Virginia & Truckee R.R. and Virginia & Truckee Ry. companies
Correspondence, memos, reports, & related papers. 1868 - 1950
Ephemera, miscellaneous printed items, historical data, etc.
Scrapbook, Contains circulars, memos, etc. addressed chiefly to Ernest Eckert, Agent at Carson City, from Central Pacific R.R., V. & T. R.R., Carson & Colorado. 1881-84.
Bills, receipts, orders to pay, etc. 1862-1938
Reports, pay rolls, daily statements, engine wood accounts, etc.
Conductors' reports, special pay receipts
Right-of-way maps
Cancelled checks 1875-1877
Cancelled checks 1878-79; 1889-98
Carson & Colorado R.R. and Carson & Colorado Railway companies
Correspondence 1880-1900
Bills, time rolls, cancelled checks, maps
Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co.
Correspondence, bills, receipts, etc. 1870 - 1910
Cancelled checks 1872-1886
Debit slips 1872-1878
Daily log reports of the Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. 1901-02
Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Co.
Correspondence, memos, etc. 1907-1910
Volumes
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Cash Book, Virginia Station. NR 1 1876
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Conductors Train Register. NR 2 1875-1876
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Passenger statistics. NR 3 1887-1888
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Receipts & operating expenses. NR 4 1873-1889
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Time Book. NR 5 1872-1873
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Train orders NR 6 1873
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Train reports NR 7 1877
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Reports of Up Trains NR 8 1870-1872
V. & T. R.R. Co. - Agents Ledger NR 9 1887-1891
C. & C. R.R. Co. - Agencies Ledger NR 11 1881-1883
C. & C. R.R. Co. - Passenger statistics NR 12 1887-1888
C. & C. Ry. Co. - Passengner statistics NR 13 1894-1896
C. & C. Ry. Co. - Passenger earnings & apportionment NR 14 1898-1900
MAPS - (rolled)
Map of V. & T. R.R. Co. showing the Genoa Division... NR 16 1876
Map of the Eureka & Palisade R.R. from Alpha to Eureka, Nev. NR 17 1876
Map of the Eureka & Palisade R.R. from Palisade to Alpha, Nev. NR 18 1876
Map of Carson City, Nev. NR 19 1907
Virginia And Truckee Railroad Record Books
(1) EXHIBIT OF RECEIPTS AND OPERATING EXPENSES NR 4
(2) AGENT'S LEDGER NO. 4 NR 9
(3) REPORT OF UP TRAINS NR 8
(5) PASSENGER STATISTICS NO. 1 NR 3
Carson And Colorado Railroad Record Books
(10) WAY BILL REGISTER NO. 1 NR 15
(12) AGENCIES LEDGER, NO. 1, AUDITOR NR 11
(13) PASSENGER STATISTICS NO.1 NR 12
Virginia And Truckee Railroad Company Redeemed Bonds
(15) VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, $1,000 BONDS Blank book with a redeemed bond and all its coupons pasted to a page. DATED AUGUST 1, 1874.
Virginia And Truckee Rail Road Miscellaneous Records
(19) Passenger conductor's and freight conductor's reports, etc. mostly in the 1870's.
(20) Engine and wood pay-rolls and various operating reports, etc. on about twenty different forms.
(21) Reports of tickets sold by other railroads, mostly emigrant tickets to Virginia City, some accompanied by the original tickets signed by the passenger and taken up after passage. Also bills for currency from D. A. Bender & Co. and other records.
(22) V. & T. and C. & C. rate notices in gummed stub file and scrap book file of agent at Carson.
(23) Checks and miscellaneous items relating to the Carson and Colorado Railroad.
(25) Vouchers paid, also some bills to H. M. Yerington, mostly 1870's and 1880's, 1876 to 1879.
(26) Correspondence file, mostly 1860's to 1900's, 1870's.
Virginia And Truckee Railroad Right Of Way
(27) RIGHT OF WAY MAP, W. H. Kirk, Chief Engineer, also station maps of Reno, Carson City, Minden, Mound House and Gold Hill December 31, 1916,
CARSON CITY MAP, A. C. Pratt, 27 × 18 inches, manuscript on linen tracing cloth, showing lines of Virginia and Truckee Railroad NR 19 January 17, 1907.
YARD OF THE SUMMIT FLUME CARSON, 18 × 24 inches, manuscript on linen tracing cloth, showing tracks of Virginia and Truckee Railroad in lumber yard and wood yard. nd.
Autograph Letter Signed And Letter Press Copy
(29) WESTERFIELD, W. J. Autograph letter signed, to H. M. Yerington, from Steamboat Springs, on Virginia & Truckee Railroad Genoa Division letterhead, about accident on that date May 26, 1872,
(30) TIME TABLES, issued For the Government and information of employees only and not intended for the public, a collection of 73 items:
(31) LIGHTNING EXPRESS, new arrangement through trains daily between Virginia and San Francisco, printed by H. S. Crocker Co. San Francisco May 1st 1876
(32) SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Two broadsides taken from the Virginia and Truckee Railroad scrap book file:
(33) SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES RENO DISTRICT. Poster schedule showing seven connecting railways including the Virginia and Truckee all of which, except one, now cease to exsist. 14 × 22 inches 1921.
(34) KIMBALL, WARD. Virginia and Truckee Railway in all the world no trip like this. Caricature map of the railway by Kimball with train schedule. Ward Kimball is a Walt Disney artist. 26 × 18½ inches 1941.
(35) ANTIQUITY. Four items, prints of sketches by railroad enthusiasts in the latter years of the railroad, when it was an antiquity, but still operating.
(36) ADVERTISING POSTERS. A collection of twenty-three card posters that were received by the Virginia and Truckee from other railroads, posted in the station at Carson City with thumb tacks, later taken down and laid aside and thus preserved.
Carson And Colorado Railroad Broadsides
(37) TIME TABLE NO. 15, Carson and Colorado Railroad, 1st and 2nd Divisions, to take effect on at 8:30 A. M. Monday, October 15, 1883,
(39) SHAW, FREDERICK. Map of Carson and Colorado Railroad, colored 1949,
Virginia And Truckee Railroad Miscellaneous Material
(40) Miscellaneous material, as follows:
a BOWKER, J. W. a. l. s. to H. M. Yerington, (see correspondence) Bowker was master mechanic. Locomotive No. 21 the J. W. Bowker was named after him. November 22, 1872.
b FULTON FOUNDRY, print as in Angel's Nevada (folers of printed items & ephemera) and a. l. s. to H. M. Yerington, (correspondence) January 15, 1875.
(c) VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, stock certificates issued, subsequently endorsed and cancelled, as follows:
d SUTRO, ADOLPH. Manuscript letter, to Mr. Yerington signed Adolph Sutro, Genl Supt. (see correspondence) August 9, 1872
e HYMAN-MICHAELS COMPANY, purchase order to S. C. Bigelow, Receiver, for purchase of all metal in trackage of the railroad from Carson to Virginia City. (see correspondence) October 9, 1941,
f VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAIL ROAD COMPANY. Impression of corporate seal. It has Virginia, Nevada and cut of locomotive in center. (see ephemera)
g ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Promissory note to the Virginia and Truckee Rail Road Company, 25,486.06. Enterprise Publishing Company is the publisher of the Territorial Enterprise. September 1, 1890, $
h STANFORD, LELAND. Manuscript letter from the Presidents office, Central Pacific Railroad Company, San Francisco, to H. M. Yerington, Signed by Leland Stanford. (see correspondence) January 8, 1875.
i COFFIN. Passenger way-bill, Empire to Carson, for one coffin, charges 25¢. with bills, etc. November 25, 1880, 1880
j ANNUAL REPORT 1880. Printed report to Hon. Jasper Babcock, Secretary of State, annual report of the railroad for the year 1880.
(l) BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, correspondence and bills relative to the purchase of locomotives: (see correspondence B)
No. 12 Genoa
No. 13 Empire
No. 14 Esmeralda
No. 21 Bowker
No. 22 Inyo
m ESMERALDA NO. 14. Correspondence relative to the sale of this locomotive to Mexico. (see Smoot, Edgar K.)
n PUBLIC TIME TABLES, vd.
(o) RAILROAD ENTHUSIASTS. Prints and other items published in the latter years of the railroad when it was the admiration of railroad enthusiasts. Historical information
p LOCAL TICKETS. Local one-way card tickets, sold, used and taken up 1878.
q MANUSCRIPTS. Various statements and reports. vd.
(r) EMBARGO. Passenger traffic embargo effective cancelled This was just prior to abandonment May 9, 1950, May 10, 1950. May 31, 1950.
u WILLIAM SHARON, a ls. s. and other related items. He was Nevada State Senator (15 peices) correspondence 1875-1881. 1872-84
v H. M. YERINGTON. A collection of items. correspondence
(a) Correspondence relative to the charter of the last special train and the last passenger train (as distinct froma mixed train) to operate over the railroad, on Sunday May 7, 1950.
b The last Minden train register. This is autographed on by all of the passengers, train crew and railroad officials on the special passenger train operated on that date. The last train on the date of abandonment as also the work train operated the next day to take empty cars to the Southern Pacific at Reno, are registered. NR 10 May 7, 1950 May 31, 1950
(c) Cover postmarked in the Railway Post Office on the train on the last day of operation, with typed historical note signed by G. A. Sampson, Vice-President. This was the last Railway Post Office car, on a short line, in the states of Arizona, California, Nevada or Utah. May 31, 1950,
(42) THE COMSTOCK. Thirty-two original glass plate photographic negatives, 5 × 8 inches, mostly interior views in Virginia City, portraying the complete range of business establishments, restaurant, wine cellar, bakery, drugs, hardware, haberdashery, candy, cigars, shoes, meats, saloon and general stores. In wood file box with index. c. 1880-1890,
(43) HAMMACK, E. S. Ten original black and white sketches used as the chapter head illustrations in the first edition of Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg, Legends of the Comstock Lode, Oakland 1950:
How it all began. p.9
The legend of the fair but frail. p.15
Money to throw at the birds. p.23
Railroad to Golconda. p.29
The Big Bonanza. p.37
Fleshpots. p.45
The muse above the mine shafts. p.51
The dream of Adolph Sutro. p.57
Nabobs in broadcloth. p.63
Sunset over the Sierra. p.71
(44) STEREOPTICAN SLIDES used by Sutro to illustrate his lecture. Original photographic glass slides, English standard size 3¼ × 3¼ inches, in wood frames measuring about 7 × 4½ inches, about 126 of which 38 are hand colored photographs of drawings, mostly of scenes in the mines, 13 are black and white diagrams, 43 are photographs of executed sealed agreements between The Sutro Tunnel Company and the mines and 31 are hand colored original photographs of the Town of Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel.
(45) LECTURE ON MINES AND MINING. Delivered by Adolph Sutro, at Piper's Opera House, Virginia City, and in all the principal towns and mining camps in the state of Nevada. Virginia City, 4 pp. 18 × 24 inches, caption title; text in 8 columns. The Daily Independent Supplement, Virginia City, American Imprints Inventory, Nevada 177. 1874. October 31, 1874.
(46) BROADSIDE. Miners! Laboring Men! Mechanics! Rally! Subject The Sutro Tunnel and the Bank of California 18 × 23½ inches. With blank spaces to insert place, date and time of lecture.
(47) LANTERN CATALOGUE. Illustrated catalogue of Magic, Dissolving View and Optical Lanterns, lime light apparatus and slides, Season n. p. English. 1889-90,
(50) SUTRO, ADOLPH. Portrait, copper line cut, 5 × 6 inches and half tone cut 3¼ × 3 5/8 inches.
Eureka And Palisade Railroad
(51) NORTON, G. W., Civil Engineer, manuscript map of the entire 84 miles of the line of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad between Eureka and Palisade, Nevada, at a scale of 5,000 feet to one inch, with surrounding geographical features and inset map of Eureka Station NR 17, 18