Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report
Scope and Content
This collection contains an annual report on the operations of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad, compiled for the Interstate Commerce Commission's Division of Statistics for the year 1917. Submitted by company auditor and assistant treasurer D. E. Hedges, the report tabulates statistics on the company's operations, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Also included are the names of officers and a brief background of the company. The collection also contains a few loose documents which had been inserted in the report.
Dates
- 1917
Creator
- Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia Railway (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Administrative History
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad was created in 1911 as a reorganization of the failed Chattanooga Southern Railway. Placed in receivership in 1922, the TA&G was purchased and its name changed to the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. The 92-mile line spanned from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Gadsden, Alabama and was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971; a northern portion of the line today (2009) is leased from Norfolk Southern and operated by the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The collection includes an annual report of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Company for 1917, including statistical data on workforce, equipment, and tonnage hauled.
Source of Acquisition
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report was purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The document had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
Separated Material
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report was acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the stock certificate was removed to a separate collection.
The acquisition of which these certificates were a part also included the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:
Chapman J. French Papers, Ms2009-034
Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates, Ms2009-035
New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-036
Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, Ms2009-037
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Receipts, Ms2009-038
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, Ms2009-039
Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040
Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet, Ms2009-041
Sullivan Railroad Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-042
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044
Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records, Ms2009-045
Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts, Ms2009-046
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing and description of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report commenced and was completed in March 2009.
- Title
- Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, 1917
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson, Archivist
- Date
- 2009 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu