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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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Alabama railroads of the past collection

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Bessemer Coal, Iron, and Land Company records

Walter Lawrence Bragg letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-0200
Overview Copies of incoming letters dated 1881-1882, from the Alabama state archives.
Dates: 1881-1882
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Walter Lawrence Bragg letters

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Bush and Lobdell Correspondence

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Milner Coal and Railroad Company meeting minutes

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Montgomery and West Point Railroad minute books

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Robert Jemison, Jr. Papers

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / S.A. and M. Railway survey notes

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
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Tuscumbia, Courtland, and Decatur Railroad records