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Alan Clarke Railroad Research Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4212
Scope and Contents Papers of historian, researcher, and author Alan Clarke. He authored a number of books relating to the history of railroads in the region of the state of West Virginia. This collection is minimally processed.Series include: Series 1. Notebooks; 1864-1968; boxes 1-13 Series 2. Photographs; ca. 1880-1940; boxes 14-25 Series 3. Digital Media; undated; boxes 26-28 Series 4. Slides; ca. 1880-1940; boxes 29-32 Series 5. Publications; 1937-2012; boxes...
Dates: 1861-2012

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Monongah Division, Seniority Rosters

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Ohio Valley Lodge No. 13, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2725
Overview

Record books of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Ohio Valley Lodge No.13. Volume one contains membership and financial records; and volume two contains records of meetings, 1914-1918, including attendance and annual election results.

Dates: 1902, 1914-1918

Channing M. Bolton Letter

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Collection Number: A&M 1684
Overview

Letter to Decatur Axtell recounting Bolton's experiences working on the construction of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad in Virginia and West Virginia.

Dates: 1921

Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers

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Collection Number: A&M 0111
Scope and Contents The papers received from Mr. Brinkman in 1938 include manuscripts, typescripts, and printed items, and general merchandise account books. The manuscript items are mainly letters, receipts, account statements, and certificates concerning the general merchandise business of George Brinkman in Grafton, Grafton Gas Works, Charles Brinkman's History of Grafton, history of the first memorial service and the location of the National Cemetery in Grafton (Box 13), and stock in the Grafton &...
Dates: 1852-1952

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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 38
Railroads 23
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 15
Diaries and journals. 13
Politics and government. 13
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Railroads - Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. 12
Land. 11
Rivers and river valleys. 10
Transportation 10
Account books 9
Lawyers - letters and papers. 9
Wheeling (W. Va.) 8
Women's history -- 1850-1899 8
Clarksburg (W. Va.) 7
Coal mining. 7
Grafton. 7
Petroleum industry and trade 7
Education 5
Kanawha County (W. Va.) 5
Lumber trade 5
Morgantown (W. Va.) 5
Parkersburg. 5
Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 5
Steamboats 5
Taylor County (W. Va.) 5
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons 5
Women's history -- 1900-1929 5
Coal mining -- Strikes 4
Farms and farming. 4
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Confederate States of America - secession crisis. 3
Elections 3
Greenbrier County (W. Va.) 3
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Mills and mill-work 3
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Railroads - Norfolk and Western Railroad. 3
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Charleston (W. Va.) 2
China 2
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Churches -- Methodist 2
Churches -- Methodist missions 2
Churches -- Nutter Fort (W. Va.) 2
Churches -- West Virginia -- Grafton 2
Civil War - Ringgold Cavalry. 2
Civil War -- McNeill's Rangers 2
Civil War battles - Rich Mountain. 2
Clay County (W. Va.) 2
Colombia 2
Court records 2
Covered bridges 2
Cumberland (Md.) 2
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Education -- West Virginia 2
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Frontier and pioneer life 2
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Harpers Ferry (W. Va.) 2
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Iron furnaces and iron industry. 2
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Names
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 8
Boreman, Arthur Inghram, 1823-1896 5
Cornwell, John J. (John Jacob), 1867-1953 5
Davis, Henry Gassaway, 1823-1916 5
Faulkner, Charles James, 1806-1884 5
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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 5
Carlile, John S. (John Snyder), 1817-1878 4
Democratic Party (U.S.) 4
Imboden, John D. (John Daniel), 1823-1895 4
Jacob, John Jeremiah. 4
Camden, J. N. (Johnson Newlon), 1828-1908 3
Cook, Roy Bird, 1886-1961 3
Goff, Nathan, 1843-1920 3
McGraw, John T. 3
Ruffner family 3
West Virginia Historical Society 3
West Virginia University 3
Wilson, William Lyne, 1843-1900 3
Atkinson, Geo. W. (George Wesley), 1845-1925 2
Baldwin-Felts Detective Inc. 2
Bassel, John, 1840-1914 2
Bennett, Jonathan M., 1816-1887 2
Brinkman, Charles. 2
Brinkman, George W. 2
Carpenter, Charles, 1889-1975 2
Cather, Fabricius A. 2
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company 2
Clarksburg 50-Year Club 2
Collins, Jarius. 2
Collins, Justus, 1857-1934 2
Cunningham, John S. 2
Davis, John W. (John William), 1873-1955 2
Davis, T.B. 2
Dixon, Thomas W. 2
Elkins, Stephen B. (Stephen Benton), 1841-1911 2
Fleming, A. B. (Aretas Brooks), 1839-1923 2
Ford, J. B. 2
Garrett, John W. 2
Grafton Rotary Club 2
Harmer family 2
Harmer, Harvey W. (Harvey Walker), 1865-1961 2
Hatfield, Henry Drury, 1875-1962 2
Jackson, J.J. 2
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 2
Kenna, John E. 2
Krebs, C. E. (Charles E.) 2
Kump, Herman Guy, 1877-1962 2
Lewis family 2
MacCorkle, William Alexander, 1857-1930 2
Mann, Isaac T. (Isaac Thomas), 1864-1932 2
Matlick, Jacob G. 2
McCausland, John, 1836-1927 2
McClellan, George B. (George Brinton), 1826-1885 2
Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916 2
Mutual Building Company 2
Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899 2
Robinson, Ira E. 2
Rockefeller, John D. 2
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866 2
Shingleton, George A. 2
Smith, Edward Grandison 2
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 2
Sturgiss, George C. 2
Tams, W. P., Jr. (William Purviance), 1883-1977 2
Van Winkle, P. G. (Peter Godwin), 1808-1872 2
Watson, C. W. 2
West Virginia Wesleyan College 2
Wilson family 2
Withers, Alexander Scott, 1792-1865 2
Wolfe, George. 2
Adams Express Company 1
Alderson Enterprise 1
Alderson, J. D. (John Duffy), 1854-1910 1
Alderson, Jonnie 1
Alleghany Collegiate Institute 1
American Institute of Banking 1
American Pharmaceutical Association 1
American Red Cross 1
Appleton, John W. M., 1832-1913 1
Armstrong Junior College 1
Armstrong, James D. 1
Arnold, Thomas Jackson. 1
Axtell, D. B. (Decatur Boynton) 1
Baker, Newton Diehl, 1871-1937 1
Baltimore Trust Company 1
Baltimore United Oil Company 1
Barnum, P. T. (Phineas Taylor), 1810-1891 1
Bassel family 1
Bassel, Alice Bean 1
Beaver Coal Company 1
Beck, Francis II 1
Beecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 1
Ben Lamond Company 1
Bennett family 1
Bennett, J.M. 1
Bennett, Jonathan McCally, 1816-1887. 1
Berwind, E.J. 1
Beury, Joe. 1
Beury, Joseph L. 1
Bickley, George. 1
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