Scope and Content

The David William Appler papers are composed mainly of the bills and receipts of David William Appler. There are also bills and receipts of Mrs. Ida Appler Vreeland, a daughter of Mr. Appler's. Finally, there are newspaper clippings, advertisements, two checkbooks, handwritten notes, and a minimal amount of correspondence.

Scope and Content

This collection contains a wide variety of technical manuals, operation logs, and repair guides. These were designed to assist engineers in diagnosing and correcting problems on the Southern Railway locomotives of the 1940s and 1950s. Other articles include newspaper clippings and magazines on the history of Southern Railway, personnel rosters, train schedules, and some of Stein's personal papers.

Scope and Content This collection contains letters to and from Grant regarding construction of railroads in Pennsylvania and throughout the southeastern United States; the defense of Atlanta during the Civil War; and personal matters. Other items in the collection include Grant’s personal diaries from 1843, 1844, and 1845, as well as account books covering railroad land transactions; railroad costs; and cash accounts. Additional items include a report on the condition of railroads around Atlanta, Georgia,...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains records documenting land acquisition and sale to create the northeastern portion of the Atlanta BeltLine. Included in the collection are property sale and lease agreements, clippings and articles about the planning and development of the Atlanta BeltLine, correspondence, environmental reports, transportation studies, site plans, land surveys, and maps.

Scope and Content

This collection documents proposed changes to the Western & Atlantic Railroad route in Atlanta, Georgia. Included are a report on Union Station terminal revisions, blueprints for a potential railroad, and a proposal of specifications for a section of tracks between Piedmont Avenue and Forsyth Street.

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.