International Railroad Collection: Finding Aid mssRailroad

Finding aid prepared by Huntington Staff.

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Finding aid last updated on March 12, 2024 by Mari Khasmanyan.

Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library

Title: International railroad collection

Identifier/Call Number: mssRailroad

Physical Description: 20 Linear Feet (17 volumes)

Date (inclusive): 1812-1884

Abstract: This collection consists of letters, documents and drawings pertaining to various railroads, particularly those in Australia and Great Britain in the 19th century.

Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. International railroad collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 1919.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, documents and drawings pertaining to various railroads, particularly those in Australia and Great Britain in the 19th century.

Specific railways represented in the collection include: Victorian Railways (Australia), the Midland Great Western Company (Ireland), the Norwich and Spalding Railway (England), the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway (England), the Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leith Railway (Scotland), and the Fond Du Lac of Lake Superior Railway (U.S.)

Cataloger's note: The original lot number was retained when purchased from Anderson Galleries in 1919. It currently serves as the call number for the respected volume. The lot number does not indicate the number of volumes in this collection.

General

Former call number: mssInternational railroad collection

Processing Information

Processed by Huntington Library Staff. In March 2024, Mari Khasmanyan added volume numbers, updated the call number and total linear feet of the collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Civil engineers -- Great Britain -- Archives

Railroad engineers -- Great Britain -- Archives

Railroads -- Australia -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- France -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- India -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- Ireland -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- Scotland -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Railroads -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Drawings -- 19th century

Letters (correspondence)--19th century

Baltimore and Port Deposite Rail Road Company

Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Rail-Road Company

Compagnie de chemin de fer de Paris a Rouen

Great Northern Railway (Great Britain)

London and North-Western Railway

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland

Victorian Railways

Volume 1

Australia, Victoria Lot 110 1870-1880

Scope and Contents

Board of Land and Works: Contracts and Specifications, printed on drafts and manuscripts.

Volume 2

Australia, Victoria Lot 111 1853-1884

Scope and Contents

Original drawings, plans, statements, etc. relating to railways.

Volume 3

Autograph letters Lot 113 1812-1865

Scope and Contents

Collection of autograph letters signed, including one each from George Stephenson, Robert Stephenson, James Watt, etc., lists of proprietors of lands on the sites of railroads, and various other documents (more numerous than the letters).

Volume 4, Volume 5

Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Lot 147

Scope and Contents

Letterbook, 2 volumes, indexed. Also includes copies of minutes and resolutions of various meetings of Boards, etc., for whom Brunel was working as engineer; subjects include docks, bridges, etc. as well as railways.

Volume 6

Great Southern and Western Railway of Ireland Lot 229 1849

Scope and Contents

List of shareholders on the railway from Cork to Dublin.

Volume 7

Indian railways Lot 254 1845-1847

Scope and Contents

Manuscript journal of the construction of Indian railways, with about fifty letters from the Superintendent of Works, John H. Duncan, to the gentlemen of the East India Railway Company.

Volume 8

Ireland Lot 256

Scope and Contents

Valuation of the engine stock of the Midland Great Western Railway Company of Ireland, as of 30 November 1853.

Volume 9

Leeds and Bradford Railway Lot 277 1849

Scope and Contents

Articles of agreement for purchase of a piece of land from Edward Hudson.

Volume 10

Norwich and Spalding Railway Lot 343 1852, December 11

Scope and Contents

Indenture of agreement, establishing the railway, with subscribers' signatures.

Volume 11

Original tracings Lot 346 1830

Scope and Contents

Collection of 75 tracings, blueprints, etc. of locomotive parts, machinery, etc. Includes Robert Stephenson's engine Planet no. 10.

Volume 12

Paris and Rouen Railway Lot 356 1841

Scope and Contents

Specification for the building of a bridge over the Seine at Maisons, French and English.

Volume 13

[Rennie, Sir John] Lot 397 circa 1837

Scope and Contents

Book of reference of a portion of the projected line of the Northern Railway from London to Cambridge, containing names of owners and occupiers of property to be taken under authority of an Act for making a railroad from London to Cromford.

Volume 14

Scottish Railways Lot 422 1835-1845

Scope and Contents

Collection of manuscript agreements, etc.

Volume 15

Sopwith, Thomas Lot 430 1843-1869

Scope and Contents

Manuscript journal, with notes on railways, mines, etc., indexed sections at top.

Volume 16

Southampton Manchester and Oxford Junction Railway Lot 432 1845

Scope and Contents

Indenture of agreement establishing the railway, with subscribers' signatures.

Volume 17

Stephenson, Robert Lot 449 1838-1840

Scope and Contents

Original water-color drawings, for bridges and other works to be constructed, mostly on London and Birmingham Railway. Includes some 14 lithographs, some of the drawings, some of the originals elsewhere. Note: This has been catalogued as a Rare Book, and has Rare Book call number 10030. It was transferred to the Manuscripts Department in 1929.