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Herman Haupt Manuscript Reminiscences
This collection contains the manuscript draft of the American Civil War reminiscences of Herman Haupt, who served as the chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army. It includes Civil War correspondence, telegraph messages, reports, and general orders (originals and typescript copies). Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln.
Robert Selph Henry Papers
Spanning 1861 to 1971, the Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the American Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.
Historical Maps Collection
A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
Roy Jay Holden, Jr., Papers
John V. Hooff Letter
This collection contains a handwritten letter written by John V. Hooff to Stevenson Archer, requesting for Hooff to be considered for the position of chairman at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
Robert E. Hord, Jr., Papers
Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)
Facsimile of original in Virginia State Library. Marked as "No. 9" in an unidentified series. Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras. Reprinted under title "Map Showing Proposed Routes of the Richmond & Southwestern Railway."
Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs
This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).
Indexed Railroad and Township Map of Kentucky & Tennessee (also titled Railroad and County Map of Kentucky & Tennessee)
Indexed map of railroad and townships/counties in Kentucky and Tennessee, printed in 1882 by George F. Cram, engraver and publisher, Chicago, Illinois.