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Subseries 3 H4.1: Out-letters – General Superintendent’s Letters, 1867-1876

 Sub-Series
Identifier: CB&Q 3 H4.1

  • Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

30 letterpress copybooks written by Harris as general superintendent. Topics include general personnel policies , passes, pay, intemperance, children in the workplace, advertising, mail reports, and expansion. Contains significant correspondence to C. E. Perkins, J. F. Joy and J. N. Denison. Numbering of volumes start at 10 and goes to 39.

Dates

  • Creation: 1867-1876

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Extent

10 boxes

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically.

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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