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Western and Atlantic Railroad Company

 Organization

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

A. J. Park receipts and letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS625f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of six receipts from the Western and Atlantic Railroad dated 1847-1849 and one letter from A. J. Park to R. A. Park of Ohio dated July 1864 from Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.

Dates: 1847-1864

Philip I. Winn letter

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS562f
Scope and Content

This collection contains a letter written by E. I. Ancell to Philip I. Winn of Winnsville, Fluvanna County, Virginia. Ancell worked on the construction of the Western & Atlantic Railroad in Cobb County, Georgia.

Dates: 1839

Raymond B. Carneal photographs

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS293
Scope and Content

This collection contains images of early 20th century terminal stations, railroad yards, and freight stations located in the Atlanta area. Negatives include views of the Inman transfer railroad yards; the Madison Avenue freight station; the Decatur Street freight station; and the North Avenue automobile terminal. Of interest are background views of the Southern Railway office building.

Dates: 1920

Western and Atlantic Railroad Company rules booklet

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS18f
Scope and Contents of the Records This collection contains a printed booklet, “Rules for Conductors and Engine-Men of the Western and Atlantic Rail-Road,” published in Atlanta, Georgia in 1852. The booklet has seven sections: 1) Passenger Train Schedules 2) Freight Train Schedules 3) Rules for Passenger Engine-Men 4) Rules for Passenger Conductors 5) Rules for Freight Engine-Men 6) Rules for Freight Conductors and 7) Rules for Lumber Train Conductors. The booklet was probably created as a handbook for employees of Western...
Dates: 1852

Western and Atlantic Railroad minute book

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS64
Scope and Content

Minute book of the Western and Atlantic Railroad covering the years 1870-1890.

Dates: 1870-1890

Western and Atlantic Railroad report

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS503f
Scope and Content

This collection consists of one published report, a United States Senate version of an 1837 survey report by Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Harriman Long (1784-1864), Chief Engineer of the W&A. The survey includes detailed maps of north Georgia and information about construction costs.

Dates: 1837

Wilbur G Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS197
Scope and Content This collection contains the family photographs of the Kurtz and Fuller families as well as visual materials Kurtz created and collected during the course of his career. Family photographs pertain to Kurtz and Fuller families as well as a few images from Annie Pye Kurtz prior to her marriage to Wilbur Sr. Also included are images of Wilbur Sr. and friends during his time in Chicago, Illinois. The bulk of this collection is photographic materials which support the research and field work...
Dates: 1859-1972, undated

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Aerial photographs 1
African Americans -- Georgia 1
African Americans -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Agriculture 1
Allatoona (Ga.) 1
Atlanta (Ga.) 1
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 1
Barnsley Gardens (Bartow County, Ga.) 1
Bartow County (Ga.) 1
Baton Rouge (La.) 1
Carnago (Ill.) 1
Catoosa County (Ga.) 1
Charleston (S.C.) 1
Chattanooga Railroad Expedition, 1862 1
Church buildings -- Georgia 1
Church buildings -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Clayton County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
Cobb County (Ga.) 1
Columbus (Ga.) 1
Cycloramas -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Dalton (Ga.) 1
Darien (Conn.) 1
DeKalb County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
Douglas County (Ga.) -- Aerial views 1
Entertainment events -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Farm equipment 1
Floyd County (Ga.) 1
Fulton County (Ga.) 1
Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 1
Georgia -- Politics and government 1
Gone with the wind (Motion picture : 1939) 1
Gordon County (Ga.) 1
Great Locomotive Chase (Motion picture) 1
Greencastle (Ind.) 1
Griffin (Ga.) 1
Guntersville (Ala.) 1
Houses -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Inman Park (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Jones Beach State Park (N.Y.) 1
Jones County (Ga.) 1
Kennesaw (Ga.) 1
Kennesaw (Ga.) -- History 1
Knoxville (Tenn.) 1
Locomotives -- Equipment and supplies -- Catalogs 1
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Lyons (Ill.) 1
Macon (Ga.) 1
Meriwether County (Ga.) 1
Morgan County (Ga.) 1
Morrow Station (Ga.) 1
Motion picture industry -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Murdock (Ill.) 1
Murray County (Ga.) 1
New York (N.Y.) 1
North Avenue (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Oakland (Ill.) 1
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Paulding County (Ga.) 1
Peachtree Creek (Ga.) 1
Peters Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site (Ga.) 1
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Polk County (Ga.) 1
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Railroad companies -- Georgia. 1
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Reno (Nev.) 1
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Santa Fe (N.M.) 1
Spring Hill (Ga.) 1
Spring Street (Atlanta, Ga.) 1
Terminals (Transportation) -- Georgia -- Atlanta 1
Texas 1
Tuscaloosa (Ala.) 1
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns 1
Walker County (Ga.) 1
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