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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

 Organization

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Monongah Division, Seniority Rosters

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4436
Content Description

Two seniority rosters for the Monongah Division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which was based in Grafton, West Virginia. Rosters were put out at the beginning of the year and listed employees' names and dates of hiring in descending order of seniority.

Dates: 1962, 1964

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1254
Scope and Contents

Collection includes the "Petition to the President and Directors of the B & O Railroad Co., Setting Forth the Advantages of Constructing the Road Through Kanawha County to the Ohio River, July 20, 1827.”

Dates: 1827

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1268
Scope and Contents

Telegraph operators' log at the D. K. Tower, near Webster in Taylor County, Feb 20 to May 27, 1908. Entries contain many humorous anecdotes.

Dates: 1908

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0522
Scope and Contents Records of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, consisting of five telegrams (1864), one letter with envelope (1863), one freight conductor's report (May 17, 1862, between Piedmont and Grafton), and small map of the Railroad (ca. 1853 - 1863). There is also a letterpress copybook for correspondence of B.L. Jacobs, an employee of the Railroad writing from the Grafton station (43 pages for April to August, 1858). A telegram to Colonel George R. Latham regards an arrest (ca. 1864), and a telgram to...
Dates: 1853 -1864

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Surveyors Scrapbook

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3388
Overview Scrapbook (10 3/4' x 14 1/2') of approximately 175 photographs (attached to 24 leaves) documenting the activities of surveyors of the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad in the period 1900-1910. Includes portraits semi-formal and candid of individuals and groups of B&O employees and others, candid photos of outdoor survey work, indoor office work, and camp life; and pictures of railroad infrastructure such as tracks, bridges, etc. Many individuals and locations are identified....
Dates: ca. 1900-1910

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Typescript

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2320
Overview

A report to the real estate agent on properties held by the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) Railroad in Morgantown. Prepared by the B&O Office of the Geological Engineer, 18 October 1926. Includes photographs and a map of the properties.

Dates: 1926

Charles James Faulkner (1806-1884) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1681
Overview Correspondence of Charles J. Faulkner (1806-1884), who was a Martinsburg attorney, Virginia legislator, member of Congress, and ambassador to France during the James Buchanan administration. Subjects include national and Virginia-West Virginia politics, 1827-1876, and foreign affairs, 1868-1876. Other subjects include the French Colonization Society, the slave controversy, Maryland-Virginia boundary dispute, Virginia Revolutionary debt claims, disposal of the Harpers Ferry Armory, Chesapeake...
Dates: 1786-1878

Miscellaneous Records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and Other Railroads

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2980
Overview

This collection contains miscellaneous records regarding the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Cass Railroad, and other railroads. Types of records include newspapers and news clippings, calendars, and ephemera. See "Scope and Content Note" for additional information regarding material within the collection.

Dates: 1932-1978, undated

Peter Godwin Van Winkle (1808-1872) Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0136
Overview Personal papers and scrapbooks of Peter G. Van Winkle (1808-1872), a Parkersburg attorney, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1850-1851, member of the Second Wheeling Convention of 1861, delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1861-1862, legislator from Wood County in 1863, U.S. Senator from 1863-1869, and participant in West Virginia railroad and business enterprises. Includes manuscripts speeches, essays, correspondence, and three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings....
Dates: 1827-1902, undated

Railroads and Government Regulation Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4365
Content Description Miscellaneous items relating to railroads and to laws and regulations regarding railroads. Includes photostat copies of Supreme Court arguments in the case of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company vs. Supervisors of Marshall County et al. (1869-1870). Also includes miscellaneous correspondence consisting of a copy of a letter regarding rates of service approved by Edwin Stanton, who was Secretary of War under Lincoln. There are also photocopies of correspondence addressed to J.D....
Dates: 1862-1870, undated

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