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Railroads

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Boyce F. Martin, Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1989_108-UA
Scope and Contents

The collection includes manuscripts of articles written by Martin for various model railroading magazines, photographs, slides, rail-related books, and correspondence.

Dates: 1948-1979
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Boyce F. Martin, Sr. Papers

Ohio Valley Culture student papers

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1980_039-UA
Dates: 1980-1981
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

Archie Monroe Quarrier letterbooks

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1985_006-UA
Scope and Contents These are four letterbooks of Archie Monroe Quarrier's letters spanning the years 1891 to 1900 during his tenure as second vice president of the Louisville and Nashville (L & N) Railroad. Most of the letters discuss personal and family matters but some letters especially those to his brother Cushman, who was the L & N's controller, mention railroad business. Quarrier, a native of West Virginia, moved to Louisville during his adolescence. He joined the L & N in 1858 and became...
Dates: 1891-1900
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Archie Monroe Quarrier letterbooks

E.O. Rollings railroad photographs and tools

 Collection
Identifier: 1989_112-UA
Content Description

Included in the collection are informal individual and group photographs of Louisville and Nashville Railroad personnel, dating from 1974. There are also two photographs of the Covington rail yard from 1963 and 1970, and a set of 8 boilermakers' tools with a display rack.

Dates: 1963-1975
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / E.O. Rollings railroad photographs and tools

The Old Reliable / the General's ribbon [videotape]

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2019_026
Dates: October 1991
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections

George H. Yater papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2005_071-UA
Scope and Contents This collection consists of material relating to Yater's interests in the history of Louisville, Kentucky and the history of rail transportation. There are also some personal papers and records from George and Marjory Yater. The vast majority of these materials date to the 20th century. The topical files that make up a large portion of this collection contain newspaper clippings, brochures, photocopied materials, research notes, and photographs. Also included in the collection are images in...
Dates: 1852-2004
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / George H. Yater papers

Lucy K. Young student papers and oral history interviews

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1997_005-UA
Content Description

The collection contains student papers written by Young about the Louisville and Nashville Railroad section crews, section houses, and children of L&N section foremen. There are also four oral history audiotapes containing interviews conducted by Young concerning railroad houses. Young attended the University of Louisville.

Dates: 1996
Found in: University of Louisville Archives and Special Collections / Lucy K. Young student papers and oral history interviews