Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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This collection contains photographs of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad trains in Cumberland, Elysville, Frederick, Relay, Harpers Ferry, and West Virginia. Also included are group portraits of passengers aboard the train.

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 documents related to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The majority of documents in this collection relate to the creation of the Northwestern Virginia Railroad.

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This collection contains the inter-company communications and incoming letters and telegrams within the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company, 1854-1881.

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This collection contains the records of a line from Baltimore to Point of Rocks, with conductors' reports showing names of passengers, rates charged, and baggage carried.

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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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This collection contains photographs from the Fair of the Iron Horse, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centenary celebration in Halethorpe, Maryland, 1927. Included are images of the fairgrounds, exhibits, spectators, floats, historical reenactments, and more.

Abstract Collection consists of correspondence addressed to Thomas Swann while he was president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. Correspondence chiefly written by Swann's associates at the B and O, such as James Cooke and B. H. Latrobe. Also includes financial reports, annual reports, Swann's speeches and Swan's essays. The collection also consists of numerous receipts, bills and business papers. Many papers relating to the account of Elizabeth Gilmor Sherlock with Robert Gilmor....

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This collection contains the business papers of Thomas Swann, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company from 1848-1853.