Norfolk and Western Railway Company blueprints and records
Collection
Identifier: AC-441
Scope and Contents
This collection includes 112 blueprints, correspondence (business and personal), reports and invoices for individuals, such as C.J. French of Narrows, Virginia and businesses, such as Maple Shade Inn, the Virginian Railway Company, and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. These date 1894-1994.
Dates
- 1894-1994, undated
Creator
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Organization)
Language
The materials are in English.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for use in the Dougherty Reading Room without restrictions.
Historical Note
The Norfolk and Western Railway (reporting mark NW), was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia for most of its 150-year existence. Its motto was "Precision Transportation." The Norfolk and Western Railway formed as the Atlantic, Mississippi, & Ohio Railroad (AM & O) during a 1870 merger between Southside Railroad Company (1846), Norfolk & Petersburg (1849), Virginia & Tennessee Railroad (1849), and the proposed Virginia & Kentucky Railroad, which was never built. AM & O was sold at auction to C.H. Clark in 1881 and became Norfolk & Western. The Norfolk & Western Railway acquired Shenandoah Valley Railroad (1870) in 1890 and the Virginia Carolina, which was nicknamed the "Virginia Creeper," in 1917. Norfolk & Western merged with Southern Railroad to form Norfolk Southern in the 1980s.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet (3 manuscript boxes, 1 half-sized manuscript box, 1 oversize box)
Abstract
Norfolk and Western Railway Blueprints and Records include reports from the railway about construction, upgrades, and legal disputes; blueprints; individual and business receipts and invoices; and correspondence.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically by subject. Blueprints are housed in separate boxes and are arranged by number.
Acquisitions Information
This collection was purchased from Bookworm and Silverfish in three separate accessions (AC.2009.042, AC.2010.048, and AC.2010.060) between 2009 and 2010.
Processing Information
Processed by Anita Elliott, August 2013. Additions to the collection and updates to the finding aid completed by Cynthia Harbeson, October 2014. This collection was processed as part of a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The grant funded extensive processing of the backlog within the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection between 2012 and 2014.
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company
- Railroads -- United States. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Virginia Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company (Organization)
- Title
- AC.441: Norfolk & Western Railway Reports and Papers, 1894-1994, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by Anita Elliott
- Date
- August 5, 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Appalachian State University Special Collections Repository
Contact:
218 College Street
Boone U.S.A. - North Carolina 28608-2026 United States
8282624975
8282624975 (Fax)
witsmands@appstate.edu
218 College Street
Boone U.S.A. - North Carolina 28608-2026 United States
8282624975
8282624975 (Fax)
witsmands@appstate.edu
