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Alabama railroads of the past collection
Stock certificates, shipping receipts, and correspondence related to the operation and history of seven Alabama railroads: the Mobile & Alabama Grand Trunk Railroad Company, the Alabama & Mississippi Rivers Railroad, the Mobile & Girard Railroad Company, the Montgomery Southern Railway, the Tennessee & Alabama Railroad, the Atlanta & West Point Railroad, and the Montgomery Traction Company.
Ashville Railroad Company Records
Photocopies of resolutions about the formation of the company, legal documents, printed maps, certificates of incorporation, and board meeting notices related to the Ashville Railroad Company, 1882-1884.
Barnes Railroad Gandy Dancers DVD
DVD about "Gandy Dancers" that worked on the Barnes Railroad
Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records
This collection contains much of the business correspondence and records of the Bessemer Coal, Iron and Land Company, including lists of stock holders, minutes of meetings, maps of mine sites, and correspondence with government entities.
Walter Lawrence Bragg letters
Copies of incoming letters dated 1881-1882, from the Alabama state archives.
Bush and Lobdell Correspondence
Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.
Whitefoord R. Cole papers
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to a president of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.
Hendrix Photographs
This collection consists of twenty-four photographs showing railroad workers using heavy equipment built by American Hoist & Derrick Company and groups of people from various counties in Alabama.
J. A. Montgomery business records
Correspondence, time book, and ledger of Birmingham, Alabama, industrialist J. A. Montgomery.
J. W. Worthington report on furnace properties
One report notebook containing correspondence, maps, and reports on coal fields and iron furnaces located in Alabama and Tennessee.
Marion and Cahaba Railroad Company Receipt
A receipt dated 1 April 1862 for freight costs on one horse from J. S. Smith.
Mary Lee Coal and Railway Company Financial Records
Net earnings of this Alabama company for 1893, from sales of coal and coke, investments in property, and railroad operations.
James Maxwell papers
Letterbook about the 1907 proposed extension of the Warrior Branch for the M&O Railroad
Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes
Minutes of directors and stockholders' meetings between 1900 and 1910
Montgomery and West Point Railroad minute books
Contains two minute books, with entries from directors' and stockholders' meetings of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad from March 1846 to June 1870.
R. M. Patton Documents
This collection consists of a letter regarding lands due the Wills Valley Railroad Co. (part of Northeast and Southwest Alabama RR) upon completion of 20 miles of track, also an offer to purchase mineral rights to the same from Governor (military?) R. M. Patton, who was also President of the Board of Directors of the Central Mining and Petroleum Company of Alabama. Also contains a copy of some legislation.
Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers
S.A. and M. Railway survey notes
Material relating to Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery (S.A. & M.) Railway
Selma and Meridian Railroad ledger and journal
Two corporate account books for the Selma and Meridian Railroad, 1885: the ledger, which details payments and receipts by date, and the journal, which records them by firm or individual.
Thomas Maxwell Papers
Letters, texts of speeches about the importance of railroads for the economic development of the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa area (1855), and abstracts of the journal of this early Tuscaloosa businessman.
Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records
Legal papers from the Mississippi Circuit Court and an Annual Report for the company from 1836