Currently stored in box 3.1.47 [57], moved from [61].
Company catalog card included.
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Currently stored in box 1.1.8 [144], moved from [208].
Orig. no. 238-B.
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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Currently stored in box 3.2.53 [122], moved from [59].
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. The original glass plate is available for inspection if necessary in the Archives Center. A limited number of fragile glass negatives and positives in the collection can be viewed directly in the Archives Center by prior appointment. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
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Currently stored in box 2.2.3 [104]. Image link not working for this record.
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Extent:
0.3 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Reports
Clippings
Place:
Pennsylvania
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Date:
1841-1930, undated
Summary:
Papers of Samuel Morse Felton, civil engineer and railroad president, and his family.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains biographical material on both Feltons; a handwritten bound report by Felton on the construction of the Norfolk Co. Railroad, 1847 1849; correspondence, 1861 1927, to and from both Feltons; various reports on military railroads during the World War years; and news clippings and articles on the Feltons, 1889-1930.
Arrangement:
Collection divided into five series.
Series 1: Biographical, 1841-1921
Series 2: Correspondence, 1861-1927
Series 3: Reports, 1847-1919
Series 4:History of Transportation Department, undated
Series 5: News clippings, 1889-1930
Biographical / Historical:
Samuel Morse Felton (1809 1889), civil engineer, became Superintendent and engineer of the Fitchburg Railroad in 1843 and left in 1851 to become President of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad (PWBRR). Under Felton's able management this unsuccessful and financially failing railroad was rebuilt, restored and prospered. The road was of great strategic importance during the Civil War and performed a great service by transporting troops and supplies for the Union. In 1857, he installed the locomotive engine "Daniel Webster" in service on the PWBRR. It was probably the first really successful coal burning passenger engine in regular service upon any RR in the U.S. In 1865 he left the PWBRR to become President of the Pennsylvania Steel Company. This was the first attempt in the United States to manufacture steel rails as a commercial enterprise. During this period he also served as director of many railroads including the Philadelphia, Wilmington & BRR, the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co., the Northern Pacific, the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain and several others. He was director for ten years of the Pennsylvania RR. In 1869 he was appointed by President Grant as a Commissioner to inspect Pacific Railroads.
His son, Samuel Morse Felton (1853 1930), followed in this father's footsteps. He graduated from MIT in 1873 and began a life long career in American railroading. In 1889 he became President of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, later assumed the Presidency of the Mexican Central Railroad, and became President of the Chicago Great Western Railroad in 1909. During WWI he was appointed Director General of Military Railways and in that capacity had charge of the organization and dispatch to France of all American railway forces and supplies. He continued in that position during the World War years. By 1928 he was Chairman of the Board of the Chicago Great Western Railroad, President of the Western Railroad Association, and Chairman of the Western Association of Railway Executives, to name only a few of his positions. At his death he was an advisor and associate of the Central Trust Company of Illinois.
Provenance:
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
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Old Abe Lincoln -- Battle of Bull Run -- Battle cry of freedom -- The twenty-third -- Marching along -- Bonnie Eloise -- Tramp, tramp, tramp -- Virginia's bloody soil -- Benny Havens, O! -- We go marching on -- Dixie -- Pretty little miss -- The bonnie blue flag -- Goober peas -- Lorena -- Red, white and red -- Vicksburg bluff -- The rose of Alabama -- In 1861 -- The old rebel soldier
Track Information:
101 Old Abe Lincoln / Guitar.
102 The Battle of Bull Run / Guitar.
103 The Battle Cry of Freedom / Guitar.
104 The Twenty-Third / Guitar.
105 Marching Along / Guitar.
106 Bonnie Eliose / Guitar.
107 Tramp, Tramp, Tramp / Guitar.
108 Virginia's Bloody Soil / Guitar.
109 Benny Havens, Oh / Guitar.
110 Marching On / Guitar.
201 Dixie / Guitar.
202 Pretty Little Miss / Guitar.
203 The Bonnie Blue Flag / Guitar.
204 Goober Peas / Guitar.
205 Lorena / Guitar.
206 The Red, White and Red / Guitar.
207 The Life on the Vicksburg Bluff / Guitar.
208 The Rose of Alabama / Guitar.
209 In Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One / Guitar.
210 The Old Rebel Soldier / Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0582
Prestige/International.12012
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Prestige International Bergenfield, NJ 196x
General:
Civil war songs; sung by Frank Warner, with Jeff and Gerret Warner.
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
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Marine Corps Band --Invocation / George M. Docherty -- Welcome / Rep. Fred Schwengel --Greetings from the Congress / House Speaker Sam Rayburn --Address / Carl Sandburg --Reenactment --Benediction --Marine Corp Band.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-0853
Gold Star.6051
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
Gold Star 1961
General:
"The one hundredth anniversary reenactment of Abraham Lincoln's first inauguration on the fourth day of March in the year eighteen hundred and sixty one"--Container. Cast: Narrated by Roger Mudd.
Restrictions:
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A. Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois --A house divided against itself --The man in the White House --The first inaugural address --The message to congress --Backdrop for Gettysburg --The Gettysburg address --The letter to Mrs. Bixby --Whitman's portrait.
Track Information:
101 Sandburg, Carl; "A Lincoln, Springfield, Illinois.
201 Sandburg, Carl; A House Divided Against Itself.
301 Sandburg, Carl; The Man in the White House.
401 Sandburg, Carl; Gettysburg and the river of War.
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-LP-2280
Caedmon.2015
Publication, Distribution, Etc. (Imprint):
New York Caedmon 1957
General:
"Readings by Carl Sandburg from his studies Abraham Lincoln: The prairie years and The war years." Recorded in New York City, May 25, 1957.
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Letter from Walt Whitman to Lewis K. Brown--Lecture on death of Lincoln--When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd--There was a child went forth--A Boston ballad--Europe: thee 72nd and 73rd years of these states--Geer discusses the Folk scene in 1940s in New York
Local Numbers:
FW-ASCH-10RR-0531
General:
CDR copy; sound file exists in the DAMS system
Will Geer Reads Walt Whitman and one of his own fantastical yarns about the U.S. folk scene of the 1940s.
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Lead Belly acetates-- Get your basket-- House of the Rising Sun--Christmas is coming--Noted rider--Borrow love and go--Get your basket--4,5 and 9; Woody Guthrie-- Warden in the sky; On the Swing Time Radio Show includes tour of Disc Studio with Moses Asch, Stella Brooks)--Please play it in ragtime--West End blues--Little piece of leather; We're gonna rock--Song about Abraham Lincoln--Will you miss me?--Jazz--Almanacs-Plow under; Woody Guthrie- The Ballad Gazette Radio Show-- This land is your land--What did the deep sea say--Blow ye winds--Trouble on the waters--Blow the man down
Track Information:
101 Get Your Basket (ACT-259) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
102 House of the Rising Sun (ACT-259) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
103 Christmas is Coming (Chicken Crowing for Midnight)(ACT-259) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
104 Noted Rider (ACT-280) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
105 Big Fat Woman (ACT-280) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
106 Borrow Love and Go (ACT-280) / Lead Belly. Guitar.
107 Get Your Basket (ACT-286) / Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee. Guitar,Piano,Harmonica.
108 4, 5 and 9 (ACT-293) / Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Champion Jack Dupree, Brownie McGhee. Guitar,Piano,Harmonica.
109 Warden in the Sky (ACT-311) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
110 I'll Never Be the Same (ACT-321) / Stella Brooks.
112 On the Swing Time Radio Show (features tour of Disc Studios) (ACT-359) / Stella Brooks, Moses Asch, Sidney Bechet.
112 Please Play it in Ragtime (ACT-359) / Stella Brooks.
112 West End Blues (ACT-359) / Stella Brooks.
112 Little Piece of Leather (ACT-359) / Stella Brooks.
116 We're Gonna Rock (ACT-359).
118 Song About Abraham Lincoln (ACT-359).
120 Will You Miss Me? (ACT-362) / Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
121 Misc. Jazz (ACT-362).
123 Misc. Jazz (ACT-362).
122 Please Don't Leave Me All Alone (ACT-362) / Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee. Guitar,Harmonica.
125 Plow Under / Almanac Singers, Pete Seeger. Guitar.
126 This Land is Your Land (ACT) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
127 What Did the Deep Sea Say? (ACT-734) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
128 Blow Ye Winds (ACT-734) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
129 Trouble on the Waters (ACT-734) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
130 Blow the Man Down (ACT-734) / Woody Guthrie. Guitar.
Local Numbers:
FP-CDR-0041
Restrictions:
Restrictions on access. No duplication allowed listening and viewing for research purposes only.
Collection Rights:
Copyright restrictions apply. Contact archives staff for additional information.