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http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 XTF Search Results (subject=Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, -- 1879-1936;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default;f1-subject=Railroads -- United States.) http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?subject%3DVan%20Sweringen,%20Oris%20Paxton,%20--%201879-1936;subject-join%3Dexact;smode%3Dsimple;brand%3Ddefault;f1-subject%3DRailroads%20--%20United%20States. Results for your query: subject=Van Sweringen, Oris Paxton, -- 1879-1936;subject-join=exact;smode=simple;brand=default;f1-subject=Railroads -- United States. Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT Joseph Doherty Papers. Doherty, Joseph http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4304.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS4304.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT Material on the Nickel Plate Road. Hampton, Taylor http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3114.xml 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. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3114.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT