Southern Railway Company Papers, 1953-1957
(Manuscript Collection #28)
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Southern Railway Company Papers |
| Creator: | Southern Railway Company |
| Repository: | ECU Manuscript Collection |
| Languages: | English |
| Abstract: | Papers (1953-1957) including correspondence and a clipping relating to assessments of railroad properties. |
| Extent: | 0.044 Cubic feet, 8 items , including correspondence and a newspaper clipping. |
Administrative Information
Accessions Information
October 6, 1967, Papers of Southern Railway Company, consisting of correspondence (1953-1956) and a newspaper clipping (1957). Transferred from Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions
Copyright Notice
Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.
Preferred Citation
Southern Railway Company Papers (#28), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Processing Information
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Processed by D. Lennon, October 1967
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Encoded by Apex Data Services
Description
The majority of this collection consists of letters written by William D. McLean (1953) and Robert Pruitt (1954-1956), tax commissioners of the Southern Railway System, to J. C. Bethune, Secretary of the N.C. State Board of Assessment, advising him to make assessment changes on the Southern Railway property in Mecklenburg, Guilford, Alamance, Forsyth, Davidson, Rowan, and Cleveland counties, N.C.
A newspaper clipping from the Raleigh, N.C., News and Observer (February 19, 1957) relates that the Interstate Commerce Commission has authorized the Southern Railway Company to acquire stock control of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway.
Subject Headings
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Preliminary Inventory
Below is material taken from a preliminary inventory and represents content from the collection that is unprocessed.
Online access to this finding aid is supported with funds created through the federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). These funds come through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services which is administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. This grant is part of the North Carolina ECHO, Exploring Cultural Heritage Online, Digitization Grant Program.
