Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962.
Collection Number: 3362
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, 1870-1962.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
3362
Abstract:
Financial records, reports, schedules, blueprints, and other records of railway lines
in central and western New York State.
Creator:
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Quanitities:
6 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
Financial records, reports, schedules, blueprints, and other records of railway lines
in central and western New York State.
Collection includes financial records (bank books, cancelled checks, check stubs,
account book, assessments), reports, indentures, mortgage, tickets, schedules, newspaper
clippings, blueprints, and two broadsides concerning the organization, consolidation,
finance, and other business matters pertaining to the Lehigh Valley Railway; Lehigh
Valley Railroad; Waverly and State Line Railway; Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad;
Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad; Geneva and Van Ettenville Railroad; Ithaca
and Athens Railroad; Geneva and Sayre Railroad; Hayts Corners, Ovid and Willard Railroad;
New York, Ontario and Western Railway; Buffalo and Geneva Railway; and the New York
Railroad. Also, letter files from J.F. Powers and F.E. Erdman in the Division Freight
Office, Geneva, N.Y., ca. 1925-1931; locomotive log book, Manchester, N.Y., 1959;
blueprints of railroad crossings used for tax assessment; ledger of Lehigh Valley-owned
structures; and ledger of special franchise maps.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company records, #3362. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Names:
Erdman, F. E.
Powers, J. F.
Buffalo and Geneva Railway Company
Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad Company
Geneva, Ithaca and Sayre Railroad Company
Geneva and Sayre Railroad Company
Geneva and Van Ettenville Railroad Comapny
Hayts Corners, Ovid and Willard Railway Company
Ithaca and Athens Railroad Company
Lehigh Valley Railway Company
New York, Ontario, and Western Railway Co
New York Railroad Company
Waverly and State Line Rail Road Company
Subjects:
Railroads -- Consolidation.
Railroads -- New York (State)
Form and Genre Terms:
Broadsides.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
F.B. Payne
|
1923-1924 |
| Box 1 | Folder 2-22 |
F.E. Erdman
|
1925 |
| Box 1 | Folder 23-29 |
F.E. Erdman - J.F. Powers
|
1925-1928 |
| Box 1 | Folder 30-35 |
F.E. Erdman - J.F. Powers
|
1925-1930 |
| Box 2 | Folder 1-2 |
F.E. Erdman
|
1925-1931 |
| Box 2 | Folder 3-11 |
F.E. Erdman - J.F. Powers
|
1926-1927 |
| Box 2 | Folder 12-19 |
J.F. Powers
|
1928 |
| Box 2 | Folder 20-27 |
J.F. Powers
|
1929 |
| Box 2 | Folder 28 |
J.F. Powers
|
1930 |
| Box 2 | Folder 29-34 |
J.F. Powers
|
1931 |
| Box 3 | Folder 1-14 |
J.F. Powers
|
1931 |
| Box 3 | Folder 15 |
F.E. Erdman
|
1932 |
| Box 3 | Folder 16 |
Auburn, NY
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| Box 3 | Folder 17-18 |
City of Auburn assessment
|
1930-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 19-20 |
Canastota assessment
|
1914-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 21 |
Village of Cazenovia assessment
|
1914-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 22 |
Supreme Court, Madison County, State of New York
|
1952-1953 |
| Box 3 | Folder 23-24 |
City of Elmira assessment
|
1930-1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 25 |
Elmira financial records
|
1940-1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 26 |
Elmira financial records
|
1928-1940 |
| Box 3 | Folder 27 |
Village of De Ruyter assessment
|
1914-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 28 |
Village of Fair Haven assessment
|
1917-1957 |
| Box 3 | Folder 29 |
Village of Freeville assessment
|
1914-1952 |
| Box 3 | Folder 30 |
Geneva land values
|
1941-1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 31-32 |
Town of Horseheads assessment
|
1930-1961 |
| Box 3 | Folder 33 |
Horseheads financial records
|
1937-1955 |
| Box 3 | Folder 34 |
Horseheads property values
|
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| Box 3 | Folder 35 |
Village of Elmira Heights valuation statement appraisal
|
1927-1946 |
| Box 3 | Folder 36 |
Village of Van Etten assessment
|
1914-1962 |
| Box 3 | Folder 37 |
Manchester log book
|
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| Box 4 | Folder 1 |
The Waverly and State Line Railway Co.
|
1875-1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 2 |
The Waverly and State Line Railway Co.
|
1882-1884 |
| Box 4 | Folder 3 |
The Waverly and State Line Railway Co.
|
1883-1884 |
| Box 4 | Folder 4 |
The Waverly and State Line Railway Co.
|
1885-1885 |
| Box 4 | Folder 5 |
Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad Co. with Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad Co.
|
1884, 1884 |
| Box 4 | Folder 6-8 |
Geneva & Van Ettenvillle Railroad Co. organization papers
|
1889-1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 9 |
Geneva & Van Ettenville Railroad Co. stockholders' meeting
|
1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 10 |
Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad Co., appointment of trustee of Ithaca & Athens Railroad
mortgage in place of Josiah B. Williams (deceased)
|
1870, 1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 11 |
Geneva & Sayre Railroad Co. miscellany
|
1889-1890, 1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 12 |
Geneva & Sayre Railroad Co. to Geneva & Van Ettenville Railroad Co.
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n.d. |
| Box 4 | Folder 13 |
Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad Co. report on the condition of rights of way
|
1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 14 |
Hayts Corners, Ovid & Willard Railroad Co. with Geneva, Ithaca & Sayre Railroad Co.
|
1882 |
| Box 4 | Folder 15 |
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Co. with Elmira, Cortland & Northern Railroad
Co.
|
1884 |
| Box 4 | Folder 16 |
Pennsylvania & New York Canal & Railroad Co. & Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. with New
York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co.
|
1882 |
| Box 4 | Folder 17 |
Southern Central Railroad Co.
|
1882, 1886 |
| Box 4 | Folder 18 |
To Seneca Falls and Waterloo
|
1889 |
| Box 4 | Folder 19-20 |
Buffalo & Geneva Railway Co. organization papers
|
1889-1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 21-24 |
All New York Canal & Railroad Co. re. consolidation
|
1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 25 |
Lehigh Valley legislation
|
1889-1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 26 |
Property owners along Geneva & Van Ettenville Railway
|
1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 27 |
Lehigh Valley with Diven & Redfield
|
1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 28 |
Lehigh Valley to Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.
|
1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 29-30 |
Lehigh Valley proposed extension to Buffalo
|
1885-1889 |
| Box 4 | Folder 31 |
Lehigh Valley papers
|
1889-1896 |
| Box 4 | Folder 32-33 |
Lehigh Valley papers
|
1890-1891 |
| Box 4 | Folder 34 |
Lehigh Valley papers
|
1892-1902 |
| Box 4 | Folder 35 |
Lehigh Valley Mortgage and Collateral Trust Deed
|
1897 |
| Box 4 | Folder 36 |
Lehigh Valley General Consolidated Mortgage
|
1903 |
| Box 4 | Folder 37 |
Accounts
|
1890-1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 38 |
Lehigh Valley statement of vouchers
|
1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 39 |
Train schedules and centennial pamphlet
|
1934-1958 |
| Box 4 | Folder 40 |
Lehigh Valley tickets, newsclippings
|
1935-1948 |
| Box 4 | Folder 41-43 |
Cancelled checks
|
1890-1896 |
| Box 4 | Folder 44 |
Bank books (2) - Diven
|
1892 |
| Box 4 | Folder 45-46 |
Check stub books (3)
|
1890-1893 |
| Box 4 | Folder 47 |
Account book - Geneva & Van Ettenville Railway Co.
|
1889-1890 |
| Box 4 | Folder 48 |
Rubber stamp - Lehigh Valley Railroad
|
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| Box 5 |
New York State Tax Department Assessment blueprints
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| Box 6 |
Land and Tax Department Record of Repairs, New York
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| Box 7 |
Blueprints (in roll tubes)
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| Box 8 |
Blueprints (in roll tubes)
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| MU 815 | Mu. 815 |
Metal box labeled Lehigh Valley System (empty)
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| Br. 5039 |
Broadside - Lehigh Valley Easter Excursion to New York
|
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| Br. 5040 |
Broadside - Lehigh Valley Easter Excursion to New York, Washington and Atlantic City
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