Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company Records

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company Records, Ms1998-025, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company
Abstract:
This collection includes financial records--including payroll records and disbursement vouchers--of the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company Records, Ms1998-025, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains financial records of the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company. All of the records are dated January, 1877, though there are documents for earlier transactions attached to some of the vouchers. The collection includes payroll records as well as expenditure vouchers.

Biographical / historical:

The Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad, established in 1876, had been founded as the Cincinnati, Batavia and Williamsburg Railroad earlier that year. The line, completed in 1884, ran from a point north of Cincinnati eastward to Portsmouth, Ohio. The company went into foreclosure and was purchased in 1887 by the Ohio and North Western Railroad; through another foreclosure, it passed to the Cincinnati, Portsmouth and Virginia Railroad in 1891. The CP&V was in turn acquired by Norfolk and Western Railway Company in 1901. Today (2013) the line is owned by Norfolk Southern.

Acquisition information:
The Cincinnati Eastern Railroad Company Records were purchased by Special Collections in 1998.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Cincinnati & Eastern Railroad Company Records commenced and was completed in September 2013.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by document type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Railroad
Science and Technology