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President's Office

National Museum of American History

Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.1086_ref47
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81171a9c5-ae97-458d-a6c4-8479a570f399
Collection Creator
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Collection Author
Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
Latrobe, Benj. H. (Benjamin Henry), 1807-1878
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Sponsor
Digitization of Series 9: Negatives was made possible by Andrew and Anya Shiva.
Date
1826-1880
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1086, Series 3
Type
Archival materials
Collection Citation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
Series 3, President's Office, 1826-1880, consists primarily of correspondence created in the President's Office of the B&O Railroad. The documentation was originally tri-folded and arranged by serial and subject numbers. A stamp bearing the B&O Railroad Company, the serial number and the subject number can be found on each document. For example, materials bearing the subject 6499 all relate to a B&O Railroad property in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Also included is the correspondence of Benjamin Henry Latrobe, II (1806-1878) an American civil engineer, best known for his railway bridges and as assistant engineer for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and John Work Garrett (1820–1884) president of the B&O railroad. The materials are arranged by the subject number.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
NMAH.AC.1086_ref47
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep81171a9c5-ae97-458d-a6c4-8479a570f399
NMAH.AC.1086
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1562768324885-1562768325037-4

  • Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records


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