Finding aid for the Material on the Nickel Plate Road
Title:
Material on the Nickel Plate Road
Repository:
Western Reserve Historical Society
Phone: 216-721-5722
http://www.wrhs.org
Creator:
Hampton, Taylor
Dates:
1869-1960
Quantity:
2.80 linear feet (7 containers)
Abstract:
 Taylor Hampton (Virginia Taylor) was a personal friend of the Van Sweringen brothers who shared their interest in railroads. The collection consists of manuscript notes and copies or originals of magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, blueprints, maps, annual reports, financial statements, stock certificates, time tables, charts, and letters used by Hampton to research her book, The Nickel Plate Road, the history of a great railroad. The book was published in 1947.
Identification:
MS 3114
Location:
closed stacks
Language:
The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Material on the Nickel Plate Road, 1869-1960 and undated, consists of manuscript notes and copies or originals of magazine and newspaper articles, pamphlets, blueprints, maps, annual reports, financial statements, stock certificates, time tables, charts, and letters used by Hampton to research her book, The Nickel Plate Road, the history of a great railroad. The book was published in 1947.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of the Nickel Plate Railroad, the railroad industry in the United States, and the history of transportation. The collection includes information on the New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad; the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad; the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company; the Erie and western Railroad; the Van Sweringen Railway System; and the Cleveland Union Terminal Company.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is arranged by subject and then by document type.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Related Material: Related Material

The researcher should also consult MS 3575 New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. Records; and PG 96 Nickel Plate Railroad Photographs.


Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Hampton, Taylor, (Virginia Taylor), 1910-
Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad.
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co.
Nickel Plate Road.
Northern Ohio Food Terminal.
Railroad terminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Stations.
Railroads -- United States.
Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co.
Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935.
Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3114 Material on the Nickel Plate Road, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

Acquisition Information

Gift of Taylor Hampton in 1966.

Processing Information

Processed in 1967.


Detailed Description of The Collection



Material on the Nickel Plate Road, 1869-1960; undated

Box 1 / Folder 1
Manuscript material used to write The Nickel Plate Road, the history of a great railroad, undated




Box 1 / Folder 2
A short history of the Nickel Plate Railroad by William H. Wenneman, 1943




Box 1 / Folder 2
Photostatic copies of articles relating to the Nickel Plate Railroad, dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 2
Miscellaneous photostatic copies of circulars issued by The New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, January 1882-March 1883




Box 1 / Folder 2
Moody's Manual of investments (photostatic copies), pages 1245-1256, dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 2
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, special anthracite coal tariff from Buffalo to points on the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, May 1, 1885




Box 1 / Folder 2
Peat, Marwick, Mitche & Co., New York, "Communication . . . to the Board of Directors of the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company", 1947




Box 1 / Folder 3
Articles from the LaFayette Weekly Journal, Lafayette, Indiana, relating to the LaFayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad, 1869-1871




Box 1 / Folder 3
Historical record of companies forming the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company, 1916




Box 1 / Folder 3
Biographical sketches, primarily of officials of the Nickel Plate Railroad (photostatic copies), including John Joseph Bernet (1858-1935); Calvin Stewart Brice (1845-1898); Stevenson Burke (1824-1904); John Stephen Casement (1829-1909); George Burdett Spriggs (b. 1834); Mantis James Van Sweringen (1881-1935); and Oris Paxton Van Sweringen (1879-1936), dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 3
Railroad maps, songs, music, time tables, and trademarks (phostatic copies), dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 4
Collection of photographs of early engines, most of them used as illustrations in The Nickel Plate Road by Taylor Hampton, dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 5
Collection of photographs of towns served by the Nickel Plate Railroad, street scenes, railroad stations, etc., dates vary




Box 1 / Folder 6
Miscellaneous data and illustrations relating to Bellevue, Ohio, and the railroads it served, dates vary




Box 2 / Folder 1
Photograph collection of officials of the Nickel Plate Railroad, and other lines, dates vary




Box 2 / Folder 2
New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, Industrial Development Department, industrial data on the Nickel Plate road, 1941




Box 2 / Folder 3
Miscellaneous issues of the Nickel Plate Road Magazine, some of which contain installments of Taylor Hampton's book The Nickel Plate Road, 1948-1955




Box 2 / Folder 4
Miscellaneous pamphlets containing articles on the Nickel Plate Road, dates vary




Box 2 / Folder 5
Photostatic notes of references to articles relating to the Nickel Plate Railroad in Railway Chronicle, 1910-1940




Box 2 / Folder 6
Daily news summary of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, the New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company, and Pere-Marquette Railway Company, 1945-1947




Box 2 / Folder 7
A history of the growth and development of the Van Sweringen railway system by Ottow miller, Jr., 1924




Box 2 / Folder 8
Miscellaneous articles on the Van Sweringen railway system, 1957




Box 3 / Folder 1
Virginia Hampton (Taylor Hampton) correspondence regarding M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen, 1946-1952




Box 3 / Folder 1
Biographical information regarding M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen, including sketches by E. H. Hauenstein, William E. Wenneman, and John B. Oviatt, dates vary




Box 3 / Folder 1
Letter from Mantis Van Sweringen to "My Dear Father," Cleveland, Ohio, 1897




Box 3 / Folder 1
Photostatic copies of articles from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Press about M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen, ca. 1936-1952




Box 3 / Folder 2
Information about Daisey Hill, Hunting Valley, Ohio, home of M. J. and O. P. Van Sweringen, including a clipping from the Cleveland Plain Dealer Pictorial Magazine (1960); correspondence between Taylor Hampton and Parke-Bernet Galleries (1952; and a typed list of selected items from the catalog with name of purchaser and price paid, 1952-1960




Box 3 / Folder 3
Collection of Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper clippings regarding the growth of Shaker Heights, Ohio, dates vary




Box 3 / Folder 4
Scrapbooks containing clippings from Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers regarding the Cleveland Union Terminal, 1925-1928




Box 4 / Folder 1-2
Scrapbooks containing clippings from Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers regarding the Cleveland Union Terminal, 1925-1928




Box 5 / Folder 1
Scrapbooks containing clippings from Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers regarding the Cleveland Union Terminal, 1925-1928




Box 5 / Folder 2
Unpublished plans for the Cleveland Passenger Terminals, Cleveland Union Terminal Company, 1920




Box 5 / Folder 3
Memoranda regarding property of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company lying northwest of Eagle Avenue, in the city of Cleveland, which the Cleveland Union Terminals Company desire to purchase, lease or obtain an easement through, 1928




Box 5 / Folder 3
The Cleveland Union Terminals Company with the Cleveland Terminals Building Company, land contract, 1921




Box 5 / Folder 3
The Cleveland Union Terminals Company with the Cleveland Terminals Building Company, land contract, revised, 1924




Box 5 / Folder 3
Railway Age, Cleveland Union Terminals, June 28, 1930




Box 5 / Folder 3
The Cleveland Union Terminal Company, a summation of William T. Alexander, Jr.'s presentation before three Cleveland City Council Committees to describe the properties of the Cleveland Union Terminal Company available for purchase in conjunction with the development of Cleveland and its rapid transit facilities (Alexander was the general manager of the New York Central Railroad Western District), undated




Box 5 / Folder 4
Transactions, financial statements, etc. of the Cleveland Terminals building Company, the Vaness Company, the Van Sweringen Company, and associates, 1928-1936




Box 5 / Folder 5
Album containing view of the Cleveland area developed for the Terminal and the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, 1922-1924




Box 6 / Folder 1
Plan and plates for the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, Cleveland, Ohio, 1934




Box 6 / Folder 1
Plan for the Northern Ohio Food Terminal area, Cleveland, Ohio, issued by the Industrial Development Department of the Nickel Plate Road, 1934




Box 6 / Folder 1
Plates, Nothern Ohio Food Terminal, Cleveland, Ohio, by the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, Inc., undated




Box 6 / Folder 1
Watson (Wilber) & Associates, architects-engineers, Northern Ohio food Terminal, Unit No. 4, build by the Sam W. Emerson Company, 11 plates, 1929




Box 6 / Folder 1
Photographs of the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, dates vary




Box 6 / Folder 2
Maps, New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company, including Northern Ohio Food Terminal area; East 40th Street to East 51st Street, Cleveland, Ohio; Cleveland Station ground map; and plan of railroads servicing the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, 1949-1957




Box 6 / Folder 2
Clippings from Cleveland, Ohio, newspapers regarding the Northern Ohio Food Terminal, 1925-1927




Box 6 / Folder 3
Photostatic copies of stock certificates issued by the Fort Wayne & Southern Railroad Company, 1853




Box 6 / Folder 3
Reports of earnings and expense and notices of consolidation from the Fort Wayne, Cincinnati & Louisville Rail Road Company, 1885-1890




Box 6 / Folder 3
Annual reports, financial statements, and notices of consolidation (photostatic copies) of the Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company, 1880-1920




Box 6 / Folder 3
Newspaper clipping regarding the Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company, 1886-1888




Box 6 / Folder 3
Photostatic copies of stock certificates of the Toledo, Delphos & Indianapolis Railway Company, 1877-1878




Box 6 / Folder 3
Clover Leaf trademark and time table, Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad Company, dates vary




Box 6 / Folder 3
Newspaper clippings, Toledo, St. Louis and Kansas City Railroad Company, 1885-1900




Box 6 / Folder 3
Historical record of companies forming the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company showing the chain of title by which the corporation acquired its property, by Walter L. Ross, receiver, 1916




Box 6 / Folder 3
Maps, timetable, and handbill of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Company (photostatic copies), 1903-1907




Box 6 / Folder 3
Miscellaneous articles, clippings, and photostatic copies of documents about lesser known railroads, including Chicago and State Line Railway Company; Indianapolis, Peru & Chicago Railroad Company; Lake Erie & Louisville Railway; painesville & Youngstown Railway; Peru and Indianapolis Railroad; and Findley, Ohio's Interurban, 1876-1944




Box 6 / Folder 4
Scrapbook of clippings from New York, Cleveland, and Chicago newspapers, 1935-1940




Box 7
Scrapbook of photostatic newspaper clippings, railroad journal articles, etc. regarding the Nickel Plate Railroad and other associated roads, with some biographical material and illustrations, 1879-1938