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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Robert Andrews Dist. 417 (MS204) .23 Cubic Feet 1 box

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (U.S.)

The collection contains loose pages and one ledger. There are missing pages and some existing pages are difficult to read due to damage. The loose pages appear to have been part of a ledger in which minutes were kept for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Robert Andrews Dist. 417 . Entries found in the minutes indicate the organization was one that assisted retired and/or injured railroad workers financially. Within the ledger, members names and dues amounts paid each month are listed. The names listed are men who lived in the City of Alexandria or the nearby surrounding area. They worked or were still working for the railroad at time of membership. The ledger used for the names and dues records shows the heading "Virginia Midland Railway" at the top of each page.

  1. Alexandria Library

Charles Grattan Price Jr. and Don W. Thomas collection on the Chesapeake Western Railway 2.84 cubic feet 8 boxes 23.9 Megabytes 1 digital file

Price, Charles Grattan, III
The collection comprises photographs, maps, administrative files, and research materials related to the Chesapeake Western Railway. The materials in this collection were compiled by Don W. Thomas, former president and general manager of Chesapeake Western, and C. Grattan Price Jr., author of "The Crooked & Weedy": A History of Virginia's Chesapeake Western Railway.
  1. James Madison University

Charles Grattan Price Jr. collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad 1.53 cubic feet 2 boxes, 1 flat file 61.9 Megabytes 1 digital file comprising a 00:05:23 video recording

Price, Charles Grattan, Jr., 1919-1996
The Charles Grattan Price Jr. Collection on Tweetsie and the Shenandoah Central Railroad, 1916-1997 (bulk 1948-1956), comprises correspondence, printed material, and photographs related to the Shenandoah Central Railroad's narrow gauge engine Tweetsie (locomotive #12) and the one-mile Tweetsie Route, a scenic museum line, in Penn Laird, Virginia that operated from 1953 to 1954.
  1. James Madison University

Chesapeake Western Railway Company Records 24.36 cubic feet 35 boxes, 1 rolled storage container

Chesapeake Western Railway
The Chespeake Western Railway Company Records, 1916-1982, are comprised of 24.36 cubic feet of records pertaining to the administrative and business activities of a small Shenandoah Valley railroad through the period of America's Great Depression and up to the CW's eventual acquisition by the Norfolk Southern Railway Corporation.
  1. James Madison University

Herbert Bryant, Inc. Records (MS081) .23 Cubic Feet 1 box

Herbert Bryant, Inc.

This collection consists of approximately 300 leaves, all photocopies, and are the business records of Herbert Bryant, Inc. These records include shipments of raw materials received by rail, with rail car numbers noted, and by water, with ships' names and captains' names noted.

  1. Alexandria Library

McHone Brothers (LLC) Collection of Houck Tannery Records 6.7 cubic feet 8 boxes

Houck Tannery (Harrisonburg, Va.)
This collection consists of 6.7 cubic feet of records documenting the operations of the Houck Tannery and the J.P. Houck Store in Harrisonburg, Virginia, from 1870-1913, chiefly from 1890 to 1913. The collection contains account ledgers, registries, correspondence, and financial and transportation documents that record this turn of the century industry.
  1. James Madison University

Thomas Gathright papers 2.1 cubic feet 4 boxes, 1 flat file

The Thomas Gathright Papers, 1923-1933, consisting of 2.1 cubic feet of material, are primarily comprised of the business correspondence and property blueprints of Thomas Gathright, a land-purchasing agent for the C&O Railway.
  1. James Madison University

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