West Virginia and Regional History Center
1549 University Ave.P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
Devon Lewars
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Custodial History
The ledger was found in the attic of a former railroad worker boarding house in Westover, WV.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Monongahela Railroad Company Ledger, A&M 4583, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hartmann, Peter S., 2022 August 10.
Scope and Contents
Material clerks' ledger detailing construction supplies for groups working on the 1912 connection of the Monongahela Railroad to the Buckhannon and Northern Railroad, as well as dates and hours of "firing, hosteling, and running" of a boarding house for railroad workers. Also includes a child's drawings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Hartmann, Peter
- Monongahela Railroad Company
- Railroads