A Guide to the John W. Barriger III Papers in the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library A Special Collection of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis This project was made possible by a generous grant From the National Historical Publications and Record Commission an agency of the National Archives and Records Administration and by the support of the St. Louis Mercantile Library at the University of Missouri St. Louis © 1997 The St. Louis Mercantile Library Association i Preface and Acknowledgements This finding aid represents the fruition of years of effort in arranging and describing the papers of John W. Barriger III, one of this century’s most distinguished railroad executives. It will serve the needs of scholars for many years to come, guiding them through an extraordinary body of papers documenting the world of railroading in the first two-thirds of this century across all of North America. In every endeavor, there are individuals for whom the scope of their involvement and the depth of their participation makes them a unique participant in events of historical importance. Such was the case with John Walker Barriger III (1899-1976), whose many significant roles in the American railroad industry over almost a half century from the 1920s into the 1970s not only made him one of this century’s most important railroad executives, but which also permitted him to participate in and witness at close hand the enormous changes which took place in railroading over the course of his career. For many men, simply to participate in the decisions and events such as were part of John Barriger’s life would have been enough. But John Barriger did more—he intensively collected and preserved the written record of many of railroading’s important events in the voluminous files which constitute his personal papers. Over his lifetime, he assembled what has been widely regarded as one of the largest and finest personal manuscript collections in the nation devoted to all aspects of railroading in this century. At his death, Mr. Barriger’s papers, photographs and his extensive personal library passed to his sons and a daughter, John W. Barriger IV, Stanley H. Barriger, and Ann B. Salyard. Desiring to make the papers as accessible as possible to the broadest spectrum of railroad history researchers and working railroaders alike, they together in 1982 graciously donated the collection, along with their father’s large personal library of books on railroading and other subjects, and extensive railroad photograph collection, to the St. Louis Mercantile Library Association. With the books and photographs, the John W. Barriger III Papers form the foundation for the Mercantile Library’s John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library, which is today the nation’s largest rail transportation special collection. The St. Louis Mercantile Library wishes to thank the Barriger family for their present and past support in donating this collection, and making it accessible through the John W. Barriger III National Railroad Library. It is a most valued portion of the Barriger Library’s collections, and has served the needs of thousands of researchers from across the nation and around the world, amply fulfilling the vision which John Barriger had in a lifetime of collecting activity, and which his children had in donating the collection and in creating the Barriger Railroad Library to house it. Appreciation and thanks are also extended to various staff members and the Board of Direction of the Mercantile Library, the Board of Trustees of the Barriger Railroad Library, and our dedicated volunteer typists. All of these have given strong support to ii this project and brought it to completion over a period of many years of intensive work. Finally, the Mercantile Library also sincerely thanks the National Historical Publications and Records Commission for the generous grant which made possible the arrangement, preservation and initial description of the Barriger Papers. iii Contents Preface and Acknowledgements ii Scope and Content Notes xiv Introduction to the Collection xvii John W. Barriger III and His Rail History Collection xviii The John W. Barriger III Papers- Series 1- Corporate Records Subseries 1—Akron & Barberton Belt Railroad Company 1 Subseries 2—Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad Company 2 Subseries 3—Alabama Great Southern Railroad 3 Subseries 4—Alabama, Tennessee & Northern Railroad 4 Subseries 5—Alaska Railroad 5 Subseries 6—Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Company 6 Subseries 7—Alleghany Corporation 7 Subseries 8—Alton and Southern Railroad 9 Subseries 9—Alton Railroad Company 10 Subseries 10—American Railroad Company of Porto Rico 11 Subseries 11—Amoskeag Company 12 Subseries 12—Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) 13 Subseries 13—Ann Arbor Railroad Company 14 Subseries 14—Apache Railway Company 15 Subseries 15—Ashley, Drew & Northern Railway Company 16 Subseries 16—Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 17 Subseries 17—Atlanta & St. Andrew’s Bay Railway 23 Subseries 18—Atlanta and West Point Railroad Company 24 Subseries 19—Atlanta, Birmingham and Coast Railroad Company 25 Subseries 20—Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad 26 Subseries 21—Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 27 Subseries 22—Baltimore & Ohio Railroad 28 Subseries 23—Baltimore & Sparrows Point Railroad 38 Subseries 24—Baltimore, Chesapeake & Atlantic Railway 39 Subseries 25—Bangor & Aroostook Railroad 40 Subseries 26—Bangor Punta 41 Subseries 27—Barnegat Railroad Company 42 Subseries 28—Beech Creek Railroad Company 43 Subseries 29—Bellefonte Central Railroad Company 44 Subseries 30—Belt Railway Company of Chicago 45 Subseries 31—Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad Company 46 Big Four Route—see Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry. Subseries 32—Bingham and Garfield Railway 47 Subseries 33—Boston and Maine Railroad 48 Subseries 34—Bradford Railroad Company 58 Subseries 35—British Columbia Railway 59 Subseries 36—Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad Corporation 60 iv Subseries 37—Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway Company 61 Subseries 38—Burlington Northern, Incorporated 62 Subseries 39—Burlington-Rock Island Railroad 63 Subseries 40—CSX Corporation 64 Subseries 41—California and Oregon Coast Railroad 65 Subseries 42—Cambria and Indiana Railroad Company 66 Subseries 43—Camden and Burlington County Railway Company 67 Subseries 44—Canadian National Railways 68 Subseries 45—Canadian Pacific Railway Company 75 Subseries 46—Canton Railroad Company 80 Subseries 47—Cape Charles Railroad Company 81 Subseries 48—Cape Cod and Hyannis Railroad 82 Subseries 49—Carolina & Northwestern Railroad 83 Subseries 50—Cantonsville & Short Line Railroad Company 84 Subseries 51—Central of Georgia Railway Company 85 Subseries 52—Central Railroad Company of New Jersey 86 Subseries 53—Central Union Depot and Railway Company of Cincinnati 87 Subseries 54—Central Vermont Railway 88 Subseries 55—Charles City Western Railway Company 89 Subseries 56—Charleston and Western Carolina Railway Company 90 Subseries 57—Cherry Tree and Dixonville Railroad Company 91 Subseries 58—Chesapeake and Ohio Railway 92 Subseries 59—Chesapeake Steamship Company of Baltimore City 99 Subseries 60—Chester Creek Railroad Company 100 Chicago & Alton Railroad—see Alton Railroad Company Subseries 61—Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway Company 101 Subseries 62—Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Company 107 Subseries 63—Chicago & North Western Railway 108 Subseries 64—Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad 118 Subseries 65—Chicago, Attica & Southern Railroad 119 Subseries 66—Chicago, Aurora and Elgin Railroad 120 Subseries 67—Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad 121 Subseries 68—Chicago Great Western Railroad 128 Subseries 69—Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway (Monon) 132 Subseries 70—Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad 139 Subseries 71—Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad 146 Subseries 72—Chicago River & Indiana Railroad 147 Subseries 73—Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway 148 Subseries 74—Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway 158 (See also Chicago & North Western Railway) Subseries 75—Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad 159 Subseries 76—Chicago South Side Railway Terminal Committee 160 Subseries 77—Chicago Union Station Company 161 Subseries 78—Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad 162 Subseries 79—Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway 163 Subseries 80—Cincinnati Northern Railroad 164 v Subseries 81—Cincinnati Union Terminal Railroad 165 Subseries 82—Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St Louis Railway 166 (Big Four Route)(See also New York Central System) Subseries 83—Clinchfield Railroad 167 Subseries 84—Colorado & Southern Railroad 168 Subseries 85—Colorado Midland 169 Subseries 86—Columbia & Port Deposit Railway 170 Subseries 87—Columbus and Greenville Railway 171 Subseries 88—Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad 172 Subseries 89—Connecticut Railway & Lighting Company 173 Subseries 90—Connecting Railway Company 174 Subseries 91—Connellsville & Monongahela Railway 175 Subseries 92—Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail) 176 Subseries 93—Cooper’s Point & Philadelphia Ferry Company 177 Subseries 94—Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railway 178 Subseries 95—Copper Range Company 179 Subseries 96—Copper Range Railroad Company 180 Subseries 97—Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Company 181 Cotton Belt Route—see St. Louis Southwestern Railway Subseries 98—Cumberland Valley & Martinsburg Railroad 182 Subseries 99—Cumberland Valley Railroad 183 Subseries