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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

Small blue booklet, “Unlocking the Unknown: Basic Handbook for Doing Railroad Research”, 2009.

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 1
Identifier: Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Taber papers (2001-2010; .4 cubic feet) documents Thomas T. Taber III’s research on the history of railroads. The collection compiles thousands of resources and citations of publications related to railroads in the United States from approximately 1820-2000, focused primarily on the mid-19th through early 20th centuries. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in doing railroad research, particularly in and relating to the Antebellum United States. Types of...
Dates: 2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010

Blue document binder, “Railroad Research Reference Material - Indiana & Illinois: Guide to Locality, Antebellum RRs”, ca. 2010.

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 2
Identifier: Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Taber papers (2001-2010; .4 cubic feet) documents Thomas T. Taber III’s research on the history of railroads. The collection compiles thousands of resources and citations of publications related to railroads in the United States from approximately 1820-2000, focused primarily on the mid-19th through early 20th centuries. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in doing railroad research, particularly in and relating to the Antebellum United States. Types of...
Dates: 2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010

Red bound volume, “Railroad Books and Theses Bibliography, 1812-2003; Electric Railway Books and Railroad Periodicals Index Addenda”, ca. 2003; CD-ROM with the same document included in the back cover.

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 3
Identifier: Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Taber papers (2001-2010; .4 cubic feet) documents Thomas T. Taber III’s research on the history of railroads. The collection compiles thousands of resources and citations of publications related to railroads in the United States from approximately 1820-2000, focused primarily on the mid-19th through early 20th centuries. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in doing railroad research, particularly in and relating to the Antebellum United States. Types of...
Dates: 2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010

Red bound volume, “Railroad Periodicals Index, 1831-1999: Eighty Periodicals Containing Steam, Electric, and Industrial Railroad Material”, 2001; CD-ROM with the same document included in the back cover.

 Item — Box: 1, Item: 4
Identifier: Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Thomas Taber papers (2001-2010; .4 cubic feet) documents Thomas T. Taber III’s research on the history of railroads. The collection compiles thousands of resources and citations of publications related to railroads in the United States from approximately 1820-2000, focused primarily on the mid-19th through early 20th centuries. This collection would be useful to researchers interested in doing railroad research, particularly in and relating to the Antebellum United States. Types of...
Dates: 2001 - 2010; Other: Date acquired: 03/02/2010