Michigan Central Railroad Freight Documents, 1883-1906, 1935

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Title:: Michigan Central Railroad freight documents
Dates:: 1883-1906, 1935
Creators:: Michigan Central Railroad
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Extent:: 1 folder
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Preferred citation:: Michigan Central Railroad freight documents. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Scope and content:: Includes invoices, bills of lading, way bills, unform general releases, a weight certificate, live stock transportation contracts, permits to remove spirits, ticket reports, a monthly statement from the Great North Western Telegraph Company, a conductor's trip records, invoices of merchandise, and a daily report of cars on hand for freight operations at Bismarck, Ontario, Canada. There is also a note dated September 6, 1935 from Loyal J. Crowl ? about a fire alarm patent he feels he was cheated out of.
Biographical / historical:: Michigan Central Railroad was originally incorporated in 1837 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada. Starting in about 1867, the railroad was operated as part of the New York Central Railroad, which later became part of Penn Central and then Conrail. [Wikipedia]

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid created by California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives staff.
Date Prepared:: 1883-1906, 1935
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.

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Restrictions:: This collection is open for research at our off-site storage facility with one week's notice. Contact Library & Archives staff to arrange for access.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the California State Railroad Museum. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the CSRM Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the CSRM as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:: Michigan Central Railroad freight documents. California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

Location of this collection:: California State Railroad Museum Library and Archives

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