Subject | • | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. |
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| | • | Doherty, Joseph, 1889-1965. |
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| | • | Hampton, Taylor, (Virginia Taylor), 1910- |
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| | • | Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad. |
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| | • | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. |
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| | • | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. |
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| | • | Nickel Plate Road. |
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| | • | Northern Ohio Food Terminal. |
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| | • | Pere Marquette Railway. |
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| | • | Railroad terminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland. |
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| | • | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Stations. |
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| | • | Railroads -- United States. | [X] | | • | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History -- Sources. |
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| | • | Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co. |
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| | • | Van Sweringen Company -- Public relations. |
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| | • | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. |
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| | • | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. |
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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Joseph Doherty Papers
| | | | Creator: | Doherty, Joseph | | | | Dates: | 1921-1944 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Doherty (1889-1965) was a public relations officer for Oris P. and Mantis J. Van Sweringen, developers of the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Shaker Heights, and Cleveland's Terminal Tower and Union Terminal complex. The Van Sweringen brothers established a railroad empire in the 1920s which collapsed during the Depression. Doherty wrote a history of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad entitled, Smooth is the road. The collection consists of correspondence, press releases, official statements of the Van Sweringens, promotional materials for the Van Sweringen projects, including Shaker Village, Ohio, magazine articles about the Van Sweringens, newspaper clippings, and a manuscript by Doherty concerning the Van Sweringen brothers. The collection contains information relative to the Chesapeake and Ohio, Nickel Plate and Pere Marquette railroads. | | | | Call #: | MS 4304 | | | | Extent: | 1.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Doherty, Joseph, 1889-1965. | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | Van Sweringen Company -- Public relations. | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. | Pere Marquette Railway. | Railroads -- United States. | Shaker Heights (Ohio) -- History -- Sources.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Material on the Nickel Plate Road
| | | | Creator: | Hampton, Taylor | | | | Dates: | 1869-1960 | | | | 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. | | | | Call #: | MS 3114 | | | | Extent: | 2.80 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Van Sweringen, Mantis James, 1881-1935. | Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, 1879-1936. | Hampton, Taylor, (Virginia Taylor), 1910- | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. | Lafayette, Bloomington and Muncie Railroad. | Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad Co. | Northern Ohio Food Terminal. | Nickel Plate Road. | Railroads -- United States. | Railroads -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Stations. | Railroad terminals -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. Records
| | | | Creator: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company | | | | Dates: | 1846-1961 | | | | Abstract: | The New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Company was founded in 1881 to connect Buffalo and Chicago via Cleveland, Ohio. It was nicknamed the Nickel Plate Road. After it failed, it was taken over by the newly organized New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad in 1887. It merged into the Norfolk and Western Railroad in 1964. The collection consists of articles of incorporation, reminiscences, financial records, memoranda, notebooks, ticket stubs, newspaper and magazine clippings, and oversize volumes containing documents and clippings. | | | | Call #: | MS 3575 | | | | Extent: | 8.90 linear feet (13 containers and 22 oversize volumes) | | | | Subjects: | New York, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad Co. | Nickel Plate Road. | Railroads -- United States.
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