Railroads--History--19th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85110983
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
William S. Auchincloss scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0420
Abstract
This one-volume scrapbook, with contents spanning 1862- 1892, includes correspondence, maps, tickets, papers, photographs, newspaper clippings,
documents, advertisements, and drawings; and was largely assembled from the professional activities of William S. Auchincloss. Evidence within the
scrapbook points to the wide range of interests that captured the attention of Auchincloss, a civil and mechanical engineer, originally from New York who
later resided in Wilmington, Delaware, and in...
Dates:
1862-1892
Henry A. du Pont correspondence with David Heber Plank
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0098-F0168
Abstract
Consists of late 19th-century business correspondence, regarding the Wilmington & Northern Railroad in Delaware, between company president Henry A. du Pont and David Heber Plank.
Dates:
1894 May-June
James Maxwell papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 0170
Abstract
The James R. Maxwell papers consist of the personal, professional, and family papers of James Maxwell, a resident of Newark, Delaware, and a civil engineer who worked for significant railroads in the American West and South America in the late 19th century.
Dates:
1860-1949; Majority of material found within 1867-1900