Railroads -- Rolling stock

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Corporate records arranged in five functional sub-groups of executive files; legal files; engineering records; property accounting; and real estate and industrial development records. Record series of the executive sub-group include minutes (1905-1915, 1947-1975); annual reports (1884-1908, 1915-1932, 1941, 1948-1975); subject files (1900-1984); monthly letters to the Board of Directors (1921-1972); correspondence (1913-1976); corporate files of associated railroads (1910-1975); liquidation files (1968-1984); and stock ledgers (1853-1864; 1906-1933). In the legal sub-group are: subject files (ca. 1925-1979); correspondence (1969-1976); contracts (1900-1910, 1930, 1950-1960); merger files-Union Pacific (1963-1975); merger files-other railroads (1920-1980); litigation files (1830-1960); legislation files-state level (1908-1920); and...

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Photographer and collector. Black and white original prints of railroads in Oklahoma, including scenes of depots, locomotives, rolling stock, bridges and track. The collection also contains photographs of numerous Oklahoma cities and towns, industries, agriculture, businesses and mining activities.

Scope and Contents FULL FINDING AID (PDF)Historical society. Dismantling files (1981-1987), contract and easement listings(1981-1987), inventory records by sub-division (1980-1985), review committee reports of land sales by city (1981-1984), motor vehicle reports (1972-1987), purchasing and sales files (1971-1986), engineering files (1930-1986), law department files (1906-1984), VPO contracts (1879-1984), tax and stock reports to states (1910-1984), card files containing information on locations of gas, water, sewer pipe lines (1914-1984), daily reports concerning the 35 day strike by the clerk's union (BRAC) (1979), inspection trip reports concerning the Southern Division of the railroad (1969-1976), records concerning railroad operations at El Reno, OK (1977-1979), Rock Island general orders - Southern Division (1972-1977), and other records of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific...