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Railroads -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

D. Glenn Sudderth papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS805
Scope and Content

This collection consists of scientific journals and texts, photographs, equity certificates and dividend checks, newspaper clippings, school yearbooks and catalogs, political pamphlets, church legal correspondence, funeral notices, and Bible study group planners.

Dates: 1878-1984, undated

Jackson P. Dick photographs of the Atkinson Family

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS428
Scope and Contents

This collection contains images of the Atkinson family, primarily Henry M. Atkinson Sr. and May Peters Atkinson. Several of the photographs feature Henry M. Atkinson Sr. and unidentified individuals with trains, cars, and horse-drawn carriages. Also included are photographs of the Atkinson family's residences. Of special note are two images of Henry Atkinson Sr. and unidentified individuals posing with golfer Robert "Bobby" Jones (1902-1971), as well as a portrait of Richard Peters Jr.

Dates: 1902-1948, undated

Southern Railway records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1257
Scope and Contents This collection contains records created by Southern Railway, and records created by its predecessor railroads, railways, and companies. Records include annual financial and inspection reports, meeting minute proceedings, construction contracts, correspondence, publications, and company ephemera.The bulk of the materials are Southern Railway contracts and the predecessor records. More than 3,000 contracts illustrate the history of the company through the construction of train...
Dates: 1828-1996, undated