Railroads -- Alabama -- Records and correspondence
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Alabama railroads of the past collection
Collection
Identifier: W-0042
Overview
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.
Dates:
1855-1945
Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0145
Abstract
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.
Dates:
1886-1982
Walter Lawrence Bragg letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0200
Overview
Copies of incoming letters dated 1881-1882, from the Alabama state archives.
Dates:
1881-1882
Bush and Lobdell Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0049
Overview
Five letters and a telegram to a foundry in Delaware from various Alabama railroads concerning purchase of wheels, trucks, pinions, and other items.
Dates:
1860
Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes
Collection
Identifier: W-0101
Overview
Minutes of directors and stockholders' meetings between 1900 and 1910
Dates:
1900-1910
Montgomery and West Point Railroad minute books
Collection
Identifier: W-0102
Overview
Contains two minute books, with entries from directors' and stockholders' meetings of the Montgomery and West Point Railroad from March 1846 to June 1870.
Dates:
1846-1870
Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0753
Abstract
The Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers span the period from 1797 to 1960 and include both the personal and business papers of Robert Jemison Jr., along with papers of Robert Jemison (grandfather), William Jemison (father), Priscilla Jemison (wife), Cherokee Jemison Hargrove (daughter), and Andrew Coleman Hargrove (son-in-law), and Robert Jemison Jr. (IV) of Birmingham (1878-1973). Included are the records of his grist and lumber mills, plantations, stage line, the Tuskaloosa Plank Road, toll bridges,...
Dates:
1797 - 1973
S.A. and M. Railway survey notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS-0076
Overview
Material relating to Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery (S.A. & M.) Railway
Dates:
after 1888
Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records
Collection
Identifier: MSS-1444
Overview
Legal papers from the Mississippi Circuit Court and an Annual Report for the company from 1836
Dates:
1836-1845