935; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1920
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Maps, Blueprints, and Drawings
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-6
Abstract
Printed maps, manuscript maps, technical blueprints, and drawings produced by the CB&Q and its affiliated lines. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1870-1971
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Predecessor Companies
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-1&2
Abstract
Correspondence, circulars, and other documents primarily related to the predecessor companies of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), spanning the years 1849-1864: the Aurora Branch Railroad, the Chicago and Aurora Railroad Company, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1849-1889
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Securities
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-4
Abstract
Financial materials of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), primarily papers and oversize volumes concerning stocks and bonds, showing the history of sales and transfers. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1856-1922
Isaac Stevens Metcalf papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Metcalf
Abstract
Letters, diaries, daybooks, scrapbooks, and business documents of Isaac Stevens Metcalf, a Bowdoin College graduate from Milo, Maine, Illinois Central Railroad division engineer, and Du Quoin, Illinois resident, his wife Antoinette Brigham Putnam Metcalf (originally of New Hampshire), their parents, and children. Included are many letters written from college, family letters, Illinois Central Railroad business correspondence with R.B. Mason and other records of railroad construction, and...
Dates:
1827-1955; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1897
LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Chicago Suburban Timetables
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blommaert
Abstract
The LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Chicago Suburban Timetables contains timetables for Chicago suburban railroad lines. The collection highlights the corresponding railroad lines: Burlington Route, Illinois Central, North Shore Line, Rock Island, and South Shore Line.
Dates:
1883-2009
LeRoy Blommaert Collection of Railroad Timetables and Advertising Materials
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Blommaert 2
Abstract
Railroad timetables, guides, advertising material, and other railroad ephemera collected by LeRoy Blommaert. Materials document over a century of railroad travel and tourism throughout the United States, with some items from Canada, Mexico, England, and Switzerland.
Dates:
1850-1982; Majority of material found within 1850 - 1970
Milo Kendall Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Kendall
Abstract
Vermont native who settled in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois, in 1846 and practiced law there for over sixty years. Papers include extensive records of Kendall's legal practice, family correspondence, and real estate records.
Dates:
1798-1925; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1906
Robert Moir Papers
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Moir
Abstract
Professional correspondence, papers, and documents of Oquawka, Illinois, businessman Robert Moir, owner of Robert Moir & Co., a firm with wide-ranging investments in land, livestock, lumber, railroads, and other industries. Also a few letters from family and friends.
Dates:
1850-1909; Majority of material found within 1866 - 1898
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