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Railroads - Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers

 Collection
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
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Charles Brinkman, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1086
Scope and Contents The papers include 36 volumes of business and other records, such as the ledgers of the George W. Brinkman merchandising firm, the Mutual Building Company, minutesof the Grafton Rotary Club; journal and statistical report of the Grafton Baptist Church, 1897-1906; and a mas. history of Taylor County in various American wars, and extracts from the Civil War diary of Fabricius A. Cather. Also included are 2 boxes of financial records, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, a partial index to...
Dates: 1868-1938
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center