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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

 Organization

Found in 18 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 A. Julian, Collector, Historical Postcards of Wheeling

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3860
Overview Historical postcards and other material documenting the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. Includes ca. 600 postcards in two notebooks (each in its own box) of mostly photographic postcards recording views of Wheeling. Topics include Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, bridges, businesses, churches, flood of 1907, homes, hotels, ice skating, parks (Oglebay and Wheeling), roads, schools, steamships, street scenes (with automobiles, pedestrians, and trolleys), theaters, and wharf, among others....
Dates: 1905-1965; Majority of material found within 1905-1940

Charles E. Pride, Broker, Incoming Business Letters

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3856
Overview Incoming business letters to broker Charles E. Pride of Clarksburg, West Virginia. Charles E. Pride (1857-1905) worked as a merchant, broker, and traveling salesman before settling in Clarksburg in 1895 to work as a broker. The incoming letters in this collection document his brokerage work involving a variety of companies and commodities. Companies include: the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; D.C. Wilhelm, Breeder of Short Horn Cattle; J.K. Armsby Company, Chicago; and P. Duff and Sons,...
Dates: 1902-1905

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

Customs Certificate for Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1747
Overview

Customs certificate for Mrs. Seibert, dated October 1863.

Dates: 1863

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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 8
Railroads 7
Morgantown (W. Va.) 2
Railroads -- West Virginia 2
Rivers and river valleys. 2