Guide to the New York And Western Railroad Papers,
1869-1948

Collection Number: 1443

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
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Cornell University
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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
New York and Western Railroad papers, 1869-1948.
Collection Number:
1443
Creator:
New York and Western Railroad.
Quantity:
10.6 cubic ft.; 3 v.; 2 rolls.
Forms of Material:
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Time tables, notices, circulars, employee agreements, material pertaining to the maintenance of equipment, freight and passenger account books, brass checks for non-English speaking employees, special passes, a typescript history of the two railroads, and other material for the New York and Oswego Railroad, its successor, the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, and many connecting lines.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Time tables, notices, circulars, employee agreements, material pertaining to the maintenance of equipment, freight and passenger account books, brass checks for non-English speaking employees, special passes, a typescript history of the two railroads, and other material for the New York and Oswego Railroad, its successor, the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, and many connecting lines.
SUBJECTS

Names:
New York and Western Railroad.
New York and Oswego Railroad.
New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad.

Subjects:
Railroads--New York (State)
Railroads--Maintenance and repair--New York (State)
Employees--New York (State)
Brass checks.

Form and Genre Terms:
Account books.
Timetables.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
New York and Western Railroad papers, #1443. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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Includes collection #2058.
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