William Reed Gordon transportation records

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Identifier: 2484

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Primarily letter impression books (3 v., 1891-95, 1896-97, 1906-10), loose correspondence (1906), orders, bills, receipts, accounts, time-books (2 v., 1903-06), insurance policies, broadsides, photographs of the Ithaca Railway Company; correspondence of general managers directed to equipment manufacturers, and also concerning construction and rental of an apartment house in Cornell Heights under railway sponsorship (1906); form letter (1906) from the Duplicate Transfer and Rebate Company of Philadelphis offering to furnish industrial spies; release and decision in a damage case, Bolster v. the Ithaca Street Railway Company (1904), inventory of rolling stock (1912); also, photographs, timetables, and printed items concerning other upstate New York railroads, and steamboats on Cayuga Lake.

Dates

1872-1966,-1891-1911 (bulk)

Creator

Gordon, William Reed, 1899- (Collector, Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Extent

1.2 cubic feet. (1.2 cubic feet. 1 v.,)

Additional Description

Abstract

Primarily letter impression books, loose correspondence, orders, bills, receipts, accounts, time-books, insurance policies, broadsides, photographs of the Ithaca Railway Company; correspondence of general managers directed to equipment manufacturers, and also concerning construction and rental of an apartment house in Cornell Heights under railway sponsorship; form letter from the Duplicate Transfer and Rebate Company of Philadelphis offering to furnish industrial spies; release and decision in a damage case, Bolster v. the Ithaca Street Railway Company, inventory of rolling stock; also, photographs, timetables, and printed items concerning other upstate New York railroads, and steamboats on Cayuga Lake.

Physical Description

Letter impression books, correspondence, orders, bills, receipts, accounts, time-books, insurance policies, broadsides, photographs, timetables, and other materials.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:: May 1976
EAD encoding:: Martin Heggestad, January 2004
Date modified:: RMC Staff, August 2018