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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Correspondence
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-3
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.
Dates:
1857-1918
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Correspondence by Office
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-31
Abstract
Correspondence between Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) officers and directors, organized by Boston or Chicago office of origin. Content includes railroad extensions, construction, salaries, financial issues, strikes, and other aspects of company management. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1875-1909
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Decade Subject File
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-33
Abstract
Correspondence, statements, reports, and other papers related to different aspects of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q) operations, grouped by decade: 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890, and 1900. Each decade comprises a separate series, and subseries within each decade follow the same sequence: Statements, Equipment, Personnel, Legal, Contracts, New Lines, Pools, and Miscellaneous, with a separate Strike subseries in 1880. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy...
Dates:
1856-1935; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1920
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - General Passenger Traffic Department Records
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-3
Abstract
The General Passenger Traffic Department ensured the quality and reliability of the passenger travelers' experience, and promoting tourism as well as business travel along the routes of the CB&Q. Records include administrative files relating to specific passenger trains, or to railroad operations in general. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1924-1965
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Historical and Printed Materials
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-32
Abstract
Official and unofficial histories of the company, annual reports, in-house newsletters, circulars, scrapbooks, timetables, pamphlets, and research files produced by the CB&Q and its historians. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1849-1999
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Land Department
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-7
Abstract
Correspondence, reports, maps, plats, promotional material, ledgers, legal and financial volumes, contracts, applications, and some drawings pertaining to the examination and sale of lands granted to the CB&Q by Federal land grant acts. Most of the lands were sold for farming, in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1852-1934
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Maps, Blueprints, and Drawings
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-6
Abstract
Printed maps, manuscript maps, technical blueprints, and drawings produced by the CB&Q and its affiliated lines. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1870-1971
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Master Mechanic's Records
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-8
Abstract
Meeting minutes and scattered subject files relating to the Master Mechanics Association of the CB&Q. The association was formed to make recommendations to the management about construction, maintenance, and repair of all rail cars, equipment, tools, and rail lines. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1886-1966; Majority of material found within 1886 - 1895
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Office of the President
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-1
Abstract
Materials created and collected by Ralph Budd (1879-1962), who was the president of the CB&Q from 1932 to 1949. Includes correspondence with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, administrative files, and Federal Coordinator of Transportation Files. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1924-1955
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Other Corporations
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-8
Abstract
Railroads and other interests built or acquired by CB&Q as the company advanced west of the Mississippi, expanding the empire throughout the Midwest and western states. Most series include a volume of corporate records detailing articles of incorporation, meeting minutes, resolutions, and notice of acquisition or dissolution. Other materials include annual reports, financial statements, correspondence, journals, ledgers, legal papers, contracts, construction statements, equipment reports,...
Dates:
1820-1964; Majority of material found within 1870 - 1900
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Payroll Records
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-9
Abstract
Payroll books of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), organized by division, and including name, type of job, and compensation information. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1879-1938; Majority of material found within 1889 - 1900
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Personal Papers
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-4
Abstract
Collections of correspondence, memorabilia, and photographs of three people related to the CB&Q but whose papers do not constitute part of the records of the company. Includes papers of C.E. Perkins's wife Edith Forbes Perkins, his daughter Edith Perkins Cunningham, and William A. Davis, postmaster for St. Joseph, Missouri, supposedly the first to suggest Railway Mail Service as a replacement for the Pony Express. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1862-1934
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5
Abstract
Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
ca. 1852-1975
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Predecessor Companies
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-1&2
Abstract
Correspondence, circulars, and other documents primarily related to the predecessor companies of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), spanning the years 1849-1864: the Aurora Branch Railroad, the Chicago and Aurora Railroad Company, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail Road Company. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1849-1889
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Securities
Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-4
Abstract
Financial materials of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), primarily papers and oversize volumes concerning stocks and bonds, showing the history of sales and transfers. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Dates:
1856-1922
Chicago Business Men's Orchestra Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-154
Abstract
Correspondence, clippings and programs of this orchestra, established in 1921, which was composed of men working in Chicago business firms. Later renamed the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra.
Dates:
1941-1962
Chicago Calligraphy Collective Records
Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-CCC
Abstract
Non-profit public education organization founded in 1976 to promote the study, practice, and appreciation of calligraphy in all of its historical and present-day applications. Collection includes newsletters, posters, exhibit announcements, invitations, workshop materials, and other printed items. Also included is correspondence among early members, as well as between members and calligraphers outside of Chicago. There is an extensive collection of the newsletters of other calligraphy clubs...
Dates:
1963-ongoing; Majority of material found within 1975 - 2015
Chicago Chamber Music Society Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago-Chamber
Abstract
Bylaws, membership lists, minutes, clippings, scrapbooks, programs, tickets and some financial and fundraising materials of the Chicago Chamber Music Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering chamber music in Chicago. Also includes photocopy of Dan Tucker's original score, "Up in Rootabaga County" commissioned by the society for the 2000 millennium celebration, cassette tape of September 28, 1999 performance of piece at Preston Bradley Hall, and a photocopy of the Carl...
Dates:
1941-2018
Chicago Chamber Musicians Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Chamber 2
Abstract
Chicago organization founded in 1986 by musicians Larry Combs, Joseph Genualdi, Deborah Sobol, and Gail Williams for the purpose of building an internationally recognized institution devoted to the study and performance of chamber music by string and wood instruments. Records include minutes, financial and fundraising papers, season records, photographs, press clippings, awards, and files relating to the Centennial celebration, general program files, special program files (children's and family...
Dates:
1986-2014
Chicago Children's Choir Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-CCChoir
Abstract
Administrative files, promotional materials, photographs, clippings, audio tapes, information on personnel and singers, etc. Founded in 1956 by the Reverend Christopher Moore, and through 1980 an activity of Hyde Park’s First Unitarian Society of Chicago, the CCC grew into an independent music-education program-one of the largest in the country. Moore’s personal papers are also included in the collection.
Dates:
1950-1996
Chicago Choral Artists Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-CCA
Abstract
Chicago Choral Artists (CCA) began in 1975 as the James Chorale before changing their name in 1997 following the death of their founder, James Rogner, in 1995. They continue to perform in the Chicago area, focusing on creating "a vibrant thread of music which connects the director, the singers and the audience" (quoted from their website, 2021).
Dates:
1982-2018; Majority of material found within 1996 - 2015
Chicago City Ballet Records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CCB
Abstract
Administrative, promotional, and audiovisual records of the Chicago City Ballet, founded by prima ballerina Maria Tallchief in 1980. The successor of the Lyric Opera Ballet, this resident ballet company toured and performed in Chicago and throughout the United States until dissolving in 1987. Also includes photographs and musical scores.
Dates:
1924-2001; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1987
Chicago City Ballet School Records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-CCB School
Abstract
The School of the Chicago City Ballet was founded in 1980 by Maria Tallchief and affiliated with the Chicago City Ballet, outlasting the company by six years until its closing in 1993. Includes administrative records, publicity materials, and photographs.
Dates:
1980-1994
Chicago Club Records
Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Chicago Club
Abstract
The Chicago Club is a private social club headquartered at the corner of Van Buren Street and Michigan Avenue. Established in 1869, the Club has had many high-profile members over the years including Marshall Field and George Pullman. Historically, the most prominent members are the Chicago Club were executives of the city's most successful corporations. Collection contains menus for the traditional Chicago Club New Year’s Day Luncheon, from 1959 to 1984. Additionally, there are several notes...
Dates:
1959-1984
Chicago Community Trust Excellence in Dance Initiative Records
Collection
Identifier: Dance-MS-Dance Initiative
Abstract
Administrative files, consultant files and a collection of background information and publications relating to the field of dance and specifically to the activities of a short-term initiative developed by the Chicago Community Trust which had the aim of strengthening the field of dance in Chicago.
Dates:
1999-2007
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