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Railroads--United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

James Poyntz Nelson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. 39.2 N33
Scope and Contents

Papers, 1866-1926, of James Poyntz Nelson. Includes letters, poems and articles as well as genealogical notes concerning the Nelson family and photographs including a photograph of Edward S. Joynes.

Dates: 1866-1926

James Poyntz Nelson Manuscript Volumes

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad121-125
Scope and Contents Manuscripts of James Poyntz Nelson, a chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and the Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy Railroad.  Includes diaries, a letter copy book and a personal notebook. The Nelson Family lived in Lexington, Kentucky. MsV Ad121  Pocket diary.  1883. 206 pages.  Nelson was the chief engineer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. MsV Ad122  Logbook used as a diary.  1886. MsV Ad123  Pocket diary.  1889. Nelson was chief...
Dates: 1883-1894 and undated