Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

Abstract This collection is the partial archives of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the years 1859-1880 and contains the records of the President’s Office (the President during this period was John Work Garrett, 1858-1884). The collection includes correspondence, receipts, reports, telegrams, and newspaper clippings pertaining to all phases of the company's history from 1859-1880. Topics include finance, traffic, railroad competition and combination, labor, legal questions, politics, management...

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This collection contains correspondence, diaries, journals, accounts, newspaper clippings, and sketches all relating to Latrobe’s family and work in architecture and design.

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The Garrett Papers primarily concern Robert Garrett (1847-1896) and his wife Mary F. Jacobs (1851-1936), spanning 1816 to 1950, although the bulk of material is dated from 1885 to 1896. The collection is comprised of 38 boxes containing an estimated 25,000 items.

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This collection contains 15 letter books (ranging from 1868-1881) and 3 telegram books (1879-1882) from the office of John Work Garrett (1820-1884), president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1858 until his death in 1884.

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The papers in the collection span more then 200 years, from 1776 to 1981. The materials consist of letters, diaries, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, business correspondence and photographs relating to the McNeal, Watters, Preston, and Munnikhuysen families.

Abstract This collection contains correspondence, legal documents and business papers, travel itineries, and family memorabilia of the Shriver-Foster family. George M. Shriver and his son Charles Shriver worked for the B & O Railroad Company. Other family members served in the army and the navy during World War I and World War II and during the 1950s. The Shriver-Foster family lived in Baltimore City and in Garrison Forest. The collection also includes family information concerning schooling,...

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This collection contains correspondence of William Patterson, chiefly in regard to his daughter Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, but also in regards to business and politics.