The collection is open for research.
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds, ca. 1840s-1910s, Ms1991-066, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in December 1991.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds completed in November 2023.
This collection conatains 138 United States railroad stock certificates and bonds from the 1840s to the 1910s. Most of the certificates are from the 1870s through the 1890s. Most of the items have engraved pictures of trains and stations. The railroads include the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago Railway Company, the Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad Company, and the Utica and Schenectady Railroad Company. One of the items, a stock certificate for the Michigan Central Railroad Company, is signed by financier Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843-1899). This collection also includes certificates of loans made to the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
The guide to the Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).