Inventory of the Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives, 1831-1984, bulk 1851-1970

The Newberry Library
Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections
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Descriptive Summary
Creator	Illinois Central Railroad Company
Title	Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives,
Dates	1831-1984 (bulk 1851-1970)
Extent	ca. 1,065 cubic feet
Abstract	The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes, reports and legal documents, financial records, stock information, historical material, maps, blueprints, and photographs.
Repository	Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Collection number	IC
Stack Location	4a 28-32

Administrative Information

Cite As

Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

The bulk of the collection (ca. 1851-1906) was placed at the Newberry Library on deposit by the Illinois Central Railroad Company in July, 1943. Additions were made to the collection around 1990 and 1997 (specifically Papers Accompanying Board Minutes, papers relating to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR and its subsidiary companies, and other miscellaneous material). The whole of the collection was formally gifted to the Newberry Library on March 20, 1995.

Processed by

Alison Hinderliter, Megan Vandehey, and Brian Reis, 2002.

Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Ownership and Copyright

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

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Biographical Note

With origins dating from an 1830s Illinois-sponsored program of internal improvements, the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), based in Chicago, was chartered in 1851 to take advantage of the Federal Land Grant Act of 1850 and build a north-south line in Illinois from Chicago to Cairo. In advertising and selling lands along its route, the IC was a catalyst for growth in the central and southern regions of Illinois, attracting thousands of settlers and laying the foundations for agricultural, industrial, and urban development. The company had a significant impact on the growth of Chicago and the development of its lakeshore. Expanding west to Iowa and into the southern states, the IC became the primary passenger and freight link between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection documents the company's history with correspondence, minutes, reports, log books, financial information, stock documents, maps, blueprints, sketches, ephemeral material, and photographs. Development of the railroad in downstate Illinois and in Mississippi (and some other Southern states, specifically Louisiana) is especially well-documented, although there is also significant material relating to Chicago and Iowa.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.

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Organization

Record Group 1: Letters by Officials, 1851-1906
Record Group 2: Letters by Office, 1851-1914
Record Group 3: Reports, Legal, 1852-1969
Record Group 4: Minutes, Board Papers, 1850-1972
Record Group 5: Securities, 1851-1966
Record Group 6: Accounting records, 1851-1910
Record Group 7: Southern Lines, 1851-1955
Record Group 8: Land Department Records, 1851-1899
Record Group 9: Land Companies, 1864-1907
Record Group 10: Other Roads, 1849-1953
Record Group 11: Other Organizations, 1857-1938
Record Group 12: Addenda - Letters, 1859-1962
Record Group 13: Addenda - Operations Department Records, 1911-1973. Box(es) 1-2
Record Group 14: Addenda - PR Department Records, 1901-1982
Record Group 15: Addenda - Subsidiary and Affiliated Lines and Companies, 1852-1983
Record Group 16: Addenda - ICG Merger documents , 1974-1984
Record Group 17: Addenda - Photographs, ca. 1881-1973
Record Group 18: Addenda - Maps, Plans, and Drawings, 1852-1945

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Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.

Names

Illinois Central Railroad Company -- History -- Sources
Illinois Central Railroad Company -- Pictorial works
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Subjects

Advertising -- Transportation -- United States -- History
Bonds
Clippings
Contracts
Ledgers
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
Railroads -- United States -- Accidents
Railroads -- United States -- Branch lines -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Design and construction
Railroads -- United States -- Electrification
Railroads -- United States -- Equipment and supplies -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Fares
Railroads -- United States -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair
Railroads -- United States -- Management -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Maps
Railroads -- United States -- Mergers
Railroads -- United States -- Rates
Railroads -- United States -- Right of way
Railroads -- United States -- Tickets
Railroads -- United States -- Timetables
Scrapbooks
Stock certificates
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Manuscripts
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation

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Guide to Railroad Abbreviations

	AT&SF			Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
	B&O			Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
	BCR&N			Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
	CA&N			The Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad; Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad Company in Alabama
	CF&M			Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad
	CenMiss			Central Mississippi Railroad
	C&Dak			Cherokee and Dakota Railroad
	CO&SW			Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad
	C&A			Chicago and Alton Railroad
	C&Ia			The Chicago and Iowa Railroad
	C&NW			Chicago and Northwestern Railway
	C&S			Chicago & Springfield Railroad
	CB&N			Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
	CB&Q			Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
	CC&D			Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
	CD&M			Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad
	CM&N			Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad
	CM&StP			Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
	CRI&P			Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
	CStL&NO			Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
	CStPM&O			Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
	CCC&StL			Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
	D&P			Dubuque & Pacific Railroad
	D&SC			Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad
	GC&S			The Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad
	H&StJ			Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
	IC			Illinois Central Railroad
	IndS			The Indianapolis Southern Railway
	IaF&SC			Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad
	K&SW			Kankakee & South Western Coal Branch Railroad; The Kankakee & South Western Railroad; Kankakee & South Western Railroad
	L&N			Louisville & Nashville Railroad
	LNO&T			Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company of Arkansas; Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway
	MC			Michigan Central Railroad
	Miss&Tenn			Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
	MissCen&Tenn			The Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad
	MissCen			The Mississippi Central Railroad; Mississippi Central Railroad
	MissVal			The Mississippi Valley Company
	MKT			Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
	MoPac			Missouri Pacific Railway
	NOBRV&M			The New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg & Memphis Railroad
	NOJ&GN			New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad
	NOJ&N			New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad
	NOStL&C			New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad
	NYCentral			New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
	NYC&StL			New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
	NPac			Northern PacificRailroad
	PennRR			Pennsylvania Railroad
	StLA&TH			St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
	TP&War			Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
	TP&Wes			Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
	TWab&Wes			Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
	UP			Union Pacific Railway
	WStL&P			Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
	Y&MV			The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad

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Description of Record Groups/Container List


Record Group 1: Letters by Officials, 1851-1906 - Call Number: IC 1
Correspondence to and from Illinois Central Incorporators, Directors, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Solicitors, Counsel, Roadmasters, Chief Engineers, Auditors, and others, regarding the construction and governance of the company.
Arranged alphabetically by Official.

Series 1: Ackerman, William K., letters, 1854-1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2
William K. Ackerman began his Illinois Central career as an assistant secretary and transfer clerk (1852-1855), then worked his way up to be secretary (1855-1860), local treasurer, Chicago division (1860-1871), assistant secretary (1864-1871), treasurer (1871-1875), general auditor (1875-1876), vice president (1876-1877), and then President from 1877-1883. He was also a trustee, incorporator, and/or director of various other rail lines, including the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans, Kankakee & Western, Kankakee & South Western Coal Branch, Chicago & Springfield, and Mound City Railroads.
Ackerman's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters, Apr. 1877-Dec. 1883; Out-letters, May 1854-Sept. 1862; Telegrams, Jan. 1878-Jan. 1880; In-letters, Mar. 1877-Nov. 1883; and Out-letters, Apr. 1880-Jul. 1882. For more Ackerman correspondence, see also J.M. Douglas, Out-letters, Mar. 1860-Apr. 1877 (Call Number: IC 1 D7.1).

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Apr. 1877-Dec. 1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.1
About 8300 letters in 11 letterpress copybooks from Chicago to New York officials, assistants, and others including many to legislators concerning Southern lines, Iowa roads, contracts, passes, legislation and sundry matters, with telegrams and many copies of statements. Some signed by John Dunn and W.J.Mauriac, and a few after Sept.1883 by J.C. Clarke. Written by Mr. Ackerman as vice-president to Oct.1877, as president to Sept.1883 and after that as vice-president; a few by him as trustee of Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR mortgage.

Box	Folder
1	1-3		Apr. 12, 1877-Mar. 28, 1879
2	4-6		Mar. 28, 1879-Jan. 20, 1881
3	7-9		Jan. 21, 1881-Jan. 23, 1883
4	10-11		Jan. 23, 1883-Dec. 31, 1883

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, May 1854-Sept. 1862 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.2
Eleven letters to W.P.Burrall, W.H. Osborn, and other New York officials, including arrival and examination of land accounts in Chicago, Apr.28,1855.

Box	Folder
4	12		May, Sept. 1854
4	13		Apr., Jun.1855
4	14		Jan. 1858
4	15		Jan., Sept. 1862

Sub-Series 3- Telegrams, Jan.1878-Jan.1880 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.3
One letterpress copy book of about 1000 telegrams, mostly to W.K.Ackerman, with some to B.F.Ayer, J.C.Clarke, and W.H.Osborn from other officials.

Box	Folder
4	16		Telegrams, Jan.1878-Jan.1880

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, Mar.1877-Nov.1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.4
About 6900 letters in 28 bound volumes from other officials, assistants, legislators and governors (including many from W.B.Allison and S.M. Cullom) and others, with detailed report-letters about CStL&NO from J.C.Clarke. Enclosures of letters to other officials, advertisements, statements, circulars, etc. included. Some overlapping of dates in volumes. No letters for July-Dec. 1877, July- Oct. 1878, Jan. -Apr. 1879, Feb. -Apr. 1880 and Oct. 1882.

Box	Folder
5	17-19		Mar. 1877-Jan. 1878
6	20-22		Feb.-Dec. 1878
7	23-25		May-Dec. 1879
8	26-28		Dec. 1879-Sept. 1880
9	29-30		Sept. 1880-Jan. 1881
10	31-32		Jan.-Apr. 1881
11	33-34		Apr.-Nov. 1881
12	35-36		Nov. 1881-Apr. 1882
13	37-38		Apr.-Sept. 1882
14	39-40		Nov. 1882-Mar. 1883
15	41-42		Mar.-Aug. 1883
16	43-44		Aug.-Nov. 1883

Sub-Series 5- Out-letters, Apr.1880-Jul. 1882 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.5
About 150 letters in one bound volume, mostly to W.H.Osborn with a few to R.S. Charles and L.V.F.Randolph, with many estimates of earnings, etc. A few letters are by B.F.Ayer.

Box	Folder
17	45		Apr.1880-Jul. 1882

Series 2: Banks, Nathaniel P., Out-letters, Jan.-May 1861 - Call Number: IC 1 B2.1
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was Illinois Central's resident (Chicago) director from 1860-1861.
About 40 letters, mostly to W.H.Osborn, reporting on Chicago affairs, land sales, immigration, legislation, passes, river boats, cotton shipments, currency and political affairs.

Box	Folder
17	46	Jan. 1861
17	47	Feb. 1861
17	48	Mar. 1861
17	49	Apr. 1861
17	50	May 1861

Series 3: Beck, C.A., Out-letters, June-Nov.1890 - Call Number: IC 1 B4.1
C. A. Beck had a long career with the Illinois Central RR, starting as an agent in Dunleith, ca. 1864-1872, then progressing on to superintendant, Chicago Division (1872-1880); and working afterwards as an assistant and general superintendant (1881-1889); general manager (1890-1891); general purchasing agent (1898-1901); and finally, as chairman of the Board of Pensions (1901-1906).
About 3500 letters in 5 letterpress copy books to division superintendents and others concerning routine matters, contracts, local affairs, Southern lines, etc.
For earlier records of Beck, see Addenda - Letters, C.A. Beck, Letters, 1864-1886 ( - Call Number: IC: A 1 B1).

Box	Folder
18	51-53	Jun.-Sept. 1890
19	54-55	Sept.-Nov. 1890

Series 4: Brayman, Mason. Out-letters, Sept.1851-Sept.1855 - Call Number: IC 1 B7.1
General Mason Brayman was an Illinois politician and attorney who worked as a solicitor for the Illinois Central RR from 1851-1855. He assisted the company in its incorporation, and worked with attorney Abraham Lincoln in the "McClean County Tax Case" lawsuit which was settled in 1856.
About 150 letters in 17 folders, mostly to Robert Schuyler, W.P.Burrall, J.F.Bunce, R.B. Mason, and D.A.Nea1, concerning legal matters, right of way in Chicago, Galena and Cairo, Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Co. (D&D Bridge), land sales and prices, town lots, laborers, etc. Mostly letters are during 1853 and concerning pending cases, with a few in 1854 about deeds and bonds to J.N.Perkins and M.B.Edgar, and to W.K.Ackerman in 1855. Also includes notice by Robert Schuyler suspending operations of company because of delay in Washington Land Office [n.d.]; Power of attorney to Mr. Brayman, May 11,1853; Complaint of local citizen about destruction of timber lands, Oct.5,1852; R.B. Mason's certificate of completion of first fifty miles; Introduction of L.J.Germain and his invention of car ventilator, Sept.8,1853; List of Land Dept. employees, Jan.3,1854; Announcement of opening of road from Cairo to Sandoval, Nav,20,1854; Accounts of rents and taxes, Oct.1852-May 1854; a letter to President J. N. Perkins concerning salary, 1855, and resignation, Mar.22,1855.

Box	Folder
19	56	Sept., Nov.-Dec. 1851
19	57	Mar. 1852
19	58	Sept. 1852
19	59	Oct. 1852
19	60	Jan. 1853
19	61	Feb. 1853
19	62	Mar. 1853
19	63	Apr. 1853
19	64	May 1853
19	65	Jun. 1853
19	66	Jul. 1853
19	67	Aug. 1853
19	68	Sept. 1853
19	69	Oct. - Nov. 1853
19	70	Dec. 1853
19	71	Jan.-Jun. 1854
19	72	Jul.-Dec. 1854
19	73	1855

Series 5: Bruen, W.G. Out-letters, May 1902-Nov.1906 - Call Number: IC 1 B8.1
William G. Bruen was an Illinois Central messenger, clerk, and assistant secretary from 1878-1913, while also being the assistant secretary of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co. from 1900-1913. He was also an incorporator, director, and/or secretary of many subsidiary lines from 1889 to 1901.
About 1000 letters in 2 letterpress copy books concerning passes, especially suburban tickets, mostly to employees. Dates overlap the 136- volume series of the New York Office - Assistant Secretary's Office, which concern passes mostly to foreign roads (IC 11 N1.1).

Box	Folder
20	74	1902-1904
20	75	1904-1906

Series 6: Burrall, W.P. Out-letters, Jan.1853-Sept.1856 (bulk 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 B9.1
William Porter Burrall was Illinois Central RR's treasurer (1852-1853); president and director (1853-1854); and counsel (1854-1857).
About 100 letters and telegrams in 12 folders, mostly reporting development of road, land sales, and property in Chicago, Galena and Dubuque, freight tariffs, legislation, etc. to Executive Committee while on visits to Illinois, Jan.27,1853-Oct.12,1854, and a few in 1855 and 1856. Burrall's letter of resignation is dated Dec. 5, 1854. Includes correspondence to Robert Schuyler, Theo Thayer, M.B. Edgar, Supreme Court Justice John Dean Caton (1853); Jonathan Sturges, J. M. Forbes, John Wentworth, J.F. Bunce, J.N. Perkins, W.H. Osborn, and W.K. Ackerman. See also IC 11 N1.5 for more Burrall correspondence of this nature.

Box	Folder
21	76	[n.d.]
21	77	Jan.-Sept. 1853
21	78	Oct.-Nov. 1853
21	79	Feb.-Mar. 1854
21	80	Apr. 1854
21	81	May 1854
21	82	Jun. 1854
21	83	Jul.-Aug. 1854
21	84	Sept. 1854
21	85	Oct., Dec. 1854
21	86	1855
21	87	1856

Series 7: Clarke, J.C., letters, 1856-1891 - Call Number: IC 1 C5
James C. Clarke was one of the early presidents of the Illinois Central RR who was a railroader instead of a businessman or attorney. In his early years he had been a trackman, brakeman, fireman, and engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio RR. He began his career at the Illinois Central as a superintendent of the Northern division at Amboy, from 1855-1856. He was promoted to general superintendent and master of transportation (1856-1858), and after service on the Erie RR line he came back to the Illinois Central to become general manager (1874-1878), and later 2nd vice president (1876-1877), vice president and general manager (1877-1883) and director (1877-1887), and finally president (1883-1887). He also presided over many subsidiary Southern lines, in addition to being involved in the management of the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR and being the president of the Mobile & Ohio RR in 1890.
Clarke's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters, Nov.1856-Feb.1859; Out-letters: President's office, Nov.1874-Oct.1891; Out-letters, 1856 and1858; In-letters, Sept.-Oct.1856; and In-letters: President's Office, Jan. 1885- June 1887.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Nov.1856-Feb.1859 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.1
About 1700 letters in 4 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials, division superintendents, and others concerning local matters, legal cases, claims, coal, mails, etc. Some signed by Silas Bent. Some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
22	88-91		Nov.1856-Feb.1859

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: President's office, Nov.1874-Oct.1891 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.2
About 10,000 letters in 12 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials and others concerning many routine matters, with some considerations of Southern lines; a few in earlier volumes signed as president of Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR. Some signed by John Dunn, L.T.Brien and T.E.King; after Apr.1887 mostly signed by John Dunn with a few by Stuyvesant Fish and W.G.Bruen. Volumes overlap: v.1, Nov.1874-Dec.1875; v.2, Jan.1876-Sept. 1882; v.3, Feb.-Dec.1878; v.4, Dec.1881-Dec.1883.

Box	Folder
23	92-94		Nov.1874-Sept.1882
24	95-97		Dec. 1881-Aug. 1884
25	98-99		Aug. 1884-Oct. 1885
26	100-101		Oct. 1885-Jan. 1887
27	102-103		Jan. 1887 - Oct. 1891

Sub-Series 3- Out-letters, 1856, 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.3
12 letters in 4 folders to W.H.Osborn about routine matters, state fair, Galena and Chicago Union, competition, etc.

Box	Folder
28	104		Aug.-Sept. 1856
28	105		Dec. 1856
28	106		Jan. 1858
28	107		Mar.-Apr. 1858

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, Sept.-Oct.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.4
About 150 letters in 1 volume sent to Amboy concerning local matters, coal, freight, etc., from officials, local citizens and shippers.

Box	Folder
28	108		Sept.-Oct.1856

Sub-Series 5- In-letters: President's Office, Jan. 1885- June 1887 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.5
About 3500 letters in 10 volumes from officials, assistants, and other roads including many from Southern lines. Many pamphlets, statements and advertisements included as well as enclosures of letters to other officials. After Apr.1887 to Stuyvesant Fish.

Box	Folder
29	109-111		Jan.-Jun. 1885
30	112-113		Aug. 1885-Apr. 1886
31	114-115		May-Sept. 1886
32	116-117		Oct. 1886-Apr. 1887
33	118		Apr.-Jun. 1887

Series 8: Crane, W.W. Out-letters, Jan.-May 1899 - Call Number: IC 1 C7.1
W.W. Crane was an Illinois Central freight agent in Jackson, Tennessee in 1899.
About 400 letters in 4 letterpress copy books from Jackson, Tennessee freight office, mostly to other freight agents, on routine matters concerning shipments, earnings, etc.

Box	Folder
34	119	Jan. 20, 1899 - Feb. 9, 1899
34	120	Feb. 9, 1899- Mar. 10, 1899
34	121	Mar. 29, 1899 - Apr. 16, 1899
34	122	Apr. 16, 1899 - May 10, 1899

Series 9: Done, J.H. (John H.) Out-letters, Oct.1855-May 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 D5.1
John H. Done was the Illinois Central RR's master of transportation in 1855, and a general superintendent from 1855-1856.
About 25 letters in 3 folders, mostly to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins, accepting superintendency, Oct. 1855, and reporting on Chicago activities including condition of stationary equipment (engine houses, grain houses, car shops, etc.), fencing, locomotives, and on Galena and Chicago Union contract, instructions to division superintendents, fire, pay rolls, etc.

Box	Folder
34	123	1855 (October only)
34	124	Jan. 1856
34	125	Mar.-May 1856

Series 10: Doty, F.R. Letters and miscellaneous papers, Jan.1887-Feb.1894 - Call Number: IC 1 D6.1
F. R. Doty was the Illinois Central RR's roadmaster for the Amboy division from 1887-1894.
About 500 letters, predominantly incoming, in 17 folders, from division superintendents, local citizens, and others concerning instructions, equipment, legal cases, laborers, accidents, complaints, etc. Includes also a few letters to Illinois Central RR foreman A.B.Minton, Aug.1888-0ct.1889. Letters of interest include a complaint from a homeowner about wall construction (Oct. 5, 1887), a request from the people of Wapella, IL to build a baseball field near the rail line (Jun. 26, 1889), a report dated Aug. 4, 1890 on the bad condition of the Railroad's water closets, and correspondence from March, 1893 relating to discharging workmen for intoxication and a workman's strike at Clinton. There is significant correspondence from October 1889 regarding the opening of the Cairo Bridge. Files also include sample forms and accident reports, lists of materials used, and miscelaneous statements, including statements of broken rails.

Box	Folder
34	126	1887
34	127	Jan.-Feb. 1888
34	128	Mar.-Dec. 1888
34	129	Jan.-May 1889
34	130	Jun.-Dec. 1889
34	131	May-Jul. 1890
34	132	Aug.-Dec. 1890
35	133	Jan-Mar. 1891
35	134	Oct.-Nov. 1891
35	135	Dec. 1891
35	136	Aug.-Sept. 1892
35	137	Oct.-Dec. 1892
35	138	Jan. 1893
35	139	Feb.-Mar. 1893
35	140	Apr. 1893
35	141	Jan. 1894
35	142	Feb. 1894

Series 11: Douglas, J.M. (John M.), letters, 1860-1870 - Call Number: IC 1 D7
John M. Douglas worked as a solicitor for the Illinois Central RR (1856-1858; 1865-1876), director (1861-1872), vice president (1864-1865), and as president for two terms, from 1865 to 1871, and then again from 1875 to 1876. For one year in 1857 he was a trustee to the Illinois Central RR's mortgage.
Douglas's letters are arranged in four subseries: Out-letters, Mar.1860-Apr.1877; Telegrams, Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876; In-letters, Apr.-Dec.1875; and In-letters, from W.H.Osborn, Feb.1866-Dec.1870.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Mar.1860-Apr.1877 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.1
About 4700 letters in 9 letterpress copy books from Chicago to officials, especially New York Executive Committee, and others including legislators. Let- ters from 1860-64 mostly legal, especially about lands; many during 1864-66 concern military claims. Some signed by John Dunn. After July 1876 letters are from W.K.Ackerman. No letters from Feb.1871-Nov.1873.

Box	Folder
36	143-146		Mar. 1860-Jun. 1868
37	147-150		Jul. 1868-Jul. 1876
38	151		Ackerman, Jun-Jul. 1876; Jul. 1876-Apr. 1877

Sub-Series 2- Telegrams, Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.2
About 500 telegrams in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly to J.C.Clarke and J.M.Douglas, from J.F.Tucker, W.H.Osborn, S. J.Hayes, and other officials.

Box	Folder
39	152		Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876

Sub-Series 3- In-letters, Apr.-Dec.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.3
About 400 letters in 2 bound volumes from officials, attorneys, and local citizens about lands, legal and local matters, personnel, passes, Southern lines, etc.

Box	Folder
39	153-154		Apr.-Dec.1875

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, from W.H.Osborn, . Feb.1866-Dec.1870 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.4
About 200 letters in 1 bound volume from New York and London.

Box	Folder
40	155		Feb.1866-Dec.1870

Series 12: Fish, Stuyvesant, letters, 1883-1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2
Stuyvesant Fish was the Illinois Central RR's president from 1887-1906. He was first hired by the IC in 1871, at the age of twenty, as a clerk. Two years later he moved from New York to Chicago to become the secretary to then-IC President John Newell. After leaving the IC after 1872 for a brief career in banking, he returned in 1877 after being elected to the board of directors. Between 1883 and 1887 he served as second vice-president, treasurer, and first vice-president. As president, Fish worked to expand the IC southwards through the purchase of major Southern Lines: the Mississippi and Tennessee RR, the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas RR (LNO&T), and the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Southwestern RR (CO&SW). Due to a power struggle between Fish and powerful IC director Edward H. Harriman, Fish was asked to resign in 1906.
Fish's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters: President's Office, May 1887-Nov. 1906; Out-letters: President's Office, Mar.1895-Mar.1896; In-letters: President's office, Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906; Index to In-letters: President's Office, 1895-1903; and In-letters: President's Office, Chicago, June-Sept.1887 and Sept.1889-June 1892.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters: President's Office, May 1887-Nov. 1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.1
About 80,000 letters in 80 letterpress copy books (i.e., in 40 boxes) from New York to officials, brokers, bankers, and other roads. No letters for Mar.-May 1888, Dec.1890-0ct.1891 and Sept. 1906. Volumes 3, 8, 78 and 83 are missing.
Various letters from this series are available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
41	156-157		Volumes 1-2, May 1887-Feb. 1888
42	158-159		Volumes 4-5, Jun. 1888-Apr. 1889
43	160-161		Volumes 6-7, Apr. 1889-Nov. 1890
44	162-163		Volumes 9-10, Nov. 1891-Nov. 1892
45	164-165		Volumes 11-12, Nov. 1892-Jun. 1893
46	166-167		Volumes 13-14, Jun. 1893-Feb. 1894
47	168-169		Volumes 15-16, Feb.-Jun. 1894
48	170-171		Volumes 17-18, Jun.-Dec. 1894
49	172-173		Volumes 19-20, Dec. 1894-May 1895
50	174-175		Volumes 21-22, May-Oct. 1895
51	176-177		Volumes 23-24, Oct. 1895-Mar. 1896
52	178-179		Volumes 25-26, Mar.-Nov. 1896
53	180-181		Volumes 27-28, Nov. 1896-Mar. 1897
54	182-183		Volumes 29-30, Mar.-Jul. 1897
55	184-185		Volumes 31-32, Jul.-Nov. 1897
56	186-187		Volumes 33-34, Nov. 1897-Mar. 1898
57	188-189		Volumes 35-36, Mar.-Aug. 1898
58	190-191		Volumes 37-38, Aug.-Sept. 1898
59	192-193		Volumes 39-40, Dec. 1898-Apr. 1899
60	194-195		Volumes 41-42, May-Oct. 1899
61	196-197		Volumes 43-44, Oct. 1899-Feb. 1900
62	198-199		Volumes 45-46, Feb.-May 1900
63	200-201		Volumes 47-48, May-Oct. 1900
64	202-203		Volumes 49-50, Oct. 1900- Feb. 1901
65	204-205		Volumes 51-52, Feb.-Jul. 1901
66	206-207		Volumes 53-54, Jul.-Nov. 1901
67	208-209		Volumes 55-56, Nov. 1901-Mar. 1902
68	210-211		Volumes 57-58, Mar.-Aug. 1902
69	212-213		Volumes 59-60, Aug. 1902-Jan. 1903
70	214-215		Volumes 61-62, Jan.-Jun. 1903
71	216-217		Volumes 63-64, Jul.-Dec. 1903
72	218-219		Volumes 65-66, Dec. 1903-Mar. 1904
73	220-221		Volumes 67-68, Mar.-Aug. 1904
74	222-223		Volumes 69-70, Aug.-Nov. 1904
75	224-225		Volumes 71-72, Nov. 1904-Feb. 1905
76	226-227		Volumes 73-74, Feb.-Jun. 1905
77	228-229		Volumes 75-76, Jun.-Oct. 1905
78	230-231		Volumes 77 and 79, Oct. 1905-Mar. 1906
79	232-233		Volumes 80-81, Mar-Jun. 1906
80	234-235		Volumes 82 and 84, Jun.-Nov. 1906

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: President's Office, Mar. 1895-Mar. 1896 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.11
About 4000 letters in 4 volumes from New York, labelled "Carbons of New York Letters." These carbons duplicate previous subseries of president's letters, May 1887-Nov.1906. (IC 1 F2.1)

Box	Folder
81	236-237		Mar.-Dec. 1895
82	238-239		Dec. 1895-Mar. 1896

Sub-Series 3- In-letters: President's office, Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.2
About 65,000 letters in 435 volumes (numbered 1-426), mostly to New York but some to Chicago after May 1887; to Mr. Fish as vice-president before May 1887; earlier volumes mostly from Chicago and New Orleans, consisting of report-letters and many financial matters. Many enclosures of letters, pamphlets, blueprints, clippings, maps, reports, government documents, legal cases, etc., including World's Fair, 1891-93. A few volumes are about special subjects: v. 156, St. Louis, Belleville & Southern; v.246, Memphis depot; v.251, New Orleans matters; v.410 and 410A-F (7 volumes total), Tennessee Central; v.411 and 411A-F (7 volumes total), Indianapolis Southern Railway; v.412, The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend; v.413, Birmingham line. No letters for Mar.1888. Volumes 46, 126, and 155 missing.
Some of these volumes have been disbound and are foldered and in boxes. The box is labeled with the original volume number. Some items were separated from these volumes; namely, correspondence from important and famous people, and oversize items. Loose letters are stored in box 87a (after the Index to the In-Letters), and oversize items are stored in box 87j (in the oversize aisles)
Various records from this subseries are available on microfilm.

Volume
1-426			Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906

Sub-Series 4- Index to In-letters: President's Office, 1895-1903 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.2 Index
Indexes the series IC 1 F2.2 incoming letters alphabetically by writers and subjects. Some subjects include Italians (Hiring of), Lynchings, Poetry, Quarantine (see Yellow Fever), Racetrack, and Strikes. Lacking the following alphabetic runs: Bo-Bz, G, He-Hz, Ni-Ny, O, Sa-St, and Ta-To.
A copy of this index is available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
83	240		"Letters Received, Subject Index, to 168"
83	241-246		A - Col
84	247-251		Com - H
85	252-257		I - Me
86	258-263		Mi - P
87	264-274		Q - Z

Sub-Series 5- In-letters: President's Office, Chicago, and Jun.-Sept.1887 Sept.1889-Jun. 1892 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.3
About 10,000 letters in 32 volumes, many to John Dunn, and earlier dates to E.H.Harriman

Volume
1			Jun.-Sept.1887
2-32			Sept.1889-Jun. 1892

Series 13: Forbes, J.M. (John Murray), Out-letters, (bulk May 1851-May 1856 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 F3.1
John Murray Forbes was the president of the Michigan Central RR from 1851-1856.
About 35 letters and telegrams in 6 folders, mostly to IC administrators Robert Schuyler, W. P. Burrall, John Sturges, W. H. Osborn, and J. N. Perkins, concerning the Michigan Central contract, connections with St. Louis and Indiana, and the Joliet Branch. There is also a few letters about securities, the Chicago passenger station, loan of steel rail, and the IC directory. There are no letters from 1852 or 1853.

Box	Folder
88	275	1851 (May 30 only)
88	276	Jan.-Apr. 1854
88	277	May-Aug. 1854
88	278	Sept.-Dec. 1854
88	279	1855 (Oct.-Nov. only)
88	280	1856 (May 14 only)

Series 14: Griswold, J.N.A. (John N. A.), Out-letters, (bulk Dec.1854-Sept.1856 1855) - Call Number: IC 1 G7.1
John N. A. Griswold was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1854-1856, and served as its President in 1855. He was the son of one of the original Illinois Central incorporators, George Griswold.
About 60 letters in 8 folders, mostly from Chicago reporting on state of road, lands, mails, legislation and currency, with recommendations for foreign agents in Great Britain to sell land, letter cancelling local land offices in Illinois, letter accepting presidency, 1855, and letter of resignation from board of directors, Sept. 22, 1856.

Box	Folder
88	281	1854 (Dec.)
88	282	Jan. 1855
88	283	Feb.-Mar. 1855
88	284	May-Jun. 1855
88	285	Jul.-Aug. 1855
88	286	Sept.-Oct. 1855
88	287	Nov.-Dec. 1855
88	288	Letter of resignation as director, Sept. 22, 1856

Series 15: Harriman, E.H. (Edward Henry), In-letters, Jan.-Oct.1888 - Call Number: IC 1 H2.1
E.H. Harriman was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1883 to 1909, and served as its vice president from 1887-1890. Although he was never president of the Illinois Central, he did serve as president and director of many subsidiary lines, as well as other railroad companies. He served as a trustee of the mortgage of the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans RR from 1897-1898.
About 150 letters in 1 volume, mostly from Stuyvesant Fish and some from other officials, about contracts, securities, legal matters, Southern lines, etc.

Box	Folder
88	289	Jan.-Oct.1888

Series 16: Jacobs, J.C. (John C.), In-letters, Oct.1856-Apr.1857 - Call Number: IC 1 J2.1
John C. Jacobs was an Illinois Central superintendent, of the Northern division (Amboy), from 1856-1892.
About 125 letters in 1 volume [some letters loose] from ticket and station agents and other officials, mostly about routine matters. A few addressed to J.C. Clarke, Oct. 1856.

Box	Folder
88	290	Oct.1856-Apr.1857

Series 17: Jeffery, E.T. (Edward Turner), Out-letters, Feb.1888-Jul. 1889 - Call Number: IC 1 J4.1
Edward Turner Jeffery started as a young boy in the Illinois Central RR Company (1856) and took jobs as office boy, apprentice, mechanical draughtsman, and secretary, and eventually worked his way up to general manager (1885-1889). He was also an incorporator, director, and general manager of many subsidiary roads from 1880-1887.
About 5000 letters in 7 letterpress copy books, concerning routine matters, passes, contracts, etc., mostly to division superintendents and agents. Some signed by John Dunn and L.T.Moore. No letters from Apr.-July and Oct.-Dec.1888.

Box	Folder
89	291-293	Feb.-Sept. 1888
90	294-296	Jan.-Jun. 1889
91	297	Jun.-Jul. 1889

Series 18: Johnson, B.F. (Benjamin F.), outgoing letters, 1853-1856 - Call Number: IC 1 J6
Benjamin F. Johnson was the local assistant to the Illinois Central president, posted in Chicago from 1855-1856. Previous to 1855 he was in downstate Illinois with Chief Engineer R.B. Mason, reporting back to the administrators (Burrall, Sturges, Ackerman, Perkins, and Osborn) on the progress of laying down the tracks.
The out-letters are divided into two subseries, since the first subseries is a bound letterpress copy book, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, May l9-Dec.24,1855; and Out-letters, Dec.1853-Dec.1856.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, May l9-Dec.24,1855 - Call Number: IC 1 J6.1
About 400 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, from Chicago, mostly to New York officials, reporting on local activities.

Box	Folder
92	298		May l9-Dec.24,1855

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, Dec.1853-Dec.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 J6.2
About 400 letters in 19 folders to presidents and various New York officials reporting on conditions in Chicago, including land matters, crops, the quality of produce, the Illinois State Fair, prices, coal, locomotives, weather, accidents, reportings of cholera, currency, immigration, and local politics. In one particular letter he reports that "Lincoln, a distinguished lawyer of Springfield, is looked upon as likely to succeed Gen'l. Shields in the U.S. Senate." (Nov. 16, 1854)

Box	Folder
92	299		1853 (Dec. only)
92	300		Feb.-Aug. 1854
92	301		Oct.-Dec. 1854
92	302		Jun.-Jul. 1855
92	303		Aug. 1855
92	304		Sept. 1855
92	305		Oct. 1855
92	306		Nov. 1855
92	307		Dec. 1855
93	308		Jan. 1856
93	309		Mar. 1856
93	310		Apr. 1856
93	311		May 1856
93	312		Jun. 1856
93	313		Aug. 1856
93	314		Sept. 1856
93	315		Oct. 1856
93	316		Nov. 1856
93	317		Dec. 1856

Series 19: Joy, J.F. (James Frederick), Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1851-Feb.1875 1853-1855) - Call Number: IC 1 J7.1
James Frederick Joy was a counsel for both the Illinois Central and the Michigan Central RR (1852-1853), as well as Illinois Central RR director (1855-1857) and Michigan Central RR president (1867-1871).
About 85 letters in 12 folders, mostly to W.P.Burrall and W.H.Osborn about negotiations for Chicago lands, Nov.1853-Dec.1855 and Apr.1856, with a few concerning MC contract, legal cases, coal lands, river boats, etc. Some letters to Morris Ketchum, George Griswold, and J.N. Perkins. Also one to J.M.Forbes about Illinois legislation, Aug.23, 1851; one to Postmaster General bidding for mail contract from Cairo to New Orleans, Mar.23,1855; a few to J.W.Brooks and W.H. Osborn about the legal case following Chicago land purchases of 1851-1852, Aug.-Dec.l860; and a letter to Sidney Bartlett about River Roads, Feb.22,1875. Also includes about 15 letters from J.W.Brooks, 1852-62, concerning his securities and relations with the MC and CB&Q. There are no letters from 1859, 1861, or 1863-1874.

Box	Folder
93	318	1851 (Aug. 23 only)
93	319	1852
93	320	1853
93	321	Jan.-May 1854
93	322	Jun.-Dec. 1854
93	323	1855
93	324	1856
93	325	1857
93	326	1858 (April only)
93	327	1860
93	328	1862 (April only)
93	329	1875 (Feb. 22 only)

Series 20: Kirkland, Joseph. Out-letters, May 1856-Feb.1858 - Call Number: IC 1 K3.1
Joseph Kirkland was an auditor for the Illinois Central RR from 1856-1858.
About 20 letters and telegrams in 3 folders to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins concerning Chicago activities, earnings, accounts, Cairo line, CB&Q use of depot, accidents, etc.; a few to W.K.Ackerman are personal, including comments on Know-Nothing party elections and yearnings to find a wife in Chicago (October 26, 1856).

Box	Folder
93	330	1856 (May, Oct.-Nov. only)
93	331	1857 (Aug. only)
93	332	1858 (Jan.-Feb. only)

Series 21: Lane, Ebenezer. Out-letters, (bulk ) 1855-58 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 L2.1
Ebenezer Lane was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1855 to 1859.
About 60 letters and telegrams in 5 folders to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins reporting on local Chicago affairs, including a fire, finances and conditions of banks, and legal matters such as the Dunleith contract, the St. Charles Air Line, Associates Lands, etc. Also considerations of the custody of notes, land contracts, statements of land notes, and competition with the Galena and Chicago Union. Judge Lane's acceptance and terms of employment with IC included, Apr.16,1856.

Box	Folder
94	333	[n.d.]
94	334	1855
94	335	1856
94	336	1857
94	337	1858

Series 22: McClellan, G.B. (George Brinton), letters, 1857-1876 - Call Number: IC 1 M2
In 1856 George Brinton McClellan was a captain in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Mexican War. Illinois Central RR's president William H. Osborn offered him a position as vice president and chief engineer, positions in which he served from 1857 to 1860. He was also a trustee of the Illinois Central mortgage in 1857, and working for the Illinois Central's Land Commission in 1858. After his tenure with the Illinois Central in 1860, he became president of the Ohio and Mississippi RR, but when the Civil War broke out, McClellan was appointed a major general of the Ohio volunteers.
The McClellan letters are arranged in two subseries, since the first subseries is in 10 bound letterpress copy books, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, Feb.1857- July 1860; and Out-letters, Aug.1857-Mar.1876 (bulk Jan.-Apr. 1858)

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Feb.1857- July 1860 - Call Number: IC 1 M2.1
About 5000 letters in 10 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials, division superintendents, and others concerning construction and engineering problems, tracks, bridges, rolling stock, etc. Some signed by W.F.Biddle, George Power, and G.W.Phillips. There is some overlapping of volumes: v.4 and v.10 are evidently car-letters, written on line, containing reports to W.H.Osborn primarily.

Box	Folder
95	346-348		Volumes 1-3: Feb. 1857-Mar. 1858
96	349-352		Volumes 4-7: Feb. 1858-Mar. 1859
97	353-355		Volumes 8-10: Mar. 1859-Jul. 1860

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1857-Mar.1876 Jan.-Apr. 1858) - Call Number: IC 1 M2.2
About 85 letters in 8 folders, mostly from Chicago, reporting on earnings and expenses and local matters to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins, Aug.1857 and Jan.-Apr.1858, including a long letter to the Board of Directors regarding the steamboat line from New Orleans to St. Louis (Feb. 9, 1858). The bulk of the letters are from the 1850's and concern river steamers, Peoria and Oquawka bonds, CB&Q affairs, currency, state taxes, the New York and Erie ticket dispute, the MC, Kankakee affairs, and buildings at Galena. The letters from the 1870's include a few personal letters to William Tracy, one concerning the "Cairo matter" (Dec. 22, 1871). The letters to W.H.Osborn, Mar.1876 are also personal letters, discussing family matters and vacation plans.
Note: due to their size and type of media, these letters are boxed in Box 94, before the boxes holding IC 1 M2.1.

Box	Folder
94	338		1857 (Aug. only)
94	339		Jan. 1858
94	340		Feb. 1858
94	341		Mar. 1858
94	342		Apr. 1858
94	343		1871 (Dec. 21 only)
94	344		1872 (Dec. 26 only)
94	345		1876 (Mar. only)

Series 23: Mason, Roswell B., Colonel. Out-letters and telegrams, Sept. 1851-Nov. 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 M3.1
Colonel Roswell B. Mason worked in the engineering department of the Erie Canal before becoming Illinois Central RR's engineer in chief in charge of construction (1851-1856) and general superintendent of the Transportation Department (1853-1856). He oversaw the complete building of the original 705-mile IC railway through Illinois from 1851 to 1856, spending as much time out in the field as he could while also administering the construction from in the Chicago office. After the construction, he became the IC's Land Department comptroller (1861-1867). He was mayor of the City of Chicago from 1869 to 1871, during the time of the Great Chicago Fire.
About 200 letters and telegrams in 32 folders reporting Chicago activities to presidents Schuyler and Burrall in New York, and financial needs to treasurer M.B. Edgar. Topics include progress of construction, lands, steel, currency problems, labor scarcity, coal, accidents, rolling stock, etc. He announces the completion of the track in a telegram dated Dec. 29, 1854. Also of interest is his Sept. 1, 1856 letter of resignation, and a letter enclosed from Father Chiniquy about French-Canadian immigration to Bourbonnais, and request for money for school, Jan.9, 1853.
For more letters from Col. Mason, see IC 11 N1.5, New York Office, In-Letters.

Box	Folder
98	356	[n.d.]
98	357	1851 (Sept.-Oct. only)
98	358	Mar. 1852
98	359	Apr.-May, Jul. 1852
98	360	Sept.-Nov. 1852
98	361	Jan. 1853
98	362	Feb. 1853
98	363	Mar. 1853
98	364	Apr. 1853
98	365	May 1853
98	366	Jun. 1853
98	367	Jul. 1853
98	368	Aug. 1853
98	369	Sept. 1853
98	370	Oct. 1853
98	371	Nov. 1853
98	372	Dec. 1853
98	373	Jan. 1854
98	374	Feb. 1854
98	375	Mar. 1854
98	376	Apr. 1854
98	377	May 1854
98	378	Jun. 1854
98	379	Jul. 1854
98	380	Aug. 1854
98	381	Sept. 1854
98	382	Oct. 1854
98	383	Nov. 1854
98	384	Dec. 1854
98	385	1855
98	386	Jan.-Mar. 1856
98	387	Apr.-Nov. 1856

Series 24: Neal, David A. (David Augustus), Out-letters, Aug.1851-June 1858 - Call Number: IC 1 N4.1
David A. Neal was an original incorporator of the Illinois Central RR, as well as a director, from 1851-1856, and a vice president, from 1851-1855. Neal was in charge of administering the sale of land grant lands in Illinois.
About 160 letters and telegrams in 28 folders, mostly to officials and directors Ketchum, Schuyler, Bowne, Sturges, Burrall, John L. Wilson, Ackerman, Brayman, Bunce, Perkins, Osborn, and Joy,concerning London loan, land sales, swamp lands, right of way (especially Galena and Chicago), deeds, Associates Lands, etc., Sept.1852-Mar.1856. Also a few letters in 1852 include details of construction, locomotives, etc., and some in 1853 concern London bond sales; a few in Feb. and June 1858 concern claims for commissions. Also includes letters announcing opening of LaSalle and Bloomington road, May 22,1853; declining presidency, July 28,1853; and resignation from vice-presidency, Apr.2,1855.

Box	Folder
99	388	1851 (Aug. only)
99	389	Apr.-May 1852
99	390	Sept. 1852
99	391	Oct. 1852
99	392	Nov. 1852
99	393	Jan.-Feb. 1853
99	394	Mar. 1853
99	395	Apr. 1853
99	396	May 1853
99	397	Jun.-Jul. 1853
99	398	Aug. 1853
99	399	Sept. 1853
99	400	Oct.-Nov. 1853
99	401	Dec. 1853
99	402	Jan. 1854
99	403	Feb., Apr. 1854
99	404	May 1854
99	405	Jun.-Jul. 1854
99	406	Aug. 1854
99	407	Sept. 1854
99	408	Oct.-Dec. 1854
99	409	Jan. 1855
99	410	Apr.-May 1855
99	411	Jun. 1855
99	412	Jul.-Aug. 1855
99	413	Oct.-Nov. 1855
99	414	1856 (Mar., Jun. only)
99	415	1858 (Feb., Jun. only)

Series 25: Newell, John, letters, 1859-1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6
John Newell first worked for the Illinois Central RR as an engineer under Col. Roswell B. Mason, and in the Iowa division (1856-1863). He then became vice president (1869-1871) and from there was promoted to president and director, 1871-1874 and 1871-1875, respectively. As his tenure corresponded with the date of the Great Chicago Fire, he was in charge of facilitating relief to the city in free transport of provisions, and also in rebuilding the damaged rail lines and property as quickly as possible.
Newell's letters are arranged in the following three subseries: Out-letters, Feb.1859-Dec.1873; Out-letters for trustees of Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway (TP&War), Feb.1874-Feb.1875; and In-letters, Dec.1870-Jan.1875.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Feb.1859-Dec.1873 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.1
About 4500 letters in 9 letterpress copy books, from Amboy to 1862 and from Chicago, 1869-73; no letters from Nov.1862-Jan.1869. Letters to officials, other roads, local citizens. etc. about bridges, construction, new lines, passes, etc. Some signed by Lucien Tilton. Volume 6, Mar.1871-Dec.1872, overlaps dates of Volumes 5 and 7, and comprises car-letters written en route.

Box	Folder
100	416-419		Feb. 1859-Oct. 1862; Feb. 1869-Mar. 1871
101	420-423		Mar. 1871-Dec. 1872
102	424		Dec. 1872-Dec. 1873

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters for trustees of Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway (TP&War), Feb.1874-Feb.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.2
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book to other trustees and TP&War officials concerning receipts, expenses, relations with other roads, etc. Letters written by J.C.Clarke and W.H.Cruger after Sept.1874.

Box	Folder
102	425		Feb.1874-Feb.1875

Sub-Series 3- In-letters, Dec.1870-Jan.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.3
About 1300 letters in 9 bound volumes concerning other roads, lands, Southern lines, Iowa roads, passes, and sundry matters from IC officials and others. Many enclosures of letters, pamphlets, circulars, advertisements, etc. are included. Letters for Dec.1870 are to J.M.Douglas, and a few Jan.1873- Jan.1875 letters are to J.C.Clarke (mostly from IC officials in New York). Some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
103	426-427		Dec. 1870-Nov. 1871
104	428-429		Nov. 1871-Jan. 1872
105	430-432		Apr.-Aug. 1872
106	433-434		Oct. 1872-Jan. 1875

Series 26: Osborn, William H. (William Henry), letters, 1854-1871 - Call Number: IC 1 O6
William Henry Osborn was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1854 to 1877. He served as vice president in 1855, and president from 1855-1865. Among other posts, he served as a president and director of the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans and other Southern Lines from 1877-1883. Under his tenure as president, he made sure main lines of the IC were completed and that the company's finances were stable. He also administered the lines during the Civil War and expanded the traffic on the rails during that time.
The Osborn letters are arranged in two subseries, since the first subseries is in 6 bound letterpress copy books, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, Dec.1855 -Jul. 1871; and Out-letters, Aug.1854-May 1864 (bulk 1855-1856).
For a series of personal letters from Osborn to his wife, Virginia Osborn, [n.d.] and 1855-1857, see IC: Addenda, Letters - Osborn, W.H. (IC:A 1 O1)

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Dec.1855 -Jul. 1871 - Call Number: IC 1 O6.1
About 3000 letters in 6 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials (mostly to T.E.Walker, 1860-65), legislators, brokers including Robert Benson & Co., London, shareholders including Richard Cobden, and others. A few are reports to Mr. Osborn in New York from Chicago officials: Ebenezer Lane, Jan.-July 1856; W.M.Phillips, Mar. 1859; N.P.Banks, Mar.-May 1861; and J.F.Tucker, Jun.-Jul. 1861. Letters from Mr. Osborn as president, 1855-65, including his acceptance of presidency, Dec.10,1855. and as chairman of Executive Committee, 1868-71; after Apr.1871 from William Tracy as chairman. No letters for Oct.1856-Nov.1858; May 1859-Aug.1860; Aug. 1862-Jan.1863; Apr.1865-Nov.1868.

Box	Folder
107	435-438		Dec. 1855-Jul. 1862
108	439-440		Feb. 1863-Mar. 1865; Dec. 1868-Jul. 1871

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1854-May 1864 1855-1865) - Call Number: IC 1 O6.2
About 400 letters in 23 folders from Chicago to treasurers M.B. Edgar, J.N. Perkins, and Thomas Walker, and Executive Committee (Burrall, Sturges, Griswold, Sanford, Ketchum, Ackerman) about local activities, progress of road, mail, iron, securities, lands, etc. Only a few letters from 1861-62 and 1864. Some earlier letters are from Boston, and a few from Pittsburgh, New York, Washington and Liverpool (1857) and London (1858). Correspondence of note is his letter of acceptance to the presidency dated Dec. 1, 1855; a letter about the IC line to Hyde Park (Jun. 22, 1856); and a copy of a letter to the U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, (Sept. 10, 1856) Enclosed in a Nov. 25, 1856 letter is a list of downstate Illinois rail stations and whether they have access to water or not.

Box	Folder
109	441		[n.d.]
109	442		Aug. 1854
109	443		Sept. 1854
109	444		Oct., Dec. 1854
109	445		Jan. 1855
109	446		May-Jun. 1855
109	447		Jul.-Aug. 1855
109	448		Sept. 1855
109	449		Oct. 1855
109	450		Dec. 1855
109	451		Jan. 1856
109	452		Mar. 1856
109	453		Apr.-May 1856
109	454		Jun. 1856
109	455		Sept. 1856
109	456		Oct. 1856
109	457		Nov. 1856
109	458		Dec. 1856
109	459		1857 (Aug., Oct. only)
109	460		1858 (Feb. only)
109	461		1861 (Jan., Oct. only)
109	462		1862 (scattered)
109	463		1864 (May 24 only)

Series 27: Parker, D.W. Out-letters, May-Oct.1878 - Call Number: IC 1 P2.1
D.W. Parker was the Illinois Central RR superintendent of Iowa lines from 1877-1883.
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book from Dubuque cashier concerning taxes, vouchers, earnings, expenses and sundry other matters.

Box	Folder
110	464	May-Oct.1878

Series 28: Perkins, J.N. (J. Newton), Out-letters, Dec.1855-Apr.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 P4.1
J. Newton Perkins was in Illinois Central director from 1854 - 1855, and again from 1857-62. In addition, he served as president (1854-1855), treasurer (1855-1860), and a trustee of the IC mortgages (1857, 1858).
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly routine, about drafts, dividends, etc., with a few detailed letters about bonds, compensation for government troops, earnings, etc. A few are signed by W.K.Ackerman.

Box	Folder
110	465	Dec.1855-Apr.1856

Series 29: Place, T.W. Out-letters, Jun. 1895- Jan.1902 - Call Number: IC 1 P6.1
T.W. Place was a master mechanic for the Illinois Central RR, based in Waterloo, Iowa.
About 900 letters in 2 bound volumes from Waterloo, Iowa Mechanical Dept. concerning local matters, personnel, accidents, etc.

Box	Folder
110	466-467	Jun. 1895-Jan. 1902

Series 30: Randolph, L.V.F. (Lewis V.F.) In-letters: Treasurer's Office, Mar.1884-Mar. 1885 - Call Number: IC 1 R2.1
Lewis V.F. Randolph was an Illinois Central RR director from 1872-1884. He also help the job of assistant treasurer (1869) and treasurer (1875-1885). In addition, he was a trustee of the mortgages of many other lines and companies affiliated with the Illinois Central.
Consists of about 450 letters in 2 bound volumes about routine business.

Box	Folder
111	468-469	Mar.1884-Mar. 1885

Series 31: Schuyler, Robert. Out-letters, Oct.1852- June 1854 - Call Number: IC 1 S2.1
Robert Schuyler was an Illinois Central RR incorporator, and served as president from 1851 to 1853, and as a director from 1851-1854.
About 10 letters in 4 folders to W.P.Burrall, M.B.Edgar and Jonathan Sturges concerning bonds, legal matters and mail contracts, Dec. 1853-June 1854. Also letter to W.W.Gilbert about London loan July 19,1852; resignation submitted to Executive Committee, Oct.11, 1852; and letter (copy) with financial statement sent to Illinois Gov. A.C. French, Dec.8,1852.

Box	Folder
112	470	1852 (Jul., Oct., Dec. only)
112	471	1853 (Dec. only)
112	472	Power of attorney document, May 11, 1853
112	473	1854 (Jan., May-Jun. only)

Series 32: Skene, E.P. (Edward P.) In-telegrams, Sept.-Nov. l897 - Call Number: IC 1 S5.1
Edward P. Skene held several jobs with the Illinois Central RR, beginning with New York Office clerk (1872-1887), then Land Commisioner (1891-1905) and Right of Way agent (1905-1906). He worked as secretary, director, and/or land commissioner on many affiliated railroads as well.
Consists of about 1000 telegrams, in 1 bound volume, from local agents at Southern stations reporting on the yellow fever epidemic and quarantines restricting train business. Labelled "Overflow reports."

Box	Folder
112	474	Sept.-Nov.l897

Series 33: Sturges, Jonathan. Out-letters, (bulk Oct.1852-Aug.1857 May-Jun. 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 S8.1
Jonathan Sturges was an Illinois Central RR incorporator. In addition he served as a director from 1851-1862, and from 1868-1874.
About 50 letters in 10 folders, mostly about purchase of Chicago lands for resale, with a few answering W.P.Burrall's report-letters from Chicago for the Executive Committee, considering problems of Chicago lands, legislation, construction expenses, iron, etc. Also a few letters to J.M.Forbes and J.F.Joy about Michigan Central contract. Other correspondents include Schuyler, Edgar, Wentworth, Osborn, and Ackerman.

Box	Folder
112	475	[n.d.]
112	476	1852 (Oct. 21 only)
112	477	1853 (Dec. only)
112	478	Feb. 1854
112	479	Apr. 1854
112	480	May 1854
112	481	Jun. 1854
112	482	1855
112	483	1856 (Mar. only)
112	484	1857 (Aug. only)

Series 34: Walker, T.E. (Thomas E.), Out-letters, Jan.1863-Feb.1865 - Call Number: IC 1 W2.1
Thomas E. Walker was a director for the Illinois Central from 1855-1871. In addition, he was treasurer from 1861-1871, and a trustee of the Dubuque & Pacific RR (D&P) mortgage in 1857.
About 900 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly to officials about routine matters and to brokers and bankers (especially Robert Benson & Co., London) about bonds.

Box	Folder
112	485	Jan.1863-Feb.1865

Series 35: Welling, J.C. (John C.), letters, 1892-1910 - Call Number: IC 1 W3
John C. Welling held many positions in his tenure at the Illinois Central RR. He began as an acting secretary in 1874 then became assistant treasurer for the Chicago office (1874-1876). He was auditor and comptroller between 1876-1905, and also vice president from 1890-1906. In addition to being on the board of directors from 1887-1888 and again from 1892-1906, he was also incorporator, director and vice president of many of the Illinois Central's subsidiary lines.
Welling's letters are arranged into the following six subseries: Out-letters, Aug.-Sept.1893 and Dec.1901-0ct.1906; Index to Out-letters, 1893-98; Telegrams, Nov.1892- July 1896; In-letters, Jan.1889-Apr.1898 and Aug.1898-June 1910; Index to In-letters, 1893-98; and In-telegrams, July 1893-Oct.1897.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, and Aug.-Sept.1893 Dec.1901-0ct.1906 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.1
About 25,000 letters in 26 letterpress copy books, primarily concerning financial matters, securities, etc., including Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR (Y&MV). No letters for June 1902, Apr.-Sept.1903, Mar.-Apr.l904, Mar. and Nov.1905 and Feb.-Mar.l906.

Box	Folder
113	486-488		Aug.-Sept.1893; Dec. 1901-Mar. 1902
114	489-491		Mar.-Sept. 1902
115	492-494		Sept. 1902-Feb. 1903
116	495-497		Feb. 1903-Feb. 1904
117	498-500		May-Nov. 1904
118	501-503		Nov. 1904-Feb. 1905
119	504-506		Apr.-Sept. 1905
120	507-509		Sept. 1905-Jun. 1906
121	510-511		Jun.-Oct. 1906

Sub-Series 2- Index to Out-letters, 1893-1898 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.1 Index
Indexes letters C-F, H, N-W only (12 folders). Note that there are no letters in the Newberry Library's collection between Sept. 1893 and Dec. 1901.

Box	Folder
122	512-523		C-F, H, N-W, 1893-1898

Sub-Series 3- Telegrams, Nov.1892- July 1896 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.2
About 2000 telegrams in 2 letterpress copy books, mostly to officials.

Box	Folder
123	524-525		Nov.1892- July 1896

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, , and Jan.1889-Apr.1898 Aug.1898-June 1910 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.3
About 30,000 letters in 55 boxes, Jan. 1889-Apr.1898, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Mostly from officials to Chicago about financial matters, including Southern lines. Other types of correspondence include requests for employment and letters of reference, United States Census information requests, matters pertaining to the traffic at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, requests for train passes from employees for their spouses or for VIPs, insurance matters, and personnel issues. For World's Columbian Exposition letters, check under the following names in the alphabetic run: Ackerman, Burnham, Edmonds, Higinbotham, Jaycox, Meredith, and "R" (For "Railway Day", Sept. 16, 1893; letter sent Sept. 9).
Many files are missing; and there is some overlapping of dates and names. The letters from Aug.1898-June 1910 are chronological and are filed after the index to the 1889-1898 grouping. Some files from officials for varying dates are kept separately, including Isaac Anderson (IC Auditor of Disbursements), C.A. Beck (assistant 2nd Vice President), R.S.Charles (Treasurer of several Southern Lines), J.M.Edwards (3rd Vice President), Franklin Fairman (Auditor of Freight Receipts), James Fentress (general solicitor), Stuyvesant Fish (President), E .T.H .Gibson (Treasurer), A.G.Hackstaff (Secretary), J.T .Harahan (2nd Vice President), T. J.Hudson (Traffic Manager), A.D. Joslin (bookeeper and auditor), L.P.Morehouse (Custodian of Deeds) and E.P. Skene (Land Commission), W.S. Pinney (Chief Travelling Auditor), W. Renshaw (Superintendent of Machinery), M.D. Royer (Chief Travelling Auditor), Henry Schlacks (Superintendent of Machinery), A.W. Sullivan (General superintendent), Thompson & Slater (Railroad Agents, Washington, D.C.) , and J.F.Titus (clerk, treasurer, incorporator of subsidiary lines). There are also separate files for letters and acceptances of the Guarantee Company of North America, signed by J.T.Pruyn, mostly concerning bonding of employees, July 1893-Apr.1898 [see also "P" alphabetic run, as well as IC 3.94], for Insurance, mostly of proofs of fire losses, Dec.1890-Feb.1894 (also included in letters of A.W.Sullivan), and for Superintendents and Engineers (filed by year but not strictly chronological). Letters from some of these officials are also scattered through alphabetical file; for example, letters from Isaac Anderson before July 1895 are filed with A's.
Note: Some of E.P.Skene's letters filed with L.P.Morehouse, July 1893-Oct.1896 and Jan.-Apr.1898; W. Renshaw with Henry Schlacks, Jan.1889-June 1893, and with A.W.Sullivan, Jan.1891- Feb.1898; C.A. Beck with A.W.Sullivan. Jan.1891-Feb.1898; and M.D. Royer with J. F .Titus, Jan. 1894 -Apr. 1898.
Note: if alphabetic sequences are in multiple folders, sometimes they are ordered chronologically, and sometimes they are ordered alphabetically.

Box	Folder
124	526		A, 1891
124	527		A, Jan.-Jun. 1892
124	528		A, Aug.-Dec. 1893
124	529		A, 1894
124	530		A, 1895
124	531		A, Jan.-Jun. 1896
124	532		A, 1897
124	533		Anderson, Isaac, Jul.-Dec. 1895
124	534-536		Anderson, Isaac, 1896
124	537		Anderson, Isaac, 1897
124	538		Anderson, Isaac, Jan.-Apr. 1898
125	539		B, 1891
125	540		B, Jan.-Jun. 1892
125	541		B, Aug.-Dec. 1893
125	542-543		B, 1894
126	544-545		B, 1895
126	546-547		B, Jan.-Jun. 1896
126	548		Beck, C.A., 1891
127	549-551		C, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
127	552		C, Jan.-Jun. 1892
127	553		C, Aug.-Dec. 1893
128	554-555		C, 1894
128	556		C, 1895
128	557		C, 1896
128	558		Charles, R.S., 1879; Jul.-Dec. 1893
128	559		Charles, R.S., Jan.-Jun. 1894
128	560		Charles, R.S., 1895
129	561-562		Charles, R.S., 1896
129	563		Charles, R.S., 1897
129	564		Charles, R.S., Jan.-Apr. 1898
129	565		D, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
129	566		D, Jan.-Jun. 1892
129	567-568		D, Jan.-Jun. 1893
130	569-570		D, 1896
130	571		E, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
130	572		E, Jan.-Jun. 1892
130	573		E, Jan.-Jun. 1893
130	574		E, 1896
130	575		Edwards, J.M., Jul.-1893-Jan. 1894; Aug. 1894
131	576		F, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
131	577		F, Jan.-Jun. 1892
131	578		F, Jan.-Jun. 1893
131	579		F, 1897
131	580		Fairman, F., Jul.-Dec. 1893
131	581-582		Fairman, F., 1894
131	583		Fairman, F., 1895
132	584		Fairman, F., 1896
132	585-586		Fairman, F., 1897
132	587		Fairman, F., Jan.-May 1898
132	588		Fentress, James, Aug.-Dec. 1893
132	589		Fentress, James, 1894
133	590-591		Fentress, James, 1895
133	592-593		Fentress, James, 1896
133	594-595		Fentress, James, 1897
133	596		Fentress, James, Jan.-Apr. 1898
134	597		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1889
134	598-599		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1890
134	600-601		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1891
134	602-603		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Aug. 1892
135	604		Fish, Stuyvesant, Oct.-Dec. 1892
135	605-606		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1893
135	607		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Jun. 1894
135	608		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Apr. 1895
136	609-611		Fish, Stuyvesant, May-Dec. 1895
136	612-614		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Nov. 1896
137	615		Fish, Stuyvesant, Dec. 1896
137	616-621		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Nov. 1897
138	622-623		G, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
138	624		G, Jan.-Jun. 1892
138	625		G, Jan.-Jun. 1893
138	626		G, 1894
138	627		G, 1895
138	628-629		G, 1897
139	630		Gibson, E.T.H., Sept.-Oct. 1890
139	631-632		Gibson, E.T.H., 1891
139	633-634		Gibson, E.T.H., 1892
139	635		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Jun. 1893
140	636		Gibson, E.T.H., Jun.-Dec. 1894
140	637-638		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Jun. 1895
140	639-640		Gibson, E.T.H., Apr.-Dec. 1897
140	641		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Apr. 1898
141	642-645		Guarantee Company of North America, Jul.-Dec. 1893
141	646-647		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Jun. 1894
142	648-650		Guarantee Company of North America, Jul.-Dec. 1894
142	651-653		Guarantee Company of North America, 1895
143	654-659		Guarantee Company of North America, 1896
144	660-666		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Oct. 1897
145	667-668		Guarantee Company of North America, Nov.-Dec. 1897
145	669-672		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Apr. 1898
146	673-674		H, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
146	675-676		H, Jun.-Dec. 1892
146	677		H, Jan.-Jun. 1893
146	678-679		H, Jul.-Dec. 1893
147	680-681		H, 1894
147	682-683		H, 1895
148	684-685		H, 1896
148	686-687		H, 1897
149	688-689		Hackstaff, A.G., 1894
149	690		Hackstaff, A.G., Sept. 1897-Apr. 1898
149	691		Harahan, J.T., Nov.-Dec. 1890
149	692-694		Harahan, J.T., 1891
150	695-697		Harahan, J.T., 1892
150	698-699		Harahan, J.T., 1893
150	700-702		Harahan, J.T., 1894
151	703-705		Harahan, J.T., 1895
151	706-710		Harahan, J.T., Jan.-May 1896
152	711-717		Harahan, J.T., Jun.-Dec. 1896
153	718-724		Harahan, J.T., Jan.-Aug. 1897
154	725-728		Harahan, J.T., Sept.-Dec. 1897
154	729		Hudson, J.T. 1889
154	730		Hudson, J.T. 1890
154	731		Hudson, J.T. 1891
154	732		Hudson, J.T. 1892
155	733		Hudson, J.T. 1893
155	734		Hudson, J.T. 1894
155	735		Hudson, J.T. 1895
155	736		Hudson, J.T. 1896
155	737-738		Hudson, J.T. Jan.-Aug. 1897
155	739		I, 1891
155	740		I, Jun.-Dec. 1892
155	741		I, Jan.-Jun. 1893
155	742		I, 1894
156	743-744		Insurance matters, C.A. Beck, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	745		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	746		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	747		Insurance matters, H, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	748		Insurance matters, John C. Jacobs, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	749		Insurance matters, J.B. Kemp, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	750		Insurance matters, L.T. Moore, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	751		Insurance matters, Q, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	752		Insurance matters, Ely Russell, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	753		Insurance matters, H. Schlacks, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	754		Insurance matters, T, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	755		Insurance matters, N.B. Wiggins, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	756		Insurance matters, B, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	757		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	758		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	759		Insurance matters, H, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	760		Insurance matters, John C. Jacobs, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	761		Insurance matters, LT. Moore, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	762		Insurance matters, F.W. Quimby, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	763		Insurance matters, S, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	764		Insurance matters, T, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	765		Insurance matters, W, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	766		Insurance matters, B, Apr. 1892-Feb. 1894
157	767		Insurance matters, Casey, 1892-1893
157	768		Insurance matters, D, Apr. 1892-Feb. 1894
157	769		Insurance matters, E, Apr. 1892-Mar. 1894
157	770		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Apr. 1892-May 1894
157	771		Insurance matters, G, Apr. 1892-Mar. 1894
157	772		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, 1892-1894
157	773		Insurance matters, H, Apr. 1892-Dec. 1893
157	774		Insurance matters, K, Apr. 1892-Nov. 1893
157	775		Insurance matters, M, Apr. 1892-Nov. 1893
157	776		Insurance matters, F.W. Quimby, Apr.-May 1892
157	777		Insurance matters, R, Apr. 1892-Jan. 1894
158	778		Insurance matters, S, 1892
158	779-780		Insurance matters, S, Jan.-Oct. 1893
158	781		Insurance matters, T, 1892
158	782-784		Insurance matters, W, 1892-1894
159	785		J, 1891
159	786		J, Jun.-Dec. 1892
159	787		J, 1893
159	788		J, 1894
159	789		Joslin, A.D., Jul-Dec. 1893
159	790-791		Joslin, A.D., 1894
160	792		Joslin, A.D., 1895
160	793		Joslin, A.D., 1896
160	794		Joslin, A.D., 1897
160	795		Joslin, A.D., Jan.-Apr. 1898
160	796		K, 1891
160	797		K, Jun.-Dec. 1892
160	798-799		K, 1893
160	800		K, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
161	801-802		K, 1897
161	803		L, 1891
161	804		L, Jul.-Dec. 1892
161	805-806		L, 1893
161	807		L, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
161	808		L, 1896
161	809-810		M, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
162	811-812		M, 1892
162	813-814		M, 1893
162	815		M, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
163	816-817		M, 1896
163	818		Morehouse, L.P., 1893
163	819		Morehouse, L.P., 1894
163	820		Morehouse, L.P., 1895
163	821-822		Morehouse & Skene, 1896
164	823		Morehouse & Skene, Jan.-Apr. 1898
164	824		N, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	825-826		N, 1892
164	827		N, 1893
164	828		N, 1894
164	829		N, 1895
164	830		O, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	831-832		O, 1892
164	833		O, 1893
164	834		O, 1894
164	835		O, 1895
164	836		P, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	837		P, Jan.-Jun. 1892
165	838		P, Jul.-Dec. 1892
165	839-841		P, 1893
165	842		P, 1894
165	843		P, 1895
165	844		Pinney, W.S., Feb.-Apr. 1898
166	845		Q, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
166	846-847		Q, 1892
166	848		Q, 1893
166	849		Q, 1894
166	850		R, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
166	851-852		R, 1892
166	853		R, 1893
166	854		R, 1894
166	855		R, 1895
167	856		Renshaw, W., Feb.-Jun. 1893
167	857-859		Royer, M.D., 1897
167	860		Royer, M.D., Jan.-Feb. 1898
168	861		S, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
168	862-863		S, 1892
168	864-865		S, 1893
169	866-867		S, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
169	868		S, Jul.-Dec. 1895
169	869-870		Schlacks, H., 1889
169	871		Schlacks, H., 1890
170	872		Schlacks, H., 1891
170	873		Schlacks, H., Jan. 1892-Jan. 1893
170	874		Skene, E.P., Jul.-Dec. 1893
170	875		Skene, E.P., 1894
170	876-877		Skene, E.P., 1895
171	878		Sullivan, A.W., 1891
171	879-880		Sullivan, A.W., 1892
171	881-883		Sullivan, A.W., Jan.-Aug. 1893
172	884-885		Sullivan, A.W., Sept.-Dec. 1893
172	886-887		Sullivan, A.W., 1894
172	888		Sullivan, A.W., Jul.-Dec. 1895
173	889		Sullivan, A.W., 1896
173	890		Sullivan, A.W., 1897
173	891		Sullivan, A.W., Jan.-Feb. 1898
173	892		Superintendents and Engineers, 1893
173	893		Superintendents and Engineers, 1894
173	894		Superintendents and Engineers, 1895
173	895		Superintendents and Engineers, 1896
173	896		Superintendents and Engineers, 1897
174	897-898		T, 1892
174	899		T, 1893
174	900		T, Jan.-1894-Jan. 1895
174	901		T, Jul.-Dec. 1895
174	902		Thompson & Slater, Jul.-Dec. 1893
174	903		Thompson & Slater, 1894
174	904		Thompson & Slater, 1895
174	905		Thompson & Slater, 1896
174	906		Thompson & Slater, 1897
174	907		Thompson & Slater, Jan.-Apr. 1898
175	908-911		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Jun. 1894
175	912		Titus, J.F., Nov. 1894
175	913-914		Titus, J.F., 1895
176	915-917		Titus, J.F., 1896
176	918-919		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Apr. 1897
177	920-921		Titus, J.F., May-Dec. 1897
177	922		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Apr. 1898
177	923		U, 1892
177	924		U, 1893
177	925		V, 1892
177	926		V, Jan.1894-Jan. 1895
177	927		V, Jul.-Dec. 1895
177	928		W, 1891
177	929-930		W, 1892
178	931-932		W, 1893
178	933		W, 1895
178	934		Y, 1892
178	935		Y, 1893
178	936		Y, 1895
179	944		Aug. 1898-Dec. 1901
179	945		Apr. 1902-Jun. 1910

Sub-Series 5- Index to In-letters, 1893-98 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.3 Index
Indexes letters E-F, H-L and Sp-Sz only.

Box	Folder
179	937		E, 1893-1898
179	938		F, 1893-1898
179	939		H, 1893-1898
179	940		I - J, 1893-1898
179	941		K, 1893-1898
179	942		L, 1893-1898
179	943		Sp - Sz, 1893-1898

Sub-Series 6- In-telegrams, Jul. 1893-Oct.1897 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.4
About 1000 telegrams in 11 folders to Chicago, mostly about financial matters, from New York, New Orleans and other stations on Southern lines, Iowa, etc.

Box	Folder
180	946-951		Jul. 1893-Nov. 1895
181	952-956		Dec. 1895-Oct. 1897

Series 36: Wentworth, John. Out-letters, Dec.1851-Oct.1855 - Call Number: IC 1 W4.1
John Wentworth was a Chicago newspaperman (The Chicago Democrat was his paper, 1836-1888), in addition to being mayor of Chicago from 1857-1858 and 1860-1861, and a United States Congressman from 1843-1851, 1853-1855, and 1865-1867. He worked hard to push the Illinois Land Grant Bill through Congress, and was a long-time supporter of the Illinois Central RR.
16 letters in 1 folder to Illinois Central presidents (Griswold, Burrall, Osborn, Perkins, Schuyler, Sturges) regarding land grant lobby in Washington, entrance into Chicago, and local affairs. Includes two letters from W.B.Ogden to W.H. Osborn, Jan. 1855, about Chicago affairs.

Box	Folder
181	957	1851-1855

Series 37: Miscellaneous unidentified indexes, [n.d.] - Call Number: IC + 1 X1.1
Indexes to letters, stock ledgers, and accounting volumes, and one volume index to map case. In one oversized box and thirteen volumes.

Box
+182		Miscellaneous Indexes, [n.d.]

Volume
+1		[n.d.] Index to Stock Ledgers-Domestic Shareholders-Long Accounts, A-Z
+2-4		Index to Stock Ledgers-Domestic Shareholders, A-Z [n.d.]
+5-13		Miscellaneous Indexes, contracts from subsidiary lines, [n.d.]


Record Group 2: Letters by Office, 1851-1914 - Call Number: IC 11
Correspondence, primarily stored in letterpress copy books, of routine matters pertaining to Illinois Central RR business. Many of these files overlap files in Record Group 1, Letters by Officials.
Arranged alphabetically by Office name: Chicago Office, Machinery Department Office, New York Office, and Post Office Department.

Series 1: Chicago Office. Out-letters (daily) to New York, Jan.1866-July 1897 - Call Number: IC 11 C1.1
Series consists of 39 letterpress copy books; copies of correspondence written out of the Chicago office. Earlier volumes are president's reports to chairman of Executive Committee, later from vice-president in Chicago to treasurer and president. Reports consider weather, business, cars loaded and received, local treasurer's report, land sales, etc.; after 1877 more detailed reports on forms, including cumulated reports at end of month and year, A few letters are included in some volumes. No reports for Nov.1881-Apr.1882, July 1889-Mar.1890, Feb.- Dec.1899 and Oct.1895-June 1896.

Box	Folder
1	1-4	Jan. 1866-Jan. 1871
2	5-7	Sept. 1871-Oct. 1875
3	8-10	Nov. 1875-Dec. 1877
4	11-13	Dec. 1877-Jan. 1880
5	14-16	Jan. 1880-Oct. 1881
6	17-19	May 1882-Jan. 1884
7	20-21	Jan. 1884-May 1885
8	22-23	May 1885-Nov. 1886
9	24-25	Nov. 1886-Apr. 1888
10	26-27	Apr. 1888-Jun. 1889
11	28-29	Apr.-Nov. 1890
12	30-31	Nov. 1890-Sept. 1891
13	32-33	Sept. 1891-Jul. 1892
14	34-36	Jul. 1892-Aug. 1894
15	37-39	Aug. 1894-Jul. 1897

Series 2: Machinery Department records, 1867-1914 - Call Number: IC 11 M2
The Machinery Department was located in Chicago, and was in charge of keeping track of engines and other equipment for the company.
Machinery Department's records are arranged in two subseries: In-letters and Inventories, 1867-1903; and In-letters concerning personnel rules, Dec.1893-Mar. 1914.

Sub-Series 1- In-letters and Inventories, 1867-1903 - Call Number: IC 11 M2.1
18 folders, mostly consisting of lists of equipment for Illinois Central and its subsidiary lines, with letters accompanying them.

Box	Folder
16	40		Cedar Falls & Minnesota (CF&M) rolling stock, 1867-1887
16	41		Chicago & Havana (C&H) division engineers, firemen and freight cars, [n.d.]
16	42		Chicago, Madison & Northern (CM&N) machinery and tools inventory, 1888
16	43		Dubuque & Sioux City (D&SC), Equipment Lists, 1887, 1891
16	44		Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield (GC&S) equipment, 1877
16	45		Havana, Rantoul & Eastern equipment inventory, 1887-1889
16	46		Dubuque & Sioux City (D&SC) inventory and description of personal property transferred to IC, Oct.1,1867
16	47		IC cars which were formerly D&SC cars, Nov. 2, 1883
16	48		IC miscellaneous equipment inventories, [n.d.] and 1884-1889
16	49		IC narrow gauge, 3 ft. Rolling Stock, stored at Rantoul IL, 1888-1889
16	50		IC Engine numbers, Sept. 24, 1896
16	51		IC: old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Y&MV) box cars renumbered with new IC numbers, 1901-1902
16	52		IC: Cars equipped, and remaining to be equipped with automatic couplers, Jun. 30,1898
16	53		IC: Cook journal cooler estimates and valuations, 1902-1903
16	54		IC: Rolling stock acquired with Mississippi & Tennessee (Miss&Tenn), 1888
16	55		St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute (StLA&TH) original equipment, with valuations (draft), Oct.1,1895
16	56		St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute (StLA&TH) equipment and property inventory, Oct. 1, 1895
16	57		Yazoo Delta equipment lists, 1899-1902

Sub-Series 2- In-letters concerning personnel rules, Dec.1893-Apr.1916 - Call Number: IC 11 M2.2
About 156 letters in 10 folders between officials about drafting and disseminating shop regulations, Sunday work, pensions, etc. Also included are posters from 1878, 1901, 1902, and 1911 that list the rules of the shop (oversize).

Box	Folder
16	58		1878
16	59		1893-1894
16	60		1896-1897
16	61		1898-1899
16	62		1900-1901
16	63		1902-1903
16	64		1905
16	65		1911
16	66		1912-1913
16	67		1914

Series 3: New York Office records, 1851-1911 - Call Number: IC 11 N1
The New York office of the Illinois Central was mainly in charge of administering the financial matters of the company. It is where the monthly meetings of the board of directors was held.
New York Office records are arranged into the following six series: Out-letters: Assistant Secretary's Office, Dec. 1882- Jan. 1911; Out-letters: Secretary and treasurer, Jan.1895-Jan.1907; In-letters : Secretary and treasurer, Jan. 1884-Dec. 1906; In-telegrams, 1878- 1907; In-letters, 1851-1887; and Petty Cash Receipts, 1864-1869, 1871.

Sub-Series 1 - Out-letters: Assistant Secretary's Office, Dec. 1882- Jan. 1911 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.1
About 135,000 letters in 136 letterpress copy books, mostly routine. Earlier volumes from President's Office to Nov.1897; after that date from secretary and assistant secretary, mostly about passes. Some volumes are of forms only, labelled "Advice Books,'' about passes or half-fare permits enclosed. Leased lines included. Volumes are numbered 19-158. Volumes 21 (Nov.1887-Jan.1888) and 30 (Aug.1891) are missing. Volume 20, Aug.1886-1887, contains a few letters from J.C.Clarke about annual meeting and election of Stuyvesant Fish. There is some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
17	68-70		Vols. 19, 20, and 22, Dec. 1882-Mar. 1890
18	71-72		Vols. 23-24, Mar.-Aug. 1890
19	73-74		Vols. 25-26, Aug. 1890-Jan. 1891
20	75-76		Vols. 27-28, Jan.-May 1891
21	77-78		Vols. 29, 31, May-Nov. 1891
22	79-80		Vols. 32-33, Nov. 1891-Feb. 1892
23	81-82		Vols. 34-35, Feb.-May 1892
24	83-84		Vols. 36-37, May-Oct. 1892
25	85		Vol. 38, Oct. 1892-Jan. 1893
26	86-87		Vols. 39-40, Jan.-Apr. 1893
27	88-89		Vols. 41-42, Apr.-Aug. 1893
28	90-91		Vols. 43-44, Aug. 1893-Jan. 1894
29	92		Vol. 45, Jan.-Feb. 1894
30	93		Vol. 46, Feb.-Apr. 1894
31	94		Vol. 47, Apr.-Jul. 1894
32	95		Vol. 48, Jul.-Sept. 1894
33	96		Vol. 49, Sept.-Dec. 1894
34	97		Vol. 50, Dec. 1894-Feb. 1895
35	98		Vol. 51, Feb.-Apr. 1895
36	99-100		Vols. 52-53, Apr.-Jul. 1895
37	101-102		Vols. 54-55, Jul.-Dec. 1895
38	103-104		Vols. 56-57, Dec. 1895-Apr. 1896
39	105-106		Vols. 58-59, Apr.-Sept. 1896
40	107-108		Vols. 60-61, Sept. 1896-Jan. 1897
41	109-110		Vols. 62-63, Jan.-Apr. 1897
42	111-112		Vols. 64-65, Apr.-Aug. 1897
43	113-114		Vols. 66-67, Aug.-Dec. 1897
44	115-116		Vols. 68-69, Dec. 1897-Mar. 1898
45	117-118		Vols. 70-71, Mar.-Sept. 1898
46	119-120		Vols. 72-73, Sept. 1898-Jan. 1899
47	121-122		Vols. 74-75, Jan.-Mar. 1899
48	123-124		Vols. 76-77, Mar.-Jul. 1899
49	125-126		Vols. 78-79, Jul.-Oct. 1899
50	127-128		Vols. 80-81, Oct. 1899-Jan. 1900
51	129-130		Vols. 82-83, Jan.-Apr. 1900
52	131-132		Vols. 84-85, Apr.-Jul. 1900
53	133-134		Vols. 86-87, Jul.-Oct. 1900
54	135-136		Vols. 88-89, Oct. 1900-Jan. 1901
55	137-138		Vols. 90-91, Dec. 1900-Mar. 1901
56	139-140		Vols. 92-93, Jan.-May 1901
57	141-142		Vols. 94-95, Apr.-Aug. 1901
58	143-144		Vols. 96-97, Jul.-Oct. 1901
59	145-146		Vols. 98-99, Oct. 1901-Feb. 1902
60	147-148		Vols. 100-101, Jan.-Jun. 1902
61	149-150		Vols. 102-103, Feb.-Jul. 1902
62	151-152		Vols. 104-105, Jun.-Sept. 1902
63	153-154		Vols. 106-107, Aug.-Dec. 1902
64	155-156		Vols. 108-109, Dec. 1902-Jan. 1903
65	157-158		Vols. 110-111, Dec. 1902-Mar. 1903
66	159-160		Vols. 112-113, Feb.-Apr. 1903
67	161-162		Vols. 114-115, Mar-Jun. 1903
68	163-164		Vols. 116-117, Jun.-Sept. 1903
69	165-166		Vols. 118-119, Sept.-Nov. 1903
70	167-168		Vols. 120-121, Oct.-Dec. 1903
71	169-170		Vols. 122-123, Dec. 1903-Jan. 1904
72	171-172		Vols. 124-125, Jan.-May 1904
73	173-174		Vols. 126-127, Mar.-Sept. 1904
74	175-176		Vols. 128-129, May-Oct. 1904
75	177-178		Vols. 130-131, Sept.-Dec. 1904
76	179-180		Vols. 132-133, Oct. 1904-Feb. 1905
77	181-182		Vols. 134-135, Dec. 1904-Apr. 1905
78	183-184		Vols. 136-137, Feb.-Jun. 1905
79	185-186		Vols. 138-139, Apr.-Sept. 1905
80	187-188		Vols. 140-141, Jul.-Nov. 1905
81	189-190		Vols. 142-143, Oct-Dec. 1905
82	191-192		Vols. 144-145, Dec. 1905-Feb. 1906
83	193-194		Vols. 146-147, Feb.-Jun. 1906
84	195-196		Vols. 148-149, May-Sept. 1906
85	197-198		Vols. 150-151, Jul.-Nov. 1906
86	199-200		Vols. 152-153, Oct. 1906-Sept. 1907
87	201-202		Vols. 154-155, Sept. 1907-Sept. 1910
88	203		Vol. 156, Sept. 1910-Jan. 1911

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: Secretary and treasurer, Jan.1895-Jan.1907 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.2
About 23,000 letters in 23 letterpress copy books from the secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and third vice-president, mostly routine.

Box	Folder
89	204-205		Vols. 1-2, Jan. 1895-Mar. 1896
90	206-207		Vols. 3-4, Feb. 1896-Jun. 1897
91	208-209		Vols. 5-6, Jun. 1897-Jul. 1898
92	210-211		Vols. 7-8, Jul. 1898-Sept. 1899
93	212-213		Vols. 9-10, Oct. 1899-Dec. 1900
94	214-215		Vols. 11-12, Dec. 1900-Sept. 1901
95	216-217		Vols. 13-14, Sept. 1901-Jul. 1902
96	218-219		Vols. 15-16, Jul. 1902-May 1903
97	220-221		Vols. 17-18, May 1903-Aug. 1904
98	222-223		Vols. 19-20, Aug. 1904-Jul. 1905
99	224-225		Vols. 21-22, Jul. 1905-Aug. 1906
100	226		Vol. 23, Aug. 1906- Jan. 1907

Sub-Series 3- In-letters : Secretary and treasurer, Jan. 1884-Dec. 1906 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.3
About 20,000 letters in 185 bound volumes, many from Chicago officials and Southern lines. Later letters also to the third vice-president. Volumes 6-8, 11 - 13, 16 - 17, 19, 44, and 88-115 are missing; no letters for Jun-Dec. 1886, Aug.-Oct,1887, Mar.-Apr., Aug.-Sept. and Nov.- Dec.1888, Jan.-Feb. 1891, or Feb. 1895-Apr. 1897.

Box	Folder
101	227-228		Vols. 1-2, Jan. 1884-May 1886
102	229-230		Vols. 3-4, Jan.-Jul. 1887
103	231-233		Vols. 5, 9, 10, Jul.-Oct. 1887l; Nov. 1887-Feb. 1888
104	234-236		Vols. 14, 15, 18, ; May-Jul. 1888 Oct.-Nov. 1888
105	237-238		Vols. 20-21, Dec. 1888-Feb. 1889
106	239-240		Vols. 22-23, Feb.-Apr. 1889
107	241-242		Vols. 24-25, Apr.-Jun. 1889
108	243-244		Vols. 26-27, Jun.-Aug. 1889
109	245-246		Vols. 28-29, Sept.-Nov. 1889
110	247-248		Vols. 30-31, Nov. 1889-Jan. 1890
111	249-250		Vols. 32-33, Jan.-Mar. 1890
112	251-252		Vols. 34-35, Mar.-May 1890
113	253-254		Vols. 36-37, May-Jul. 1890
114	255-256		Vols. 38-39, Jul.-Sept. 1890
115	257-258		Vols. 40-41, Sept.-Nov. 1890
116	259-260		Vols. 42-43, Nov. 1890-Jan. 1891
117	261-262		Vols. 45-46, Feb.-Apr. 1891
118	263-264		Vols. 47-48, Apr.-Jun. 1891
119	265-267		Vols. 49-51, Jun.-Sept. 1891
120	268-269		Vols. 52-53, Sept.-Nov. 1891
121	270-271		Vols. 54-55, Nov. 1891-Jan. 1892
122	272-273		Vols. 56-57, Jan.-Mar. 1892
123	274-276		Vols. 58-60, Mar.-Jun. 1892
124	277-278		Vols. 61-62, Jun.-Sept. 1892
125	279-280		Vols. 63-64, Sept.-Dec. 1892
126	281-282		Vols. 65-66, Dec. 1892-Feb. 1893
127	283-284		Vols. 67-68, Feb.-May 1893
128	285-286		Vols. 69-70, May-Aug. 1893
129	287-288		Vols. 71-72, Aug.-Oct. 1893
130	289-290		Vols. 73-74, Oct.-Dec. 1893
131	291-292		Vols. 75-76, Dec. 1893-Feb. 1894
132	293-294		Vols. 77-78, Feb.-Apr. 1894
133	295-296		Vols. 79-80, Apr.-Jun. 1894
134	297-298		Vols. 81-82, Jul.-Aug. 1894
135	299-300		Vols. 83-84, Sept.-Oct. 1894
136	301-303		Vols. 85-87, Nov. 1894-Jan. 1895
137	304-305		Vols. 116-117, May-Jun. 1897
138	306-307		Vols. 118-119, Jul.-Aug. 1897
139	308-309		Vols. 120-121, Sept.-Oct. 1897
140	310-311		Vols. 122-123, Nov.-Dec. 1897
141	312-313		Vols. 124-125, Jan.-Feb. 1898
142	314-315		Vols. 126-127, Feb.-Mar. 1898
143	316-317		Vols. 128-129, Mar.-May 1898
144	318-319		Vols. 130-131, Jun.-Jul. 1898
145	320-321		Vols. 132-133, Jul.-Sept. 1898
146	322-323		Vols. 134-135, Sept.-Oct. 1898
147	324-325		Vols. 136-137, Nov.-Dec. 1898
148	326-327		Vols. 138-139, Jan.-Feb. 1899
149	328-329		Vols. 140-141, Mar.-Apr. 1899
150	330-331		Vols. 142-143, May-Jun. 1899
151	332-333		Vols. 144-145, Jul.-Aug. 1899
152	334-335		Vols. 146-147, Sept.-Oct. 1899
153	336-337		Vols. 148-149, Nov.-Dec. 1899
154	338-339		Vols. 150-151, Jan.-Feb. 1900
155	340-341		Vols. 152-153, Mar.-Apr. 1900
156	342-343		Vols. 154-155, May-Jun. 1900
157	344-345		Vols. 156-157, Jul.-Aug. 1900
158	346-347		Vols. 158-159, Sept.-Oct. 1900
159	348-349		Vols. 160-161, Nov.-Dec. 1900
160	350		Vol. 162, Jan. 1901
161	351		Vol. 163, Feb. 1901
162	352		Vol. 164, Mar. 1901
163	353-354		Vols. 165-166, Apr.-May 1901
164	355-356		Vols. 167-168, Jun.-Jul. 1901
165	357-358		Vols. 169-170, Aug.-Sept. 1901
166	359		Vol. 171, Oct. 1901
167	360		Vol. 172, Nov. 1901
168	361		Vol. 173, Dec. 1901
169	362		Vol. 174, Jan. 1902
170	363-364		Vols. 175-176, Feb.-Mar. 1902
171	365-366		Vols. 177-178, Apr.-May 1902
172	367-368		Vols. 179-180, Jun.-Jul. 1902
173	369-370		Vols. 181-182, Aug.-Sept. 1902
174	371-372		Vols. 183-184, Oct.-Nov. 1902
175	373-374		Vols. 185-186, Dec. 1902-Jan. 1903
176	375-376		Vols. 187-188, Feb.-Mar. 1903
177	377-378		Vols. 189-190, Apr.-May 1903
178	379-380		Vols. 191-192, Jun.-Jul. 1903
179	381-382		Vols. 193-194, Aug.-Sept. 1903
180	383-384		Vols. 195-196, Oct.-Nov. 1903
181	385-386		Vols. 197-198, Dec. 1903-Jan. 1904
182	387-388		Vols. 199-200, Feb.-Mar. 1904
183	389-390		Vols. 201-202, Apr.-May 1904
184	391-392		Vols. 203-204, Jun.-Jul. 1904
185	393-394		Vols. 205-206, Aug.-Sept. 1904
186	395-396		Vols. 207-208, Oct.-Nov. 1904
187	397-398		Vols. 209-210, Dec. 1904-Jan. 1905
188	399-400		Vols. 211-212, Feb.-Mar. 1905
189	401-402		Vols. 213-214, Apr.-May 1905
190	403-404		Vols. 215-216, Jun.-Jul. 1905
191	405-406		Vols. 217-218, Aug.-Sept. 1905
192	407-408		Vols. 219-220, Oct.-Nov. 1905
193	409-410		Vols. 221-222, Dec. 1905-Jan. 1906
194	411-412		Vols. 223-224, Feb.-Mar. 1906
195	413-414		Vols. 225-226, Apr.-May 1906
196	415-416		Vols. 227-228, Jun.-Jul. 1906
197	417-418		Vols. 229-230, Aug.-Sept. 1906
198	419-420		Vols. 231-232, Oct.-Nov. 1906
199	421		Vol. 233, Dec. 1906

Sub-Series 4- In-telegrams, 1878-1907 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.4
About 10,000 telegrams in 68 bound volumes to officials in New York, mostly from New Orleans about Southern lines, but some, especially in later volumes, from Chicago and Iowa lines. None received during Jan.1906. Some overlapping of dates in the early volumes.

Volume
1			Nov. 23, 1876-Sept. 30, 1877
2			Jan. 1877-Aug. 1878
3			1878
4			1879
5			1880-1882
6			1880
7			1881
8			1882
9			1883
10			1884
11			1885
12			1886
13-14			1887
15-16			1888
17-18			1889
19-20			1890
21			1891
22-23			1892
24-25			1893
26-27			1894
28-29			1895
30-31			1896
32-35			1897
36-39			1898
40-43			1899
44-47			1900
48-51			1901
52-55			1902
56-59			1903
60-63			1904
64-67			1905
68			Feb. 1906-Dec. 1907

Sub-Series 5- In-letters, 1851-1887 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.5
About 1000 letters in 3 boxes, many concerning securities, London loan, earnings and expenses, construction, job applications, mail delivery, the Lake Front Case, the Civil War, Cairo affairs, correspondence between officials, Robert Benson & Co., bankers, and others. Mostly written during 1851-56 and 1862. Correspondents include R.B. Mason, W.P. Burrall, R. Schuyler, M. Ketchum, M.B. Edgar, Franklin Haven, J.S. Morgan, J.N. Perkins, W.H. Osborn, and W.K. Ackerman. Some highlights in the correspondence include the following:
1851: David Emmert on Springfield affairs; Alfred Dutch concerning Chicago Commercial Advertiser support; John Tillson on the London Emigration and Colonization Co., with circular [printed]; J.N.Alvord about the Ohio & Mississippi Telegraph Co.; Sidney Breese concerning right of way; James Grant on Chicago and Rock Island affairs; Telegram from Thomas Dyer announcing passage of Chicago ordinance allowing road to enter city, with reports of committee, copies of ordinance [printed] and letters from Mason Brayman and Mayor Gurney; also from Illinois Gov. A.C.French (May 14, 1851), Bronson Murray, Henry Grinnell, H.C.Long, A.S.White, Cyrus Edwards, S.D. Lockwood, Franklin Haven, Hiram Ketchum, John Moore, Robert Rantoul Jr. and others.
1852: T.B.Blackstone on land purchase; W.B.Archer on Illinois right of way; Telegram from Chicago mayor and many letters about entrance into city, employment of J.F. Joy, etc., with ordinances and meetings of City Council; G.B.Upton on Michigan Central (MC) loan; S.W.Hotchkiss on Northwestern Telegraph Co.; Petition of Galena citizens requesting termination at Galena and letters considering changing line (Apr. 16, 1852); Charles Gregoire on Dubuque lands; W.H. Bissell reporting General Land Office decisions; Stephen A. Douglas account; Memo on duties of officers.
1853: Advertisement of railroad frog [printed] with many letters on construction and equipment, including description of American Car Co. passenger cars and telegram about coal engine; John Campbell requesting land for college; Proposal to improve the Cairo property (Nov. 9, 1853); J.C.Caton on telegraph (Oct. 19, 1853) and Morse telegraph line along the railroad (Dec. 2, 1853); Telegram from T.B.Blackstone about strike; Telegrams, letters, and ordinances concerning Chicago sea wall (Sept. 17, 1853); Mail on Chicago Branch (Sept. 20, 1853); Letter concerning death of foreman Mr. Story killed by riotous construction crew (Dec. 16, 1853), written to R.B. Mason from J.B. Wyman; Circular of U.S. Treasury concerning foreign holdings of American securities [printed] (Sept. 21, 1853), with letter from the Secretary of the Treasury (Dec. 27, 1853).
1854: Letters from Thomas Sherlock, G.W. Jones, Alfred Guthrie and others concerning steamship connections between Cairo and New Orleans; from G.B.Upton on Michigan Central; R.B.Mason request for currency; Henry Tanner on brakes, with memo on legal claims; Telegram announcing first tram over LaSalle bridge; The Terre Haute and Alton connection; Shipments of engines; C.M.Dupuy on land; To editors of Chicago papers by "Nimrod" considering benefits to Illinois of I C, and Abraham Lincoln's candidacy for Senate; A petition from "Know-Nothing" concerning a station in Ashley, Illinois (Nov. 15, 1854); R.B.Mason on construction to date, (Nov.25, 1854); Letter from Wendell Phillips about stock.
1855: Alexander Hamilton Jr. and other attorneys considering litigation; Many letters on steamships, mail to New Orleans, steel, locomotives, consumption of coal, iron car, and visit of London stockholders. Printed proposal of US Mail on the Mississippi River (Oct. 20, 1855).
1856: E.B.Washburne and others on steamships, with report of Postmaster-General, Feb.9, and letter from William Thaw to J.P.Benjamin, Mar.31, titled "Exposition of the present condition and prospects of the Great Mississippi River Mail" [printed]; Manuscript chart of Arrival and Departures of Southern Mail by boat from Cairo (Feb. 6, 1856); John Reynolds on mail; C.P.Buckingham concerning Chicago warehouse; M.K.Jesup concerning locomotives; C.M. Dupuy reporting on lands ; Telegrams about floods; Letters and telegrams to W.H. Osborn from David Stuart in Washington DC, regarding Senate bill; Ordinance with the City of Chicago, concerning Breawater (Sept. 15, 1856).
1858: List of shareholders and bondholders on London books; Chicago depot questions; Land Dept. sales, from Silas Bent and others; R.P.Neely concerning the MissCen&Tenn; Receipt from C.V.S.Roosevelt: Coal rates.
1859: Letter from Richard Cobden reporting to London stock- holders (May 11, 1859); Telegrams about New Orleans flood.
1860: Coal engines on the Midland Railway, England; London and Basel brokers, including Robert Benson & Co., George Peabody & Co., and G.Courvoisier & Co.(Letters arriving on the ship "Arabia"); Report on New Orleans business by A.E.Burnside.
1861: Paul Cornel1 to W.H. Osborn on Hyde Park suburban service (Jan. 1861); Charges for carrying U.S. troops, and movements of men and supplies (Apr. 1861); letter from Charles Latimer, reporting the Illinois Central-owned ship the "Cheney" seized by "The Pirate of the Mississippi" (Sept. 1861).
1862: MC litigation; H.A.Peirce proposition on the sale of corn; Sturges, Buckingham & Co. elevators, Chicago; Statement of Freight and Passenger Earnings, detailing Army use (Jan. 25, 1862); Cotton and sugar beet seed distribution in northern states. Most of 1862 correspondence relates to stocks.
1864: Report on freight by Robert Forsyth. (Nov. 4, 1864)
1865: Letter about personal dividends from Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Jan. 25, 1865); Report from Asheville, NC; no mail, no scrip, etc.
1866: Requests of IC Relief Club.
1867: Letter from Sir Edward Cunard concerning freight.
1871: Internal revenue tax decision, with letter from Treasury Dept.
1872: Cairo litigation, by Sen.Lyman Trumbull; GC&S affairs; Income tax.
1876: Legal Dept. employees, and employment of B.F.Ayer; GC&S affairs.
1879: CStL&NO securities.
1881: Memo regarding construction of a second transfer steamer.
1882: CStL&NO insurance.
1886: Storm Lake, Ia. resort for excursions.

Box	Folder
200	422		[n.d.]
200	423-425		Feb.-Dec. 1851
200	426		Jan.-May 1852
200	427		City of Chicago Ordinance; Lakefront building by Illinois Central, (2 copies) Jun. 14, 1852
200	428-429		Jun.-Dec. 1852
200	430-433		1853
200	434-437		1854
201	438-441		1855
201	442-446		1856
201	447		Mar.-Apr. 1857
201	448-452		Jan.-Oct. 1858
201	453		Apr.-May 1859
201	454		Feb.-Dec. 1860
201	455		Jan.-Sept. 1861
202	456-464		1862
202	465		Aug., Sept., Nov., 1863
202	466		Feb., Nov. 1864
202	467		Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jan. 24, 1865
202	468		May, Jul-Sept. 1865
202	469		Apr. 1866
202	470		Oct. 1867
202	471		Jan. 1869
202	472		Jan. 1870
202	473		Feb., Oct.-Nov. 1871
202	474		Jan., May-Jun. 1872
202	475		Dec. 1873
202	476		Jan., Dec. 1874
202	477		Jul.-Sept. 1875
202	478		Jul.-Dec. 1876
202	479		Oct. 1879
202	480		Sept. 1881
202	481		Aug. 1882
202	482		Dec. 1885
202	483		1886-1887

Sub-Series 6- Petty Cash Receipts, , 1864-1869 1871 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.6
Receipts in 7 folders for small operational expenses incurred at the New York Office: newspaper subscriptions, post office box rental, groceries, and crackers and jam.
This subseries is an addendum to the original collection acquired by the Newberry Library in 1951, and is not listed or indexed in the 1951 printed guide by Mohr.

Box	Folder
202	484		1864
202	485		1865
202	486		1866
202	487		1867
202	488		1868
202	489		1869
202	490		1871

Series 4: Post Office Dept. In-letters, Sept.1876-Aug.1886 - Call Number: IC 11 P5.1
Mostly form letters in 1 volume (disbound and foldered) concerning notice of deduction in compensation for carrying mails due to failures and decreased appropriations, with a few copies of letters of protest from IC officials.

Box	Folder
203	491-496	Sept.1876-Aug.1886


Record Group 3: Reports, Legal, 1852-1969 - Call Number: IC 2
The Legal Reports record group is a very diverse amalgam, including not only legal reports but also Annual Reports of the company, statements and miscellaneous reports, contracts with vendors and other rail lines, tax papers, and documents on various subjects (Civil War settlements, Cairo, Illinois, the Chicago Lake Front, and the Tripartite Agreement with New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR and the Mississippi Central and Southern Railroad Association). This record group also includes published material that may have been out of scope in any other record group: printed circulars, newspaper clippings, and papers used in preparing historical summaries of the Illinois Central RR.
Of note in this record group is a collection of scrapbooks kept by former administrator and President William K. Ackerman. These scrapbooks detail his family history and the history of early Chicago and Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Arranged by type of document and/or subject matter: Reports, Corporate Documents, Contracts, Military Accounts, Taxes, Legal Opinions and Litigation, Cario Affairs, Chicago Lake Front Affairs, and Circulars, Scrapbooks, and Histories.

Series 1: Annual reports to stockholders, unbound, 1853-1969; bulk 1900-1969; and bound volumes, 1852-1960 - Call Number: IC 2.1 and IC +2.1 [oversized]
Bound and unbound copies of the annual report issued to the stockholders by the directors of the Illinois Central RR. Mostly used as a yearly recap of the financial health of the company, in later years it also included publicity material such as human interest stories and photographs (from 1946 on; also, in 1953, they started publishing photographs in color).
Report years vary: 1852 dated Nov.20; 1853, Mar., Nov.10; 1854, Dec.9; 1856, Mar.19, Sept.3; 1857, Mar.l; 1858, Mar.17; 1859, Mar.16; 1860, May 16; year ending Dec.31, 1860-88; year ending June 30,1888-1916; year ending Dec.31, 1916-1969. Also included in the bound volumes: Communication to the shareholders by W.K. Ackerman concerning reports on the CStL&NO, Jan.18,1883, with reports by James Fentress and J.C.Clarke with 1883 report; Report of Committee on Rates, Revenues and Expenditures with 1890 report; Report of the delegates selected by the joint committee of British shareholders with 1877 report.
Boxes 1 and 2 are loose annual reports. Box +3 contain reports, 1852-1876, filed in oversized materials before the volumes of bound reports. After the bound volumes is a duplicate set of bound volumes, 1871-1950.
Annual reports from 1852-1910 are also available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
1	1	Annual report, Mar. 16, 1853
1	2	Report to Board of directors by a Committee of the Board [2 copies], Nov. 10, 1853
1	3	Report,and statement of financial conditions (including map of Railway Guide for Illinois, Jan.1.1855), Mar. 15, 1854
1	4	Annual report, 50th, year ended Jun. 30, 1900
1	5	Annual report, 52nd, year ended Jun. 30, 1902
1	6	Annual report, 53rd, year ended Jun. 30, 1903
1	7	Annual report, 54th, year ended Jun. 30, 1904
1	8	Annual report, 55th, year ended Jun. 30, 1905
1	9	Report submitted by the president, [56th], year ended May 16, 1906
1	10	Annual report, 57th, year ended Jun. 30, 1907
1	11	Annual report, 80th, year ended Dec. 31, 1929
1	12	Annual report, 81st, year ended Dec. 31, 1930
1	13	Annual report, 82nd, year ended Dec. 31, 1931
1	14	Annual report, 83rd, year ended Dec. 31, 1932
1	15	Annual report, 84th, year ended Dec. 31, 1933
1	16	Annual report, 85th, year ended ; and Summary and Statistical Section, Revised Dec. 31, 1934 Jun. 1, 1934
1	17	Annual report, 86th, year ended Dec. 31, 1935
2	18	Annual report, 87th, year ended Dec. 31, 1936
2	19	Annual report, 88th, year ended Dec. 31, 1937
2	20	Annual report, 89th, year ended Dec. 31, 1938
2	21	Annual report, 90th, year ended Dec. 31, 1939
2	22	Annual report, 91st, year ended Dec. 31, 1940
2	23	Annual report, 92nd, year ended Dec. 31, 1941
2	24	Annual report, 93rd, year ended Dec. 31, 1942
2	25	Annual report, 94th, year ended Dec. 31, 1943
2	26	Annual report, 95th, year ended Dec. 31, 1944
2	27	Annual report, 96th, year ended Dec. 31, 1945
2	28	Annual report, 97th, year ended Dec. 31, 1946
2	29	Annual report, 98th, year ended Dec. 31, 1947
2	30	Annual report, 99th, year ended Dec. 31, 1948
2	31	Annual report, year ended [1st proof] Dec. 31, 1949
2	32	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1950
2	33	Annual report, year ended [2 copies] Dec. 31, 1953
2	34	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1954
2	35	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1957
2	36	Annual meeting report, [3 copies] May 1968
2	37	Annual report, ICRR and IC Industries, 1969
+3	38	Condensed statement of financial affairs, 1852
+3	39	Report,and statement of financial conditions (including map of Railway Guide for Illinois, Jan.1.1855), 1854
+3	40	1855
+3	41	Report and accompanying documents 1856
+3	42	1857
+3	43	1858
+3	44	1859
+3	45	1860
+3	46	1861
+3	47	1862-1863
+3	48	1864
+3	49	1865
+3	50	1866
+3	51	1867
+3	52	1868
+3	53	1869
+3	54	1870
+3	55	1876
+3	56	Duplicates, 1860-1861; 1863-1868

Series 2: Annual reports to stockholders, bound volumes, 1852-1960 - Call Number: IC +2.1

Volume
+1		1852-1870
+2		Facsimile, copy 1 1852-1870,
+3		Facsimile, copy 2 1852-1870,
+4		1871-1897
+5		1898-1903
+6		1904-1910
+7		1908-1928
+8		1921-1930
+9		1931-1940
+10		1941-1950
+11		1951-1960
+12		Special 10-year report by President Stuyvesant Fish, copy 1 1897,
+13		Special 10-year report by President Stuyvesant Fish, copy 2 1897,
+14		Annual and Special Reports, 1900-1904
+15		Annual and Special Reports, 1905-1909

Series 3: Report to shareholders by Joseph Fisher, Jun. 1858 - Call Number: IC 2.11
Reports on securities, right of way, property, construction, land sales, foreign agencies, foreign securities, contracts, etc.

Box	Folder
4	57	Final version, published, (2 copies) Jun. 1858
4	58	Second draft, Jun. 1858

Series 4: Reports and statements, 1850-1859 - Call Number: IC 2.12
Papers in 19 folders used in preparing annual reports, with reports and many statements of receipts and expenditures, ways and means, Land Dept. interest fund, accounts, balance sheets, ledger pages, etc. Also includes statistics of towns along Illinois Central Route, 1850-1856 (population, number of churches and stores, etc.), table exhibiting diversities of surface and levels on line, with detailed topographical descriptions, Mar.1,1854 [oversized]; copy of act of Illinois legislature on the sale of IC lands, Feb.28,1854; London and New York transfer agency expenses; and a letter from Ebenezer Lane on London Committee recommendations, Feb.1,1859 [printed].

Box	Folder
4	59	Report on the Preliminary survey of the road, Sept. 9, 1851
4	60	Annual Report, manuscript copy, Mar. 1852
4	61	Report on the progress of the road by Robert Schuyler, Oct. 1852
4	62-63	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, (2 folders) Nov. 1852
4	64	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, Mar. 15, 1853
4	65	Draft, Report to the Directors, Aug. 1853
4	66	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, Nov. 10, 1853
4	67	Reports of R.B. Mason on progress of work to Mar. l, 1854
4	68	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, Mar. l, 1854
4	69	Expenditures to March 1, 1854, as compiled from books of the IC treasurer, Mar. l, 1854
4	70	Statistics of towns along the IC route, 1855-1856
4	71	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, Jan. l, 1855
4	72	Reports from the General Superintendant of Transportation Dept. and from R.B. Mason on progress of work, Jan. 1, 1856
4	73	Papers used to prepare Annual Report, including reports of R.B.Mason on progress of work, Mar. 4, 1856
4	74	Engineers report on the operation of the road, 1st quarter of 1858, May 8, 1858
4	75	Auditor's semi-annual statement, Jun. 30, 1858
4	76	Auditor's quarterly statement, Jun. 30, 1858
4	77	Papers used to prepare Annual Reports, Dec. 1858 and 1859

Series 5: Miscellaneous reports, 1882-1905 - Call Number: IC 2.13
Printed pamphlets of reports, in 12 folders.

Box	Folder
5	78	CStL&NO by W.H.Osborn, Dec.30,1882
5	79	CStL&NO by W.K.Ackerman, Jan.18,1883
5	80	Ill. House of Representatives Committee on Finance regarding payment by IC of 7% tax, 1883
5	81	Bonded debt, by Stuyvesant Fish, Sept.16, 1885
5	82	President's agreement, by Stuyvesant Fish, Feb.18, 1889
5	83	Reorganization, by Sidney Webster, S.V.R.Cruger, and Walther Luttgen, May 13,1889
5	84	Condition of road, by general manager, Jan.15,1890
5	85	Street crossings in Chicago, [3 copies] Feb.17, 1891
5	86	Financial condition, by Stuyvesant Fish, Jan.2,1896
5	87-88	Equipment, condition of road, terminal facilities, etc., by E.L.Corthell, [2 folders] Dec.1,1896
5	89	Synopsis of proceedings of 55th annual meeting of stockholders, Oct.18,1905

Series 6: Miscellaneous reports, 1864-1905 - Call Number: IC 2.14
Various reports, printed and manuscript, in 17 folders.

Box	Folder
5	90	Examination of accounts, Cairo office, by W.K. Ackerman, Nov. 19, 1864
5	91	Ia. Division earnings and expenses, 1867-74
5	92	Statements of Stuyvesant Fish to C.A.Peabody concerning accounts, 1875-1905
5	93	Long engine runs, by E. T. Jeffery, comparing NY Central, Penn RR and Philadelphia and Reading, Sept. 8,1876
5	94	Iowa division grain, operating expenses, etc., by C.A.Beck, 1876
5	95	Papers concerning fire insurance losses, policies, etc., 1879-1889
5	96	Letters from W.H.Osborn concerning financing of Southern lines, Mar.1880
5	97	Letters from W.H.Osborn concerning list of CStL&NO assets, 1883
5	98	Relations with D&SC, by A.R.Van Nest and Stuyvesant Fish, Apr. 1883
5	99	Letters from W.K. Ackerman concerning B&O agreement for Chicago tracks, May 1883
5	100	Letters from Drexel, Morgan & Co. concerning income account, stock, etc., 1884-1887
5	101	Papers concerning mail claims of NOStL&C and CStL&NO, , mostly between attorneys dated June 1884 and May 1890 1875-1882
5	102	New York Stock Exchange circular, 1884
5	103	Illinois Central bond of indemnity, list of lost certificates, etc., ca. 1885
5	104	Memo on bonds owned by IC, 1885
5	105	List of D&SC stock transfers, Dec.1886
5	106	Western Electric Co. memo regarding electrical equipment for World's Fair and suburban traffic, 1892, with letter from J.F.Wallace, pamphlets on Value of services of consulting electrical engineer and Testimonials and references regarding past works of H.Ward Leonard & Co., with letter, Jan.1892, and reports with blueprints by Henry Schlacks and J.F.Wallace, Statements of suburban business, . 1884-1891

Series 7: Annual reports to state railroad commissions, 1876-1906 - Call Number: IC 2.15
24 folders of printed reports to state railroad commissions, by primarily non - IC lines.
Arranged alphabetically by agency to whom the report was presented, then by Railroad line, and then chronologically.

Box	Folder
6	107	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad Company [CF&M], 1884
6	108	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad Company, 1885
6	109	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1886
6	110	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Dubuque & Dakota Railroad Company [D&D], 1884
6	111	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Dubuque & Dakota Railroad Company, 1885
6	112	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company [D&SC], 1884
6	113	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1885
6	114	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1886
6	115	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa, Illinois Central Railroad Company, Lessee of the Dubuque & Sioux City, Iowa Falls & Sioux City, and Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad Companies, 1879
6	116	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company [IaF&SC], 1878
6	117	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1879
6	118	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1880
6	119	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1881
6	120	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1882
6	121	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1883
6	122	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1884
6	123	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1885
6	124	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1886
6	125	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Iowa Improvement Company, operating the Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska Railroad Company, 1885
6	126	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad Company, 1886
6	127	Annual Report to the Board of Railroad Commissioners of Iowa, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Nebraska Railroad Company, 1886
7	128	Annual Report to the Commissioners of Railroads and Warehouses of the State of Illinois, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1876
7	129	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad Company [CF&M], 1894
7	130	Annual Report to the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois, Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Company, 1898

Series 8: Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission 1947-1961 - Call Number: IC 2.151
More printed reports, in 17 folders, from Illinois Central RR and some of its subsidiary companies to the national railroad regulating board. There are no reports between 1952-1959. This series is an addendum to the original collection acquired by the Newberry Library in 1951, and is not listed or indexed in the 1951 printed guide by Mohr.

Box	Folder
7	131	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Chicago Produce Terminal Company, 1949
7	132	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1947
7	133	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1948
7	133a	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1949
8	134	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1950
8	135	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1951
8	136	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1960
8	137	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1961
8	138	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1962
8	139	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1963
9	140	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1964
9	141	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1965
9	142	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, (2 copies) 1966
9	143	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1967
9	144	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1968
9	145	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Lessors of the Illinois Central Railroad Company, 1949
9	146	Annual Report to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Mississippi Valley Corporation, 1968

Series 9: Laws and documents, 1840-1930 - Call Number: IC 2.2
Printed legal documents in 40 volumes plus two volumes of indexes, concerning the Illinois Central and its subsidiary companies. Dates in volumes overlap to some extent where legislation, contracts, agreements, etc. previous to IC's interest in road are shown. Volumes 1 and 2 are bound together. A few volumes cover special subjects. Indexes are in volumes 2, 8, 9, 25-30 and 32-40 for each volume, and cumulatively in volumes 4-7 and 12; at beginning of the series are two separate indexes for volumes 1-21, and 22-30. Volume 31 is located on Open Shelf 26 (Railroads) in the Special Collections Reading Room.
Volume 18 is also available on microfilm.

Volume
--		Volumes 1-21 Index
--		Volumes 22-30 Index
1-2		NOStL&C, ; CStL&NO, 1840-1876 1876-1882
3		1850-1885
4		1885-1887
5		, and Index, volumes 1-5 1887-1889
6		, and Index, volumes 1-6 1885-1890
7		, and Index, volumes 1-7 1889-1892
8		1892-1894
9		1894-1896
10		CO&SW, 1880-1898
11		1893-1898
12		StLA&TH, 1849-1898
13		1898-1900
14		1900-1901
15		St.Louis & Peoria and Decatur lines, 1882-1901
16		1901-1903
17		1902-1904
18		History of St. Charles Air Line, Apr.28,1902
19		1904-1906
20		1904-1906
21		1906-1907
22		1907-1909
23		1908-1909
24		1900-1910
25		1882-1911
26		1911-1912
27		1898-1912
28		1900-1913
29		1906-1913
30		1903-1915
31		Corporate Histories of the IC to , and of the Y&MV, Chicago, Memphis & Gulf and D&D Bridge Company, and also the Brownson thesis, History of the IC to 1870, University of Illinois (PhD., Jun. 30,1915 1915)
32		1915-1916
33		1916-1918
34		1918-1920
35		1920-1923
36		1922-1923
37		1923-1925
38		1924-1927
39		1925-1928
40		1926-1930

Series 10: Documents concerning incorporation, 1851-1855 - Call Number: IC +2.21
1 folder in an oversize box, containing manuscript Act of incorporation, Feb.10, 1851, with acceptance by the company, receipt of the treasurer of Ill. for $200,000, Mar.22, acceptance by the corporators, Mar.24, Letter from Gov. Augustus C. French acknowledging receipt of acceptance, Apr.4, and written amendment repealing the act forbidding the company to lay out towns, Feb. 17, 1855. Also includes certified copies of original act made in 1852.

Box	Folder
+10	147	Documents concerning incorporation, 1851

Series 11: Documents concerning organization, 1851-1938 - Call Number: IC 2.22
Reports in 21 folders including declarations, agreements, and codes of rules governing the Illinois Central RR and some related companies. For more codes of rules, see also IC series 3.93, Personnel rules.

Box	Folder
11	148	Act to incorporate, and Supplement, Feb.1851
11	149	Documents relating to the organization, 3d ed., New York, 1855
11	150	Contracts and documents concerning Iowa leased lines, 1875, 1885
11	151	Charter of the IC and other documents, 1878
11	152	Articles of incorporation and by-laws of the Mutual Benefit Assoc., (2 copies) 1878
11	153	Agreement and deeds relating to Cairo property, 1880
11	154	Code of rules, amended, Dec.16,1889
11	155	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended Dec. 21, 1892
11	156	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended (2 copies) Oct. 18, 1893
11	157	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended Jan. 29, 1898
11	158	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended (2 copies) Nov. 20, 1901
11	159	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended (2 copies) May 21, 1902
11	160	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended Oct. 15, 1902
11	161	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended Mar. 18, 1903
11	162	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended May 18, 1904
11	163	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended (2 copies) Aug. 16, 1905
11	164	Code of rules, Dec.16,1889, amended (2 copies) Aug. 25, 1908
11	165	Pension Dept. rules and regulations, July 1,1901
11	166	The Illinois Central case, opinion of the Supreme Court, Oct. 28,1910, together with a history of the litigation and synopsis of the opinion prepared by W.H.Stead, 1910
11	167	Materials regarding the report, "Land Grants, Contributions, Loans, and Other Aids to Railroads", 1935
11	168	IC: Facts concerning its incorporation, land grant, construc- tion and resulting development, charter taxes... Issued by Law Dept., [1938?]

Series 12: Contracts, 1875-1882 - Call Number: IC +2.3
1 oversize volume: Leases of land from railroad for corn cribs, grain houses, coal houses, elevators, lumber yards, eating houses, etc., on printed forms in one bound volume, with index laid in.

Volume
+1		Contracts, 1875-1882

Series 13: Contracts, Jul. 1878-Jan.1886; and Jan.1905-Jan.1908 - Call Number: IC 2.31
2 volumes in 2 folders, listing by date of contracts with bridge companies and other railroads, mostly concerning track agreements. Vol.1 also includes statements of fire losses, insurance, ticket commission drafts, road taxes, and a few copies of agreements.

Box	Folder
12	169	Contracts, Jul. 1878-Jan.1886
12	170	Contracts, Jan.1905-Jan.1908

Series 14: Contracts, 1851-1886 - Call Number: IC 2.32
Handwritten contracts in 87 folders. A few contracts for osage orange hedges, locust trees, grain houses, axles, steel rails, box cars, eating houses, hotels, etc., 1853-56 and 1870's-1880's. Most loose contracts are also entered in the Contract volumes, +2.36. If the listing of the contract was found in the indexes to the volumes, the volume number and page number is indicated on the folder. The files from 1862-1864 are not contracts; rather, they are vouchers for government shipments during the Civil War. Some items of note: Oct. 10, 1853, (Mineral Point contract) contains illustrated bond sheets for the Mineral Point Railroad; Mar. 29, 1854, (Billings contract) contains a sketch of the hollow axles ordered; Nov. 25, 1854 (Sun Mutual Insurance Co.) includes a letter from R.B. Mason; Nov. 1, 1855 (Hanford contract) includes a printed "Rules and Regulations relating to Private Side Tracks."
See also: IC 5.91, Construction Contracts, 1851-1855.

Box	Folder
12	171	Draft of Transportation agreement with Mobile & Ohio RR, [185?]
12	172	Traffic agreement between Aurora Branch Railroad and Galena and Chicago Union, Dec.13,1851
12	173	Town of Galena, for right of way, [ms. and prtd.] Mar. 11, 1853
12	174	C.B. Rushmore, for Locust Trees near Wenona and Panola, and Apr. 28, 1853 Jan. 31, 1854
12	175	Stevens [Brothers], for lease of land in Chicago Illinois, May 19, 1853
12	176	C.B. Rushmore, for Osage Orange Hedge near Kappa and Wenona, and Apr. 28, 1853 Jan. 31, 1854
12	177	Boody & Tims, for "Tims Box" [patented car box], Jun. 1, 1853
12	178	Story, Talmadge, and Conklin, for grading and masonry, Jul. 14, 1853
12	179	Traffic agreement with Mineral Point for connection, Oct. 10, 1853
12	180	Cairo trustees, for deed of lands to IC, Oct. 15, 1853
12	181	Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co, for patent rights, etc., Oct. 19, 1853
12	182	Traffic agreement with Chicago & Mississippi Rail Road, (not executed) Oct. 21, 1853
12	183	Traffic agreement with Mississippi & Atlantic RR Co., 1854
12	184	James Sumpter & Co., for hedge fence, Osage Orange, Mar. 11, 1854
12	185	George W. Billings, for Car Axles [drawing included], Mar. 29, 1854
12	186	Charles Gregoise, for land in JoDavies County, Mar. 23, 1854
12	187	Canfield & Robbins, for 600 car axles, Apr. 20, 1854
12	188	Davenport & Bridges, for patent to 'ease the lateral movement' of train carriages, Apr. 25, 1854
12	189	Canfield & Robbins, for 500 car axles, Aug. 22, 1854
12	190	Potsdam and Watertown Rail Road, for bonds, Aug. 26, 1854
12	191	Sun Mutual Insurance Co., Illinois Central as debtors, Nov. 25, 1854
12	192	Illinois Central Telegraph Co. (including articles of association) Dec. 1854
12	193	Pinkerton & Co., for detective service, Feb. l, 1855
12	194	Canfield & Robbins, for car axles, May 10, 1855
12	195	Buffalo Car Company, for 100 coal cars, May 10, 1855
12	196	Dunleith, Proprietors of the Town, for right of way, May 28, 1855
12	197	John B. Wyman, for Hotel in Amboy [Ill.] station, Jun. 1, 1855
12	198	Thomas D. Simpson, for patent for a device used to remove wheels, Jun. 11, 1855
12	199	Sturges & Burlingame, for grain elevator, Chicago, Jun. 14, 1855
12	200	Galena, Dunleith & Minnesota Packet Co., for through-tickets, Jun. 18, 1855
12	201	Traffic agreement, Chicago, Alton & St. Louis, for traffic via Mattoon & Joliet, Jun. 28, 1855
12	202	American Express, for express service, Jul. 1, 1855
12	203	Meech & Leonard, for eating house in Freeport [Ill.], Jul. 13, 1855
12	204	Richardson Barnum & Co., for car wheels, and May 10, 1855 Sept. 3, 1855
12	205	Canfield & Robbins, for 244 freight car axles, Sept. 18, 1855
12	206	Amers Iron Co., for 244 axles, Sept. 24, 1855
12	207	Stone & Boomer, for American Car Company plant, Chicago, Oct. 27, 1855
12	208	S & J Hanford, for grain house lease at Manteno, Nov. 1, 1855
13	209	Jesup & Stimson, for lease at Dunleith, Nov. 9, 1855
13	210	Great Western RR Co., for loan of iron to Great Western, 1855-1856
13	211	John C. Smith, for filling Cache [Ill.] flats, Jan. 1, 1856
13	212	Great Western RR Co., for running trains, Jan. 4, 1856
13	213	Fisk, Aetill [Atwill?] & Co, for dock construction, Chicago, Jan. 19, 1856
13	214	Henry Bacon, for water supply in Del Rey [Ill.], Jan. 24, 1856
13	215	Campbell & Fowler, for eating house in Urbana, Feb. 26, 1856
13	216	Crosby, Gossin & Co., for 26,530 iron chairs, Mar. 18, 1856
13	217	William F. Meech, for eating house at Pana, Apr. 17, 1856
13	218	DuPuy & Goodwillie, for hotel at Ashkum, Apr. 23, 1856
13	219	Newell A. White, for eating house at Mattoon, Apr. 23, 1856
13	220	Col. J. D. Graham, for filling Illinois Central basin, Apr. 28, 1856
13	221	Union Transportation Co., May 6, 1856
13	222	Fisk & Atwill, for wharf/dock construction, May 6, 1856
13	223	Clark & Jesup, commissions on buying for the IC, May 17, 1856
13	224	F. N. Martin, for 75,000 cedar wood posts, Chicago, May 20, 1856
13	225	Michigan Southern RR Co., for crossing, Jun. 16, 1856
13	226	William Smith, for eating house, Centralia, Jun. 18, 1856
13	227	CB&Q for depot/transfer facilities in Chicago, Jun. 24, 1856
13	228	Eads & Nelson, and other insurance cos. for salvage and ship/cargo wrecks, Aug. 1, 1856
13	229	Richardson Barnum & Co., for 2400 car wheels, Aug. 17, 1856
13	230	Cooper & Hewitt, for 1000 tons of iron, Oct. 23, 1856
13	231	Dunleith Properties (Jonathan Sturges et al.), for Dunleith lands, Nov. 21, 1856
13	232	Stone & Boomer, for sale of American Car Company plant, Chicago, Dec. 11, 1856
13	233	George Peabody & Co., for construction bonds, Sept. 29, 1857
13	234	George Peabody & Co., for free land bonds, Sept. 29, 1857
13	235	St. Louis, Cairo & New Orleans RR line of steam packets, Jan. 29, 1858
13	236	Bank of Commerce in New York, for Bank of Commerce building rooms, 2nd story, Oct. 30, 1858
13	237	CB&Q for depot and station service, Chicago, Dec. 22, 1858
13	238	Liverpool and London Insurance Co., for wooden bridges and oilworks, Oct. 20, 1859
13	239	Vouchers, Grosvenor & Forsyth (?), shipments of wheat and grain, 1862-1864
13	240	Vouchers, C.H. Pendleton, goverment shipments of grains via Cairo, 1863
13	241	Vouchers, freight bills, various, 1863-1864
13	242	Vouchers, J.W. Musson, freight overcharge on cotton shipments, 1863-1864
13	243	J. Warrack, shipments of cotton, 1864
13	244	Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., Mar. 17, 1871
13	245	Toledo, Peoria & Warsaw [Western?] RR Co., for sale of bonds, Apr. 5, 1871
13	246	IaF&SC, D&SC, and C&NW for purchase of Dakota Southern RR bonds, Jul.1872
13	247	Southern RR Assoc., for car service, tripartate supplemental, Jun. 23, 1873
13	248	H.P. Miller, for Milan [Tenn.] hotel, May 23, 1878
13	249	Cleveland Rolling Mills Co., for 6,000 tons of steel rails, Nov. 6, 1880
13	250	Missouri Car & Foundry Co., for 200 cars, Nov. 27, 1880
13	251	Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Co., Dec.1880
13	252	Central Bridge Co., for Chicago viaduct at Randolph St., Dec. 14, 1880
13	253	Western Union, for telegraph facilities, 1882
13	254	StLA&TH, T&StL RR Companies, for traffic at Birds Point, Mo., Mar. 29, 1882
13	255	Continental Insurance Co., for fire & lightning policy, May 13, 1886
13	256	Continental Insurance Co., for tornado policy, May 24, 1886
13	257	[empty envelopes], 1854-1856

Series 15: Tripartite agreement, Apr.11,1872 - Call Number: IC 2.33
The tripartite agreement was an agreement reached between the Illinois Central RR, the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern RR, and the Mississippi Central RR, in the spring of 1872. The goal of the agreement was for the IC to help fund the repair and extension of the two other lines so that the three lines could eventually connect and the lines could depend less on river ferries to travel back and forth from Chicago to New Orleans. By 1877, the IC had bought up the two other lines, which were having financial difficulties, and had managed to complete a through line to the South.
Documents in 5 folders, showing the agreements for completing the lines from Chicago and St. Louis to New Orleans, 1872, including mortgages, trust agreements and other material.

Box	Folder
14	258	Published agreement, [Note: book is brittle] Apr. 11, 1872,
14	259	Memorandum of agreement, manuscript Apr. 11, 1872,
14	260	Agreement between NOJ&GN, MissCen (Southern Railroad Association), and IC, May 2, 1872
14	261	Resolutions of agreement, 1873
14	262	Opinions of attorneys and miscellaneous material, 1872-1873; 1875

Series 16: Contracts and agreements, about 1898-1901 - Call Number: IC 2.34
One bound volume in 1 folder: Alphabetical list of contracts for Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR (Y&MV)

Box	Folder
14	263	Contracts and agreements, ca.1898-1901

Series 17: Record of special switching agreements, 1904 - Call Number: IC +2.35
1 bound volume in an oversize box, consisting of an alphabetical list of switching claims, etc., 1904

Volume
+1		Record of special switching agreements, 1904

Series 18: Contracts, 1851-1902 (ca.) - Call Number: IC +2.36
Thousands of contracts and agreements, mortgages and miscellaneous historical items in 17 oversize volumes Numerical run vols. 1-10 are roughly chronological, with some overlap between volumes. Alphabetic run vols. A-G are combined contracts of IC and some of their subsidiary lines (Chicago, St. Louis, & New Orleans; Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, etc.). Numbering of individual contracts is sporadic.

Volume
+1		1851-1858; 1874; 1878; nos. 1-203
+2		Nov. 1857-Oct. 1869
+3		Oct. 29, 1869-Mar. 31, 1877
+4		Jan. 1878-Jun. 1886
+5		Jun. 4, 1886-Jun. 18, 1891
+6		Jun. 1891-Sept. 1893
+7		1885; 1892-1896
+8		Nov. 8, 1896-Jan. 4, 1898; nos. 2041-2781
+9		Jan. 4, 1898-Nov. 1, 1894; nos. 2782-5989
+10		Jun. 10, 1891-May 1, 1902; nos. 5990-6338; 6352 [scattered]
+A		Chicago, St. Louis, & New Orleans, contracts with other companies, 1877-1883; nos. 1-155
+B		Illinois Central agreements, Feb. 18, 1857-ca. 1878
+C		Illinois Central agreements (primarily), Jan. 7, 1879-Apr. 30, 1884
+D		Illinois Central agreements, Apr. 8, 1889-Sept. 17, 1891
+E		Illinois Central agreements with various lines and companies, (e.g. Adler & Sullivan station building in Oakland), Sept. 2, 1884-Mar 30, 1889
+F		Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Rwy Co. Contracts, [see also IC 8 P 5.2] 1887
+G		Illinois Central agreements with various lines and companies, (e.g. American Express, Pinkerton Detective Agency), Jun. 28, 1855-Jan. 1, 1882

Series 19: Contract indexes, ca. 1852-1920 - Call Number: IC +2.36 Index
7 oversize volumes of indexes to contracts by subject, party to contract, and place. Reference notes will refer either to volume and page number of contract (e.g. G-151, 2-89), or by contract number (e.g. 16159). See also IC +1 X1.1, Miscellaneous unidentified indexes, for miscellaneous contract indexes.

Volume
+1		Alphabetical by parties (contractees), ca. 1852-1896
+2		Alphabetical by subject of contract, ca. 1852-1896
+3		Alphabetical by location of job, ca. 1852-1896
+4		Consolidated index of parties, subjects, and locations, A-F only, ca. 1851-1903
+5		Consolidated index of parties, subjects, and locations, 1903-1906
+6		Consolidated index of parties, subjects, and locations, 1907
+7		Consolidated index of parties, subjects, and locations, ca. 1907-1920

Series 20: Contracts With Other Rail Lines, 1881-1929 - Call Number: IC 2.37
Printed contracts and agreements in 77 folders, designated on the front cover (handwritten) with "46" [file number?]. Some of the printed agreements have printed on the front cover, "I.C.R.R. Co. Archives File No. [XXXXX]".
Arranged chronologically.
This series is an addendum to the original collection acquired by the Newberry Library in 1951, and is not listed or indexed in the 1951 printed guide by Mohr. For more agreements and contracts of this nature, see also IC 2.6, Miscellaneous legal papers.

Box	Folder
14	264	Peoria & Pekin Union Rwy. Co., et al., re: proprietary lines, (2 copies) Feb. 1, 1881
14	265	Illinois Central Railroad and Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis & Chicago Rwy. Co., traffic agreement, (2 copies) Jun. 24, 1886
14	266	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Rwy Co., re: joint use of Dunleith and Dubuque Bridge, Jan. 25, 1888
14	267	Illinois Central Railroad and Wabash, Chester & Western RR Co., re: crossing and use of facilities at Tamaroa, Ill., May 2, 1892
14	268	Illinois Central Railroad and Warwick Hough and Samuel J. Beals, receivers of the Sioux City and Northern RR Co., and Warwick Hough, receiver of the Sioux City Terminal RR and Warehouse co., re: use of passenger station and facilities in Sioux City, Ia., Nov. 1, 1893
14	269	Illinois Central Railroad and Michigan Central RR Co., various agreements, most relating to Chicago depots and stations, 1894-1930
14	270	Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR Co. and Illinois Central Railroad, re: use of Depot, tracks, and other facilities at Holly Springs, Miss., Jun. 9, 1894
14	271	St. Louis, Alton, & Terre Haute RR Co. and Terminal Railroad Ass'n. Of St. Louis, re: Use of depot facilities, St. Louis, (2 copies) Sept. 1, 1894
14	272	Illinois Central Railroad and Terre Haute & Peoria RR Co., re: use of track and facilities between Illinois Midland junction and Maroa, Ill., (2 copies) Nov. 14, 1894
14	273	Illinois Central Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Rwy. Co., re: joint use of tracks between Pana and East St. Louis, Ill., Jun. 30, 1896
14	274	St. Louis, Peoria & Northern Rwy. Co., and Terminal RR Ass'n of St. Louis, re: use of Union Station, St. Louis, May 1, 1898
14	275	Illinois Central Railroad and Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR Co., re: joint track agreement, Aug. 29, 1898
14	276	Union Pacific RR Co. and Chicago & Northwestern Rwy. Co., et al., re: use of Passenger station at Omaha, Neb., Sept. 1, 1898
14	277	Illinois Central Railroad and Mobile & Ohio Railroad, re: joint use of the Cairo Bridge, Cairo, IL, . Note: three maps, folded, inside back cover Jan. 2, 1899
14	278	Illinois Central Railroad and Wisconsin Central Rwy. Co., re: tracks, Minneapolis through Ashland (Wis.) to Chicago, Dec. 9, 1899
14	279	Illinois Central Railroad and Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rwy. Co., re: joint use of Depot Facilities, Paducah, Ky., Apr. 25, 1900
14	280	Illinois Central Railroad and Mobile & Ohio Railroad, re: joint use of tracks between Fort Jefferson and East Cairo, Jun. 1, 1900
14	281	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis Rwy. Co., re: use of passenger station facilities, Springfield, Ill., Jun. 1, 1900
14	282	Albert Lea & Southern RR Co., and Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Rwy. Co., re: use of tracks between Glenville and Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 19, 1900
14	283	Minneapolis & St. Louis, and Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Rwy. Co., and Albert Lea & Southern RR Co., re: use of terminal, Albert Lea, Minn., Dec. 3, 1900
15	284	Louisville & Nashville and Illinois Central Railroad and Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Rwy. Co., re: construction and joint use of station building and facilities at Henderson, Ky., Mar. 1, 1901
15	285	Illinois Central Railroad and Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham RR Co. and Kansas City, Fort Scott, & Memphis RR Co., re: use of Calhoun Street Station, Memphis, Tenn., Apr. 1, 1901
15	286	Illinois Central Railroad and Louisville & Nashville, et al., re: Joint passenger Station in East St. Louis, Ill., ca. Apr. 30, 1901
15	287	Illinois Central Railroad and Choctaw Oklahoma & Gulf RR Co., re: use of Calhoun Street Station, Memphis, Tenn., May 3, 1901
15	288	Illinois Central Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Rwy. Co., re: joint use of depot, tracks, and other facilities, Eldorado, Ill., Oct. 30, 1901
15	289	Illinois Central Railroad and Minneapolis & St. Louis RR Co., re: use of passenger facilities at Fort Dodge, Ia., Nov. 10, 1901
15	290	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago & Eastern Illinois RR Co., re: use of tracks between Gale, Thebes and Olive Branch, Ill., and letter to J.T. Harahan re: Rentals, Mar. 27, 1902
15	291	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island & Pac. Rwy Co., re: use of track between Tara and Ft. Dodge, Sept. 1, 1902 Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, re: use of Illinois and Indiana Railroad Company, Switz City, Ind., Sept. 30, 1902
15	292	Terminal RR Assoc. of St. Louis, and Railroad Companies, re: admission agreement of new companies, Dec. 16, 1902
15	293	Illinois Central Railroad, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., and Morgan's Louisiana & Texas RR & SS Co., re: use of depot and track facilities, New Orleans, La., Dec. 18, 1902
15	294	Missouri Pacific Rwy Co., and others, Proprietary Companies, et al., and Terminal RR Assoc. of St. Louis, Supplemental agreement, Jan. 16, 1903
15	295	The St. Louis Transfer Co. and its Relation to the Railroads, by George J. Tansey: read before the St. Louis Railway Club, at their meeting, Mar. 13, 1903
15	296	Illinois Central Railroad and Rochelle and Southern Rwy. Co., re: joint use of facilities, Mendota, Ill., (2 copies) Mar. 23, 1903
15	297	Illinois Central Railroad and Louisville & Nashville RR Co., re: joint use of Henderson Bridge, and depot and track facilities, Evansville, Ind., and Henderson, Ky., May 1, 1904
15	298	Illinois Central Railroad and Illinois Southern Rwy. Co., re: construction of interlocking plant at crossing, Coulterville, Ill., Jun. 13, 1904
15	299	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Rwy. Co. and Illinois Central Railroad, Decision of questions in dispute, [missing first 2 pages] Sept. 26, 1904
15	300	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Rwy. Co. and Illinois Central Railroad, Per Diem agreements, ca. [missing first 4 pages] 1904
15	301	Illinois Central Railroad and American Express Co., transportation contract, Apr. 1, 1905
15	302	Illinois Central Railroad and The Pullman Co., re: use of sleeping cars, [Expires Jun. 1, 1923] (2 copies) Nov. 1, 1905
15	303	Illinois Central Railroad, et al., and Southern R'way Co., et al., re: trackage agreement, Jackson, Corinth, Haleyville, and Jasper, (2 copies) Jan. 16, 1906
15	304	Illinois Central Railroad and Gulf & Ship Island RR Co., re: supplemental agreement, use of facilities at Jackson, Miss., (original agreement dated Mar. 22, 1900, also included) Mar. 1, 1906.
15	305	Louisville, Henderson & St. Louis Rwy. Co. and Illinois Central Railroad and Louisville & Nashville RR Co, re: joint use of passenger station and facilities at Owensboro, Ky., Sept. 1, 1906
15	306	Illinois Central Railroad and Minneapolis and St. Louis, re: joint use of facilities in Albert Lea, Minn., Dec. 22, 1906
15	307	Birmingham Terminal Co. with Southern Rwy. Ass'n., Illinois Central Railroad, et al., and The Equitable Trust Co. of New York, re: joint use and operation of Passenger Terminals at Birmingham, Ala., (2 copies) Mar. 1, 1907
15	308	Illinois Central Railroad and American Express Co., express transportation contract, (expires Mar. 31, 1912) Apr. 1, 1907
15	309	Report before the Interstate Commerce Commission, Hope Cotton Oil Co., v. Texas & Pacific R'way Co. and St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern R'way Co., decided Jul. 8, 1907
15	310	Illinois Central Railroad, Kensington & Eastern RR Co., and Indiana & Kensington RR Co., and Chicago, Lake Shore & South Bend Rwy. Co., re: extending time for the completion of the railways, (Supplements , agreement, included) Sept. 10, 1907 Oct. 18, 1904
15	311	Illinois Central Railroad and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern RR Co., re: Passenger station facilities, Springfield, Ill., Mar. 1, 1908
15	312	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Cincinnati and Louisville RR Co., re: use of tracks between Riverdale, Ill., Kensington, Fordham and 43rd St., Chicago, Oct. 2, 1908
15	313	Illinois Central Railroad and Vandalia RR Co., re: joint use of tracks and facilities at Vandalia, Ill., Dec. 1, 1908
15	314	New Orleans Terminal Company, Illinois Central Railroad, et al., and Morgan's Louisiana and Texas Railroad and Steamship Co., re: joint use of tracks in and near New Orleans, May 17, 1909
15	315	Illinois Central Railroad and Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern, et al., re: reconstruction of train station, Louisville, KY, (2 copies) Aug. 14, 1909
15	316	Chicago and Northwestern Rwy Co., and Illinois Central Railroad, re: joint use of Passenger station, Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 1, 1909
15	317	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co and Southern Rwy. Co. in Mississippi, re: joint use of certain tracks, Moorhead, Miss., Nov. 2, 1909
15	318	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co., and The Missouri Pacific Railway Company, et al., Stock Transfer, May 24, 1910
15	319	Peoria & Pekin Union Rwy Co. and Illinois Central Railroad, re: Joint maintenance expenses at facilities at Peoria, Ill., (2 copies) Jun. 29, 1911
15	320	City of Kankakee, Illinois: Ordinance re: viaduct over the Illinois Central Railroad's tracks at Court St., Jul. 12, 1911
15	321	Illinois Central Railroad and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., et al., re: reconstruction, etc. of Calhoun Street Passenger Station, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 12, 1911
15	322	South Park Commissioners and Illinois Central Railroad, Re: lands and other matters in Chicago, Ill., (2 copies) Dec. 11, 1911
15	323	Illinois Central Railroad (Lessee of Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans) and Liberty-White Railroad Company, re: joint use of tracks and facilities between South McComb and McComb, Miss., and use of passenger station at McComb, Miss., Jan. 2, 1912
15	324	Illinois Central Railroad and Lake Erie and Western RR Co., re: construction, use, etc., of passenger station at Paxton, Ill., Mar. 20, 1912
15	325	Illinois Central Railroad (Lessee of Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans)and Alabama and Vicksburg Railway Company, re: cancellation of agreements, 1900 and 1904, and re: joint use of passenger station and facilities, Jackson, Miss. May 1, 1912
15	326	Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, and Illinois Central Railroad et al., re: amendment of admission agreement of October 1, 1889, to accord with the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States, Aug. 22, 1912
15	327	Illinois Central Railroad, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., St. Louis & San Francisco RR Co., Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham RR Co., and Birmingham Belt RR Co., trackage contract, [Amendment to contract, included] (2 copies of original and amendment) Mar. 8, 1913 Dec. 5, 1903
15	328	Illinois Central Railroad, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., and New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Rwy Co., re: joint use of tracks and other facilities between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La., Mar. 8, 1913
15	329	Illinois Central Railroad, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., and New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Rwy Co., various agreements, 1913-1917
15	330	Reorganization Agreement between Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis and Proprietary Lines, (2 copies) Sept. 21, 1914
15	331	Illinois Central Railroad, Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Paducah and Illinois Railroads, and The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, re: transfer facilities between Metropolis and Brookport, Ill. and Paducah, Kentucky, (2 copies) Aug. 12, 1915
15	332	Illinois Central Railroad and Vandalia Railroad Co., and Terre Haute & Peoria RR Co., re: continuing use between Decatur Junction and Maroa, Ill., Feb. 17, 1916
15	333	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co., Illinois Central Railroad and New Orleans, Texas & Mexico Rwy Co., traffic agreement, Jun. 1, 1916
15	334	Illinois Central Railroad - letter between President Charles Markham and President J. S. Pyeatt, President, Gulf Coast Lines, re: Pullman Company sleeping cars, Mar. 26, 1917
15	335	Illinois Central Railroad and Union Pacific RR Co., Cancelling Agreement of Jan. 26, 1900 (attached), re: operation of passenger trains between Council Bluffs, Ia and Omaha, Neb., Apr. 1, 1921
15	336	Illinois Central Railroad and Peoria & Pekin Union Rwy Co., re: maintenance and operation of freight depot, Pekin, Ill., Aug. 1, 1923
15	337	Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co. and Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Rwy Co, and The Alabama & Vicksburg Rwy. Co., Indentures of Lease, Mar. 31, 1925
15	338	Illinois Central Railroad and Illinois Traction, Inc., re: joint use of tracks between Staleys and Champaign, Ill., Sept. 2, 1925
15	339	Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, South Shore and South Bend RR, re: cancellation of agreement, and re: joint use of facilities between Randolph St. and Kensington, Chicago, May 25, 1912 Aug. 28, 1926
15	340	Illinois Central Railroad and Railway Express Agency, Inc., re: express operations, effective Mar. 1, 1929

Series 21: Military accounts, Jul. 1874-Mar.1903 - Call Number: IC 2.4
Lists in 2 folders of bills of lading, vouchers, and accounts forwarded to Quartermaster General, Washington, for settlement.

Box	Folder
16	341	Letterpress Copybook of lists, 1874-1882
16	342	US Transportation, 1884-1903

Series 22: Miscellaneous papers concerning war settlements, 1861-1865; 1876 - Call Number: IC 2.41
About 15 letters in 15 folders, between Abraham Lincoln (not originals; handwritten copies), Simon Cameron, W.H.Osborn, and IC and War Dept. officials concerning government transportation, Apr.1861 -Feb. 1865. Includes memo and letter concerning settlements to U.S. Senators Henry Wilson (Massachusetts) and William A. Richardson (Illinois), Feb.1865. Also includes a few documents [printed] including Letter of E.M.Stanton, petition in U.S.Court of Claims, May 24,1876, Report of House Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Committee on Finance, etc.

Box	Folder
16	343	Record of Army Service rendered by the Illinois Central Railroad, listing troops, munitions, etc., and freight shipped per month, Apr.-Oct. 1861
16	344	W.H. Osborn to U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron, , and reply, Apr. 26, 1861 May 2, 1861
16	345	U.S. Secretary of War Simon Cameron to W.H. Osborn, , and reply, Aug. 15, 1861 Aug. 17, 1861
16	346	W.H. Osborn to T.E. Walker, [written as 1861, with explanatory note] Feb. 22, 1862
16	347	A. Lincoln to Sec'y of War [Edwin M. Stanton], [2 copies] [all letters are handwritten copies] May 23, 1863
16	348	Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster General, to Edwin M. Stanton and W.H. Osborn, and [2 copies of each letter] [all letters are handwritten copies] May 27, 1863 May 30, 1863
16	349	W.H. Osborn to Brigadier General Montgomery C. Meigs, Quartermaster General, ; and reply, [2 copies of each letter] [all letters are handwritten copies] Jun. 10, 1863 Jun. 15, 1863
16	350	Joseph F. Tucker to W.H. Osborn, [2 letters] Mar. 28, 1864
16	351	Receipt of packages from Centralia to Springfield, Ill., Jun 1864
16	352	Congressional investigation on land-grant railroads and transportation of troops and munitions, printed, 38th Congress, 2d session, Jan. 11, 1865
16	353	House Resolution, payments to Illinois Central Railroad, printed, 38th Congress, 2d session, Jan. 27, 1865
16	354	W.H. Osborn to Senator [William A.] Richardson [Illinois], Feb. 9, 1865
16	355	Memoranda and letter given to Senator [Henry] Wilson [Massachusetts] in Washington, Feb. 12, 1865
16	356	Communication from the Quartermaster General on land-grant railroads and transportation of troops and munitions, printed, 38th Congress, 2d session, Feb. 14, 1865
16	357	United States Court of Claims, Petition for claims by the IC, May 24, 1876

Series 23: Papers concerning taxes, 1862-1875 - Call Number: IC 2.42
About 50 letters, receipts, and papers accompanying payments to Internal Revenue office, 1862-75, including a few letters about taxes from Lyman Trumbull and others; in 3 folders. Includes U.S.Treasury Dept. circulars, 1862-66 [printed], and lists of foreign stockholders claiming refund of tax on dividends paid during Civil War, and legal papers concerned with suit, including affidavit of William Tracy for claim, 1862-66, Aug.22, 1871, and estimate of taxes on non-resident aliens, Feb.1863-Feb. 1866, memos and sundry other papers. Also includes returns by railroad, with taxes, 1865-67 [printed form]

Box	Folder
16	358	Internal Revenue office: receipts, regulations, circulars, etc., (bulk ) 1862-1875 1862-1865
16	359	Internal Revenue office: Dividends forms and paperwork, ca. 1862-1875
16	360	Papers and lists re: Divident payments to non-resident aliens during the Civil War, 1862-1875

Series 24: Miscellaneous legal opinions, 1871-1889 - Call Number: IC 2.5

Box	Folder
16	361	Opinion re: IC's authority to invest... [187?]
16	362	Opinion on D&SC lease, by James Grant, Jan.21,1871
16	363	Opinion on new Ill. laws, by Lyman Trumbull, Jun. 23,1871
16	364	Opinion re: Question as to the power of the IC, ca. Mar. 1872
16	365	Opinion on right of way and fate of deed of a deceased woman, statute of limitation, Sept. 25, 1872
16	366	Opinion on bond issues, by S.J.Tilden, Jan. 19, 1874
16	367	Opinion on bond issues, by William Tracy, Jan. 23, 1875
16	368	Opinion on bond issues, by Sanford, Robinson and Woodruff, Jan. 25, 1875
16	369	Opinion on bond issues, by James Emott, Jan. 26, 1875
16	370	Opinion on Chicago depot land purchase, by Lyman Trumbull, Jul. 21, 1875
16	371	Opinion on Peoria and Oquawka agreement, by William Tracy, May 17, 1876
16	372	Opinion on Morris and Essex Railroad trust deed, by James Emott, Dec. 18, 1878
16	373	Opinion on bond issues, by B.F.Ayer, Oct. 29, 1879
16	374	Opinion on bond issues, by James Emott, Jun. 18, 1880
16	375	Opinion on tax liability and powers of substitution, by B.F.Ayer,
16	376	Opinion on rate fixing, by B.F.Ayer, Mar. 12, 1881 Oct.1880, Oct.1882
16	377	Opinion on rate fixing, by Lyman Trumbull, Mar. 17, 1881
16	378	Opinion on Chicago, St. Louis, & New Orleans RR (CStL&NO) lease, by James Emott, Apr.4, 1882
16	379	Opinion on CStL&NO lease, by Ashbel Green, Apr.10, 1882
16	380	Opinion on CStL&NO lease, by C.M.DaCosta, Apr. 17, 1882
16	381	Opinion on CStL&NO lease, by James Emott, [prtd.] Feb. 10, 1883
16	382	Opinion on rate fixing, by B.F.Ayer and C.A.Seward, [prtd.] Feb. 1889

Series 25: Outline of procedures, Legal Dept., [n.d.] - Call Number: IC 2.51

Box	Folder
17	383	Letterpress copy book, [Only a few pages used, barely legible] [n.d.]

Series 26: Miscellaneous legal papers, 1853-1922 - Call Number: IC 2.6
Agreements, briefs, opinions, decisions, acts, leases, and mortgages (printed, typescript, and manuscript), in 24 folders, concerning both the IC and its related companies. B&O documents include: IC v. B&O, Brief and argument for appellee; Arguments for appellant by B.F.Ayer, and by J.M.Hamilton; Abstract of record; Brief and reply for appellee; Argument on behalf of appellee by J.N.Jewett; Opinion by Judge Kirk Hawes, in Illinois Appellate Court, Oct.1886; and B&O v. IC, argument for appellee by B.F.Ayer, in Ill. Appellate Court, Oct.1889. Mortgages include: Y&MV and CA&N to Stuyvesant Fish and W. J. Mauriac, Dec.1,1884; IC to J.W.Alsop, William Tracy, and W.H.Osborn, Feb.1.1864; Dubuque and Dakota to J.A.Roosevelt, May 1 1879; Peoria & Pekin Union to Central Trust Co., New York, Mar.9,1886. Agreements not mentioning the IC include: L&N, CO&SW and Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad for Cecilia Branch, Dec.28,1881; with C.P.Huntington, Newport News & Mississippi Valley Co., Nov.27,1893; and between StLA&TH and Belleville and Carondelet, July 6,1897. Letters include copy from T.D.Lincoln concerning Cobb, Blasdell & Co. claim case, June 1876; and the agreement of the ratification of the consolidation of the Mississippi Central and the Mississippi Central & Tennessee railroad companies, Jun. 30, 1859.
See also Series 2.37, Contracts with rail lines, for other documents of this nature.

Box	Folder
17	384	Act to prohibit corporations from interposing the defence of usury in any action, Feb. 11,1853
17	385	Adams, Wirt v. Y&MV, in U.S.Supreme Court, Oct.1896
17	386	Appellants' argument, American Emigrant Co. v. Isabella M.Long et al., Iowa Supreme Court, Oct.1897
17	387	Appointment of agent for recovery of iron rails purchased in England, Apr.6, 1854
17	388	Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O), agreements and briefs, 1886-1889
17	389	Belleville City Railway, Act to incorporate, (typewritten) Feb.25,1867
17	390	Cairo trustees Taylor and Parsons v. I C, in U.S.Circuit Court, points for defendant, [n.d.]
17	391	D&SC agreement, , with a few letters; D&SC and IC v. A.W.Richmond and John Jackson, defend- ants, (in U.S.Supreme Court, Oct.1873) Jan.20,1888 1874
17	392	D&D Bridge, Act to incorporate, , and letters, [n.d.] 1887-1901
17	393	Hyde Park ordinance granting right of way to The South Chicago, Apr.3, 1882
17	394	Illinois, State of, vs. IC, in the Circuit Court, LaSalle County: Oral Argument of J.M. Dickinson in Behalf of Defendant upon the Demurrer, at Ottawa, Illinois, Oct. 8-10, 1907
18	395	Illinois Central agreement with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Vermilye & Co, for sale of bonds, May 11,1897
18	396	Illinois Central, Answer of, before the Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners, to Complaint of Ira F. Palmer, of Onarga, for alleged overcharges on freight Nov. 11, 1880
18	397	Illinois Central v. Tennessee Railroad Commission, brief for plaintiff by James Fentress, Jan.1883 [?]
18	398	Interstate Commerce Commission, Memo in the matter of passenger tariffs and rate-wars, Jan.25,1889
18	399	McDonald, William F., vs. IC and the Chicago & North-Western Railway Company, in the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Brief and Argument for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, Mar. 1898
18	400	Mississippi Railroad Commission v. IC, in U.S.Supreme Court, , and notes of argument of James Fentress, Oct.1884 Apr.10,1884
18	401	Mortgages, various, 1864-1922
18	402	Mound City Railroad act of incorporation, Feb.12.1855
18	403	Newark, Somerset and Straitsville and Sandusky, Mansfield and Newark railroads to B&O, Lease of, , and ratification of lease, Dec.l5,1871 Jan. 10,1872
18	404	Peoria and Oquawka contracts and agreements with IC (including foldout map), Jan.31,1857
18	405	Sioux City and St.Paul, agreement and supplemental contract, Jan.24.1878
18	406	Agreements, various, not with the IC, 1881-1897
18	407	Letters, miscellaneous and unidentified, 1859-1913

Series 27: Papers concerning MC (Michigan Central) litigation, 1860's, 1893-1894 - Call Number: IC 2.61
One volume of statements regarding the use of the road from Calumet to Chicago, and various ms. and printed documents of statements in the 1860's and from 1893-94. The documents include agreements as to use of passenger station, with map, Apr.10,l894, and in relation to exchange of certain lands in Chicago, Dec.1,1893 [printed]; Existing contracts between the MC and IC with the terms of submission, etc., 1860 [printed]; and contracts, Dec.28,1863 and Feb.25,1864, and receipt for settlement of claims in account of Joliet and Northern Indiana Railroad, Dec.28,1863.

Box	Folder
19	408	Statements and replies in reference to the compensation for the use of the road of the IC from Calumet to Chicago by the MC. Boston, Geo.C.Rand & Avery, .(1v.,prtd.; 2 copies) 1860
19	409	Statements, 's and 1860 1893-1894

Series 28: Papers concerning CF&M (Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad) litigation, 1865-1890 - Call Number: IC 2.62
Includes the following printed documents: In Ia. District Court, Dubuque, D&SC v. CF&M: Affidavits of A.G.Hackstaff, S.H.Olin, Stuyvesant Fish, J.K.Graves, E.T. Jeffery, J.C .Welling, W. J.Knight, J.P.Farley, J.S.Kennedy, M.K. Jesup, J.M. Douglas and E.P.Skene, Jan.-Feb.1888; Plaintiff's petition and proofs, and amended petition [n.d.]; Statement of facts, and further statement on behalf of the plaintiff [n.d.]; Suggestions in aid of the plaintiff's case, by C.A.Seward, 1887; Answer of defendant, and amendment, Jan.1888, and amendment to plaintiff's answer; Testimony on behalf of defendants, Mar.-May 1888, and answer of the defendant; Deposition of J.S.Kennedy, Mar. 1888. In Ia. Supreme Court, D&SC v. CF&M: Brief for plaintiff, 1888; Appellant's abstract of record. In U.S.Circuit Court, Ill., D&SC v. M.K.Jesup, G.J.Forrest and CF&M: Cross-bill [n.d.]; Argument on behalf of M.K.Jesup in bill, M.K.Jesup v. IC [n.d.]; Statement and argument in behalf of IC and D&SC by J.N.Jewett, 1890; Argument for IC by B.F.Ayer, 1890; Testimony taken on behalf of M.K.Jesup and brief of F.B.Daniels on behalf of plaintiff. In U.S.Circuit Court, Iowa, M.K. Jesup and C.J.Forrest v. D&SC and IC: Petition and amended petition [n.d.] In U.S. Circuit court. N.Y., E.C.Woodruff v. D&SC: Bill of complaint, 1887. Miscellaneous: D&SC meeting of directors and Executive Committee, Nov.25,1887; Extracts from letter-books relating to the lease of CF&M by D&SC and IC [Mar.1888?]; Memo regarding D&P, and abstract of letters, 1865-68; Copy of records of CF&M Board of directors, 1864-1876; Letter from C.A.Seward about case, Nov.16,1887 [not prtd.], and sundry other papers. In 14 folders.
Arranged chronologically.
Three documents are also available on microfilm: Extracts from Minute Book A... from the D&SC v. CF&M, 1865-1868 documents (folder 410); Copy of records of CF&M Board of directors, 1864-1876 (folder 416); and Deposition of J.S.Kennedy, Mar. 1888 in District Court, Dubuque County, Iowa (folder 420).

Box	Folder
20	410	D&SC v. CF&M, plaintiff's petition and proofs. Stuyvesant Fish's copies, 1865-1868
20	411	1866
20	412	1867
20	413	1868
20	414	Plaintiff's petitions and proofs, 1868-1887
20	415	1869
20	416	Copy of records of CF&M Board of directors, 1864-1876, 1876
20	417	1886
20	418	1887
20	419	Appellant's Abstract of Record, 1887
20	420	1888
21	421	1889
21	422	1890
21	423	Argument for the ICRR, 1890

Series 29: Papers concerning Chicago Burlington &Northern (CB&N) litigation, 1886-1889 - Call Number: IC 2.63

Box	Folder
21	424	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Abstract of record, preliminary materials, Sept.1886
21	425-427	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Abstract of record, Sept.1886
22	428	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Argument for appellant Sept.1886
22	429	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Points and authorities, and argument for appellant, by B.F.Ayer (2 volumes) Sept.1886
22	430	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Brief and argument for appellant by J.N.Jewett, Sept. 1886
22	431	In Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. CB&N. Abstract of record and opinion of Judge Mulkey, Sept.1887
22	432	Indenture/Agreement with IC, Feb.25,1889

Series 30: Confiscated coal claims, Jan. 1904-Apr. 1909 - Call Number: IC 2.64
Record by date of coal reclaims; in 1 volume.

Box	Folder
22	433	Jan. 1904-Apr. 1909

Series 31: Map of Cairo City property, and catalogue of lots comprised in the first plat of the City of Cairo, Ill., July 1853 - Call Number: IC 2.65
In 1 printed volume.

Box	Folder
22	434	Map of Cairo City property, and catalogue of lots comprised in the first plat of the City of Cairo, Ill., July 1853

Series 32: Prospectuses, Cairo, Ill., , 1856 1857 - Call Number: IC 2.66
Prospectuses issued by trustees of Cairo property, in 2 volumes.

Box	Folder
22	435	v. 1, Prospectus, 1856
22	436	v. 2, Prospectus, 1857

Series 33: Agreements and deeds relating to Cairo property, 1851-1878 - Call Number: IC 2.67
In 1 volume, agreements and deeds relating to Cairo property, and extracts from charter and ordinances of the City of Cairo, 1851-1878.

Box	Folder
22	437	Agreements and deeds relating to Cairo property, 1851-1878

Series 34: Chicago lake front cases, 1852-1900 - Call Number: IC 2.7
In 36 folders: Agreements, petitions, court cases, briefs, statements, and opinions, all regarding the questions of ownerships and rights of the Chicago lands along the shore of Lake Michigan. The rights of the IC Railroad Company over the lands was contested by individuals as well as by the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.
Arranged chronologically.
Note: for further legal documents and maps concerning this topic, see Graff Collection, Graff 2082; and maps Graff 678, 1800, 2080, and 4301 (vault map case).
Note: Two maps were removed from this subseries and cataloged separately:
1.) Map of Chicago and the Suburbs, Rufus Blanchard, 1892. Call No.: Illinois Central map 6F oG4104 .C6 1892 .B5
2.) Map of Chicago Lakefront, originally attached to the B.F. Ayer report entitled, "Opinion as to rights of the IC on the Lake Front, Dec. 13, 1884". Manuscript, 1885. Call No.: Illinois Central MS map 2F oG4104 .C6P3 1885 .I5

Box	Folder
22	438	Petition against ordinances granting right of way, [n.d.]
22	439	Lists of land grant lands in Cook Co., [n.d.]
22	440	Suggestions for a defense...restarining the IC from building wharves in the harbour [n.n.] [n.d., 1867?]
22	441	Chicago ordinance on lake front, Jun. 14, 1852, with letters from City Clerk, and agreement with city, Mar. 28, 1853
22	442	Agreement signed by Stephen A.Douglas for right of way, and two receipts also signed by Douglas, July 1852
22	443	IC resolution on the Chicago ordinance on lake front, with letter from City Clerk, Sept. 1852
22	444	Petition of R.B.Mason for culverts, Jul. 5, 1853
22	445	Letter concerning sand bar claim from N.P.Stewart, (photostatic copy) Jul. 22, 1857
22	446	Bound volume entitled "Lake Front": Statement to the Attorney General and Opinion of Judge B. R. Curtis, 1870; Statement re: Docks and Wharves in the outer harbor, , and two senate reports, 1871 1881
22	447	Contracts with other rail lines re: use of Chicago depot and vicinity, with maps, 1872-1877
22	448	Maps, ca. 1873-1892
22	449	Before the General Land Office, brief of Lyman Trumbull in the matter of the application of G.F.Blanchard, Willis Drummond, et al., 1877
22	450	Report of the present status of the claims of the IC to the lake front, [a.k.a. "The Lake Front Steal of 1869"] by the Ill. Anti-Monopoly League, [publication no.1) Nov.1881
22	451	Annual reports on the improvements of the harbors of Chicago and Calumet, Lake Michigan and the Ill. river... in charge of G. J.Lydecker and W.H.H.Benyaurd, being appendices of the annual reports of the Chief of engineers, (5 pamphlets) 1882-1886
23	452	Letter from Secretary of War on Encroachments upon the harbor of Chicago, (House doc.) (2 copies) Feb.13,1882
23	453	Opinion as to rights on the lake front, by John N.Jewett, Dec. 10, 1884
23	454	Opinion as to rights of the IC on the Lake Front, by B.F.Ayer, Dec. 13, 1884
23	455	Questions to J.C.Welling by Stuyvesant Fish on costs, Dec. 1884- Jan. 1885
23	456	Newsclippings, , 1885 1887
23	457	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Statement and argument for IC, and supplement, by John N.Jewett, 1887
23	458	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Brief on behalf of the City of Chicago, by Melville W.Fuller, 1887
23	459	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Points and authorities, and brief, by Lyman Trumbull, 1887
23	460	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Suggestions for the state, and Brief on behalf of the state, by Williams & Thompson, 1887
23	461	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Argument for the IC, and Argument for respondent, by B.F.Ayer, and 1887 1895
23	462	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Brief on behalf of the state,and Amended information (2 copies), by U.S. Attorney General George Hunt, 1887
23	463	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Brief on corporate powers involved, and Validity of the Lake Front Act, by J.K.Edsall, 1887
23	464	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Brief for the US., and Information, by William G.Ewing, 1887
23	465	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Argument for the people, by Alexander S.Bradley, 1887
23	466	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Amendment to Answer, and Stipulation as to Affidavits of John M. Adair and James P. Root, and Transcript of House Journal, Jun. 30, 1887
23	467	U.S. Circuit Court, Northern Ill., The People of the State of Ill. v. IC: Opinion of Mr. Justice Harlan, Feb. 23, 1888 Cook Co. Circuit Court, IC v. City of Chicago: Bill in chancery for original injunction, 1891
23	468	Cook County Circuit Court: Illinois Central vs. the City of Chicago, Bill in Chancery for Original Injunction, 1891
23	469	Ill. Supreme Court, IC v. City of Chicago: Petition for re- hearing by James Fentress, 1891
23	470	Ill. House bill, Act to provide compromise and settlement of the matters in controversy between the state of Ill., the city of Chicago, and the IC, in relation to certain lands, May 1891
23	471	U.S.Supreme Court, IC v. People of the State of Ill., Oct. 1892: Petition by IC, and supplemental petition for rehearing; Suggestions in opposition to motion for mandates; Brief for appellant, by B.F.Ayer; Opinion by Mr. Justice Field, (6 printed documents) Dec.1892
23	472	Document on Lake Front park, 1895
23	473	U.S.Supreme Court, IC v. Chicago. : Brief on behalf of plaintiff in error by B.F.Ayer; People of the State of Ill. v. IC and City of Chicago, ; Brief on behalf of IC by B.F.Ayer and J.N.Jewett. (2 printed documents) Oct.1899 Oct. 1900

Series 35: Papers concerning the T. B. Valentine Scrip Case, 1875-1877 - Call Number: IC 2.71 and IC +2.71 [oversized volumes]
Documents in 1 folder [regular size] and two volumes [oversized], certified by General Land Office, with maps, including letters about Chicago lake front lands, Oct.1824-Mar.1870, and claim of T.B.Valentine, Mar.1874, with Supreme Court decision, acts of Congress, decisions of General Land Office, etc.

Box	Folder
24	474	Arguments of [Henry] Beard, [Lyman] Trumbull, & [Joseph F.] Bonfield, Before the Commissioner of the General Land Office, [Three printed documents, bound together] Dec. 13, 1877

Series 36:

Volume
+ 1		Maps, correspondence and papers in reference to locations under Valentine sarip, by Gray, Britton & Drummond, on ...and by G.F.Blanchard, on 5 July 1875 26 July 1875
+ 2		Statement of Messrs. Britton & Gray, in relations to Valentine Scrip location...and additional papers in reference to title of Illinois Central Railroad Company to same fractional section, ca. Dec. 22, 1876

Series 37: Circulars, 1853-1908 - Call Number: IC 2.8
37 Scrapbooks of circulars from the offices of the general superintendent, general freight dept., auditor of passenger receipts, general agent, passenger dept., second vice-president, president, chief engineer, general manager, purchasing agent, roadmaster, traffic dept., local treasurer, etc., concerning personnel changes, policy changes, rules for operation, station names, etc., for the IC, Y&MV and other roads. Occasionally also contains correspondence, blank forms, reports, legal announcements from newspapers, and newsclippings. Vols. 24-28, Feb.1889-Jan.1903, are for foreign lines only; i.e., Eastern, Southern and non-IC Midwestern railroads in the U.S. The Joint Rate Committee circulars (vols. 30-31) also include articles of agreement and circulars for Western Associated Railways, Western Passenger Assoc., South-Western Passenger Assoc., Southern Railway and Steamship Assoc., Live Stock Weighing Assoc., Joint Rate Inspection Bureau, Chicago and Ohio River Traffic Assoc., and others. The Circulars for Southern Lines (vol. 37) are primarily from the Mississippi Central and the CStL&NO lines. Volumes 34-36 are mostly duplicates. Some dates in volumes overlap.

Box	Folder
24	475-476	Vol. 1: Illinois Central RR, and loose materials from volume, 1858-1873
24	477-478	Vol. 2: Illinois Central RR, and loose materials from volume, 1873-1878
24	479-480	Vol. 3: Illinois Central RR, and loose materials from volume, 1876-1885
25	481	Vol. 4, Illinois Central RR and other lines, including New York Weekly Financial Report, Lawrence Brothers & Co., 1877, 1876-1887
25	482-483	Vol. 5, Illinois Central RR Circulars from H. Tucker, and loose materials from volume, 1879-1884
25	484	Vol. 6, Illinois Central RR, Circulars from H. Tucker, 1885-1887
26	485	Vol. 7, Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Y&MV) RR's, 1889-1893
26	486	Vol. 8, Illinois Central RR, 1889-1891
27	487-488	Vol. 9, Illinois Central RR, Circulars of A.W. Sullivan, General Superintendant, and loose materials from volume, 1890-1896
27	489	Vol. 10, Illinois Central RR, 1891-1892
28	490-491	Vol. 11, Illinois Central RR, and loose materials from volume, 1894-1897
28	492-493	Vol. 12, Illinois Central RR and other lines, and loose materials from volume, 1894-1897
29	494	Vol. 13, Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RRs, 1895-1896
29	495-496	Vol. 14, Illinois Central RR, Illinois Central RR, Circulars of A.W. Sullivan, General Superintendant, and loose materials from volume, 1896-1900
30	497	Vol. 15, Illinois Central RR, 1897-1900
30	498	Vol. 16, Illinois Central RR, Yazoo & Mississippi Valley, and other lines, 1897-1900
31	499	Vol. 17, Illinois Central RR and other lines, 1897-1900
31	500	Vol. 18, Illinois Central RR, 1898-1900
32	501	Vol. 19, Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RRs, 1900-1902
32	502-503	Vol. 20, Illinois Central and Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RRs, and loose materials from volume, 1900-1903
32	504-505	Vol. 21, Illinois Central RR, and loose materials from volume, 1901-1904
33	506	Vol. 22, Illinois Central RR, 1902-1913
33	507	Vol. 23, Illinois Central RR, 1904-1906
34	508-510	Vols. 24-26, Foreign Roads, 1889-1898
35	511-512	Vols. 27-28, Foreign Roads, 1898-1903
35	513	Vol. 29, Central Traffic Assoc. reports, proceedings and circulars, (looseleaf book; disbound) Jul.-Sept.1889
35	514-515	Vols. 30-31, Joint Rate Committee circulars concerning rates, proceedings of meetings, and freight tariffs, (looseleaf books; disbound) Jan. 1889-Oct.1890
36	516	Vol. 32, Western Freight Association proceedings and circulars, (looseleaf book; disbound) Jan.-Aug. 1889
36	517	Vol. 33, Western States Passenger Association agreement and circulars, (looseleaf book; disbound) 1889-1891
36	518	Vol. 34, Illinois Central RR, (duplicate) 1892-1897
37	519-520	Vols. 35-36, Illinois Central RR, (duplicates) 1897-1908
38	521	Vol. 37, Southern Lines, (including one for ) Apr.1876-Mar.1890 Apr, 1853

Series 38: William K.Ackerman's scrapbooks, 1780-1905 - Call Number: IC +2.81 and IC +2.81 Index
18 oversize volumes of personal scrapbooks from IC president William K. Ackerman. Vol. 1 includes many family items concerning ancestors, and some newspaper clippings, social events, an announcement of slave sales, 1858, passports, and many autographs; also a letter in verse from Joseph Kirkland; Vols.2-5 are mostly Chicago newspaper clippings, about 1883-92 (Vol. 5 is primarily newsclippings, cartoons, portraits, and some postage stamps); Vols. 6-8 are mostly about Chicago World's Fair, 1893; and Vols. 9-17 cover 1893-1905. Also includes an index to the scrapbooks, ca. 1905, at end of series.

Volume
+1		Family items and other mementos, 1859
+2-5		Chicago newspapers, 1883-1892
+6-8		Worlds Columbian Exposition, 1890-1893
+9-17		Newsclippings and other mementos, 1893-1905
+18		Index

Series 39: Newspaper clippings, 1871-1936 - Call Number: IC 2.9
20 volumes of scrapbooks, including clippings about the IC and other roads, legislation, obituaries, tariffs, printed booklets, photographs, and occasional ephemera. Volumes 1-13 are based on certain regions or subjects, e.g. New Orleans papers, Iowa papers, Chicago Lakefront cases, Cairo bridge, the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 and the new Chicago passenger terminal, IC business in Mexico and South America, etc. They are of unknown authorship.
Volumes 14-20 are scrapbooks of James T.Tait, an IC claims agent based in Dubuque, Iowa, ca. 1871-1915. Tait glued materials into regular books to make his scrapbooks. Topics include local Dubuque-area interests, current events, and political conventions (for example,Volumes 15-16 cover the Chicago Democratic National Convention of 1884). Occasionally there are poems, invitations, photographs and other ephemeral items. Volume 14 includes three cabinet card photographs of saddles, a commencement announcement for Wheeler County High School, 1907, and printed timetables for the Denver and Rio Grande System, 1906, and the Colorado & Southern, 1905. In addition, there are two travel booklets by A.J. Wells: The Yosemite Valley of California (San Francisco, Southern Pacific, 1905); and The New Nevada: What it is and What it is to Be: The Era of Irrigation and the Day of Opportunity (San Francisco, Southern Pacific, 1905). Volume 17 includes a picture postcard of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1908 (damaged); a train pass for Mr. and Mrs. Tait on the Maine Central Railroad, a newspaper article on Tait's political scrapbooks, a schedule for the Convention of Association of Railway Claim Agents in Detroit, May 1909, a pressed flower and American Flag, and some poetry clipped from newspapers. Volume 18 includes pamphlets, "Railway Insolvencies and Railway Rates," by H.P.Robinson and H.R.Hobart, 1894, and "The Relations between the Surgical and Claims Departments of Railroads," by L.L.Losey, 1908; and a few clippings from the Amboy newspaper, 1871, church sermons and bulletins (1st Congregational Church of Dubuque), news of a train wreck, May 28, 1899, and a memorial pamphlet for Mrs. Tait, 1849-1895. Volume19 includes pamphlets by J.F.Merry on "Passenger Fares in Ia." [n.d.] and "Transportation, Address at Ames, Ia.," 1907, a timetable of "Colorado Special Excursions", 1906, vacation souvenirs and postcards, a badge, ticket, etc. for the Democratic State Convention in Waterloo, Iowa; and a booklet, "Reunion of Old Time Railway Men of Iowa," May 1908. Volume 20 includes many circulars on Southern lines, 1874-78, clippings on the convention in Chicago, and a few clippings on the sinking of the Lusitania.

Box	Folder
39	522-523	Vol. 1, New Orleans Papers, and loose material from volume (including a printed booklet, The Review of the Commerce of New Orleans, 1877), (ca.) 1877-1883
39	524	Vol. 2, Iowa and Illinois papers, including a picture of the Hyde Park Station, May 1882, ca. 1878-Nov. 1882
39	525	Vol. 3, general, May 1885-Nov. 1890
40	[526]	Vol. 4, general, (in phase box) Nov. 1882-Dec. 1887
41	527	Vol. 5, Lake Front, Aug. 1885-May 1891
41	528	Vol. 6, World's Columbian Exposition, Lake Front, etc., Jun. 1890-Nov. 1896
41	529	Vol. 7, World's Columbian Exposition traffic, Lake Front, business in Mexico and South America, Feb. 1890-Jun. 1892
42	530	Vol. 8, Cairo Bridge, and miscellany, 1890-1898
42	531	Vol. 9, Lake Front, Jul.-Dec. 1890
43	532	Vol. 10, Lake Front, Jan.-Jul. 1891
43	533	Vol. 11, Lake Front, Aug.-Dec. 1891
43	534	Vol. 12, Lake Front, Jan.-Jul. 1892
44	[535]	Vol. 13, Various newspapers from London, New York, New Orleans, etc., (in phase box) 1891-1936
45	536	Vol. 14, Tait scrapbook, 1885-1911
45	537	Vols 15-16, Tait scrapbooks, 1884
45	538	Vol. 17, Tait scrapbook, 1908-1910
46	539	Vol. 18, Tait scrapbook, 1899-1908
46	540	Vol. 19, Tait scrapbook, 1906-1908
46	541	Vol. 20, Tait scrapbook, 1908-1915

Series 40: Papers used in preparing histories, 1894-1901 - Call Number: IC 2.91
6 folders of items: Correspondence, notes, essays, summaries, and blueprints that were created and collected by William R. Head, IC Personal Injury Agent, ca. 1894, and Historical Compiler, ca. 1897-1901. Primarily consists of remembrances and biographical notes of Incorporators and early administrators of the IC, including Robert Rantoul, George Griswold, William K. Ackerman, John F.A. Sanford, Thomas William Ludlow, and Mason Brayman. Also includes a few remembrances of laborers such as machinist J.B. Adams, and anecdotes about events such as the original incorporation and Lincoln's work as a lawyer for the company. Remembrances also include a letter from J.F.Duncombe about IaF&SC land grant, town names in Ia., etc., and copies of D&P annual report, Dec.31.1857, and report of G.W.Smith to Robert Benson & Co. on D&P affairs, Sept.5,1857, and letter of mayor of Dubuque to the President of the United States and the Postmaster-General concerning the Galena Packet Co. and river transportation, petitions for a bridge, and sundry other papers on Ia. lines including lists of officers and directors. Some items in the series seem incongruous to the papers for preparing histories, such as the list of surgeons in the IC department, and the names of IC employees used as marshalls during the July 1894 strike (also known as the "Debs Rebellion"). It is assumed that these items were collected by Head in his previous position as Personal Injury Agent for the railroad.

Box	Folder
47	542	List of surgeons, (2 copies) Jun. 1,1894
47	543	1894 Pullman strike-lists of guards sworn in as U.S. deputy marshalls, Jul. 10-19, 1894
47	544	Remembrances, biographical sketches and notes, ca. 1897-1898
47	545	Correspondence to W.R. Head, 1897-1901
47	546	Blueprint maps, Growth of the Illinois Central Railroad by decades, 1851-1897
47	547	Pamphlet, The Development of the Material Resources of the State of Mississippi, letter to R.B.Fulton from Stuyvesant Fish, [prtd., 2 copies] May 28,1901


Record Group 4: Minutes, Board Papers, 1850-1972 - Call Number: IC 3
This record group covers much more than minutes of the various governing boards of the Illinois Central. It also contains historical items, ephemeral items, maps, and some personnel information.

Series 1: Minute Books, 1879-1972 - Call Number: IC +3.1
Minutes of meetings of the board of directors, 1879-1972 (lacking 1852-part of 1879, and 1894-1900); and of Executive Committee, 1852-1972. 45 volumes of minutes, with 23 additional volumes of indexes (see scope note below for more information). There are multiple copies of the minutes from the 1950's-1970's. Meetings of directors were held in New York, with a few in Chicago and Centralia, Illinois. Stockholder meeting minutes, originally intended to be in this series, are lacking altogether.
Minute books are purported to contain the following (according to the Mohr Guide, 1951): ACTS: to U.S.Trust Co., New York, July 21,1886, Mar. 31, 1888, Jun. 1 and Sept. 1, 1892, Dec. 28, 1893, and Aug. 20, 1902, and to U.S. Trust Co. and J.E.Williamson, June 30,1904, and further assurance of Mar. 30, 1903 in respect to mortgage of Aug. 10, 1874. LEASES: of Cairo property, July 18,1872; of CStL&NO, May 1882 (with opinion of Judge James Emott, Feb. 1883), and Aug. 20, 1902; of D&SC, Jan. 20, 1888 (with statement of arbitrators on property leased, Nov. l887), Jan. 21, 1885, Jun. 25, 1900 and Oct. 19, 1904; of Memphis division of CStL&NO, Apr. 4, 1889; of Ec. 29, 1903 [some printed.]. AGREEMENTS: Inter-tenant agreement between Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Co., the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern, the St. Louis Southwestern, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois and the IC, Nov. l, 1901, and collateral agreement with MoPac, Nov. l, l90l; with Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St. Louis and the Southern Railway Co., C&A, CB&Q, MKT, Dec. 15, 1902, and mortgage to Central Trust Co., New York, and William Taussig, Dec. 15, 1902; with Y&MV, St. Louis and San Francisco, Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham and the Birmingham Belt, Dec. 5, 1903 [some printed]. DEEDS: of New Orleans Belt to CStL&NO, Oct. 1886, and deed of conveyance of F.P. and Alice S.Voorhees to IC, Sept. l9, 1900. MISCELLANEOUS: Letter of president to directors concerning rate agreement, Feb. 19, 1889 [printed]; Code of rules for conducting business of IC, Dec. 16, 1889 [printed].

Volume
+1		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 3, 1879-1888
+2		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 4, 1888-1894
+3		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 6, 1900-1905
+4		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 7, 1905-1912
+5		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 8, 1912-1913
+6		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 9a, 1913-1918
+7		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 9b, 1918-1923
+8		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 9c, 1923-1926
+9		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 10, 1926-1934
+10		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 11, 1934-1941
+11		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 12, 1941-1947
+12		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 13, 1947-1949
+13		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 14, 1949-1950
+14		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 15, 1951
+15		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 16, 1951-1952
+16		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 17, 1952
+17		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 18, 1953-1954
+18		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 19, 1954-1955
+19		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 20, 1955-1957
+20		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 21, 1957-1959
+21		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 22, 1959-1962
+22		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 23, (2 copies) 1963-1966
+23		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 24, (2 copies) 1966-1969
+24		Board of Directors, Minutes, No. 25, (2 copies) 1970-1972
+25		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1852
+26		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1853-1858
+27		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1857-1860
+28		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1857-1861
+29		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1858-1886
+30		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1886-1889
+31		Executive Committee, Minutes, 1857-1863
+32		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 1, 1910-1912
+33		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 2, 1912-1913
+34		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 3a, 1913-1917
+35		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 3b, 1917-1919
+36		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 4, 1919-1921
+37		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 4a, 1922-1924
+38		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 4b, 1924-1927
+39		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 5, 1927-1931
+40		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 5a, 1931-1940
+41		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 6, 1940-1952
+42		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 7, 1952-1954
+43		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 8, 1954
+44		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 9, (2 copies) 1955-1969
+45		Executive Committee, Minutes, No. 10, (2 copies) 1970-1972

Series 2: Index to minutes, 1852-1952 - Call Number: IC +3.1 Index
23 oversize volumes of indexes by personal name and subject showing date and page. Volumes 1-2 may be a digest to all minutes of meetings of stockholders, directors, executive, and other committees: A-L is 200 pages, M-S is 125 pages (outer spine reads M-Z, but index stops after S). Volumes 3-13 are Digests of Record of Board of Directors minutes; Volumes 14-17 are unidentified early alphabetical indexes (2 runs) labeled "Index to Vols. 1-3"; Volumes 18-22 are Digests of Record of Executive Committee minutes. Volume 23 is a miscellaneous index found in Series IC 3.4, Papers Accompanying Board Minutes.

Volume
+1		All Minutes (?), Index, A-L, 1857-1907
+2		All Minutes (?), Index, M-S, 1886-1907
+3		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 1, 1852-1864
+4		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 2, 1864-1879
+5		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, [n.n.], 1872
+6		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 3, 1879-1888
+7		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 4, 1888-1894
+8		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 5, 1894-1900
+9		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 6, 1900-1905
+10		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 7, 1905-1912
+11		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 8, 1912-1913
+12		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 9, 1913-1926
+13		Board of Directors, Digest of Record, No. 10-13, 1926-1949
+14-17		Unidentified Early Indexes, 1851(?)-
+18		Executive Committee, Digest of Record, No. 1, 1910-1912
+19		Executive Committee, Digest of Record, No. 2, 1912-1913
+20		Executive Committee, Digest of Record, No. 3, 1913-1919
+21		Executive Committee, Digest of Record, No. 4, 1919-1927
+22		Executive Committee, Digest of Record, No. 5, 1927-1951
+23		Minutes index, Aug. 1879-Nov. 1889

Series 3: Records of committees, 1877, 1889-1910, 1958-1963 - Call Number: IC +3.2
11 oversize volumes contianing the minutes and accompanying papers for separate committees. The Advisory Committee volume includes: By-law establishing committee, Feb.19,1902 [prtd.]; Minutes of meetings, New York, Mar.5,1902-Jan.l6,1906; and Circular concerning stock, Aug.19.1902 [prtd.]. The Committee on Finance volumes include: By-law establishing committee, Apr.17,1889 [prtd.]; Minutes of meetings, New York, May 13,1889-Dec.20,1905; and many statements of cash resources and requirements for New York and Chicago offices. The Committee on Law volumes include: By-law establishing committee, Feb. 19, 1902; and Minutes of meetings, New York, May 9, 1889-Dec. 20, 1905. The Committee on Rates, Revenues and Expenditures volumes include: By-law establishing committee, Apr. 17, 1889; and Minutes of meetings, New York, May 14, 1880-Dec. 20, l905. Although not officially a committee, there also includes a volume of Monthly Officers' Meetings; officers being the General Superintendant (J.F. Tucker) and Division superintendants.

Volume
+1		Advisory Committee, No. 1, 1902-1906 (2 copies)
+2-3		Committee on Finance, No. 1 and No. 2, 1889-1905
+4-5		Committee on Law, No. 1 and No. 2, 1889-1905
+6		Committee on Law and Finance, No. 1, 1906-1910
+7		Committee for Nomination of Directors, No. 1, 1958-1963 (2 copies)
+8		Committee on Railroad, No. 1, 1906-1910
+9-10		Committee on Rates, Revenues and Expenditures, No. 1 and No. 2, 1889-1905
+11		Monthly Officers' Meetings, ICRR, 1877

Series 4: Officers' letters of resignation and acceptance, 1851-1862 - Call Number: IC 3.3
24 letters in one folder. Letters of resignation from Solomon Alofsen, N.P.Banks, Edward Bement, A.E.Burnside, J.F,Bunce, W.P.Burrall, C.M.Dupuy, M.B.Edgar, J.W.Foster, J.N.A.Griswold, Franklin Haven, Morris Ketchum, T.W.Ludlow, G.B.McClellan, Robert Schuyler and Jonathan Sturges, and letters of acceptance of position of director from N.P.Banks and Edwin H.Sheldon. Note: Such letters are usually filed with the Board papers (see IC 3.4).

Box	Folder
1	1	Officers' letters of resignation and acceptance, 1851-1862

Series 5: Papers accompanying Board meetings, July 10, 1876-Jun. 17, 1960; 1965; 1968; 1971 - Call Number: IC 3.4 and +3.4
232 boxes, 13 oversize boxes, and 162 oversize folders. Includes some minutes of meetings of Directors, Executive Committee, and Stockholders, together with drafts of resolutions, sample bond and stock certificates, circulars, annual reports, freight tariffs, reports of committees, acceptances and resignations of directors and officers, proxies, maps, blueprints, sketches, and sundry papers. Oversize items (mostly maps and blueprints but also occasional timetables, tariffs, and other printed sheets) are separated from the main collection, housed in oversize boxes and folders, and identified by Separation Records, filed in the main collection folders by date. Documents are very scattered at the end of the series: after Jun. 17, 1960, there is scant material for Oct. 15, 1965, Apr. 19, 1968, and Nov. 10, 1971 (budget presentation). The Mohr guide (1951) cites particular documents for the years 1850-1906; the text for 1876-1906 is reprinted here.
1876: W.K.Ackerman's report on revenues, Feb.; Statement of real estate purchased by NOJ&GN, June 1870-June 1874, with copies of journal entries, Dec.1872 and Dec.1873, and MissCen abstract of vouchers for expenditures; Memo of improvements made to D&SC, 1867-69, 1872-74; Agreement with Illinois Midland, Jan.1; Statements and reports, with letters, from J.B.Alexander, NOStL&C receiver, Mar.- July; Petition of TP&War bondholders, Mar. 27; NOJ&GN treasurer's remittances, Sept. 1872 -Jun. 1874; Letters concerning steel rails Dubuque bridge, NOStL&C, Cairo affairs, etc.; Agreement with TWab&Wes, GC&S and Chicago and Paducah on Gibson pool, Jan.13; NOStL&C report, Feb.15, and letter from Southern Railroad Association, Feb.21; Amnesty bill, Ia., Mar.18; Memo of views of directors on Southern lines, Apr.19; TP&War reorganization plan, May 25 and Oct.18 [printed] and agreement with TP&War receiver, Sept.14; Opinion on Tanner brake, Nov.1, and letters and deeds of assignment of patent rights for various brakes; Invoices for locomotives, NOJ&GN, Nov.16; Cost of property at McComb City, Nov.1, and memo concerning accounts, abstract of vouchers, accounts of Southern Railroad Association with MissCen, remittances, etc.; Lease of Chicago offices from Ayer & Kales, June 22; Treasurer's report on visit to Chicago, May-Jun.
1877: Minutes of London committee of shareholders, Oct. 1858-May 1859; Instructions to delegates on trip to U.S. for London subscribers, and report of delegates [printed], with letters from H.de M. Oyens for W&S bondholders, Apr.-May, and appendix to report of Capt. Douglas Galton and H.de M.Oyens for London and Amsterdam stockholders, Jan.26, and GC&S bond issue circulars, Feb.[printed]; Insurance statement, Mar.-Nov.; W.H.Osborn report on reorganization of Southern lines, Nov.1, and opinions of James Emott and B.F.Ayer; Mortgage of NOJ&GN to W.H.Gebhard and L.V.F.Randolph.Aug.15; Bill of sale and release of John and Ebenezer Buckingham for Cairo elevators, Jan.17, and papers concerning Buckingham claim on Chicago elevators, Sept.; Vice president's statement of cost of cars built for TP&War, 1871-72; Assignment of judgment, PennRR v. TP&War, Feb.20; Statement and proposal of special committee to English bondholders concerning Southern lines, and a few letters, Feb.; Agreement of bondholders of NOJ&GN and MissCen on reorganization. Mar.6, and amendment, Mar.26, with treasurer's report concerning purchase, Mar.17, agreement by purchasing committee, Mar.17, and opinion of J.A. Campbell; Contract with Detroit Bridge & Iron Works for Galena bridge, Oct.15; Vice president's report on condition of line, June 16; Opinion of B.F.Ayer on TP&War mortgage, June 21, with letters and trustees' notices; C&S articles of incorporation, July 2 [printed] and lease to IC, Dec.1; Expenditures for foreign delegates, Mar.-June; Report on organization of employees for protection of company property, July 30, and letters about strike; Minutes of meetings of directors and stockholders of C&S, July 21 and Sept. 29; Papers on proposed occupancy of Chicago station by B&O, Aug.15; Agreement with G.B.Hamilton et al. on payment of claims in Ia. grain dispute, Sept.12; Plan to reorganize TP&War, Sept.19 [printed]
1878: Opinion of B.FAyer on GC&S securities, Jan.7; Report of committee on Cairo land, Jan.5; Balance sheets, income statements, etc., to Dec.1877; Contracts with Chicago and Paducah receivers, Feb.1, and with American Express Co., Jan.1, and with Sioux City and St. Paul, Jan.24, and with C&NW, Mar.14, and with Wabash, Feb.23; Proposition to extend tracks to Chicago Dock & Canal Co., Mar.l2; Superintendent's estimate of permanent expenditures, Ill. and Ia.; Details of conveyances of Hyde Park land, with plat, May 2, and accounts, contract and letters concerning T.S. Dobbins' holdings, 1873-74; Deed of Cairo City trustees, Feb.23, and Cairo ordinance, Mar.19; Reports on proposed line, Kankakee to Chatsworth and Strawn, Apr.11 & 27, and on Mineral Point Railroad, Apr.17, and on filter and lime catcher for engines, with blueprint, Apr.22; Letters concerning discontinuance of CB&Q contract, Apr,-May; K&SW articles of incorporation, Mar.1,1872 and May 11,1877 [printed]; List of grain cases in Ill., with letter, June 28; Plat of land in Springfield, Ill.; Opinion of Ill.Supreme Court, Christy, Cobb & Co. v. IC, Jan.1; D&SC circular, Nov.1; Contract for pool with Des Moines & Fort Dodge, Dec.11,1877 and Jan.17,1878.
1879: Reports by president on spurs between Chicago Branch and Chicago and Paducah, Dec. 26,1878, and on Polo branch, with blueprint, Dec.21,1878, and on new line, Springfield division to East St. Louis, with map, Dec.26,1878, and on spurs east of Chicago branch, with map, Dec.26.1878, and on operations and condition of road, Jan.6, and on proposed road from Kempton to Minonk, Feb.15; Balances, expenses and report of Auditing committee, 1878; Figures for settlement with CStL&NO for coupons, Feb.11; Lease of K&SW, Apr. 1,and deed of trust to L.V.F.Randolph and Stuyvesant Fish, Apr.; Prospectus, Apr.-June; Chicago ordinance concerning fencing, Apr.16; Reports on land purchased near Weldon, Ill., with diagram, June 18, and on crop business and prospects, June 13, and on steel rails, July 12, and on protection of revenue, June 18; Letters concerning sale of Hyde Park lands for hotel, July 2, and relating to Dubuque and Dakota and Mineral Point railroads, Sept.11; Reports on proposed extension of Clinton, Bloomington & North Eastern, Aug.12 and Oct.10, with blueprint, and on Mineral Point, Sept.13, with proposition of Luther Beecher, Sept.17; TP&War settlement and agreement, Sept. (draft), Oct.10, and bill, J.F.Secor and William Tracy v. TP&War, and reorganization proposal, June 13,1877 [printed], with letters; Petition for Post Office moneys, Oct.9. with papers concerning Court of Claims appeal, Sept.; Reports on Champaign, Havana & Western, Oct.-Dec., with documents concerning organization, articles of incorporation. etc., 1879 [printed]; Report on car transferring at Cairo, Nov.17.
1880: Reports: Monee grade, Dec.31,1879; Purchase of steel rails, Jan.21; Viaducts and new wharves, Chicago, Jan.30; Cost of K&SW, Mar.31; Completion of Clinton, Bloomington & North Eastern, June 16; Grain transportation, Cairo to New Orleans, July 17 and 30, by Adolphe Schreiber; Sources, volume, direction and rates of grain shipments, by traffic manager, May 17; Barge transportation, Cairo to New Orleans, July 31, Sept.23; Building loop line, Warren to Polo, July 31; Consolidation of K&SW, Kankakee & Western and Clinton, Bloomington & North Eastern, Nov.13; Extension from Kensington to Monee, Nov.13; Cost of Illinois Western Extension Railroad, Nov.13; D&D Bridge stock, by W.B.Allison, Nov.13; Reductions in passenger tariffs, Mar.4; Letters: Concerning rival railroad extensions, Ia., May, and Dubuque Harbor Co. and Dubuque Lumber Co., with drawings; From Mayor Harrison on purchase of Chicago depot grounds, June 11, with reports and letters, Nov.; John and Ebenezer Buckingham about elevator business, June 8; From Thomas Hoyne concerning litigation over Chicago property, July 14; Miscellaneous: Bond given in appeal on sewage block case, Mar.17, with letters; Plan for purchase of Chicago depot grounds, Mar.17; Ill. Railroad and Warehouse Commission Schedule of passenger and freight rates for IC, with Railroad act of 1873 [printed], Mar.1880, and memo of difficulties in application of tariff at junction points, with table of freight rates to and from Chicago, and letters; CStL&NO stockholders' meeting, Mar.3; Profit and loss account, salaries, expenses and Auditing committee report, Mar.17; Agreement with Peoria, Decatur & Evansville, June 7 [printed]; Contract with CM&StP, June 16; By-laws, Oct.20; Agreement with TP&Wes, May 22.
1881: Reports: Building passenger depot, Chicago, Mar.10, and Chicago terminal facilities, Mar.22; Chicago right of way, June 11; D&D Bridge matters, June 16; Ia. connections, Aug.9; Proposed railroad through Yazoo district, Miss., Sept.21 and Oct.6, and map; New Cairo elevator, Oct.15; D&SC lease, Nov.12 & 21, with letters. Letters: John and Ebenezer Buckingham concerning Chicago elevator lease, Jan.13, and lease, Sept.15 [printed]; Purchase of J. L. Lombard's riparian title, and several letters concerning riparian rights, July, Dec.; NYC&StL and Chicago terminal facilities, Nov.12 & 21; Proposed road from Hyde Park to South Chicago, Sept.3; Statements: Balance sheets, accounts, etc., 1880; Lands to which. company's title is defective, Mar.10; Resources and liabilities, CStL&NO, Nov.16, with reports; Funded debt, CStL&NO, and reports, Nov.18-21; Legal: Opinion of James Emott on condition of exchange of CStL&NO bonds, Mar.26, and letters and telegrams including some from Amsterdam bondholders; Mortgage of K&SW to L.V.F.Randolph and Stuyvesant Fish, Aug.1 [printed] and K&SW lease to IC, Aug.1 [printed]; Contract and proposition of E.H.Harriman & Co. for sale of CStL&NO bonds, June 23, Sept.21; Agreement with CB&Q, Aug.17; Opinion of James Emott concerning CStL&NO securities, Nov.22; CStL&NO Executive Committee meeting, Mar.29, Sept.15, Nov.11.
1882: Reports: Chicago terminal facilities for NYC&StL, Oct. 1881, and contract, Mar.14; Future relations of IC to CStL&NO, Jan.14; Insurance, Feb.1, with statement of damages by fire, Mar.6,and letters and propositions; Expenses, balance sheets, etc. of New York office, Mar.14; Western Union telegraph agreement, May 13; Texas and St. Louis, Nov.16; Legal cases, Nov.15; Chicago transfer office, Nov. 5, with letter from Chicago Stock Exchange president, Nov.6; Southern lines accounts, vouchers, surplus assets, earnings, balance sheets, etc., Dec, and for years 1873-81. Letters: CStL&NO securities; including telegrams, report on reorganization, memos,etc., between officials and Amsterdam stockholders, and lease, Mar.30, Apr.6; Chicago terminal, and lake front property, Jan.12; U.S. Land Commissioner's decision on L.L. Merrifield case, Feb.27; Judge Fentress' services, Mar.1; MC and new passenger depot, July 8; CA&N, Oct.5; C&S, Dec.19, Y&MV expenses, and condition of CA&N and CStL&NO, Dec.; Statements: E.T.H. Glbson account of IC investments in New Orleans line, Nov.27; McComb law suit, Oct.3. Legal: Agreement with CB&Q and C&Ia, Jan.1 [printed]; Act concerning organization of CenMiss, Mar.4; The South Chicago articles of incorporation, Sept. 8,1881 [printed] and Hyde Park ordinance granting right of way, Apr. 3 [printed]; Agreement with StLA&TH and Texas and St. Louis, Mar. 29 [printed]. Miscellaneous: J.W.Paramore's proposition concerning Texas and St. Louis securities, Sept.29, and opinion of B.F.Ayer, Oct.3, with letters and report by M.Gilleas,Sept.9; Map of Wisconsin, 1881 [printed]
1883: Reports: Earnings, Dec,28,1882, and estimated expenses, 1883; D&SC, Feb.14, Mar.30, Apr.21, and letters, with lease Apr.5; New York office, Mar.30; Spur at Onarga, Apr.18; Ia. leased lines, Apr.20; Miss&Tenn, Aug.15, with vol. of documents relating to Miss&Tenn, including mortgages to E.T.H.Gibson and A.G,Hackstaff, Dec.1,1887 [printed], to G.B. Lomon, A.M. Clayton and F.W. Smith, Mar.27,1856, and to F.W.Smith and A.M.Clayton, June 26,1866, and annual reports, 1876-1888 (20th-28th and 30th-32nd); Construction and expenditures,Y&MV and CA&N, with letters, Sept.13; Purchase of iron rails, Sept.13, with letters. Letters: Completion of Yazoo Valley and Aberdeen branches, Jan.24; Morton, Rose & Co. about bonds, Feb.-Mar.; Insurance, with reports, Mar.-Apr.; New Orleans terminal facilities, Mar.; Riparian rights, Chicago, Mar.; MissVal, Mar.23; NYC&StL, May 10; Yazoo City right of way, Sept.13; Cape Girardeau Southwestern, Nov.19. Legal: Opinion on relations between IC and CStL&NO by James Fentress, Feb.10 and Feb.14 [printed]; Contracts for purchase and transport of steel rails, with Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co. and Carnegie Bros. & Co.,Ltd., Feb.17; Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia charter and by-laws, Mar.1882 [printed] with letters, Feb.26; Act concerning bridges across Ohio River, Feb.14 [printed]; U.S.Supreme Court brief for appellee, C.A.Stevens vs. CStL&NO and Miss&Tenn Mar.15 [printed]; D&SC guarantee on Dubuque and Dakota bonds, Mar.; By-laws, amended, Apr.21, with letters [printed]; Legal cases in Ill. and Ia., May 29; Pullman contract with CStL&NO, July 18; Agreement with CStL&NO and The West and East, Sept.19; Lease of CStL&NO, June 13,1882 [printed] with letters; Decision, U.S.Circuit Court, William Kaeiser v. IC, Oct. Miscellaneous: Circular to leased line shareholders, Nov. 21; Map of Washington driving park spur, Chicago, Apr.18.
1884: Reports: NYC&StL claims, Dec.; Lake front lands, with letters, statements, etc., Dec.; Legal passes, by B.F.Ayer, July 1. Letters: Pullman contract, Jan. 8; Libraries in Tenn., Feb. 1; New Orleans property, Mar.31; Chicago and Lake Calumet Railway, with map, May; New Orleans Belt, MissVal, June 4; Coal branch near La Salle, June 3; New Orleans World's Cotton Exposition, June 10; From Amsterdam brokers requesting assurances of financial strength, Oct.-Dec.; B&O proposition concerning tho Chicago depot, and notice to leave [printed], May 14, Nov. 3; Y&MV extension, Oct.22; Cairo lands, Sept.27; New line from Wetang to Metropolis with blueprints, Nov.; Land Dept., Dec.8. Miscellaneous: Map of Chicago and Calumet harbors, Dec.; Minutes of meetings of directors of CStL&NO, The West and East, CA&N and Y&MV, Mar. 5, and of The Mound City Railway, Nov.1, and The South Chicago Railroad, Dec.5.
1885: Letters: U.S. Internal revenue tax suits,Jan.19, Feb.2; Cheltenham Improvement Co., Mar.; New Orleans Belt, Mar.3; Chicago lake front property, Mar.; Yazoo extension, Apr.15, Oct.1, Dec.17; Lands near Cairo, May 8, and a few from Peter Daggy about Land Dept. statements, Chicago lands, etc., July-Aug.; Lake front case, Chicago, from B.F.Ayer, June 8; Military post at Chicago, June 30; New Orleans exposition and statement of expenditures, July 28; K&SW rates, Aug.19; Miss&Tenn litigation, with clippings, Oct.; Insurance, Oct.16; Y&MV extension from Tchula to Lexington, Nov.6. Reports: New York office expenses, with statements, Jan.21; Litigation in southern states, by James Fentress, Dec.1,1884; Y&MV extension, Feb.; Surveys to Cape Girardeau from Anna and Wetang, Mar.18; Chicago pier at 13th Street [n.d.]; C&S expenditures by IC, 1884; Legal cases, Ill. and Ia., July 1; Securities, by vice president, Sept.l6 [printed]; Memphis, Selma and Brunswick condition and opinion, with pamphlet on Construction, decree, contract, etc., Dec.1884 [printed] and Decree, Jacob Thompson et al. vs. Memphis, Selma and Brunswick, June 19, and Articles of incorporation, by-laws, etc., Memphis, Holly Springs and Selma, 1881 [printed]. Legal: Lease, The West and East, CA&N, CStL&NO, to IC Jan.1 [printed] and Kosciusko Branch, Jan.1 [printed]; Proposed bill to enable consolidation of railroads, Ill., Jan. 21; Forcible detainer, IC v. B&O, Jan.6; Deed, IC to CStL&NO, Sept.5,1884, and letter about lease, Feb.18; Leases and letters concerning Liverpool Cotton Press Co. and New Orleans Cotton Press Assoc., with proposals and agreement for sale to IC, Apr.2, and opinion of James Fentress, Apr.9; Act to increase power of railroads, July 15 (HR bill 343); Agreement with Cheltenham Improvement Co., June 23 [printed]; Agreement of Memphis, Selma and Brunswick with Green, Hamilton & Co., Jan. 2,1883, and mortgage to Guarantee Trust & Safe Deposit Co., Philadelphia, Oct. 21; Agreement with CB&N, Oct.21, Nov.4, and report of negotiations, Nov.10; Opinions on consolidation of CStL&NO and IC, Sept.11 & 29, by James Fentress and B.F.Ayer; IC general mortgage to U.S. Trust Co., Aug.10,1874 [printed]. Statements: Ia. expenditures, Jan. 21; Advances to CA&N, MissVal account, land sales, earnings, balances, etc., 1884. Miscellaneous: List of Hyde Park lands, May 20; Program of Belgian convention, 50th anniversary of Belgian railways, Mar.17 [printed]; Drawing of Chicago passenger depot, with plans and letters, Aug.27; Report on IC in Memphis, Sept.15.
1886: Letters: Military post at Burnside, Mar.27, with letters; Dobbins' tract, Chicago, Mar.; Branch line from Freeport to Madison, with report by Isham Randolph, May-June; South Chicago Dock Co., May 12; New Orleans passenger depot, with drawing, June 14; Havana, Rantoul & Eastern, May 28; Chicago Auditorium, with circular from F.W.Peck, and drawing, Aug. [printed]; Chicago elevators, Oct. 11; From W.B. Allison concerning D&D Bridge, Nov. 10; Yazoo extension, with map, Feb. 25, 1887; CB&Q, Oct.16. Reports: New York office, 1884-1885; Litigation in Southern states, Dec.1,1885, Dec.15,1886, CB&N, Jan.20; Litigation in Ill. and Ia., Jan.1, July 1; Insurance, Dec.1885-1887; The Honduras North Coast Railway and Improvement Co., with map, May 28, Oct.20; Auditing committee, 1885. Legal: Opinion on New Orleans Belt by James Fentress, with letters, Jan.20; Act authorizing Ohio River Bridge, Mar.29 [printed] with letters; Agreement between Northwestern Improvement Co, and E.H. Harriman for purchase of Miss&Tenn stock, Apr.16; Opinion and suggestions to Secretary of the Treasury touching alleged encroachments by the IC on the lake front at Chicago, by R.S.Tuthill, 1886 [printed]; Ill. vs. IC, in U.S.Circuit Court, May 3, answer and amended information, Mar. 6 [printed]; Alex Hill vs. CStL&NO, opinion and decree, La.Supreme Court, May 19; Agreement with Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago, June 16; Mortgage to U.S.Trust Co., July 21 [printed]; Agreement between The West and East, CA&N, CStL&NO, IC and Y&MV, Aug.16 [printed]; Deed of CStL&NO and New Orleans Belt, Sept.23 [printed]; Deed of Chicago elevators, Dec.15. Statements: Application of income, 1885; Mobile and Northwestern account, Mar.13; Earnings on Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago business, 1886, and agreement, Apr.21; C&S expenditures, 1885. Miscellaneous: Baring Bros. London securities circular, Aug.18 [printed] with letters; Circulars on taxing of aliens, Dec.15; A few minutes of Executive Committee meetings.
1887: Letters: AT&SF, Jan.12; Ia. lines, Jan.13; MC, Jan.5, and concerning Chicago land, some from H.B. Ledyard, Feb.16; Yazoo lines, Feb.28; Kankakee hotel, Mar.16; Cherokee Branch, June 25, with reports and estimates, June 15-17; Entrance to Chicago, with AT&SF, June 16; Rantoul Railroad, May 22; Miss&Tenn stock, July 18; Dodgeville Branch, July 18; Manchester and Cedar Rapids lines, May 10 & 14, and report, Aug.30,1886; Purchase of D&SC stock, with papers concerning surrender, Feb.1885- July 1887, and minutes of D&SC Board, Oct.19; Insurance, Aug.18; Heating cars by steam, Aug.19; Track to Washington driving park, Chicago, Aug. 19; Delinquent subscriptions, from brokers, Aug.; CF&M, Nov.12; Coal cars, Nov.12; Omaha to Sioux City line, Sept. 28; St. Louis, Alton and Springfield, Nov.23; Miss&Tenn debt, Dec. 21. Reports: Litigation, Ill. and Ia., Jan.1, July 1; Chicago, Havana & Western organization, Feb.10; IaF&SC, Feb.16; Legal dept., southern lines, 1887; Statements: Interest, profits, etc., 1886; St. Louis, Kansas and Southwestern, C&S and IC trial balance, earnings and expenses, improvements, etc., Dec.31,1886; Expenditures on branch lines and securities sold, Feb.23; Value of securities and mortgage power of southern lines, Mar.-Apr,; Estimated cost of changing grade, Rantoul line, May 14; Assets and estimated expenses, Sept.28; Permanent expenditures, leased lines, Ia., to Oct. 1887. Legal: Lease, National Park Bank, New York, May 1,1886; D&SC and IaF&SC, opinion by B.F.Ayer, Mar.16; Agreement with IaF&SC, Mar.23; Agreement with Drexel, Morgan & Co. for D&SC stock, May 18; Deed for sale of lands at Jackson to Tennessee Midland, Oct.3. Miscellaneous: Memo on Nebraska, Wyoming, and Utah railroads, June 11, with G.R. Blanchard's proposition, letters from Wyoming and Eastern, pamphlets on "The Broken Bow Country," "Coal-Land Law," July 31,1882, and reports of governor of Wyoming, 1885, with maps of those states [printed]; Memo on organization of CStL&NO, Mar.31; Maps of Ia. and Chicago, 1886 [printed]; Minutes of stockholders' meetings, Jan.18, and Executive Committee, Dec.9.
1888: Letters: Dubuque office building, Jan.18; Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez, Jan.18; Additions to rolling stock, Mar.6; D&D Bridge stock, Mar.6; Consolidation of subsidiary lines, Apr.5; Miss&Tenn reorganization, Apr.25; CB&N, with drawing, June 2. Reports: Litigation in Ill. and Ia., 1887; Valuation of Dubuque property, Mar.7; Insurance, Apr.5; The South Chicago indebtedness, 1887; Purchase of engines, Sept.11, and freight cars, Sept.12, Oct.16; Amalgamation of Ia. lines, Sept.19; Stock purchase of St. Louis, Alton and Springfield, Sept.19, with articles of incorporation, mortgage to Farmers' Loan & Trust Co., etc., Sept.1.1887 [printed]; Legal: Agreement with D&SC, Jan.18, and mortgage of D&SC to E.T.H. Gibson and A.G. Hackstaff, Oct.17 [printed]; Contract of CStL&NO with Union Bridge Co., Sept.28; Leases to IC of D&SC, Cedar Rapids and Chicago, IaF&SC, C&Dak, Rantoul Railroad, Chicago, Havana & Western, CM&N, CA&N and Y&MV, Mar.15; Agreement with CM&N and CA&N, with drawing, Mar.19 [printed]; By-laws, Mar.19; Agreement for termination of lease of Kosciusko branch, Apr.18; Contract between CStL&NO, IC and Tennessee Midland, Oct.3. Miscellaneous: Statements and vouchers, 1887; Speyer & Co. prospectus, Feb.3 [printed]; Permanent expenditures, 1886-1887. Letters: Cairo Bridge, Oct.-Nov., with report of engineers, Feb.23, 1887 [printed] and profile, Sept.27; Proposition of Union Bridge Co., Oct.26, and contract, Dec. [printed]; New Orleans levee property, wharf rights, etc., Oct.-Nov.; Miss&Tenn merger with CStL&NO, Dec.18. Reports: Miss&Tenn, Nov.21; Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez purchase, Dec.15, with letters, July-Dec., and estimate of Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia, Nov.20,1883, and charter and by-laws, Mar.9,1882 [printed]; Map of Natchez, Act to incorporate Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez, Mar.7,1882 [printed] and deed from A.C.McNair to IC, June 6, with master's report of sale. Miscellaneous: Statement of award of arbitrators of rolling stock sold to D&SC, Nov.8; Lien of C&S for money expended, 1887; New Orleans right of way, with drawing, Oct.1887.
1889: Letters: Miss&Tenn, Jan.16, and opinions on consolidation; Rantoul Railroad deed, Dec.1888-Jan.1889, with tracing; President's agreement with Interstate Commerce Railway Assoc., Feb.20, and opinions by B.F.Ayer and C.A. Seward, Jan.20 [printed] with addresses by T.M.Cooley and W.R.Morrison, Dec.11,1888 [printed] and memo on passenger tariffs and rate wars, Jan.25 [printed], with Revised plan for a president's association, and agreement, and proceedings of conference, Jan.1 [printed] and Plan for operating company, Dec.20,1888 [printed]; Also Western States Passenger Assoc. agreement, Feb.1 [printed], C.F.Adams' address on the Interstate Commerce Act, Dec.15,1888 [printed], letter from C.A. Seward to Stuyvesant Fish on the Association, Feb.16 [printed] and copy of the Congressional Record, Jan.22, with clippings; Letter from Ebenezer Lane concerning London Committee request for resignation of president, Dec.1,1859 [printed]; E.H.Harriman donating $6000 for "boys in shop," Feb.20; L.P.Morehouse concerning Land Dept. sales, May 7; Reorganization, between directors and officers, Apr. 1888-Oct.1889, with Executive Committee recommendations on purchase of supplies and duties of departments and report of Committee on Reorganization, May 13 [printed] and pamphlets on Organization for conducting business of the IC [printed]; Tax suit, Gibson Co., Tenn., June 19; Steel rails, July 8, with report Dec.11; Purchase of freight engines, Sept.7; Lake front litigation, Nov.16; CStL&NO stock, Nov.11. with lease to IC, Dec. (draft). Reports: Dividend, Jan.16; Rates in Ill., June 11, and letters. Legal: List of contracts with subsidiary companies for fast freight, Jan.12; Agreement with Wabash for Cairo crossing, Jan.23,1886; Agreement with Railroad News Co., May 1,1888 [printed]; Leases of Mendota depot by CB&Qand IC to Hutchinson & Abell, Feb.15,1888 [printed], and hotel ground, Tenn., by CStL&NO, May 23,1878, and eating houses in Centralia, Sept.30,1881, Decatur, Nov.1,1881, and Champaign, Apr.10, 1884; Agreement with Arthur Dixon for drayage, Dec.26.1888; Water contracts with Kankakee. Dec.26, 1888, Clinton, Ill.. Oct.22, 1888, Independence, Ia., Oct.12,1888, Lincoln, Ill., July 1,1888. Jackson, Tenn., Jan.8.1887, Freeport, Ill., Jan.1,1888, Fort Dodge, Ia., May 1,1888, Bloomington, Ill., Sept.10,1883, Decatur, Feb.28, 1884, Madison,Wis., Jan.2.1888 and Storm Lake Ia., June 29,1887; Lease of CStL&NO Memphis division to IC, Apr.4; Agreement with CB&N, Feb.25, with drawing and letters, Mar.-Apr., and purchase of stock. Feb.2; Agreement for Chicago property at St.Charles Air Line crossing, Mar.28; By-laws, amended, Apr.9 [printed]; Opinion of James Fentress and B.F.Ayer concerning authority of officers to fix rates, May 15; Lease by National Park Bank, New York, to IC, May; Lease of Chicago pier, Aug.13; Agreement for Lake Shore and Michigan Southern crossing, Aug.7, and letters. Statements: Y&MV account to IC, Jan.1, and Chicago,Havana & Western and Rantoul Railroad; Work under construction, Oct.; CM&N trial balance, Aug.31; Miss&Tenn inventory, Dec.18. Miscellaneous: Resolution concerning rates of toll, Jan.16; Lien on C&S and The South Chicago, 1888; Drawing of New Orleans wharf, and letters, June; Chicago Auditorium Assoc. list of stockholders, Feb.1, and letters, July; Plan for managing Cairo bridge, and statement of receipts, Dec. 17.1888.
1890: Letters: Stockyards, Jackson, Tenn., and New Orleans, Dec.23,1889; Brakes, steam shovels, etc., Jan.10; Change of date of stockholders' meeting, June 1889 and Jan.1890; New passenger depot, Chicago, Jan., with tracings, and Chicago office building, Jan.; Furniture cars, Feb.5, suburban coaches, Feb.14, postal and baggage cars, May 11, steel rails, July 1. and engines, July 3; Rates, Feb.-Nov., providing reductions; Damage suits, Jan.28; Freeport depot, May 15; Chicago freight house, with blueprints, May; Air brakes, May; Increase of capital stock, May-July; Mounds office buildings, July 8; Chicago Union Transfer Railway Co. stock, with blueprint and circular [printed], June; and statement accompanying letter of Andrew Crawford to Chicago roads concerning Stickney plan, May 21 [printed]; Cotton press property, Memphis, with tracing and map, June-July; Weldon shops, July 22; Grenada, Miss. water works, July 22; Burnside tract, July 22; Insurance, Sept., and reports, Nov.19 and Dec.1; Purchase of Tennessee Midland, Dec.16, and report, Dec.11-12, with many letters, and Tennessee Midland annual report for year ending June 30 [printed]. Legal: Contracts concerning management of Cairo bridge, Jan.9, and lease, Jan.11, and mortgage, Jan.11 (drafts); Opinions on lake front cases by B.F.Ayer, Judge Trumbull and J.N. Jewett, Feb.; CM&N lease, Feb.20; Contract with Southern Express Co., Apr.16 (draft); Agreement with World's Columbian Exposition on submerged lands in Chicago, and letters, Sept.; Opinion, M.K. Jesup vs. IC, D&SC and CF&M, U.S.Circuit Court, Oct.20 [printed] with letters, Nov.; Code of rules for conducting business ot IC, amended, Dec.17 [printed]. Reports: Bridges in Ia., Mar.6; Committee on Rates, Revenues and Expenditures, Jan.24 [printed]; The Iowa Land and Loan Co. stock, Jan.13; Memphis improvements, Apr.15; Meetings of presidents of Chicago roads, called by J.P. Morgan, Dec.15, and Proceedings [printed]. Miscellaneous: The South Chicago acknowledgement of indebtedness, Jan.9; C&S line, June 30, Dec.31,1889 and June 30,1890.
1891: Letters: Rate reductions, Jan.-Oct.; New stock, Dec.1, 1890; Purchase of engines, Jan.6, steel rails, Feb.16. snow plow, Apr.15, locomotives and freight cars, May 20, and fruit cars, June 6; Central Elevator Co., Chicago, lease, Jan.19; Western Traffic Assoc., Jan.23; Cairo Bridge mortgage, May 19; Blue Island Railroad, July 9, Aug.17, and contract, Sept.1, with specifications, Oct. 13 [printed]; South American trip, by Adolphe Schreiber and G.C. Power, July 22 [printed]; Mail compensation, Sept.; CM&N entrance to Chicago, Sept.16, and agreements with AT&SF and PennRR, Aug.1 [printed] and agreements with CB&Q, MC, C&NW and Chicago & Western Indiana, June 26 [printed], and with CM&N and Chicago & Western Indiana, Aug.1 [printed] and CM&N and C&A, Aug.1 [printed], and CM&N, Chicago & Western Indiana, PennRR, C&A, and AT&SF, Aug.1 [printed]. Reports: Losses by fire, Jan.2, and insurance, Dec. 10, 1890; Tennessee Midland purchase, Jan.17; Pullman contract, Jan.19, Apr.15, and agreement [printed draft]; Lien on C&S, Dec.31, 1890; B&O vs. IC, in Ill. Supreme Court, Mar.31; New Orleans wharf ordinance, Apr.8; Proposed Chicago lake front ordinance, Mar.31; IC vs. City of Chicago, injunction concerning right of way, Feb.25 [printed]; Meridian, Brookhaven & Natchez reorganization, Apr.15; New Orleans lands, May 16, July 13, and terminals, June 16, and ordinance on depot, Aug., with drawings and letters, and concerning offices, May 16; Chicago terminals, June 6. Legal: Lease of D&SC, Jan.20 (draft) and report, Feb.18; Lease of The South Chicago, Jan.20 (draft) and report Feb.18; CA&N and Y&MV telegraph lines, Aug.1; Map of car works property, Chicago [n.d.]
1892: Letters: Insurance, Jan.2 & 31; Chicago depot, Jan.18, and reports, Mar.18 & 30; Rate reductions, Jan.-Mar.; Steel rails, Jan.8; Cheltenham Improvement Co., with tracing, Mar.15; New equipment, coaches, freight cars, New Orleans freight house and train shed, Jan.-Mar.; Survey of Memphis to Clinton, Ky., Mar.18. Reports: Steam, electric and other motive powers, Jan.20, Feb.l; Chicago land, Jan.19; Annual inspection of track, Nov.1891 [printed]; B&O rent, Apr.15. Legal: Contract with National Pneumatic Tube Transit Co., Dec.10,1891 [printed]; Agreement with Chicago and State Line and NYC&StL for crossing, Feb.25 [printed]; Lease of Central Elevator Co., Jan.1 (draft); Lease of CM&N, Feb.13 [printed]; Lake front cases filed with minutes of Apr.20, including record, case nos. 14,135, 14,414, 14,415 and 14,416, Oct.1891 [printed volume]. Miscellaneous: Statement of estimate of Monee double track, Mar. 18; C&S lien, Dec.1891, and statement concerning bonds; Resolution concerning Cairo Bridge bonds, Mar.31. Letters: New Orleans elevator, Apr.-May; Chicago street crossings, May 12; Sale of Cairo bridge bonds, May, with statement, Chicago station, Mar.; World's Fair elevation of track, May, with clippings, petition to Mayor by property owners [printed] May 23, and City Council proceedings, May 23, and ordinance [printed] and maps and report on equipment, Oct.19; Freight equipment, July 7, engines, Oct.24, and tools for Burnside shops, Nov.7; Chicago lands, lake front, etc., Aug.11; Rate reductions, May-Dec. Reports: LNO&T, by W.E. Rogers, May 16, with annual reports, 1887-1891, and charter book, 1884 [printed], and statements of equipment, New Orleans export trade, resolution on purchase of securities, July 20, and mortgages to U.S.Trust Co., New York, Aug. 25, 26, Nov.8,1886 and to Metropolitan Trust Co.,New York, Sept.18, 1884, and to E.H. Pardee and Albert Crolius, Sept.18,1884, with supplemental deeds, Aug.25,1885 and Aug.27,1886, and letters concerning consolidation with Y&MV, Sept. Miscellaneous: Statement of loans and deposits in trust companies on call, May; Statement of Miss. population [n.d.]; Mortgage of Financial Improvement Co. to Union Trust Co., New York, Nov.1,1890 [printed]; Statement of suburban business, 1882-92; U.S.Supreme Court opinion on lake front case, Dec.5 [printed]
1893: Letters: Central elevators, Chicago, Feb.11, Oct.17, and lease Dec.1; New Orleans property purchase, Mar.3, and depot, Mar.28, and bridge, Apr.29; A.S. Garretson offer concerning sale of Sioux City, O'Neill and Western and Sioux City and Northern, Mar. 8 & 15; Meeting of railway presidents, Chicago, Mar.20, and letter from Stuyvesant Fish, Mar.22 [printed]; Demand of Chicago switchmen, Mar.15; Purchase of Louisiana Ice Co., Apr.18,22; Purchase of Chicago land, June 29; rate reductions, Apr.-Dec.; CF&M litigation,Apr.1891-July 1893, and report Aug.15; Columbian Museum, Chicago, Nov.11; Purchase of law library from James Fentress, Sept.20; Insurance, Oct.14, and statement, 1879-1893. Reports: LNO&T stock purchased for Y&MV, Oct.-Dec.l892; Purchase of suburban engines, Feb.9, steam wrecker, Feb.17, coaches, Mar.6, rolling stock, May 17, and World's Fair cars, Apr.28, and box cars, Nov.15; Inspection of track, Nov.1892; Cairo bridge bonds, June; Miss. Supreme Court decision in Adams Co. tax case, May 15; Chicago, St.Paul and Kansas City indebtedness, June 21, July 14; Sioux City terminal, July 19. Legal: Agreement with American Express Co., Jan.6. and contract, Apr.1 [printed]; Petition for rehearing, U.S. Supreme Court, IC vs. Ill., Oct.1892 [printed] and supplement; Code of rules, amended, Dec.21,1892 and Oct.1893 [printed]; Mortgage of Y&MV to Union Trust Co., New York, Jan.15; Agreement with Lazard Freres, Aug.17; Clinton, Ill. ordinance for right of way, Sept.18. Statements: Suburban train cash collections, Jan.-Feb.; Cost of Chicago passenger station. Apr.18; CO&SW annual report, June 30,1892 [printed], report concerning usefulness, Oct.16, and letters from August Belmont and others about securities, Oct.; Personal injuries, 1888-1893; Circular to employees on purchase of IC stock, May 18 [printed]
1894: Letters: Rate reductions, Jan.-Dec.; Dubuque side track, Feb.15; Steel rails, Jan.31, and contract with Illinois Steel Co., Jan.17; Personal injuries, Feb. 12, June 30; C&Dak extension, Feb.20; Chicago terminal, Apr.18; Chicago fruit house, Apr.13, June 11, with blueprints; World's Fair business, Mar.30; CO&SW securities, and agreement with Amsterdam committee, Mar.,Nov.-Dec.; Projected road to Council Bluffs, the Nebraska Central Railway, Jan.9, with tracings and letter from J.J. Hill on Nebraska construction, May 22, and reports on Onawa-Omaha line; Land grant, Ill., July 6; D&SC debt, June-Aug., Y&MV sugar refinery, July-Aug., and plan of organization of Louisiana Land and Sugar Manufacturing Co. with report, Aug.15; Letter from president with vice president's report, June 30 [printed]; Purchase of The Iowa Land and Loan Co. stock, Nov.30. Reports: Inspection of track, Feb.7; Reorganization of Nicaragua Canal Construction Co., Jan.11, with agreement, Dec.8,1893; Exports of breadstuffs from U.S., 1893; Chicago termmal, Apr.16; MissVal, Apr.2; Pullman strike, July 18 & 27; Car mileage, 1891-1894; Purchase of Louisiana Ice Co. property, with blueprint, Oct.18, and other New Orleans property, Oct.28; CF&M bonds, Oct.6, with letters; L&N, Nov.21, Cairo bridge bonds, Dec.14. Legal: With L&N, Jan.11; Agreements with MC for Chicago station Jan.5, Apr.10, May 21, and deed, Apr.27, with agreement, Dec.1,1893 [printed] and map and resolution of MC Board, Apr.27; Agreement with D&SC, Aug.18 (draft); Statement of comparative freight business, Chicago and New Orleans, 1893-1894.
1895: Letters: Rate reductions, Jan.-Dec.; New shop, Burnside, Apr.22; Sugar refinery, Y&MV at New Orleans, called Grammercy Co., Apr.22, Dec.18; Chicago land purchase, June 29, and report on lake front, Sept.5, with City Council proceedings, June 27, Oct.21, and ordinance, Sept.3, and agreement for lake front park, Nov.20 [prtd,]; Chicago fruit house, Sept.17. Reports: Construction at Water Valley, Miss., with blueprint, Feb.12; Purchase of steel rails, June and Oct., and box cars, Oct.21, and rolling stock, Dec.2; Engine houses, Stations, bridges, etc., and coal lands, June; Inspection of track, Nov.1894 [printed]; Extension to East St. Louis, Sept. 3, with map; Cairo bridge bonds, Sept.11; StLA&TH, Dec.18, with maps, and 28th-32d annual reports, 1890-1895, and letters, Nov., with statement and report of committee on purchase, Dec.20. Legal: New Orleans ordinance for right of way, Mar.7, and Dubuque: Jan.21; Mortgage of D&SC to U.S. Trust Co., Feb.1; Quit-claim deed to Mendota Electric Light Co., Mar.29. with letters and blueprints; Contract with Terre Haute and Peoria, Mar., including agreement with Illinois Midland, Aug. l,1879 [printed]; Agreement of CStL&NO with Western Union Telegraph Co., June 3, and with Postal Telegraph Cable Co., June 10; Deed of New Orleans land to Y&MV, July 23.
1896: Reports: C&S bonds, Feb.13; Rate reductions,Jan.-July; Sale of stock, Mar.4; Personal injuries, Dec. 31,1895; StLA&TH, Mar. 3, Apr. 4; Chicago lands purchase, with blueprint, Mar.27, May 18; New Orleans tracks, Mar.30; Purchase of bonds of Chicago Exhibition Co., Mar.30; Annual inspection of track, Nov.1895 [printed]; Centralia track, with blueprint, June 13; Charles City, Ia. spur and blueprint, May. Legal: New Orleans ordinance concerning wharves, Jan.14, Feb.26. with clippings; Mortgage of Crown Coal and Tow Co. and Union Trust Co., St. Louis, Mar.1,1894; Agreement with Spencer Trask & Co., Mar. [printed,draft] and Apr. 8, and deposit agreement, Apr.8 [printed]; Mortgage to U.S.Trust Co., New York, for StLA&TH lines, Jan.1, Mar.28 [printed]; Lease of StLA&TH to IC, Oct.1,1895 [printed] and agreement with StLA&TH and The Belle- ville and Southern Illinois, Oct.1.1895 [printed]; Decision in lake front case, J.T. Hoyne et al. vs. IC, May 19; Regulations of Relief Dept., Feb., and letters, June. Statements: Wiggins Ferry Co., Sept.3,1895. Letters: Reduction of rates, Aug.-Dec.; Telegraph, Chicago to Memphis, Aug.; Purchase of land at Coleman, with blueprint, Nov., and at Cedar Rapids and New Orleans, Dec.; Insurance, Nov. 5; Rebuilding LaSalle bridge, Nov.; Louisville property, Nov. Reports: Steel rails, Aug.; New engines, Nov. Legal: New Orleans ordinance concerning Crescent City Railroad crossing, with clipping, Aug.; Contract with CB&N for East Dubuque, Oct.10; Springfield ordinance about B&O tracks, Sept.21; Chicago ordinance accepting sea walls, Nov.; Contract for cars with Pullman and Wells & French, Nov.
1897: Letters: Insurance, Jan.2; Steel rails, Jan.-Feb., with drawings; Engines, July 20, Oct.-Nov.; Purchase of land in Louisville, Feb.3; Stacyville Railroad, July 20; Bank of England account, June-Aug.; Chicago round house, Nov., with drawings; MissCen, Dec., with report of June 1854 [printed]. Reports: Substitution of electricity for steam on suburban trains, Mar.24; Mounds, Ill. double track, June 10; Reorganization of CO&SW and StLA&TH, June 16; Improvements, New Orleans, July 19, with blueprints, and Paducah, July 21; Purchase of box cars, coal cars, and locomotives, Nov.15, Dec.14. Legal: Contract with Hall Signal Co. for block signals, Makanda to Cobden. Nov.-Dec.1896, with letters and blueprint; Agreement of Western Freight Assoc., Oct.22,1896 [printed] with letters, Feb.; Order of sale of CO&SW equipment, Feb.19. and letters; Decision, Louisiana Construction & Improvement Co. vs. IC and Y&MV, Feb.16 (clipping); Opinion of U.S.Supreme Court in Trans-Missouri freight case, Mar.22, pamphlet "Traffic Associations and the Anti-Trust Law," with letters; Agreement with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and Vermilye & Co., May 11 and June 4 [printed] concerning sale of bonds, circular, and letters; Reorganization of CO&SW and StLA&TH, June 16; CStL&NO mortgage to Central Trust Co., New York, Sept.15 [printed], for Louisville division, and deed of IC and E.H. and Mary W. Harriman to CStL&NO, Sept.15 [printed] and lease to IC, Sept.15, and mortgage of C&S and IC to U.S.Trust Co., New York, and J.A. Stewart for Springfield division, Sept.23,1897 [printed]; Agreement with National Park Bank, New York on CO&SW bonds, Dec.15, and with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. for Louisville Division bonds, Dec.15; Agreement with Chicago on lake front property, Nov.20 [printed] and letters; CO&SW first mortgage bondholders meeting, Apr.20.
1898: Letters: Automatic couplers for air brakes, Jan.-Sept., with statements of fund; Steel rails, Jan.14; Purchase of lands, with tracings, in Louisville and Springfield; Jan.18; Reduction of rates, June; Alabama coal lands, Jan.25; Insurance, Feb.16; Purchase of Ohio Valley telegraph line from Western Union, Feb.16; Extension of Mona Branch through Charles City, Feb.16; Reduction of grades, Fulton to Memphis, Jan.-Feb., with blueprint; Purchase of engines, cars, etc., Apr.-June; Purchase of land at Centralia, with blueprint, Apr. 18; Extension from McClure's to Gray's Point, Apr. 13, with blueprint; Improvements at Carbondale, with blueprint, Apr.8-11; and at Memphis, Apr.11; Traffic agreement with CCC&StL, Apr.11; Lease of CO&SW telegraph lines, Apr.11; New tracks at Murphysboro, with blueprint, May 11; Grading of Cairo levee, May 9; Land purchase, New Orleans, with blueprint, May 3, Aug.; New lines, Philipp to Greenwood, May 2, with blueprint; New yard, Fulton, Ky., Aug.5, with blueprint; Chicago roundhouse, with blueprint, Sept.3; Miss. tax suits, Jan.1894-0ct.1899; Track, Otto to Gilman, Oct.8; Louisville land, Nov.5; St. John Baptist parish, La. land, Oct.9; New line to Omaha, Nov. Reports: New lines to Council Bluffs, with blueprint, June; New line, West Point,Miss. to Winfield, Ala., Nov.29. Legal: Deed of lands, McComb, Miss., Sept. 13, 1897, with blueprint; Code of rules, amended, Jan.29; Contract with Wells & French for cars, Jan.27 and May 9, and with Haskell & Barker for box cars, Feb.17 and June 1, and report, Mar.1, and for dining cars, Oct.25; Contract with American Express Co., Feb.16, with statement May 11; Mortgage of CStL&NO and IC to U.S.Trust Co., New York, of Ohio Valley and Evansville terminals, June 21 [printed] and deed of Evansville real estate, June 21 and Mar. 30 [printed]; Deed of Ohio Valley from E.H. and Mary W. Harriman to CStL&NO, Mar.29 [printed]; Agreement with Y&MV for lease, June 15 [printed] and letters June 13, July 19; Ordinance of Chicago South Park Commissioners concerning elevated tracks of St.Charles Air Line, July 9, and letters, Oct., with report Sept. 20; Agreement for IC operation of The Hodgenville & Elizabethtown and The Troy & Tiptonville, Aug.; Fort Dodge and Omaha articles of incorporation and letters, Sept.13; Ordinance for Waverly, La. right of way, Sept.21; Lease of Paducah Union Depot property, July 1; Traffic agreement for Nashville, Chattanooga and St.Louis, Nov.25; Agreement with State Trust Co.,New York, for StLA&TH bonds, June 29; Springfield ordinance for right of way, Sept.19; Quit-claim deed for Chicago land, Aug.17; Ordinance for East St. Louis right of way, Nov.21. Miscellaneous: Prospectus for St. Louis and Louisville division bonds, Dec.18,1897 [printed] for German buyers, with letters.
1899:Letters: Miss. taxes, Dec.1898; Grade reduction, Fulton to Memphis, with blueprints, Jan.-June, and for Valley Station, Feb. 6; Purchase of engines, Feb.8, Mar.9, Nov.27, and cars, Mar. 20, July 7, Nov.22, and rails, Nov.8, and test cars, Nov.28; Lands sold in La., Feb.4; Bridges, Carbondale to Fulton, Feb.20; New lines, Dyersburg to Obion River, Apr.3; New track, Memphis division, with blueprint, Mar.16; Paducah new yard, Apr.13, and engine house, Aug.3, and tracks, Nov.6; Fort Dodge to Chicago crossings, Apr.11; Estimated cost of Fort Dodge and Omaha, May 11-14; Subscription to St.Louis World's Fair of 1903, May 15-17, with printed circular, July 3; New equipment and tracks, with blueprints, for Louisville, Freeport, Fort Dodge, Dubuque, Jackson to Kenner, St.Louis and Amboy divisions, Effingham, Rantoul, Brookhaven, Mona, Chicago, Pierce, Tenn., etc., June-July and Oct.; Purchase of Cecilia Branch from L&N, Aug.15; Grammercy Co. sugar refinery, New Orleans, Aug.11; Obion, Tenn. station, Aug.11; Block signal system, Kensington to Kankakee, July-Sept.; Omaha Bridge & Terminal facilities, Dec.13; Grantsburg to Golconda extension, with reports, Aug.; Council Bluffs shops, Oct.4. Legal: Contract with Mobile and Ohio for Cairo bridge, Jan.2, Feb.15, with letters; New Orleans ordinance, Feb.28 and Mar.1 [printed]; Agreement with R.S. Grant and E.H. Harriman for Chicago & Texas securities, Sept.9,1897; Chicago ordinance for CM&N roadbed, June 19 [printed]; Contract with American Express Co., Sept. Miscellaneous: Report on passes, Feb.4; Minn. map [printed]; Statement of Pullman mileage, Aug.4.
1900: Letters: Extension of tracks, Brooklyn, Ill., Jan.5, and Hawthorne yard, with blueprint, Jan.5; Improvements at New Orleans, Jan.; Omaha Bridge & Terminal, Jan.; Dining cars, Feb. 8; PennRR pension system, Feb.-Mar., and regulations, Jan.1 [printed] and forms; Banana shipments from New Orleans, 1893-1899, Jan.30; Baggage cars, new tracks, equipment, etc., Jan.-May, and purchase of land, depots, etc.; Chicago tracks, May; Louisville and Memphis division tracks, May. Legal: Agreement with UP for Omaha station, Jan.26 [printed], and letters, and agreements between UP, C&NW, CRI&P and CM&StP, Sept.1,1898 and Aug.1,1899 [sup., printed]; New Orleans ordinance for construction of tracks, Mar.- May, and letters. Reports: Fort Dodge and Omaha construction, Dec. 19,1899, with blueprint; Coal traffic, Jan.15. Letters considering donations to veterans' groups, June 16; Indenture of Wisconsin Central to IC, Dec. 9, 1899 [printed] and between Wisconsin Central, C&NW, CB&Q, MC and IC, Dec. 4, 1899 [printed]; Lease of St.Louis, Peoria & Northern from F.P. Voorhees, July 18; Lease of D&SC Omaha division, June 25 [printed] and mortgage to U.S.Trust Co., New York, July 20 [printed], and lease of Fort Dodge and Omaha to D&SC, June 22; Statement of American Express receipts and excesses paid, Mar. 31, Aug.1901; Memos concerning purchase of Litchfield division of St.Louis, Peoria & Northern, Aug., and organization of Grammercy Finance Co., Dec.
1901: Letters and map showing sale of donated lands in Ill., Dec.1900-Jan.1901; List of employees who received medals for service, Feb.1900-Feb.1901, on 50th anniversary of IC [printed]; Address on Lake Front Question by B.F.Ayer, May 28,1888; Regulations and forms of pension plans of PennRR and C&NW, Apr. [printed] and lists of employees qualifying, Dec.31.1900, with rules and regulations, July 1, and letters; Agreement concerning purchase of L&N's Cecilia Branch by CStL&NO, Dec.; Classification of materials and supplies on hand. July 1; Titles and boundaries of accounting and operating divisions, IC and Y&MV, July 1 [printed]; Agreement with L&N and Louisville, Henderson and St. Louis, Mar.1; Mortgage of Southern Illinois and Missouri Bridge Co. to Mercantile Trust Co., New York, and R.R. Hutchinson, Nov.1 [printed]; Chicago ordinance concerning elevation of track, Nov. 11 [printed]; Lease of Mattoon and Evansville and Peoria, Decatur & Mattoon, July 1.
1902: Letters: Question of liability of estate of C.P. Huntington and R.T. Wilson & Co. for certain losses, Dec.1901; Lease of Chicago elevators, Dec.1901-Jan.1902, and letters accepting ordinance, Aug. 18; Proposed merger of corporations to simplify accounting, Apr.; With J.P. Morgan & Co. concerning railroad situation in the South, with clipping, May 27; Leases of Riverside and Harlem, The Kentucky Western, and The Hodgenville & Elizabethtown, Aug.12, Sept.29. Reports: L&N, Apr.15; Attempted strike of freight handlers, with clipping, July; Terminal Railroad Assoc. of St. Louis, July 16, with blueprint and letters; Pullman gross earnings, May 31; Comparative pensions of IC, Y&MV and PennRR, with letters, Aug. Miscellaneous: Deed of CM&N to Chicago Sanitary District, June 12; Deed of The Hodgenville & Elizabethtown to CStL&NO, and lease to IC, Oct.18 [printed]; Decision in Miss. Supreme Court on taxes, Y&MV vs. Wirt Adams, Dec.
1903: Letters: Agreement on New Orleans terminal, with CStL&NO, Y&MV and L&N, Nov.-Dec.1902; Appropriation for YMCA building, Mounds, Ill., July 1902, and Jan., with blueprint; Agreement with St. Louis and San Francisco for entrance to Birmingham, Jan.-Mar., and blueprint; Infant stockholders, June 1; Rebuilding transfer steamer "Osborn," July-Aug. Legal: Deed of land to Madison,Wis., Jan.9; Agreement with New York Air Brake Co., Oct. 8,1902; Agreement with Rochelle and Southern for use of tracks, Mar. 23, and letters, May; Deed of lands to Mason, Ill., with blueprint, June 15; Contract with L&N, Nov., with blueprints and reports; MC lands leased by IC at Chicago, with blueprint Dec.; NOJ&GN, Dec., with report by G.B.McClellan on merger with MissCen, June 5, 1858 [printed]
1904 - Reconstruction of Omaha bridge, with blueprint, Dec. 1903; Lease of North American Trust Co. to IC, New York office, May 1; Abstract and brief for Y&MV in Miss. Chancery Court case, Hinds Co. et al. vs. Natchez, Jackson and Columbus et al. [Feb. 1904? printed]; IndS charter and franchises [printed 1904?], prospectus, "The Mineral Route," [1903, printed] and letters and contract with IC, June 7, July 1, Aug.16 and Sept.21, with estimates, reports, requests of local citizens, memos, blueprints, and map of Ind. [printed]; Statement of D&SC operation, 1889-1903, July 21, and lease, Oct. (draft) and report of arbitrators, Aug.; Report on transportation of mails, 1900-1904, with letters, Sept., and on MC contract for Chicago tracks, Oct.; Contract (drafts) with Indiana and Kensington, Kensington & Eastern Railroad Company of Indiana, The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend, Oct.; PennRR by-laws and organization, Mar.1 [printed] and report of indebtedness of Chicago Union Transfer Railway Co.; Memorial book, Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the IC, Dec. [printed, with photostats][removed]
1905 - IndS contract, and letters, Aug.1904, Jan., Report on Ill. and Ind. coal, Feb., with statements and letters; Map of Ill. [printed]; Lease of North American Trust Co., New York, for offices, May 1; Letters estimating losses in New Orleans fire, Mar.; Contract with American Express, Apr.1; Agreement with Southern railways, July; Statement of bond sales, 1899-1905, Sept.; Report on New Orleans terminals, Sept.; Letters concerning Southern Ill. coal, Sept.-Dec. with blueprints; Letters concerning Tennessee Central agreement, and agreement, Nov.24, and agreement with Southern Railway Co. and Nashville Terminal Co., Nov.24 [printed]
1906: Madison Coal Co. statements, Dec.1905, and letters, Feb., with many papers, reports, blueprints, etc., including also Carterville Coal Co., Mar.-June; Report on Ill. state investigation of 7% charter tax, Apr., and letters, Aug.; Contract with Western Union, Feb.21 (draft) and letters; Contract with IndS, Apr.4 (draft); Circular of American Railway Assoc. requesting contributions to San Francisco earthquake sufferers, Apr.27 [printed]
Various portions of this series have been microfilmed, including Board meetings Sept. 21, 1887- Apr. 8, 1891; and (from the 1900 papers): Agreement with UP for Omaha station, Jan.26 [printed], and letters, and agreements between UP, C&NW, CRI&P and CM&StP, Sept.1,1898 and Aug.1,1899.

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208	2789-2797	Dec. 14, 1951 - Mar. 14, 1952
209	2798-2805	Apr. 25, 1952 - May 23, 1952
210	2806-2817	June 20, 1952 - Sept. 19, 1952
211	2818-2825	Oct. 17, 1952 - Jan. 16, 1953
212	2826-2833	Feb. 20, 1953 - May 20, 1953
213	2834-2841	May 22, 1953 - Aug. 21, 1953
214	2842-2849	Aug. 21, 1953 - Nov. 20, 1953
215	2850-2859	Dec. 11, 1953 - Feb. 12, 1954
216	2860-2868	Mar. 19, 1954 - June 18, 1954
217	2869-2878	June 18, 1954 - Sept. 9, 1954
218	2879-2886	Sept. 24, 1954 - Nov. 19, 1954
219	2887-2897	Dec. 15, 1954 - Mar. 18, 1955
220	2898-2906	Apr. 15, 1955 - July 15, 1955
221	2907-2914	Aug. 16, 1955 - Dec. 16, 1955
222	2915-2928	Jan. 13, 1956 - June 15, 1956
223	2929-2940	July 18, 1956 - Dec. 21, 1956
224	2941-2948	Jan. 11, 1957 - Mar. 15, 1957
225	2949-2958	Apr. 26, 1957 - Aug. 16, 1957
226	2959-2968	Sept. 20, 1957 - Dec. 12, 1957
227	2969-2974	Jan. 1, 1958 - Mar. 21, 1958
228	2975-2981	Apr. 18, 1958 - July 22, 1958
229	2982-2989	Aug. 15, 1958 - Dec. 11, 1958
230	2990-2999	Jan. 16, 1959 - May 22, 1959
231	3000-3007	June 19, 1959 - Sept. 18, 1959
232	3008-3014	Oct. 16, 1959 - Jan. 15, 1960
233	3015-3026	Feb. 19, 1960 - June 17, 1960
		Note: The following 5 boxes are oversize, 16 x 20 inches:
+ 234	3027-3065	Jul. 19, 1876 - Oct. 16, 1899
+ 235	3066-3086	Mar. 19, 1890 - Dec. 18, 1895
+ 236	3087-3101	Mar. 30, 1896 - Dec. 20, 1899
+ 237	3102-3136a	Feb. 21, 1900-Mar. 13, 1923
+ 238	3137-3190	Jul. 14, 1925 - Jun. 17, 1960
		Note: The following 8 boxes are oversize, 24 x 30 inches:
+ 239	3191-3210	Jul. 31, 1878 - Nov. 20, 1889
+ 240	3211-3225	Jan. 20, 1890 - Nov. 18, 1896
+ 241	3226-3236	Jan. 20, 1897 - Jun. 20, 1900
+ 242	3237-3257a	Aug. 19, 1903 - Aug. 30, 1910
+ 243	3258-3294	Jun. 15, 1911-Dec. 16, 1919
+ 244	3295-3330	Feb. 19, 1920 - Jul. 7, 1925
+ 245	3331-3366	Mar. 23, 1926 - Dec. 16, 1949
+ 246	3367-3415	Jan. 20, 1950 - May 20, 1960

Series 6: Miscellaneous historical items, 1850-1963 Call Numbers: IC 3.6 and IC +3.6
5 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder. Includes many letters from employees sent with various items in answer to requests for old material for museum collection, displays, archives, etc., 1926-48. Items donated are random and mostly ephemeral in nature, such as diaries and account books kept by conductors, newspaper and magazine clippings, copies of early railroad magazines, sample forms, tickets, and baggage claim tags.
All photographs have been moved to the IC Addenda - Photograph Series; tariffs have been moved to IC 3.7 and +3.7 (Tariffs); timetables have been moved to IC 3.8 and +3.8 (Timetables); and maps have been moved to IC Addenda - Maps series.
The List of Engine Numbers for Illinois Central, In Effect Jul. 1, 1890, is also available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
247	3416	Letters of donation of historical items, and partial checklists of items, 1926-1948
247	3417	Account of the opening of the Cairo Bridge, by C.A. Beck, Oct. 1889
247	3418	Accounts (2) of the naming of the town (and station), Mayfield, Kentucky 1933-1934
247	3419	Act of Congress, Making grants of land to Illinois, Mississippi, and Alabama, for the purpose of constructing a railroad between Chicago and Mobile, (last 6 pages lacking) Sept. 20, 1850
247	3420	Act of Incorporation, Illinois Central RR, ; Articles of Incorporation, Illinois Central RR, amended ; and Certificate of Incorporation, Illinois Central Industries, amended Feb. 7, 1851 Jun. 1, 1955 Jan. 28, 1963
247	3421	Act to prevent frauds [in ticket sales], 1879
247	3422	Agreements with shippers, La Salle Station, (with stamps) 1865
247	3423	Agreements with shippers, Heyworth, (no stamps) 1867-1868
247	3424	American Express Co., Stubs of Foreign Limited Checks Sold, 1900
247	3425	Announcement, $3 million loan on the Mortgage Bonds of the IC, New York, Apr. 2, 1853
247	3426	Artesia, Starkville & Grenada RR Co., Charter, 1886
247	3427	Atlantic & Pacific RR Co., Circular to Stockholders, 1855
247	3428	Baggage check tag, invented by L. O. Cottle, with Patent, ; Brass tag, ICRR Pass #52, [n.d.] 1872
247	3429	Baggage check tags, Illinois Central, New York Central & Hudson River, and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry., (?) 1880's
247	3430	Baltimore & Ohio RR Co., remarks, 1869
247	3431	Book, Baggage Way Bills from Station #168, 1874-1876
247	3432	Brochure fragment, advertising lands in Nebraska (with map), German, [n.d.]
248	3433	Business card, Herbert Tygett, Assistant Ticket Agent & Cashier (map of IC line on the back of the card), [n.d.]
248	3434	By-laws, Illinois Central RR, amended , , ; and Illinois Central Industries, ul. 21, 1850 Aug. 17, 1951 Oct. 17, 1952 May 17, 1963
248	3435	Card holder, leather, with business cards and 2 IC condensed schedules inside, , 1891 1929
248	3436	Cash book, Odell Burt & Co., Jun. 17, 1864-Nov. 22, 1870
248	3437	Cash book,Woosung, Ill., Sept. 1855-Jan. 1, 1880
248	3438	Certification, M.R. White, as Conductor, Aug. 17, 1901
248	3439	Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR, Statistics Book, 1881
248	3440	Circulars, , (see also IC 2.8, Circulars) 1854 1872-1889
248	3441	Code of Rules, ... adopted by the Master Car Builders Association, Jun. 1895
248	3442	Conductor's train book: revenues, Maximum Load of Engine, Mileage, Monthly Rolls, 1881-1883
248	3443	Conductors' train book, Arlington station, Oct. 1883-Jul. 1884
248	3444	Conductor's train books, (2 volumes) Feb. 13-Aug. 4, 1899
249	3445	Conductor's train books, (2 volumes) Aug. 5-Oct. 30, 1899
249	3446	Conductors Train Register report, Dubuque, Nov. 21, 1891
249	3447	Contract for Livestock Transportation, Apr. 11, 1881
249	3448	Correspondence, miscellaneous, 1851-1910
249	3449	Diary (and envelope of contents) for C.A. Beck, General Superintendant, with lists of employess per station, leather bound, ca. 1881
249	3450	Dubuque & Pacific RR, Rules for Operation of Trains, May 1, 1857
249	3451	Financial receipts, vouchers, bills of lading, 1853-1877
249	3452	Financial receipts, vouchers, bills of lading, 1892-1902
249	3453	Financial reports, miscellaneous, ca. 1855-1899
249	3454	Forms and stationery, for IC and other roads, [n.d.]
249	3455	Form for Transportation of a corpse (A.A. Smith), Apr. 18, 1904
249	3455a	Form, IC Land Department, with drawing of a sheep on the verso, ca. 1860's
249	3456	Freight conductor's accounts of car service, Centralia and Wapella, 1872-1873
249	3457	Freight conductor's accounts of car service, Dunleith and Amboy, 1861
249	3458	Freight receipt for 2 kegs of powder and [illegible], ; and receipt for 1 keg of brandy, (Civil War) Nov. 27-28, 1861 Oct. 26, 1863
250	3459	History of Thomas W. Place, by Thomas W. Place, for article in Illinois Central Magazine, Oct. 1912
250	3460	Indentures of apprenticeship, , Jan. 1865 Feb. 1867
250	3461	Instructions to Agents Engaged in Securing the Right of Way, Aug. 9, 1852
250	3462	Inventory, Supplemental Summary, Dec. 31, 1917
250	3463	Invitation to a 4th of July and Railroad Celebration for the completion of the Jackson and Canton division of the NOJ&GN RR, Canton, Jun. 16, 1856
250	3464	Invitation to the opening of the Illinois and St. Louis Bridge, Jul. 4, 1874
250	3465	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, Instruction Booklets, , 1897 1902
250	3466	Lifetime Pass, Joseph T. Snave, Travelling Auditor, in monogrammed leather cardholder, 1952
250	3467	List of Engine Numbers for Illinois Central, In Effect Jul. 1, 1890
250	3468	Magazine Feature, Railway Magazine: "Stuyvesant Fish," pp. 59-60, Jan. 1898
250	3469	Medallion (brass?), Illinois Central Centennial, 1951
250	3470	Membership Card, IC Employees Business Association, to A.E. Clif, [n.d.]
250	3471	Newsclippings, various, 1851-1941
250	3472	Newsclippings, re: Electrification of Suburban Service, Aug. 7-8, 1926
250	3473	Newsclippings, Land Advertisements, , (reproduction) 1865-1866 1940
250	3474	Office Employees' Record (names, dates of service, reason for leaving/dismissal), ; and Bridge Passes issued, 1887-1923 1909-1910
250	3475	Official Distances, ICRR Northern and Western Lines, Apr. 1, 1897
250	3476	Pamphlet, "Illinois Central: To California via New Orleans, The Only True Winter Route", 1894-1895
250	3477	Pin, Markham Day, Paducah, Ky., May 11, 1927
250	3478	Postcard, New Orleans Cotton Palace, 1889
250	3479	Postcard, "Uncle Sam's Arteries," from the association of American Railroads, [n.d.]
250	3480	Proceedings of the Shippers & Merchant's Convention, State of Iowa, Dubuque, 1865
250	3481	Program, trip of Queen Marie of Rumania, St. Louis to Chicago via Springfield (with foldout map in back), Nov. 13, 1926
250	3482	Rail passes: Book, Illinois Central, 1869
250	3483	Rail passes: Illinois Central, ca. 1858-1911
250	3484	Rail pass, Illinois Central: Military ticket (Civil War), 1863
250	3485	Rail passes, other roads, ca. 1854-1897
251	3486	Railroad currency, Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, 1861-1862
251	3487	Railroad currency, Illinois Central, 1907
251	3488	Railroad currency, Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad, ca, 1862
251	3489	Railroad currency, Mississippi Central Railroad, 1862
251	3490	Railroad currency, New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad, 1862
251	3491	Railroad currency, Vicksburg, Shreveport & Texas Railroad, 1862
251	3492	Railroad promissory note, Dubuque Western Railroad, 1857
251	3493	Receipt book, Independence, Iowa (photostatic negative), 1863
251	3494	Register, Car Numbers and Boxes Delivered, Apr.-Dec. 1869
251	3495	Report, Broken Rails, by months and by brands, 1890-1896
251	3496	Reports: Car Reports, Mar.-May 1892
251	3497	Reports, various, , 1854-1905 1938
251	3498	Rules & Regulations Governing Air Brakes and Air Signals, rev. Aug. 1, 1923
251	3499	Rules of the Accounting Dept.... Freight and Ticket Agents, 1888
251	3500	Service medal to S.W. Mumma, for 18 years of continuous service, 1901
251	3501	Slaves [confederate bonds, receipts, and agreements, mostly with A.J. McConnico], 1855-1864
251	3502	Specification for Laying Track, ca. (?), (4 copies) 1850's
251	3503	Stock certificates of Shares, various, 1852-1872
251	3504	Telegraph reports of accidents, 1897-1898
251	3505	Train orders book, 1891-1892
		NOTE: the following are oversize, in 16" x 20" folders, in box + 266:
+ 266	3703	Financial Reports, miscellaneous, 1859-1863
+ 266	3704	Financial Reports, miscellaneous, 1880-1888
+ 266	3705	Magazine: The Railroad Gazette, (incomplete) Jun. 11, 1884
+ 266	3706	Magazine: The Railroad Gazette, Aug. 27, 1886
+ 266	3707	Magazine: The Railroad Gazette, pp. 591-592: Obituary of Samuel J. Hayes, Sept. 29, 1882
+ 266	3708	Magazine: The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader, pp. 3-20; 119-130, Feb. 12, 1892
+266	3709	Magazine: The Railway Age and Northwestern Railroader, Jun. 2, 1893
+ 266	3710	Manifests of Merchandise, Terre Haute & Indianapolis Railroad Company, 1893
+266	3711	Pardon to A.J.McConnico (Confederate Soldier) by President Andrew Johnson, May 29,1865
+266	3712	Passport for David A. Neal, Oct. 11, 1851
+ 266	3713	Patents purchased by the ICRR Co., List, Apr. 1, 1853-Aug. 5, 1874
+ 266	3714	Placard: "To Prevent Fires," Chicago, Dec. 1, 1893
+266	3715	Proclamation by M. B. Sadler, Mayor of Centralia, IL: Yellow Fever Quarantine, Jul. 21, 1879
+ 266	3716	Sheet Music: "We Love You Mister Markham," Words by Herbert B. Collier, Music by Ewing Reid. Published by Colleir, Rock & Reid, Paducah, KY, (Paducah held a Markham Day, Jun. 15, 1927; on cover of music is a photo of the Markham bust erected in Paducah in his honor). © 1927
+ 266	3717	Train Registers, Northward or Eastward, 1945
		NOTE: the following are oversize, in 24" x 30" folders, in box +267:
+267	3721	Newsclippings, various, ca. 1850's-1860's
+ 267	3722	Newsclippings, The Cherokee Daily Times (Iowa), Centennial articles, Mar.-Apr. 1970
+267	3723	Newsclipping, Chicago Daily News , articles about the Chicago Stockyard riots, Jul. 6, 1894
+ 267	3724	Newsclipping, Chicago Evening Post, "Electrification Celebration Marks Illinois Central's 75th Anniversary", Aug. 7, 1926
+ 267	3725	Newsclipping, The Commercial Appeal (Memphis), Feature on Ike Tigrett, president of the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad: "From Jerk-Water Road to Rail Empire", 2 copies, Jun. 17, 1945
+ 267	3726

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