Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Correspondence
Scope and Content of the Collection
The correspondence series consists of incoming and outgoing letters by CB&Q executives, members of the board, lawyers, and other employees. There is extensive correspondence from presidents G.B. Harris and C.E. Perkins, as well as vice president and treasurer J.C. Peasley and vice president T.J. Potter. Many CB&Q executives were routinely promoted and held numerous positions within the company, and the correspondence reflects their different jobs and responsibilities. While much of the material is from higher level executives and their assistants, there is also significant correspondence from other departments, including freight agents, ticket agents, transfer agents, purchasing agents, and road masters, as well as incoming letters from employees further down the hierarchy, reflecting a wide variety of work experience at CB&Q. Correspondence content also reflects this diversity, and includes corporate, financial, and legal matters, expansion and acquisition, relations with other railroads and subsidiaries, personnel and policies, and all aspects of railroad management. There is also extensive coverage of engineering and construction decisions, patents, passenger and freight rates, and accidents and damages, as well as pass requests and other routine business matters.
Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
This finding aid supersedes the Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851-1901 (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1949), and incorporates subsequent additions to the company records. Certain materials have been deaccessioned and donated to the Burlington Route Historical Society; see curator for details.
Original title for this Record Group, in the 1949 printed guide, is "Letters by Individual Writer or Recipient."
Dates
- Creation: 1857-1918
Creator
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
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).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records 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 at reference@newberry.org.
Extent
319.6 Linear Feet (771 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Abstract
Incoming and outgoing letters of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) executives, members of the board, lawyers, and other employees. Content covers virtually all aspects of railroad management, including financial and legal matters, expansion and acquisition, relations with other railroads and subsidiaries, personnel and policies, construction, rates, and other business matters. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series 3 B1: Baldwin, W. W., 1879-1911
- Boxes1-31
- Series 3 B2: Sidney Bartlett, 1885-1889
- Box 32
- Series 3 B4: Gamaliel Bradford: Out-letters, 1879-1880
- Box 32
- Series 3 C3: Cameron, J.S., 1881-1885
- Boxes 33-42
- Series 3 C5: Carter, J.L., 1883-1901
- Boxes 43-47
- Series 3 D2.1: Dawes, C.M., 1898
- Box 48
- Series 3 D2.11: Delano, F.A.: Out-letters, 1890
- Box 48
- Series 3 D3.1: Demling, J. F.: In-letters, 1891-1898
- Boxes 49-50
- Series 3 D4.1: Denison, J. N.: Out-letters, 1864-1880
- Boxes 51-61
- Series 3 D6.1: Dexter, Wirt: Out-letters, 1881-1890
- Box 62
- Series 3 F3: Forbes, J.M., 1878-1896
- Boxes 63-65
- Series 3 G2.1: Gardner, J.L., 1881-1899
- Box 66
- Series 3 G5: Goddard, L.O., 1881-1898
- Boxes 67-87
- Series 3 G7: J. N. A. Griswold, 1875-1877
- Box 88
- Series 3 H2.1: Hall, A. T.: In-letters, 1867-1880
- Boxes 89-94
- Series 3 H4: Harris, Robert, 1867-1879
- Boxes 95-111
- Series 3 H5: Harris, G. B., 1857-1917
- Boxes112-269
- Series 3 H6: Howland, Thomas S., 1875-1902
- Boxes 270-274
- Series 3 H7.1: Higginson, C.M.: Out-letters, 1888-1890
- Box 275
- Series 3 H8: Hunnewell, F.W., 1883-1902
- Boxes 275-276
- Series 3 L3: Ladd, W.J., 1883-1901
- Boxes 277-318
- Series 3 M2: Manholtz, C.L., 1878-1879
- Boxes 319-320
- Series 3 O5.1: Olney, Richard, 1883-1904
- Boxes 321
- Series 3 P2: Peasley, J.C., 1877-1903
- Boxes 322-444
- Series 3 P4: Perkins, C. E., 1871-1918
- Boxes 445-621
- Series 3 P5.1: Perkins, W. C.: Out-letters, 1880
- Box 622
- Series 3 P6: Potter, T. J., 1874-1888
- Boxes 623-714
- Series 3 P8.1: Pratt, E. E.: Out-letters, 1881-1884, 1890-1891
- Boxes 715-717
- Series 3 R2.1: Rhodes, G. W.: In-letters, 1888-1892
- Box 718
- Series 3 R3: Ripley, E. P., 1878-1887
- Boxes 719-726
- Series 3 R4.1: Ross, G. H.: In-letters – Car Service Papers, 1889-1890
- Box 727
- Series 3 S5.1: Stanwood, A. G.: Out-letters, 1892-1894, 1897-1899
- Boxes 728-731
- Series 3 S7: Stone, H. B., 1882-1890
- Boxes 732-735
- Series 3 S8: Strong, W. B., 1873-1878
- Boxes 736-740
- Series 3 T3.1: Taylor, J. G.: In-letters from W. W. Baldwin, 1885-1906
- Boxes 741-742
- Series 3 T5: Touzalin, A. E., 1881-1882
- Boxes 743-747
- Series 3 T7: Tyson, George, 1875-1879
- Box 748
- Series 3 W3: Walker. J. M., 1862-1881
- Boxes 749-759
- Series 3 W4.1: H.W. Weiss: Out-letters, 1878-1896
- Boxes 760-770
- Series 3 W6.1: W. Howard White: Out Letters, 1881-1883
- Box 771
Collection Stack Location
4a 36 1-12, 4a 37 1-7, 4a 40 1
Provenance
Deposit of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Company, 1943, with subsequent additions, 1948-onward. Ownership transferred to Newberry Library by Burlington Northern Company, 1975.
Processed by
Martha Briggs, Alison Hinderliter, Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, Emma Martin, Andrew Olofsson, and Pamela Olson, 2014.
Subject
- Baldwin, W. W. (William Wright), 1845- (Person)
- Burlington and Missouri River Railroad Company (Organization)
- Forbes, John Murray, 1813-1898 (Person)
- Harris, George B., 1848-1918 (Person)
- Perkins, C. E. (Charles Elliott), 1840-1907 (Person)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Correspondence, 1857-1918
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alison Hinderliter and Kelly Kress
- Date
- ©2014.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
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Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
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