Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection,

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:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection, Ms2013-006, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
Creator:
Fish, Floyd Hamilton, Jr.
Abstract:
The Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection contains articles, magazines, and newspaper clippings involving the railroad industry in the 20th century. The collection also includes books, cataloged for the Special Collections Rare Book Collection.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection, Ms2013-006, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection contains materials relating to the railroad industry in the 20th century. Included in the collection are numerous magazines and newspaper clippings, as well as postcards, photographs, pamphlets, and a set of train-themed card decks from Norfolk & Western. The collection also originally contained a number of railway-related books which have been separately cataloged.

This folder includes single issues of magazines and other periodicals, reports, and ephemeral books, arranged chronologically.

This folder includes single issues of magazines and other periodicals, reports, and ephemeral books, arranged chronologically.

Biographical / historical:

The Norfolk and Western Railway, appearing many times in the collection, was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia from 1838 until 1982. The result of over 200 railroad mergers, the Norfolk and Western Railway ran from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and up to the Great Lakes.

Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Floyd H. Fish Railroad Collection was completed in February 2013.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Railroad