Railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Henry Blackwell Photographs
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-122
Scope and Contents
The Henry Blackwell Photographs consist of 44 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 black and white negatives, and 44 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 black and white contact prints. The negatives and contact prints focus on the August 13, 1940 flood on the Linville River Railroad (LRR), a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Pineola, North Carolina to Cranberry, North Carolina. LRR was part of the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad. The August 1940 flood washed away track and bridges and helped hasten the abandonment...
Dates:
1940
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Henry Blackwell Photographs
Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway, Engineering Department Collection
Collection — Other Box 1
Identifier: AppMs-047
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: Series 1, Office Records of the Engineering Department, 1908-1967; Series 2, Publications, 1909-1968; Series 3, Correspondence, 1909-1978; Series 4, Speeches, 1962-1964; and Series 5, Minutes of the ICC Hearing on Valuation of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, October 28, 1926.
Dates:
1908-1978
Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railway Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-96
Arrangement
This collection was received in three distinct donations: original acquisition, first addendum, and second addendum. The original acquisition is broken down into twelve series: Series 1, Minutes; Series 2, Annual Reports; Series 3, Industrial Agent Correspondence; Series 4, Engineering Files; Series 5 Accident and Personal Injury Files; Series 6, Special Excursion Files; Series 7, Subject Files; Series 8, Holston Land Company; Series 9, Black Mountain Railway; Series 10, Vouchers;...
Dates:
1899 - 1983; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1954
Frederick S. Heiskell Papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-22
Arrangement
The papers are arranged into two series: Series 1, Papers of Frederick S. Heiskell, 1810-1882, and Series 2, Scrapbooks, c. 1789-1882.
Dates:
1789 - 1882; Majority of material found within 1832 - 1882
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Frederick S. Heiskell Papers
George E. Pettengill Collection
Collection — Other Boxes 1-3
Identifier: 500-AppMs 648
Arrangement
Material is filed in alphabetical order by subject.
Dates:
1961-2003 and undated
Hugh L. White Collection
Collection — Other Boxes 1-9
Identifier: 500-AppMs 707
Arrangement
This collection consists of three series: Series 1, Study Prints; Series 2, Original Negatives, 1900-1920; Series 3, Original Prints and Related Material. The original negatives were numbered sequentially. The study prints have been given numbers that match the original negatives.
Dates:
1900-1920
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Hugh L. White Collection
James A. Goforth Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-80
Scope and Contents
The Goforth Collection includes copy negatives with corresponding prints, engineering drawings, and maps relating to the develoment of railroads in Tennessee, Virginia and North Carolina. The prints and negatives depict places along the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway. These were taken in the months from August through October 1909. The engineering drawings include specifications for bridges, tunnels, stations, pump houses, dwellings, trestles and loading platforms.
Dates:
1887 - 1956
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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James A. Goforth Collection
James T. Dowdy, Sr. Photographs
Collection — Box 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-107
Scope and Contents
Throughout his career, Dowdy collected photographs related to various, regional railroads. Some of the collection's photographs were taken by Dowdy, while others were obtained through trade with fellow collectors. Railroads included are: Carolina, Clinchfield, and Ohio Railroad (CC&O); Cass Scenic Railroad; East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (ET&WNC); Linville River Railway (LRR)*; and Southern Railway Company. Images feature communities, depots, engines, roundhouses, tracks,...
Dates:
1890-1950
Carl B. Knight Papers
Collection — Other Boxes 1-4
Identifier: AppMs-209
Arrangement
The collection is divided into two series: Series 1, correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1972-1983; and Series 2, reports and periodicals, 1976-1983. Series 1 contains papers that document the general administrative operation of Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway; the sale of the CC&O Railway Company to CSX; and lawsuits between CC&O and Stanley Hershfang and CC&O and the Holston Land Company. Series 2 contains stockholder reports for the Carolina,...
Dates:
1972-1983
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Carl B. Knight Papers
Charles C. Tiller Photographs
Collection — Other In Boxe 1-2
Identifier: AppMs-106
Arrangement
The collection has two series.
Dates:
1924-1940
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Charles C. Tiller Photographs
Virgil Q. Wacks Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 500-AppMs 569
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in 14 series as follows:
Series 1, 35mm Motion Picture Film, 1948-1982, Film Clips 1-8,
Series 2, Festivals, 1955-1986, Film clips 9-95,
Series 3, Community Events, 1943-1984, Film clips 96-328 and Film clips 1808-1811 Addendum,
Series 4, News Events, 1955-1983, Film clips 329-375,
Series 5, Sports, 1942-1981, Film clips 376-439,
Series 6, Parks and Recreation, 1955-1981, Film clips 440-581,
Series 7, Regional and Rural, 1942-1981, Film clips 582-639,
Series...
Dates:
1942-1986; 1970-1979
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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Virgil Q. Wacks Collection
W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: AppMs-457
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following series: Series 1, Maps, 1863-1988; Series 2, Printed Materials and Memorabilia, 1860-1958; Series 3, Legal and Financial Papers, 1783-1965; and Series 4, Photographs and Postcards, 1903-1980s.
Dates:
1783-1988
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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W. B. “Pat” Watson Collection
WSJK-TV Programs
Collection
Identifier: AppMs-89
Scope and Contents
The WSJK-TV Collection consists of fifteen (15) videotapes of television programs that focus on the history and culture of East Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. Most were produced for Outlook which, acccording to the introduction to the panel with Jesse Stuart, was a "special program designed to bring you happenings in and around East Tennessee."
Dates:
1971-1980, undated
Found in:
Archives of Appalachia
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WSJK-TV Programs