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