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TRANSPO. Transportation

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Identifier: TRANSPO

Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:

Charles M. Allen railroad collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002_045-UA
Scope and Contents This 6.25 linear foot collection of railroad material dates from 1913 to 1995 with the bulk of the collection consisting of railroad timetables. There is also a small, but significant number of guides, maps, operating rules, pamphlets and brochures, annual reports, railroad histories, yearbooks, and photographs. Although most of the collection is from North American railroads, there is some material related to railroading in Europe. The collection is arranged in seven series: I: Timetables...
Dates: 1913-1995

A.L.M. Wiggins railroad collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1973_506-UA
Dates: 1833-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1973

A brief: on the route of Thomas Lincoln through Indiana to Lincoln City

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1978_156-UA
Content Description

Carbon copy of a brief (93 pages in length) describing the route Thomas Lincoln, the father of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth U.S. president, took through Indiana. The brief was written by Thomas S. Jones for the Corydon, Indiana Lincoln Highway Association; The association wished to build or rename a highway in honor of Lincoln.

Dates: 1935

Charles Castner railroad periodicals collection

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: 2014_002-UA

Charles Castner regional history collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG_251-UA
Scope and Contents

During the early 1960s, Charles Castner produced a public affairs series called "Kentucky Profiles" for WHAS radio. Later, Castner, a longtime railroad history enthusiast, worked as a public relations and information officer for the L & N Railroad Company, subsequently the Seaboard Systems Railroad.

Dates: 1889-1980; Majority of material found within 1960-1980

Clinchfield Railroad Company records

 Collection
Identifier: 2021_042
Content Description

Annual reports (1954-1956) and financial records of the Clinchfield Railroad Company. Financial records include operating reports (1956) and ledgers of unexpended balances on work authorized (1949-1955).

Dates: 1949-1956

Cooperative Welfare Association minutes

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1983_013-UA
Content Description

The Cooperative Welfare Association served as the "company" union for the Louisville Railway Company, a private holder of Louisville's major street rail franchise. These records are minutes kept by that association.

Dates: 1920-1944

Egregious steamboat journal

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2004_086-UA
Content Description

The Egregious Steamboat Journal is a locally produced and published bimonthly journal documenting the river and steamboats. This collection consists of issues from May/June 1991-March/April 1998; issues 2-7 and 27-28 are missing.

Dates: 1991-1998