Inventory of the Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives, 1831-1984, bulk 1851-1970

The Newberry Library
Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections
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Descriptive Summary
Creator	Illinois Central Railroad Company
Title	Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives,
Dates	1831-1984 (bulk 1851-1970)
Extent	ca. 1,065 cubic feet
Abstract	The Archives of the Illinois Central Railroad Company document the activities of the Company and its subsidiary lines and companies from before its charter on Feb. 10, 1851, through and a bit beyond 1972, when the line merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to become Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The collection includes correspondence of administrators and staff, minutes, reports and legal documents, financial records, stock information, historical material, maps, blueprints, and photographs.
Repository	Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
Collection number	IC
Stack Location	4a 28-32

Administrative Information

Cite As

Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives, The Newberry Library, Chicago.

Provenance

The bulk of the collection (ca. 1851-1906) was placed at the Newberry Library on deposit by the Illinois Central Railroad Company in July, 1943. Additions were made to the collection around 1990 and 1997 (specifically Papers Accompanying Board Minutes, papers relating to the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RR and its subsidiary companies, and other miscellaneous material). The whole of the collection was formally gifted to the Newberry Library on March 20, 1995.

Processed by

Alison Hinderliter, Megan Vandehey, and Brian Reis, 2002.

Access

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are open for research; they are available a box at a time in the Special Collections Reading Room (Priority III).

Ownership and Copyright

The Illinois Central Railroad Company Archives are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.

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Biographical Note

With origins dating from an 1830s Illinois-sponsored program of internal improvements, the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), based in Chicago, was chartered in 1851 to take advantage of the Federal Land Grant Act of 1850 and build a north-south line in Illinois from Chicago to Cairo. In advertising and selling lands along its route, the IC was a catalyst for growth in the central and southern regions of Illinois, attracting thousands of settlers and laying the foundations for agricultural, industrial, and urban development. The company had a significant impact on the growth of Chicago and the development of its lakeshore. Expanding west to Iowa and into the southern states, the IC became the primary passenger and freight link between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection documents the company's history with correspondence, minutes, reports, log books, financial information, stock documents, maps, blueprints, sketches, ephemeral material, and photographs. Development of the railroad in downstate Illinois and in Mississippi (and some other Southern states, specifically Louisiana) is especially well-documented, although there is also significant material relating to Chicago and Iowa.

Narrative descriptions of the subject matter, types of material, and arrangement of each series are available through the Organization section of the finding aid.

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Organization

Record Group 1: Letters by Officials, 1851-1906
Record Group 2: Letters by Office, 1851-1914
Record Group 3: Reports, Legal, 1852-1969
Record Group 4: Minutes, Board Papers, 1850-1972
Record Group 5: Securities, 1851-1966
Record Group 6: Accounting records, 1851-1910
Record Group 7: Southern Lines, 1851-1955
Record Group 8: Land Department Records, 1851-1899
Record Group 9: Land Companies, 1864-1907
Record Group 10: Other Roads, 1849-1953
Record Group 11: Other Organizations, 1857-1938
Record Group 12: Addenda - Letters, 1859-1962
Record Group 13: Addenda - Operations Department Records, 1911-1973. Box(es) 1-2
Record Group 14: Addenda - PR Department Records, 1901-1982
Record Group 15: Addenda - Subsidiary and Affiliated Lines and Companies, 1852-1983
Record Group 16: Addenda - ICG Merger documents , 1974-1984
Record Group 17: Addenda - Photographs, ca. 1881-1973
Record Group 18: Addenda - Maps, Plans, and Drawings, 1852-1945

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Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.

Names

Illinois Central Railroad Company -- History -- Sources
Illinois Central Railroad Company -- Pictorial works
World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

Subjects

Advertising -- Transportation -- United States -- History
Bonds
Clippings
Contracts
Ledgers
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
Railroads -- United States -- Accidents
Railroads -- United States -- Branch lines -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Consolidation -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Design and construction
Railroads -- United States -- Electrification
Railroads -- United States -- Equipment and supplies -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Fares
Railroads -- United States -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Maintenance and repair
Railroads -- United States -- Management -- History
Railroads -- United States -- Maps
Railroads -- United States -- Mergers
Railroads -- United States -- Rates
Railroads -- United States -- Right of way
Railroads -- United States -- Tickets
Railroads -- United States -- Timetables
Scrapbooks
Stock certificates
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Manuscripts
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Transportation

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Guide to Railroad Abbreviations

	AT&SF			Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
	B&O			Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
	BCR&N			Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway
	CA&N			The Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad; Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad Company in Alabama
	CF&M			Cedar Falls & Minnesota Railroad
	CenMiss			Central Mississippi Railroad
	C&Dak			Cherokee and Dakota Railroad
	CO&SW			Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern Railroad
	C&A			Chicago and Alton Railroad
	C&Ia			The Chicago and Iowa Railroad
	C&NW			Chicago and Northwestern Railway
	C&S			Chicago & Springfield Railroad
	CB&N			Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
	CB&Q			Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
	CC&D			Chicago, Clinton and Dubuque Railroad
	CD&M			Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota Railroad
	CM&N			Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad
	CM&StP			Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
	CRI&P			Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway
	CStL&NO			Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad
	CStPM&O			Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway
	CCC&StL			Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
	D&P			Dubuque & Pacific Railroad
	D&SC			Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad
	GC&S			The Gilman, Clinton & Springfield Railroad
	H&StJ			Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
	IC			Illinois Central Railroad
	IndS			The Indianapolis Southern Railway
	IaF&SC			Iowa Falls & Sioux City Railroad
	K&SW			Kankakee & South Western Coal Branch Railroad; The Kankakee & South Western Railroad; Kankakee & South Western Railroad
	L&N			Louisville & Nashville Railroad
	LNO&T			Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway Company of Arkansas; Louisville, New Orleans & Texas Railway
	MC			Michigan Central Railroad
	Miss&Tenn			Mississippi & Tennessee Railroad
	MissCen&Tenn			The Mississippi Central & Tennessee Railroad
	MissCen			The Mississippi Central Railroad; Mississippi Central Railroad
	MissVal			The Mississippi Valley Company
	MKT			Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
	MoPac			Missouri Pacific Railway
	NOBRV&M			The New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg & Memphis Railroad
	NOJ&GN			New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern Railroad
	NOJ&N			New Orleans, Jackson and Northern Railroad
	NOStL&C			New Orleans, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad
	NYCentral			New York Central and Hudson River Railroad
	NYC&StL			New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad
	NPac			Northern PacificRailroad
	PennRR			Pennsylvania Railroad
	StLA&TH			St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad
	TP&War			Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway
	TP&Wes			Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
	TWab&Wes			Toledo, Wabash and Western Railway
	UP			Union Pacific Railway
	WStL&P			Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
	Y&MV			The Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad

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Description of Record Groups/Container List


Record Group 1: Letters by Officials, 1851-1906 - Call Number: IC 1
Correspondence to and from Illinois Central Incorporators, Directors, Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Solicitors, Counsel, Roadmasters, Chief Engineers, Auditors, and others, regarding the construction and governance of the company.
Arranged alphabetically by Official.

Series 1: Ackerman, William K., letters, 1854-1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2
William K. Ackerman began his Illinois Central career as an assistant secretary and transfer clerk (1852-1855), then worked his way up to be secretary (1855-1860), local treasurer, Chicago division (1860-1871), assistant secretary (1864-1871), treasurer (1871-1875), general auditor (1875-1876), vice president (1876-1877), and then President from 1877-1883. He was also a trustee, incorporator, and/or director of various other rail lines, including the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans, Kankakee & Western, Kankakee & South Western Coal Branch, Chicago & Springfield, and Mound City Railroads.
Ackerman's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters, Apr. 1877-Dec. 1883; Out-letters, May 1854-Sept. 1862; Telegrams, Jan. 1878-Jan. 1880; In-letters, Mar. 1877-Nov. 1883; and Out-letters, Apr. 1880-Jul. 1882. For more Ackerman correspondence, see also J.M. Douglas, Out-letters, Mar. 1860-Apr. 1877 (Call Number: IC 1 D7.1).

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Apr. 1877-Dec. 1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.1
About 8300 letters in 11 letterpress copybooks from Chicago to New York officials, assistants, and others including many to legislators concerning Southern lines, Iowa roads, contracts, passes, legislation and sundry matters, with telegrams and many copies of statements. Some signed by John Dunn and W.J.Mauriac, and a few after Sept.1883 by J.C. Clarke. Written by Mr. Ackerman as vice-president to Oct.1877, as president to Sept.1883 and after that as vice-president; a few by him as trustee of Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR mortgage.

Box	Folder
1	1-3		Apr. 12, 1877-Mar. 28, 1879
2	4-6		Mar. 28, 1879-Jan. 20, 1881
3	7-9		Jan. 21, 1881-Jan. 23, 1883
4	10-11		Jan. 23, 1883-Dec. 31, 1883

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, May 1854-Sept. 1862 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.2
Eleven letters to W.P.Burrall, W.H. Osborn, and other New York officials, including arrival and examination of land accounts in Chicago, Apr.28,1855.

Box	Folder
4	12		May, Sept. 1854
4	13		Apr., Jun.1855
4	14		Jan. 1858
4	15		Jan., Sept. 1862

Sub-Series 3- Telegrams, Jan.1878-Jan.1880 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.3
One letterpress copy book of about 1000 telegrams, mostly to W.K.Ackerman, with some to B.F.Ayer, J.C.Clarke, and W.H.Osborn from other officials.

Box	Folder
4	16		Telegrams, Jan.1878-Jan.1880

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, Mar.1877-Nov.1883 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.4
About 6900 letters in 28 bound volumes from other officials, assistants, legislators and governors (including many from W.B.Allison and S.M. Cullom) and others, with detailed report-letters about CStL&NO from J.C.Clarke. Enclosures of letters to other officials, advertisements, statements, circulars, etc. included. Some overlapping of dates in volumes. No letters for July-Dec. 1877, July- Oct. 1878, Jan. -Apr. 1879, Feb. -Apr. 1880 and Oct. 1882.

Box	Folder
5	17-19		Mar. 1877-Jan. 1878
6	20-22		Feb.-Dec. 1878
7	23-25		May-Dec. 1879
8	26-28		Dec. 1879-Sept. 1880
9	29-30		Sept. 1880-Jan. 1881
10	31-32		Jan.-Apr. 1881
11	33-34		Apr.-Nov. 1881
12	35-36		Nov. 1881-Apr. 1882
13	37-38		Apr.-Sept. 1882
14	39-40		Nov. 1882-Mar. 1883
15	41-42		Mar.-Aug. 1883
16	43-44		Aug.-Nov. 1883

Sub-Series 5- Out-letters, Apr.1880-Jul. 1882 - Call Number: IC 1 A2.5
About 150 letters in one bound volume, mostly to W.H.Osborn with a few to R.S. Charles and L.V.F.Randolph, with many estimates of earnings, etc. A few letters are by B.F.Ayer.

Box	Folder
17	45		Apr.1880-Jul. 1882

Series 2: Banks, Nathaniel P., Out-letters, Jan.-May 1861 - Call Number: IC 1 B2.1
Nathaniel Prentiss Banks was Illinois Central's resident (Chicago) director from 1860-1861.
About 40 letters, mostly to W.H.Osborn, reporting on Chicago affairs, land sales, immigration, legislation, passes, river boats, cotton shipments, currency and political affairs.

Box	Folder
17	46	Jan. 1861
17	47	Feb. 1861
17	48	Mar. 1861
17	49	Apr. 1861
17	50	May 1861

Series 3: Beck, C.A., Out-letters, June-Nov.1890 - Call Number: IC 1 B4.1
C. A. Beck had a long career with the Illinois Central RR, starting as an agent in Dunleith, ca. 1864-1872, then progressing on to superintendant, Chicago Division (1872-1880); and working afterwards as an assistant and general superintendant (1881-1889); general manager (1890-1891); general purchasing agent (1898-1901); and finally, as chairman of the Board of Pensions (1901-1906).
About 3500 letters in 5 letterpress copy books to division superintendents and others concerning routine matters, contracts, local affairs, Southern lines, etc.
For earlier records of Beck, see Addenda - Letters, C.A. Beck, Letters, 1864-1886 ( - Call Number: IC: A 1 B1).

Box	Folder
18	51-53	Jun.-Sept. 1890
19	54-55	Sept.-Nov. 1890

Series 4: Brayman, Mason. Out-letters, Sept.1851-Sept.1855 - Call Number: IC 1 B7.1
General Mason Brayman was an Illinois politician and attorney who worked as a solicitor for the Illinois Central RR from 1851-1855. He assisted the company in its incorporation, and worked with attorney Abraham Lincoln in the "McClean County Tax Case" lawsuit which was settled in 1856.
About 150 letters in 17 folders, mostly to Robert Schuyler, W.P.Burrall, J.F.Bunce, R.B. Mason, and D.A.Nea1, concerning legal matters, right of way in Chicago, Galena and Cairo, Dunleith & Dubuque Bridge Co. (D&D Bridge), land sales and prices, town lots, laborers, etc. Mostly letters are during 1853 and concerning pending cases, with a few in 1854 about deeds and bonds to J.N.Perkins and M.B.Edgar, and to W.K.Ackerman in 1855. Also includes notice by Robert Schuyler suspending operations of company because of delay in Washington Land Office [n.d.]; Power of attorney to Mr. Brayman, May 11,1853; Complaint of local citizen about destruction of timber lands, Oct.5,1852; R.B. Mason's certificate of completion of first fifty miles; Introduction of L.J.Germain and his invention of car ventilator, Sept.8,1853; List of Land Dept. employees, Jan.3,1854; Announcement of opening of road from Cairo to Sandoval, Nav,20,1854; Accounts of rents and taxes, Oct.1852-May 1854; a letter to President J. N. Perkins concerning salary, 1855, and resignation, Mar.22,1855.

Box	Folder
19	56	Sept., Nov.-Dec. 1851
19	57	Mar. 1852
19	58	Sept. 1852
19	59	Oct. 1852
19	60	Jan. 1853
19	61	Feb. 1853
19	62	Mar. 1853
19	63	Apr. 1853
19	64	May 1853
19	65	Jun. 1853
19	66	Jul. 1853
19	67	Aug. 1853
19	68	Sept. 1853
19	69	Oct. - Nov. 1853
19	70	Dec. 1853
19	71	Jan.-Jun. 1854
19	72	Jul.-Dec. 1854
19	73	1855

Series 5: Bruen, W.G. Out-letters, May 1902-Nov.1906 - Call Number: IC 1 B8.1
William G. Bruen was an Illinois Central messenger, clerk, and assistant secretary from 1878-1913, while also being the assistant secretary of the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR Co. from 1900-1913. He was also an incorporator, director, and/or secretary of many subsidiary lines from 1889 to 1901.
About 1000 letters in 2 letterpress copy books concerning passes, especially suburban tickets, mostly to employees. Dates overlap the 136- volume series of the New York Office - Assistant Secretary's Office, which concern passes mostly to foreign roads (IC 11 N1.1).

Box	Folder
20	74	1902-1904
20	75	1904-1906

Series 6: Burrall, W.P. Out-letters, Jan.1853-Sept.1856 (bulk 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 B9.1
William Porter Burrall was Illinois Central RR's treasurer (1852-1853); president and director (1853-1854); and counsel (1854-1857).
About 100 letters and telegrams in 12 folders, mostly reporting development of road, land sales, and property in Chicago, Galena and Dubuque, freight tariffs, legislation, etc. to Executive Committee while on visits to Illinois, Jan.27,1853-Oct.12,1854, and a few in 1855 and 1856. Burrall's letter of resignation is dated Dec. 5, 1854. Includes correspondence to Robert Schuyler, Theo Thayer, M.B. Edgar, Supreme Court Justice John Dean Caton (1853); Jonathan Sturges, J. M. Forbes, John Wentworth, J.F. Bunce, J.N. Perkins, W.H. Osborn, and W.K. Ackerman. See also IC 11 N1.5 for more Burrall correspondence of this nature.

Box	Folder
21	76	[n.d.]
21	77	Jan.-Sept. 1853
21	78	Oct.-Nov. 1853
21	79	Feb.-Mar. 1854
21	80	Apr. 1854
21	81	May 1854
21	82	Jun. 1854
21	83	Jul.-Aug. 1854
21	84	Sept. 1854
21	85	Oct., Dec. 1854
21	86	1855
21	87	1856

Series 7: Clarke, J.C., letters, 1856-1891 - Call Number: IC 1 C5
James C. Clarke was one of the early presidents of the Illinois Central RR who was a railroader instead of a businessman or attorney. In his early years he had been a trackman, brakeman, fireman, and engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio RR. He began his career at the Illinois Central as a superintendent of the Northern division at Amboy, from 1855-1856. He was promoted to general superintendent and master of transportation (1856-1858), and after service on the Erie RR line he came back to the Illinois Central to become general manager (1874-1878), and later 2nd vice president (1876-1877), vice president and general manager (1877-1883) and director (1877-1887), and finally president (1883-1887). He also presided over many subsidiary Southern lines, in addition to being involved in the management of the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR and being the president of the Mobile & Ohio RR in 1890.
Clarke's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters, Nov.1856-Feb.1859; Out-letters: President's office, Nov.1874-Oct.1891; Out-letters, 1856 and1858; In-letters, Sept.-Oct.1856; and In-letters: President's Office, Jan. 1885- June 1887.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Nov.1856-Feb.1859 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.1
About 1700 letters in 4 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials, division superintendents, and others concerning local matters, legal cases, claims, coal, mails, etc. Some signed by Silas Bent. Some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
22	88-91		Nov.1856-Feb.1859

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: President's office, Nov.1874-Oct.1891 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.2
About 10,000 letters in 12 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials and others concerning many routine matters, with some considerations of Southern lines; a few in earlier volumes signed as president of Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans RR. Some signed by John Dunn, L.T.Brien and T.E.King; after Apr.1887 mostly signed by John Dunn with a few by Stuyvesant Fish and W.G.Bruen. Volumes overlap: v.1, Nov.1874-Dec.1875; v.2, Jan.1876-Sept. 1882; v.3, Feb.-Dec.1878; v.4, Dec.1881-Dec.1883.

Box	Folder
23	92-94		Nov.1874-Sept.1882
24	95-97		Dec. 1881-Aug. 1884
25	98-99		Aug. 1884-Oct. 1885
26	100-101		Oct. 1885-Jan. 1887
27	102-103		Jan. 1887 - Oct. 1891

Sub-Series 3- Out-letters, 1856, 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.3
12 letters in 4 folders to W.H.Osborn about routine matters, state fair, Galena and Chicago Union, competition, etc.

Box	Folder
28	104		Aug.-Sept. 1856
28	105		Dec. 1856
28	106		Jan. 1858
28	107		Mar.-Apr. 1858

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, Sept.-Oct.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.4
About 150 letters in 1 volume sent to Amboy concerning local matters, coal, freight, etc., from officials, local citizens and shippers.

Box	Folder
28	108		Sept.-Oct.1856

Sub-Series 5- In-letters: President's Office, Jan. 1885- June 1887 - Call Number: IC 1 C5.5
About 3500 letters in 10 volumes from officials, assistants, and other roads including many from Southern lines. Many pamphlets, statements and advertisements included as well as enclosures of letters to other officials. After Apr.1887 to Stuyvesant Fish.

Box	Folder
29	109-111		Jan.-Jun. 1885
30	112-113		Aug. 1885-Apr. 1886
31	114-115		May-Sept. 1886
32	116-117		Oct. 1886-Apr. 1887
33	118		Apr.-Jun. 1887

Series 8: Crane, W.W. Out-letters, Jan.-May 1899 - Call Number: IC 1 C7.1
W.W. Crane was an Illinois Central freight agent in Jackson, Tennessee in 1899.
About 400 letters in 4 letterpress copy books from Jackson, Tennessee freight office, mostly to other freight agents, on routine matters concerning shipments, earnings, etc.

Box	Folder
34	119	Jan. 20, 1899 - Feb. 9, 1899
34	120	Feb. 9, 1899- Mar. 10, 1899
34	121	Mar. 29, 1899 - Apr. 16, 1899
34	122	Apr. 16, 1899 - May 10, 1899

Series 9: Done, J.H. (John H.) Out-letters, Oct.1855-May 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 D5.1
John H. Done was the Illinois Central RR's master of transportation in 1855, and a general superintendent from 1855-1856.
About 25 letters in 3 folders, mostly to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins, accepting superintendency, Oct. 1855, and reporting on Chicago activities including condition of stationary equipment (engine houses, grain houses, car shops, etc.), fencing, locomotives, and on Galena and Chicago Union contract, instructions to division superintendents, fire, pay rolls, etc.

Box	Folder
34	123	1855 (October only)
34	124	Jan. 1856
34	125	Mar.-May 1856

Series 10: Doty, F.R. Letters and miscellaneous papers, Jan.1887-Feb.1894 - Call Number: IC 1 D6.1
F. R. Doty was the Illinois Central RR's roadmaster for the Amboy division from 1887-1894.
About 500 letters, predominantly incoming, in 17 folders, from division superintendents, local citizens, and others concerning instructions, equipment, legal cases, laborers, accidents, complaints, etc. Includes also a few letters to Illinois Central RR foreman A.B.Minton, Aug.1888-0ct.1889. Letters of interest include a complaint from a homeowner about wall construction (Oct. 5, 1887), a request from the people of Wapella, IL to build a baseball field near the rail line (Jun. 26, 1889), a report dated Aug. 4, 1890 on the bad condition of the Railroad's water closets, and correspondence from March, 1893 relating to discharging workmen for intoxication and a workman's strike at Clinton. There is significant correspondence from October 1889 regarding the opening of the Cairo Bridge. Files also include sample forms and accident reports, lists of materials used, and miscelaneous statements, including statements of broken rails.

Box	Folder
34	126	1887
34	127	Jan.-Feb. 1888
34	128	Mar.-Dec. 1888
34	129	Jan.-May 1889
34	130	Jun.-Dec. 1889
34	131	May-Jul. 1890
34	132	Aug.-Dec. 1890
35	133	Jan-Mar. 1891
35	134	Oct.-Nov. 1891
35	135	Dec. 1891
35	136	Aug.-Sept. 1892
35	137	Oct.-Dec. 1892
35	138	Jan. 1893
35	139	Feb.-Mar. 1893
35	140	Apr. 1893
35	141	Jan. 1894
35	142	Feb. 1894

Series 11: Douglas, J.M. (John M.), letters, 1860-1870 - Call Number: IC 1 D7
John M. Douglas worked as a solicitor for the Illinois Central RR (1856-1858; 1865-1876), director (1861-1872), vice president (1864-1865), and as president for two terms, from 1865 to 1871, and then again from 1875 to 1876. For one year in 1857 he was a trustee to the Illinois Central RR's mortgage.
Douglas's letters are arranged in four subseries: Out-letters, Mar.1860-Apr.1877; Telegrams, Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876; In-letters, Apr.-Dec.1875; and In-letters, from W.H.Osborn, Feb.1866-Dec.1870.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Mar.1860-Apr.1877 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.1
About 4700 letters in 9 letterpress copy books from Chicago to officials, especially New York Executive Committee, and others including legislators. Let- ters from 1860-64 mostly legal, especially about lands; many during 1864-66 concern military claims. Some signed by John Dunn. After July 1876 letters are from W.K.Ackerman. No letters from Feb.1871-Nov.1873.

Box	Folder
36	143-146		Mar. 1860-Jun. 1868
37	147-150		Jul. 1868-Jul. 1876
38	151		Ackerman, Jun-Jul. 1876; Jul. 1876-Apr. 1877

Sub-Series 2- Telegrams, Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.2
About 500 telegrams in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly to J.C.Clarke and J.M.Douglas, from J.F.Tucker, W.H.Osborn, S. J.Hayes, and other officials.

Box	Folder
39	152		Feb. 1875 -Mar. 1876

Sub-Series 3- In-letters, Apr.-Dec.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.3
About 400 letters in 2 bound volumes from officials, attorneys, and local citizens about lands, legal and local matters, personnel, passes, Southern lines, etc.

Box	Folder
39	153-154		Apr.-Dec.1875

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, from W.H.Osborn, . Feb.1866-Dec.1870 - Call Number: IC 1 D7.4
About 200 letters in 1 bound volume from New York and London.

Box	Folder
40	155		Feb.1866-Dec.1870

Series 12: Fish, Stuyvesant, letters, 1883-1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2
Stuyvesant Fish was the Illinois Central RR's president from 1887-1906. He was first hired by the IC in 1871, at the age of twenty, as a clerk. Two years later he moved from New York to Chicago to become the secretary to then-IC President John Newell. After leaving the IC after 1872 for a brief career in banking, he returned in 1877 after being elected to the board of directors. Between 1883 and 1887 he served as second vice-president, treasurer, and first vice-president. As president, Fish worked to expand the IC southwards through the purchase of major Southern Lines: the Mississippi and Tennessee RR, the Louisville, New Orleans and Texas RR (LNO&T), and the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Southwestern RR (CO&SW). Due to a power struggle between Fish and powerful IC director Edward H. Harriman, Fish was asked to resign in 1906.
Fish's letters are arranged into the following five subseries: Out-letters: President's Office, May 1887-Nov. 1906; Out-letters: President's Office, Mar.1895-Mar.1896; In-letters: President's office, Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906; Index to In-letters: President's Office, 1895-1903; and In-letters: President's Office, Chicago, June-Sept.1887 and Sept.1889-June 1892.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters: President's Office, May 1887-Nov. 1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.1
About 80,000 letters in 80 letterpress copy books (i.e., in 40 boxes) from New York to officials, brokers, bankers, and other roads. No letters for Mar.-May 1888, Dec.1890-0ct.1891 and Sept. 1906. Volumes 3, 8, 78 and 83 are missing.
Various letters from this series are available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
41	156-157		Volumes 1-2, May 1887-Feb. 1888
42	158-159		Volumes 4-5, Jun. 1888-Apr. 1889
43	160-161		Volumes 6-7, Apr. 1889-Nov. 1890
44	162-163		Volumes 9-10, Nov. 1891-Nov. 1892
45	164-165		Volumes 11-12, Nov. 1892-Jun. 1893
46	166-167		Volumes 13-14, Jun. 1893-Feb. 1894
47	168-169		Volumes 15-16, Feb.-Jun. 1894
48	170-171		Volumes 17-18, Jun.-Dec. 1894
49	172-173		Volumes 19-20, Dec. 1894-May 1895
50	174-175		Volumes 21-22, May-Oct. 1895
51	176-177		Volumes 23-24, Oct. 1895-Mar. 1896
52	178-179		Volumes 25-26, Mar.-Nov. 1896
53	180-181		Volumes 27-28, Nov. 1896-Mar. 1897
54	182-183		Volumes 29-30, Mar.-Jul. 1897
55	184-185		Volumes 31-32, Jul.-Nov. 1897
56	186-187		Volumes 33-34, Nov. 1897-Mar. 1898
57	188-189		Volumes 35-36, Mar.-Aug. 1898
58	190-191		Volumes 37-38, Aug.-Sept. 1898
59	192-193		Volumes 39-40, Dec. 1898-Apr. 1899
60	194-195		Volumes 41-42, May-Oct. 1899
61	196-197		Volumes 43-44, Oct. 1899-Feb. 1900
62	198-199		Volumes 45-46, Feb.-May 1900
63	200-201		Volumes 47-48, May-Oct. 1900
64	202-203		Volumes 49-50, Oct. 1900- Feb. 1901
65	204-205		Volumes 51-52, Feb.-Jul. 1901
66	206-207		Volumes 53-54, Jul.-Nov. 1901
67	208-209		Volumes 55-56, Nov. 1901-Mar. 1902
68	210-211		Volumes 57-58, Mar.-Aug. 1902
69	212-213		Volumes 59-60, Aug. 1902-Jan. 1903
70	214-215		Volumes 61-62, Jan.-Jun. 1903
71	216-217		Volumes 63-64, Jul.-Dec. 1903
72	218-219		Volumes 65-66, Dec. 1903-Mar. 1904
73	220-221		Volumes 67-68, Mar.-Aug. 1904
74	222-223		Volumes 69-70, Aug.-Nov. 1904
75	224-225		Volumes 71-72, Nov. 1904-Feb. 1905
76	226-227		Volumes 73-74, Feb.-Jun. 1905
77	228-229		Volumes 75-76, Jun.-Oct. 1905
78	230-231		Volumes 77 and 79, Oct. 1905-Mar. 1906
79	232-233		Volumes 80-81, Mar-Jun. 1906
80	234-235		Volumes 82 and 84, Jun.-Nov. 1906

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: President's Office, Mar. 1895-Mar. 1896 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.11
About 4000 letters in 4 volumes from New York, labelled "Carbons of New York Letters." These carbons duplicate previous subseries of president's letters, May 1887-Nov.1906. (IC 1 F2.1)

Box	Folder
81	236-237		Mar.-Dec. 1895
82	238-239		Dec. 1895-Mar. 1896

Sub-Series 3- In-letters: President's office, Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.2
About 65,000 letters in 435 volumes (numbered 1-426), mostly to New York but some to Chicago after May 1887; to Mr. Fish as vice-president before May 1887; earlier volumes mostly from Chicago and New Orleans, consisting of report-letters and many financial matters. Many enclosures of letters, pamphlets, blueprints, clippings, maps, reports, government documents, legal cases, etc., including World's Fair, 1891-93. A few volumes are about special subjects: v. 156, St. Louis, Belleville & Southern; v.246, Memphis depot; v.251, New Orleans matters; v.410 and 410A-F (7 volumes total), Tennessee Central; v.411 and 411A-F (7 volumes total), Indianapolis Southern Railway; v.412, The Chicago, Lake Shore and South Bend; v.413, Birmingham line. No letters for Mar.1888. Volumes 46, 126, and 155 missing.
Some of these volumes have been disbound and are foldered and in boxes. The box is labeled with the original volume number. Some items were separated from these volumes; namely, correspondence from important and famous people, and oversize items. Loose letters are stored in box 87a (after the Index to the In-Letters), and oversize items are stored in box 87j (in the oversize aisles)
Various records from this subseries are available on microfilm.

Volume
1-426			Jan. 1883-Nov. 1906

Sub-Series 4- Index to In-letters: President's Office, 1895-1903 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.2 Index
Indexes the series IC 1 F2.2 incoming letters alphabetically by writers and subjects. Some subjects include Italians (Hiring of), Lynchings, Poetry, Quarantine (see Yellow Fever), Racetrack, and Strikes. Lacking the following alphabetic runs: Bo-Bz, G, He-Hz, Ni-Ny, O, Sa-St, and Ta-To.
A copy of this index is available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
83	240		"Letters Received, Subject Index, to 168"
83	241-246		A - Col
84	247-251		Com - H
85	252-257		I - Me
86	258-263		Mi - P
87	264-274		Q - Z

Sub-Series 5- In-letters: President's Office, Chicago, and Jun.-Sept.1887 Sept.1889-Jun. 1892 - Call Number: IC 1 F2.3
About 10,000 letters in 32 volumes, many to John Dunn, and earlier dates to E.H.Harriman

Volume
1			Jun.-Sept.1887
2-32			Sept.1889-Jun. 1892

Series 13: Forbes, J.M. (John Murray), Out-letters, (bulk May 1851-May 1856 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 F3.1
John Murray Forbes was the president of the Michigan Central RR from 1851-1856.
About 35 letters and telegrams in 6 folders, mostly to IC administrators Robert Schuyler, W. P. Burrall, John Sturges, W. H. Osborn, and J. N. Perkins, concerning the Michigan Central contract, connections with St. Louis and Indiana, and the Joliet Branch. There is also a few letters about securities, the Chicago passenger station, loan of steel rail, and the IC directory. There are no letters from 1852 or 1853.

Box	Folder
88	275	1851 (May 30 only)
88	276	Jan.-Apr. 1854
88	277	May-Aug. 1854
88	278	Sept.-Dec. 1854
88	279	1855 (Oct.-Nov. only)
88	280	1856 (May 14 only)

Series 14: Griswold, J.N.A. (John N. A.), Out-letters, (bulk Dec.1854-Sept.1856 1855) - Call Number: IC 1 G7.1
John N. A. Griswold was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1854-1856, and served as its President in 1855. He was the son of one of the original Illinois Central incorporators, George Griswold.
About 60 letters in 8 folders, mostly from Chicago reporting on state of road, lands, mails, legislation and currency, with recommendations for foreign agents in Great Britain to sell land, letter cancelling local land offices in Illinois, letter accepting presidency, 1855, and letter of resignation from board of directors, Sept. 22, 1856.

Box	Folder
88	281	1854 (Dec.)
88	282	Jan. 1855
88	283	Feb.-Mar. 1855
88	284	May-Jun. 1855
88	285	Jul.-Aug. 1855
88	286	Sept.-Oct. 1855
88	287	Nov.-Dec. 1855
88	288	Letter of resignation as director, Sept. 22, 1856

Series 15: Harriman, E.H. (Edward Henry), In-letters, Jan.-Oct.1888 - Call Number: IC 1 H2.1
E.H. Harriman was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1883 to 1909, and served as its vice president from 1887-1890. Although he was never president of the Illinois Central, he did serve as president and director of many subsidiary lines, as well as other railroad companies. He served as a trustee of the mortgage of the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans RR from 1897-1898.
About 150 letters in 1 volume, mostly from Stuyvesant Fish and some from other officials, about contracts, securities, legal matters, Southern lines, etc.

Box	Folder
88	289	Jan.-Oct.1888

Series 16: Jacobs, J.C. (John C.), In-letters, Oct.1856-Apr.1857 - Call Number: IC 1 J2.1
John C. Jacobs was an Illinois Central superintendent, of the Northern division (Amboy), from 1856-1892.
About 125 letters in 1 volume [some letters loose] from ticket and station agents and other officials, mostly about routine matters. A few addressed to J.C. Clarke, Oct. 1856.

Box	Folder
88	290	Oct.1856-Apr.1857

Series 17: Jeffery, E.T. (Edward Turner), Out-letters, Feb.1888-Jul. 1889 - Call Number: IC 1 J4.1
Edward Turner Jeffery started as a young boy in the Illinois Central RR Company (1856) and took jobs as office boy, apprentice, mechanical draughtsman, and secretary, and eventually worked his way up to general manager (1885-1889). He was also an incorporator, director, and general manager of many subsidiary roads from 1880-1887.
About 5000 letters in 7 letterpress copy books, concerning routine matters, passes, contracts, etc., mostly to division superintendents and agents. Some signed by John Dunn and L.T.Moore. No letters from Apr.-July and Oct.-Dec.1888.

Box	Folder
89	291-293	Feb.-Sept. 1888
90	294-296	Jan.-Jun. 1889
91	297	Jun.-Jul. 1889

Series 18: Johnson, B.F. (Benjamin F.), outgoing letters, 1853-1856 - Call Number: IC 1 J6
Benjamin F. Johnson was the local assistant to the Illinois Central president, posted in Chicago from 1855-1856. Previous to 1855 he was in downstate Illinois with Chief Engineer R.B. Mason, reporting back to the administrators (Burrall, Sturges, Ackerman, Perkins, and Osborn) on the progress of laying down the tracks.
The out-letters are divided into two subseries, since the first subseries is a bound letterpress copy book, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, May l9-Dec.24,1855; and Out-letters, Dec.1853-Dec.1856.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, May l9-Dec.24,1855 - Call Number: IC 1 J6.1
About 400 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, from Chicago, mostly to New York officials, reporting on local activities.

Box	Folder
92	298		May l9-Dec.24,1855

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, Dec.1853-Dec.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 J6.2
About 400 letters in 19 folders to presidents and various New York officials reporting on conditions in Chicago, including land matters, crops, the quality of produce, the Illinois State Fair, prices, coal, locomotives, weather, accidents, reportings of cholera, currency, immigration, and local politics. In one particular letter he reports that "Lincoln, a distinguished lawyer of Springfield, is looked upon as likely to succeed Gen'l. Shields in the U.S. Senate." (Nov. 16, 1854)

Box	Folder
92	299		1853 (Dec. only)
92	300		Feb.-Aug. 1854
92	301		Oct.-Dec. 1854
92	302		Jun.-Jul. 1855
92	303		Aug. 1855
92	304		Sept. 1855
92	305		Oct. 1855
92	306		Nov. 1855
92	307		Dec. 1855
93	308		Jan. 1856
93	309		Mar. 1856
93	310		Apr. 1856
93	311		May 1856
93	312		Jun. 1856
93	313		Aug. 1856
93	314		Sept. 1856
93	315		Oct. 1856
93	316		Nov. 1856
93	317		Dec. 1856

Series 19: Joy, J.F. (James Frederick), Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1851-Feb.1875 1853-1855) - Call Number: IC 1 J7.1
James Frederick Joy was a counsel for both the Illinois Central and the Michigan Central RR (1852-1853), as well as Illinois Central RR director (1855-1857) and Michigan Central RR president (1867-1871).
About 85 letters in 12 folders, mostly to W.P.Burrall and W.H.Osborn about negotiations for Chicago lands, Nov.1853-Dec.1855 and Apr.1856, with a few concerning MC contract, legal cases, coal lands, river boats, etc. Some letters to Morris Ketchum, George Griswold, and J.N. Perkins. Also one to J.M.Forbes about Illinois legislation, Aug.23, 1851; one to Postmaster General bidding for mail contract from Cairo to New Orleans, Mar.23,1855; a few to J.W.Brooks and W.H. Osborn about the legal case following Chicago land purchases of 1851-1852, Aug.-Dec.l860; and a letter to Sidney Bartlett about River Roads, Feb.22,1875. Also includes about 15 letters from J.W.Brooks, 1852-62, concerning his securities and relations with the MC and CB&Q. There are no letters from 1859, 1861, or 1863-1874.

Box	Folder
93	318	1851 (Aug. 23 only)
93	319	1852
93	320	1853
93	321	Jan.-May 1854
93	322	Jun.-Dec. 1854
93	323	1855
93	324	1856
93	325	1857
93	326	1858 (April only)
93	327	1860
93	328	1862 (April only)
93	329	1875 (Feb. 22 only)

Series 20: Kirkland, Joseph. Out-letters, May 1856-Feb.1858 - Call Number: IC 1 K3.1
Joseph Kirkland was an auditor for the Illinois Central RR from 1856-1858.
About 20 letters and telegrams in 3 folders to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins concerning Chicago activities, earnings, accounts, Cairo line, CB&Q use of depot, accidents, etc.; a few to W.K.Ackerman are personal, including comments on Know-Nothing party elections and yearnings to find a wife in Chicago (October 26, 1856).

Box	Folder
93	330	1856 (May, Oct.-Nov. only)
93	331	1857 (Aug. only)
93	332	1858 (Jan.-Feb. only)

Series 21: Lane, Ebenezer. Out-letters, (bulk ) 1855-58 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 L2.1
Ebenezer Lane was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1855 to 1859.
About 60 letters and telegrams in 5 folders to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins reporting on local Chicago affairs, including a fire, finances and conditions of banks, and legal matters such as the Dunleith contract, the St. Charles Air Line, Associates Lands, etc. Also considerations of the custody of notes, land contracts, statements of land notes, and competition with the Galena and Chicago Union. Judge Lane's acceptance and terms of employment with IC included, Apr.16,1856.

Box	Folder
94	333	[n.d.]
94	334	1855
94	335	1856
94	336	1857
94	337	1858

Series 22: McClellan, G.B. (George Brinton), letters, 1857-1876 - Call Number: IC 1 M2
In 1856 George Brinton McClellan was a captain in the U.S. Army and a veteran of the Mexican War. Illinois Central RR's president William H. Osborn offered him a position as vice president and chief engineer, positions in which he served from 1857 to 1860. He was also a trustee of the Illinois Central mortgage in 1857, and working for the Illinois Central's Land Commission in 1858. After his tenure with the Illinois Central in 1860, he became president of the Ohio and Mississippi RR, but when the Civil War broke out, McClellan was appointed a major general of the Ohio volunteers.
The McClellan letters are arranged in two subseries, since the first subseries is in 10 bound letterpress copy books, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, Feb.1857- July 1860; and Out-letters, Aug.1857-Mar.1876 (bulk Jan.-Apr. 1858)

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Feb.1857- July 1860 - Call Number: IC 1 M2.1
About 5000 letters in 10 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials, division superintendents, and others concerning construction and engineering problems, tracks, bridges, rolling stock, etc. Some signed by W.F.Biddle, George Power, and G.W.Phillips. There is some overlapping of volumes: v.4 and v.10 are evidently car-letters, written on line, containing reports to W.H.Osborn primarily.

Box	Folder
95	346-348		Volumes 1-3: Feb. 1857-Mar. 1858
96	349-352		Volumes 4-7: Feb. 1858-Mar. 1859
97	353-355		Volumes 8-10: Mar. 1859-Jul. 1860

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1857-Mar.1876 Jan.-Apr. 1858) - Call Number: IC 1 M2.2
About 85 letters in 8 folders, mostly from Chicago, reporting on earnings and expenses and local matters to W.H.Osborn and J.N.Perkins, Aug.1857 and Jan.-Apr.1858, including a long letter to the Board of Directors regarding the steamboat line from New Orleans to St. Louis (Feb. 9, 1858). The bulk of the letters are from the 1850's and concern river steamers, Peoria and Oquawka bonds, CB&Q affairs, currency, state taxes, the New York and Erie ticket dispute, the MC, Kankakee affairs, and buildings at Galena. The letters from the 1870's include a few personal letters to William Tracy, one concerning the "Cairo matter" (Dec. 22, 1871). The letters to W.H.Osborn, Mar.1876 are also personal letters, discussing family matters and vacation plans.
Note: due to their size and type of media, these letters are boxed in Box 94, before the boxes holding IC 1 M2.1.

Box	Folder
94	338		1857 (Aug. only)
94	339		Jan. 1858
94	340		Feb. 1858
94	341		Mar. 1858
94	342		Apr. 1858
94	343		1871 (Dec. 21 only)
94	344		1872 (Dec. 26 only)
94	345		1876 (Mar. only)

Series 23: Mason, Roswell B., Colonel. Out-letters and telegrams, Sept. 1851-Nov. 1856 - Call Number: IC 1 M3.1
Colonel Roswell B. Mason worked in the engineering department of the Erie Canal before becoming Illinois Central RR's engineer in chief in charge of construction (1851-1856) and general superintendent of the Transportation Department (1853-1856). He oversaw the complete building of the original 705-mile IC railway through Illinois from 1851 to 1856, spending as much time out in the field as he could while also administering the construction from in the Chicago office. After the construction, he became the IC's Land Department comptroller (1861-1867). He was mayor of the City of Chicago from 1869 to 1871, during the time of the Great Chicago Fire.
About 200 letters and telegrams in 32 folders reporting Chicago activities to presidents Schuyler and Burrall in New York, and financial needs to treasurer M.B. Edgar. Topics include progress of construction, lands, steel, currency problems, labor scarcity, coal, accidents, rolling stock, etc. He announces the completion of the track in a telegram dated Dec. 29, 1854. Also of interest is his Sept. 1, 1856 letter of resignation, and a letter enclosed from Father Chiniquy about French-Canadian immigration to Bourbonnais, and request for money for school, Jan.9, 1853.
For more letters from Col. Mason, see IC 11 N1.5, New York Office, In-Letters.

Box	Folder
98	356	[n.d.]
98	357	1851 (Sept.-Oct. only)
98	358	Mar. 1852
98	359	Apr.-May, Jul. 1852
98	360	Sept.-Nov. 1852
98	361	Jan. 1853
98	362	Feb. 1853
98	363	Mar. 1853
98	364	Apr. 1853
98	365	May 1853
98	366	Jun. 1853
98	367	Jul. 1853
98	368	Aug. 1853
98	369	Sept. 1853
98	370	Oct. 1853
98	371	Nov. 1853
98	372	Dec. 1853
98	373	Jan. 1854
98	374	Feb. 1854
98	375	Mar. 1854
98	376	Apr. 1854
98	377	May 1854
98	378	Jun. 1854
98	379	Jul. 1854
98	380	Aug. 1854
98	381	Sept. 1854
98	382	Oct. 1854
98	383	Nov. 1854
98	384	Dec. 1854
98	385	1855
98	386	Jan.-Mar. 1856
98	387	Apr.-Nov. 1856

Series 24: Neal, David A. (David Augustus), Out-letters, Aug.1851-June 1858 - Call Number: IC 1 N4.1
David A. Neal was an original incorporator of the Illinois Central RR, as well as a director, from 1851-1856, and a vice president, from 1851-1855. Neal was in charge of administering the sale of land grant lands in Illinois.
About 160 letters and telegrams in 28 folders, mostly to officials and directors Ketchum, Schuyler, Bowne, Sturges, Burrall, John L. Wilson, Ackerman, Brayman, Bunce, Perkins, Osborn, and Joy,concerning London loan, land sales, swamp lands, right of way (especially Galena and Chicago), deeds, Associates Lands, etc., Sept.1852-Mar.1856. Also a few letters in 1852 include details of construction, locomotives, etc., and some in 1853 concern London bond sales; a few in Feb. and June 1858 concern claims for commissions. Also includes letters announcing opening of LaSalle and Bloomington road, May 22,1853; declining presidency, July 28,1853; and resignation from vice-presidency, Apr.2,1855.

Box	Folder
99	388	1851 (Aug. only)
99	389	Apr.-May 1852
99	390	Sept. 1852
99	391	Oct. 1852
99	392	Nov. 1852
99	393	Jan.-Feb. 1853
99	394	Mar. 1853
99	395	Apr. 1853
99	396	May 1853
99	397	Jun.-Jul. 1853
99	398	Aug. 1853
99	399	Sept. 1853
99	400	Oct.-Nov. 1853
99	401	Dec. 1853
99	402	Jan. 1854
99	403	Feb., Apr. 1854
99	404	May 1854
99	405	Jun.-Jul. 1854
99	406	Aug. 1854
99	407	Sept. 1854
99	408	Oct.-Dec. 1854
99	409	Jan. 1855
99	410	Apr.-May 1855
99	411	Jun. 1855
99	412	Jul.-Aug. 1855
99	413	Oct.-Nov. 1855
99	414	1856 (Mar., Jun. only)
99	415	1858 (Feb., Jun. only)

Series 25: Newell, John, letters, 1859-1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6
John Newell first worked for the Illinois Central RR as an engineer under Col. Roswell B. Mason, and in the Iowa division (1856-1863). He then became vice president (1869-1871) and from there was promoted to president and director, 1871-1874 and 1871-1875, respectively. As his tenure corresponded with the date of the Great Chicago Fire, he was in charge of facilitating relief to the city in free transport of provisions, and also in rebuilding the damaged rail lines and property as quickly as possible.
Newell's letters are arranged in the following three subseries: Out-letters, Feb.1859-Dec.1873; Out-letters for trustees of Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway (TP&War), Feb.1874-Feb.1875; and In-letters, Dec.1870-Jan.1875.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Feb.1859-Dec.1873 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.1
About 4500 letters in 9 letterpress copy books, from Amboy to 1862 and from Chicago, 1869-73; no letters from Nov.1862-Jan.1869. Letters to officials, other roads, local citizens. etc. about bridges, construction, new lines, passes, etc. Some signed by Lucien Tilton. Volume 6, Mar.1871-Dec.1872, overlaps dates of Volumes 5 and 7, and comprises car-letters written en route.

Box	Folder
100	416-419		Feb. 1859-Oct. 1862; Feb. 1869-Mar. 1871
101	420-423		Mar. 1871-Dec. 1872
102	424		Dec. 1872-Dec. 1873

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters for trustees of Toledo, Peoria and Warsaw Railway (TP&War), Feb.1874-Feb.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.2
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book to other trustees and TP&War officials concerning receipts, expenses, relations with other roads, etc. Letters written by J.C.Clarke and W.H.Cruger after Sept.1874.

Box	Folder
102	425		Feb.1874-Feb.1875

Sub-Series 3- In-letters, Dec.1870-Jan.1875 - Call Number: IC 1 N6.3
About 1300 letters in 9 bound volumes concerning other roads, lands, Southern lines, Iowa roads, passes, and sundry matters from IC officials and others. Many enclosures of letters, pamphlets, circulars, advertisements, etc. are included. Letters for Dec.1870 are to J.M.Douglas, and a few Jan.1873- Jan.1875 letters are to J.C.Clarke (mostly from IC officials in New York). Some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
103	426-427		Dec. 1870-Nov. 1871
104	428-429		Nov. 1871-Jan. 1872
105	430-432		Apr.-Aug. 1872
106	433-434		Oct. 1872-Jan. 1875

Series 26: Osborn, William H. (William Henry), letters, 1854-1871 - Call Number: IC 1 O6
William Henry Osborn was a director of the Illinois Central RR from 1854 to 1877. He served as vice president in 1855, and president from 1855-1865. Among other posts, he served as a president and director of the Chicago, St. Louis & New Orleans and other Southern Lines from 1877-1883. Under his tenure as president, he made sure main lines of the IC were completed and that the company's finances were stable. He also administered the lines during the Civil War and expanded the traffic on the rails during that time.
The Osborn letters are arranged in two subseries, since the first subseries is in 6 bound letterpress copy books, and the second subseries is a collection of loose manuscript letters. They are in the following arrangement: Out-letters, Dec.1855 -Jul. 1871; and Out-letters, Aug.1854-May 1864 (bulk 1855-1856).
For a series of personal letters from Osborn to his wife, Virginia Osborn, [n.d.] and 1855-1857, see IC: Addenda, Letters - Osborn, W.H. (IC:A 1 O1)

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, Dec.1855 -Jul. 1871 - Call Number: IC 1 O6.1
About 3000 letters in 6 letterpress copy books from Chicago to New York officials (mostly to T.E.Walker, 1860-65), legislators, brokers including Robert Benson & Co., London, shareholders including Richard Cobden, and others. A few are reports to Mr. Osborn in New York from Chicago officials: Ebenezer Lane, Jan.-July 1856; W.M.Phillips, Mar. 1859; N.P.Banks, Mar.-May 1861; and J.F.Tucker, Jun.-Jul. 1861. Letters from Mr. Osborn as president, 1855-65, including his acceptance of presidency, Dec.10,1855. and as chairman of Executive Committee, 1868-71; after Apr.1871 from William Tracy as chairman. No letters for Oct.1856-Nov.1858; May 1859-Aug.1860; Aug. 1862-Jan.1863; Apr.1865-Nov.1868.

Box	Folder
107	435-438		Dec. 1855-Jul. 1862
108	439-440		Feb. 1863-Mar. 1865; Dec. 1868-Jul. 1871

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters, (bulk Aug.1854-May 1864 1855-1865) - Call Number: IC 1 O6.2
About 400 letters in 23 folders from Chicago to treasurers M.B. Edgar, J.N. Perkins, and Thomas Walker, and Executive Committee (Burrall, Sturges, Griswold, Sanford, Ketchum, Ackerman) about local activities, progress of road, mail, iron, securities, lands, etc. Only a few letters from 1861-62 and 1864. Some earlier letters are from Boston, and a few from Pittsburgh, New York, Washington and Liverpool (1857) and London (1858). Correspondence of note is his letter of acceptance to the presidency dated Dec. 1, 1855; a letter about the IC line to Hyde Park (Jun. 22, 1856); and a copy of a letter to the U.S. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, (Sept. 10, 1856) Enclosed in a Nov. 25, 1856 letter is a list of downstate Illinois rail stations and whether they have access to water or not.

Box	Folder
109	441		[n.d.]
109	442		Aug. 1854
109	443		Sept. 1854
109	444		Oct., Dec. 1854
109	445		Jan. 1855
109	446		May-Jun. 1855
109	447		Jul.-Aug. 1855
109	448		Sept. 1855
109	449		Oct. 1855
109	450		Dec. 1855
109	451		Jan. 1856
109	452		Mar. 1856
109	453		Apr.-May 1856
109	454		Jun. 1856
109	455		Sept. 1856
109	456		Oct. 1856
109	457		Nov. 1856
109	458		Dec. 1856
109	459		1857 (Aug., Oct. only)
109	460		1858 (Feb. only)
109	461		1861 (Jan., Oct. only)
109	462		1862 (scattered)
109	463		1864 (May 24 only)

Series 27: Parker, D.W. Out-letters, May-Oct.1878 - Call Number: IC 1 P2.1
D.W. Parker was the Illinois Central RR superintendent of Iowa lines from 1877-1883.
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book from Dubuque cashier concerning taxes, vouchers, earnings, expenses and sundry other matters.

Box	Folder
110	464	May-Oct.1878

Series 28: Perkins, J.N. (J. Newton), Out-letters, Dec.1855-Apr.1856 - Call Number: IC 1 P4.1
J. Newton Perkins was in Illinois Central director from 1854 - 1855, and again from 1857-62. In addition, he served as president (1854-1855), treasurer (1855-1860), and a trustee of the IC mortgages (1857, 1858).
About 500 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly routine, about drafts, dividends, etc., with a few detailed letters about bonds, compensation for government troops, earnings, etc. A few are signed by W.K.Ackerman.

Box	Folder
110	465	Dec.1855-Apr.1856

Series 29: Place, T.W. Out-letters, Jun. 1895- Jan.1902 - Call Number: IC 1 P6.1
T.W. Place was a master mechanic for the Illinois Central RR, based in Waterloo, Iowa.
About 900 letters in 2 bound volumes from Waterloo, Iowa Mechanical Dept. concerning local matters, personnel, accidents, etc.

Box	Folder
110	466-467	Jun. 1895-Jan. 1902

Series 30: Randolph, L.V.F. (Lewis V.F.) In-letters: Treasurer's Office, Mar.1884-Mar. 1885 - Call Number: IC 1 R2.1
Lewis V.F. Randolph was an Illinois Central RR director from 1872-1884. He also help the job of assistant treasurer (1869) and treasurer (1875-1885). In addition, he was a trustee of the mortgages of many other lines and companies affiliated with the Illinois Central.
Consists of about 450 letters in 2 bound volumes about routine business.

Box	Folder
111	468-469	Mar.1884-Mar. 1885

Series 31: Schuyler, Robert. Out-letters, Oct.1852- June 1854 - Call Number: IC 1 S2.1
Robert Schuyler was an Illinois Central RR incorporator, and served as president from 1851 to 1853, and as a director from 1851-1854.
About 10 letters in 4 folders to W.P.Burrall, M.B.Edgar and Jonathan Sturges concerning bonds, legal matters and mail contracts, Dec. 1853-June 1854. Also letter to W.W.Gilbert about London loan July 19,1852; resignation submitted to Executive Committee, Oct.11, 1852; and letter (copy) with financial statement sent to Illinois Gov. A.C. French, Dec.8,1852.

Box	Folder
112	470	1852 (Jul., Oct., Dec. only)
112	471	1853 (Dec. only)
112	472	Power of attorney document, May 11, 1853
112	473	1854 (Jan., May-Jun. only)

Series 32: Skene, E.P. (Edward P.) In-telegrams, Sept.-Nov. l897 - Call Number: IC 1 S5.1
Edward P. Skene held several jobs with the Illinois Central RR, beginning with New York Office clerk (1872-1887), then Land Commisioner (1891-1905) and Right of Way agent (1905-1906). He worked as secretary, director, and/or land commissioner on many affiliated railroads as well.
Consists of about 1000 telegrams, in 1 bound volume, from local agents at Southern stations reporting on the yellow fever epidemic and quarantines restricting train business. Labelled "Overflow reports."

Box	Folder
112	474	Sept.-Nov.l897

Series 33: Sturges, Jonathan. Out-letters, (bulk Oct.1852-Aug.1857 May-Jun. 1854) - Call Number: IC 1 S8.1
Jonathan Sturges was an Illinois Central RR incorporator. In addition he served as a director from 1851-1862, and from 1868-1874.
About 50 letters in 10 folders, mostly about purchase of Chicago lands for resale, with a few answering W.P.Burrall's report-letters from Chicago for the Executive Committee, considering problems of Chicago lands, legislation, construction expenses, iron, etc. Also a few letters to J.M.Forbes and J.F.Joy about Michigan Central contract. Other correspondents include Schuyler, Edgar, Wentworth, Osborn, and Ackerman.

Box	Folder
112	475	[n.d.]
112	476	1852 (Oct. 21 only)
112	477	1853 (Dec. only)
112	478	Feb. 1854
112	479	Apr. 1854
112	480	May 1854
112	481	Jun. 1854
112	482	1855
112	483	1856 (Mar. only)
112	484	1857 (Aug. only)

Series 34: Walker, T.E. (Thomas E.), Out-letters, Jan.1863-Feb.1865 - Call Number: IC 1 W2.1
Thomas E. Walker was a director for the Illinois Central from 1855-1871. In addition, he was treasurer from 1861-1871, and a trustee of the Dubuque & Pacific RR (D&P) mortgage in 1857.
About 900 letters in 1 letterpress copy book, mostly to officials about routine matters and to brokers and bankers (especially Robert Benson & Co., London) about bonds.

Box	Folder
112	485	Jan.1863-Feb.1865

Series 35: Welling, J.C. (John C.), letters, 1892-1910 - Call Number: IC 1 W3
John C. Welling held many positions in his tenure at the Illinois Central RR. He began as an acting secretary in 1874 then became assistant treasurer for the Chicago office (1874-1876). He was auditor and comptroller between 1876-1905, and also vice president from 1890-1906. In addition to being on the board of directors from 1887-1888 and again from 1892-1906, he was also incorporator, director and vice president of many of the Illinois Central's subsidiary lines.
Welling's letters are arranged into the following six subseries: Out-letters, Aug.-Sept.1893 and Dec.1901-0ct.1906; Index to Out-letters, 1893-98; Telegrams, Nov.1892- July 1896; In-letters, Jan.1889-Apr.1898 and Aug.1898-June 1910; Index to In-letters, 1893-98; and In-telegrams, July 1893-Oct.1897.

Sub-Series 1- Out-letters, and Aug.-Sept.1893 Dec.1901-0ct.1906 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.1
About 25,000 letters in 26 letterpress copy books, primarily concerning financial matters, securities, etc., including Yazoo & Mississippi Valley RR (Y&MV). No letters for June 1902, Apr.-Sept.1903, Mar.-Apr.l904, Mar. and Nov.1905 and Feb.-Mar.l906.

Box	Folder
113	486-488		Aug.-Sept.1893; Dec. 1901-Mar. 1902
114	489-491		Mar.-Sept. 1902
115	492-494		Sept. 1902-Feb. 1903
116	495-497		Feb. 1903-Feb. 1904
117	498-500		May-Nov. 1904
118	501-503		Nov. 1904-Feb. 1905
119	504-506		Apr.-Sept. 1905
120	507-509		Sept. 1905-Jun. 1906
121	510-511		Jun.-Oct. 1906

Sub-Series 2- Index to Out-letters, 1893-1898 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.1 Index
Indexes letters C-F, H, N-W only (12 folders). Note that there are no letters in the Newberry Library's collection between Sept. 1893 and Dec. 1901.

Box	Folder
122	512-523		C-F, H, N-W, 1893-1898

Sub-Series 3- Telegrams, Nov.1892- July 1896 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.2
About 2000 telegrams in 2 letterpress copy books, mostly to officials.

Box	Folder
123	524-525		Nov.1892- July 1896

Sub-Series 4- In-letters, , and Jan.1889-Apr.1898 Aug.1898-June 1910 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.3
About 30,000 letters in 55 boxes, Jan. 1889-Apr.1898, arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Mostly from officials to Chicago about financial matters, including Southern lines. Other types of correspondence include requests for employment and letters of reference, United States Census information requests, matters pertaining to the traffic at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893, requests for train passes from employees for their spouses or for VIPs, insurance matters, and personnel issues. For World's Columbian Exposition letters, check under the following names in the alphabetic run: Ackerman, Burnham, Edmonds, Higinbotham, Jaycox, Meredith, and "R" (For "Railway Day", Sept. 16, 1893; letter sent Sept. 9).
Many files are missing; and there is some overlapping of dates and names. The letters from Aug.1898-June 1910 are chronological and are filed after the index to the 1889-1898 grouping. Some files from officials for varying dates are kept separately, including Isaac Anderson (IC Auditor of Disbursements), C.A. Beck (assistant 2nd Vice President), R.S.Charles (Treasurer of several Southern Lines), J.M.Edwards (3rd Vice President), Franklin Fairman (Auditor of Freight Receipts), James Fentress (general solicitor), Stuyvesant Fish (President), E .T.H .Gibson (Treasurer), A.G.Hackstaff (Secretary), J.T .Harahan (2nd Vice President), T. J.Hudson (Traffic Manager), A.D. Joslin (bookeeper and auditor), L.P.Morehouse (Custodian of Deeds) and E.P. Skene (Land Commission), W.S. Pinney (Chief Travelling Auditor), W. Renshaw (Superintendent of Machinery), M.D. Royer (Chief Travelling Auditor), Henry Schlacks (Superintendent of Machinery), A.W. Sullivan (General superintendent), Thompson & Slater (Railroad Agents, Washington, D.C.) , and J.F.Titus (clerk, treasurer, incorporator of subsidiary lines). There are also separate files for letters and acceptances of the Guarantee Company of North America, signed by J.T.Pruyn, mostly concerning bonding of employees, July 1893-Apr.1898 [see also "P" alphabetic run, as well as IC 3.94], for Insurance, mostly of proofs of fire losses, Dec.1890-Feb.1894 (also included in letters of A.W.Sullivan), and for Superintendents and Engineers (filed by year but not strictly chronological). Letters from some of these officials are also scattered through alphabetical file; for example, letters from Isaac Anderson before July 1895 are filed with A's.
Note: Some of E.P.Skene's letters filed with L.P.Morehouse, July 1893-Oct.1896 and Jan.-Apr.1898; W. Renshaw with Henry Schlacks, Jan.1889-June 1893, and with A.W.Sullivan, Jan.1891- Feb.1898; C.A. Beck with A.W.Sullivan. Jan.1891-Feb.1898; and M.D. Royer with J. F .Titus, Jan. 1894 -Apr. 1898.
Note: if alphabetic sequences are in multiple folders, sometimes they are ordered chronologically, and sometimes they are ordered alphabetically.

Box	Folder
124	526		A, 1891
124	527		A, Jan.-Jun. 1892
124	528		A, Aug.-Dec. 1893
124	529		A, 1894
124	530		A, 1895
124	531		A, Jan.-Jun. 1896
124	532		A, 1897
124	533		Anderson, Isaac, Jul.-Dec. 1895
124	534-536		Anderson, Isaac, 1896
124	537		Anderson, Isaac, 1897
124	538		Anderson, Isaac, Jan.-Apr. 1898
125	539		B, 1891
125	540		B, Jan.-Jun. 1892
125	541		B, Aug.-Dec. 1893
125	542-543		B, 1894
126	544-545		B, 1895
126	546-547		B, Jan.-Jun. 1896
126	548		Beck, C.A., 1891
127	549-551		C, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
127	552		C, Jan.-Jun. 1892
127	553		C, Aug.-Dec. 1893
128	554-555		C, 1894
128	556		C, 1895
128	557		C, 1896
128	558		Charles, R.S., 1879; Jul.-Dec. 1893
128	559		Charles, R.S., Jan.-Jun. 1894
128	560		Charles, R.S., 1895
129	561-562		Charles, R.S., 1896
129	563		Charles, R.S., 1897
129	564		Charles, R.S., Jan.-Apr. 1898
129	565		D, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
129	566		D, Jan.-Jun. 1892
129	567-568		D, Jan.-Jun. 1893
130	569-570		D, 1896
130	571		E, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
130	572		E, Jan.-Jun. 1892
130	573		E, Jan.-Jun. 1893
130	574		E, 1896
130	575		Edwards, J.M., Jul.-1893-Jan. 1894; Aug. 1894
131	576		F, Dec. 1890-Dec. 1891
131	577		F, Jan.-Jun. 1892
131	578		F, Jan.-Jun. 1893
131	579		F, 1897
131	580		Fairman, F., Jul.-Dec. 1893
131	581-582		Fairman, F., 1894
131	583		Fairman, F., 1895
132	584		Fairman, F., 1896
132	585-586		Fairman, F., 1897
132	587		Fairman, F., Jan.-May 1898
132	588		Fentress, James, Aug.-Dec. 1893
132	589		Fentress, James, 1894
133	590-591		Fentress, James, 1895
133	592-593		Fentress, James, 1896
133	594-595		Fentress, James, 1897
133	596		Fentress, James, Jan.-Apr. 1898
134	597		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1889
134	598-599		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1890
134	600-601		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1891
134	602-603		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Aug. 1892
135	604		Fish, Stuyvesant, Oct.-Dec. 1892
135	605-606		Fish, Stuyvesant, 1893
135	607		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Jun. 1894
135	608		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Apr. 1895
136	609-611		Fish, Stuyvesant, May-Dec. 1895
136	612-614		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Nov. 1896
137	615		Fish, Stuyvesant, Dec. 1896
137	616-621		Fish, Stuyvesant, Jan.-Nov. 1897
138	622-623		G, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
138	624		G, Jan.-Jun. 1892
138	625		G, Jan.-Jun. 1893
138	626		G, 1894
138	627		G, 1895
138	628-629		G, 1897
139	630		Gibson, E.T.H., Sept.-Oct. 1890
139	631-632		Gibson, E.T.H., 1891
139	633-634		Gibson, E.T.H., 1892
139	635		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Jun. 1893
140	636		Gibson, E.T.H., Jun.-Dec. 1894
140	637-638		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Jun. 1895
140	639-640		Gibson, E.T.H., Apr.-Dec. 1897
140	641		Gibson, E.T.H., Jan.-Apr. 1898
141	642-645		Guarantee Company of North America, Jul.-Dec. 1893
141	646-647		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Jun. 1894
142	648-650		Guarantee Company of North America, Jul.-Dec. 1894
142	651-653		Guarantee Company of North America, 1895
143	654-659		Guarantee Company of North America, 1896
144	660-666		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Oct. 1897
145	667-668		Guarantee Company of North America, Nov.-Dec. 1897
145	669-672		Guarantee Company of North America, Jan.-Apr. 1898
146	673-674		H, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
146	675-676		H, Jun.-Dec. 1892
146	677		H, Jan.-Jun. 1893
146	678-679		H, Jul.-Dec. 1893
147	680-681		H, 1894
147	682-683		H, 1895
148	684-685		H, 1896
148	686-687		H, 1897
149	688-689		Hackstaff, A.G., 1894
149	690		Hackstaff, A.G., Sept. 1897-Apr. 1898
149	691		Harahan, J.T., Nov.-Dec. 1890
149	692-694		Harahan, J.T., 1891
150	695-697		Harahan, J.T., 1892
150	698-699		Harahan, J.T., 1893
150	700-702		Harahan, J.T., 1894
151	703-705		Harahan, J.T., 1895
151	706-710		Harahan, J.T., Jan.-May 1896
152	711-717		Harahan, J.T., Jun.-Dec. 1896
153	718-724		Harahan, J.T., Jan.-Aug. 1897
154	725-728		Harahan, J.T., Sept.-Dec. 1897
154	729		Hudson, J.T. 1889
154	730		Hudson, J.T. 1890
154	731		Hudson, J.T. 1891
154	732		Hudson, J.T. 1892
155	733		Hudson, J.T. 1893
155	734		Hudson, J.T. 1894
155	735		Hudson, J.T. 1895
155	736		Hudson, J.T. 1896
155	737-738		Hudson, J.T. Jan.-Aug. 1897
155	739		I, 1891
155	740		I, Jun.-Dec. 1892
155	741		I, Jan.-Jun. 1893
155	742		I, 1894
156	743-744		Insurance matters, C.A. Beck, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	745		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	746		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	747		Insurance matters, H, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	748		Insurance matters, John C. Jacobs, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	749		Insurance matters, J.B. Kemp, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	750		Insurance matters, L.T. Moore, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	751		Insurance matters, Q, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	752		Insurance matters, Ely Russell, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	753		Insurance matters, H. Schlacks, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	754		Insurance matters, T, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	755		Insurance matters, N.B. Wiggins, Dec. 1890-Jun. 1891
156	756		Insurance matters, B, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	757		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	758		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	759		Insurance matters, H, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	760		Insurance matters, John C. Jacobs, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	761		Insurance matters, LT. Moore, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	762		Insurance matters, F.W. Quimby, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	763		Insurance matters, S, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	764		Insurance matters, T, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	765		Insurance matters, W, Jul. 1891-Apr. 1892
157	766		Insurance matters, B, Apr. 1892-Feb. 1894
157	767		Insurance matters, Casey, 1892-1893
157	768		Insurance matters, D, Apr. 1892-Feb. 1894
157	769		Insurance matters, E, Apr. 1892-Mar. 1894
157	770		Insurance matters, Frank & DuBois, Apr. 1892-May 1894
157	771		Insurance matters, G, Apr. 1892-Mar. 1894
157	772		Insurance matters, E.T.H. Gibson, 1892-1894
157	773		Insurance matters, H, Apr. 1892-Dec. 1893
157	774		Insurance matters, K, Apr. 1892-Nov. 1893
157	775		Insurance matters, M, Apr. 1892-Nov. 1893
157	776		Insurance matters, F.W. Quimby, Apr.-May 1892
157	777		Insurance matters, R, Apr. 1892-Jan. 1894
158	778		Insurance matters, S, 1892
158	779-780		Insurance matters, S, Jan.-Oct. 1893
158	781		Insurance matters, T, 1892
158	782-784		Insurance matters, W, 1892-1894
159	785		J, 1891
159	786		J, Jun.-Dec. 1892
159	787		J, 1893
159	788		J, 1894
159	789		Joslin, A.D., Jul-Dec. 1893
159	790-791		Joslin, A.D., 1894
160	792		Joslin, A.D., 1895
160	793		Joslin, A.D., 1896
160	794		Joslin, A.D., 1897
160	795		Joslin, A.D., Jan.-Apr. 1898
160	796		K, 1891
160	797		K, Jun.-Dec. 1892
160	798-799		K, 1893
160	800		K, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
161	801-802		K, 1897
161	803		L, 1891
161	804		L, Jul.-Dec. 1892
161	805-806		L, 1893
161	807		L, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
161	808		L, 1896
161	809-810		M, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
162	811-812		M, 1892
162	813-814		M, 1893
162	815		M, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
163	816-817		M, 1896
163	818		Morehouse, L.P., 1893
163	819		Morehouse, L.P., 1894
163	820		Morehouse, L.P., 1895
163	821-822		Morehouse & Skene, 1896
164	823		Morehouse & Skene, Jan.-Apr. 1898
164	824		N, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	825-826		N, 1892
164	827		N, 1893
164	828		N, 1894
164	829		N, 1895
164	830		O, Nov. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	831-832		O, 1892
164	833		O, 1893
164	834		O, 1894
164	835		O, 1895
164	836		P, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
164	837		P, Jan.-Jun. 1892
165	838		P, Jul.-Dec. 1892
165	839-841		P, 1893
165	842		P, 1894
165	843		P, 1895
165	844		Pinney, W.S., Feb.-Apr. 1898
166	845		Q, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
166	846-847		Q, 1892
166	848		Q, 1893
166	849		Q, 1894
166	850		R, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
166	851-852		R, 1892
166	853		R, 1893
166	854		R, 1894
166	855		R, 1895
167	856		Renshaw, W., Feb.-Jun. 1893
167	857-859		Royer, M.D., 1897
167	860		Royer, M.D., Jan.-Feb. 1898
168	861		S, Oct. 1890-Dec. 1891
168	862-863		S, 1892
168	864-865		S, 1893
169	866-867		S, Jan. 1894-Jan. 1895
169	868		S, Jul.-Dec. 1895
169	869-870		Schlacks, H., 1889
169	871		Schlacks, H., 1890
170	872		Schlacks, H., 1891
170	873		Schlacks, H., Jan. 1892-Jan. 1893
170	874		Skene, E.P., Jul.-Dec. 1893
170	875		Skene, E.P., 1894
170	876-877		Skene, E.P., 1895
171	878		Sullivan, A.W., 1891
171	879-880		Sullivan, A.W., 1892
171	881-883		Sullivan, A.W., Jan.-Aug. 1893
172	884-885		Sullivan, A.W., Sept.-Dec. 1893
172	886-887		Sullivan, A.W., 1894
172	888		Sullivan, A.W., Jul.-Dec. 1895
173	889		Sullivan, A.W., 1896
173	890		Sullivan, A.W., 1897
173	891		Sullivan, A.W., Jan.-Feb. 1898
173	892		Superintendents and Engineers, 1893
173	893		Superintendents and Engineers, 1894
173	894		Superintendents and Engineers, 1895
173	895		Superintendents and Engineers, 1896
173	896		Superintendents and Engineers, 1897
174	897-898		T, 1892
174	899		T, 1893
174	900		T, Jan.-1894-Jan. 1895
174	901		T, Jul.-Dec. 1895
174	902		Thompson & Slater, Jul.-Dec. 1893
174	903		Thompson & Slater, 1894
174	904		Thompson & Slater, 1895
174	905		Thompson & Slater, 1896
174	906		Thompson & Slater, 1897
174	907		Thompson & Slater, Jan.-Apr. 1898
175	908-911		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Jun. 1894
175	912		Titus, J.F., Nov. 1894
175	913-914		Titus, J.F., 1895
176	915-917		Titus, J.F., 1896
176	918-919		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Apr. 1897
177	920-921		Titus, J.F., May-Dec. 1897
177	922		Titus, J.F., Jan.-Apr. 1898
177	923		U, 1892
177	924		U, 1893
177	925		V, 1892
177	926		V, Jan.1894-Jan. 1895
177	927		V, Jul.-Dec. 1895
177	928		W, 1891
177	929-930		W, 1892
178	931-932		W, 1893
178	933		W, 1895
178	934		Y, 1892
178	935		Y, 1893
178	936		Y, 1895
179	944		Aug. 1898-Dec. 1901
179	945		Apr. 1902-Jun. 1910

Sub-Series 5- Index to In-letters, 1893-98 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.3 Index
Indexes letters E-F, H-L and Sp-Sz only.

Box	Folder
179	937		E, 1893-1898
179	938		F, 1893-1898
179	939		H, 1893-1898
179	940		I - J, 1893-1898
179	941		K, 1893-1898
179	942		L, 1893-1898
179	943		Sp - Sz, 1893-1898

Sub-Series 6- In-telegrams, Jul. 1893-Oct.1897 - Call Number: IC 1 W3.4
About 1000 telegrams in 11 folders to Chicago, mostly about financial matters, from New York, New Orleans and other stations on Southern lines, Iowa, etc.

Box	Folder
180	946-951		Jul. 1893-Nov. 1895
181	952-956		Dec. 1895-Oct. 1897

Series 36: Wentworth, John. Out-letters, Dec.1851-Oct.1855 - Call Number: IC 1 W4.1
John Wentworth was a Chicago newspaperman (The Chicago Democrat was his paper, 1836-1888), in addition to being mayor of Chicago from 1857-1858 and 1860-1861, and a United States Congressman from 1843-1851, 1853-1855, and 1865-1867. He worked hard to push the Illinois Land Grant Bill through Congress, and was a long-time supporter of the Illinois Central RR.
16 letters in 1 folder to Illinois Central presidents (Griswold, Burrall, Osborn, Perkins, Schuyler, Sturges) regarding land grant lobby in Washington, entrance into Chicago, and local affairs. Includes two letters from W.B.Ogden to W.H. Osborn, Jan. 1855, about Chicago affairs.

Box	Folder
181	957	1851-1855

Series 37: Miscellaneous unidentified indexes, [n.d.] - Call Number: IC + 1 X1.1
Indexes to letters, stock ledgers, and accounting volumes, and one volume index to map case. In one oversized box and thirteen volumes.

Box
+182		Miscellaneous Indexes, [n.d.]

Volume
+1		[n.d.] Index to Stock Ledgers-Domestic Shareholders-Long Accounts, A-Z
+2-4		Index to Stock Ledgers-Domestic Shareholders, A-Z [n.d.]
+5-13		Miscellaneous Indexes, contracts from subsidiary lines, [n.d.]


Record Group 2: Letters by Office, 1851-1914 - Call Number: IC 11
Correspondence, primarily stored in letterpress copy books, of routine matters pertaining to Illinois Central RR business. Many of these files overlap files in Record Group 1, Letters by Officials.
Arranged alphabetically by Office name: Chicago Office, Machinery Department Office, New York Office, and Post Office Department.

Series 1: Chicago Office. Out-letters (daily) to New York, Jan.1866-July 1897 - Call Number: IC 11 C1.1
Series consists of 39 letterpress copy books; copies of correspondence written out of the Chicago office. Earlier volumes are president's reports to chairman of Executive Committee, later from vice-president in Chicago to treasurer and president. Reports consider weather, business, cars loaded and received, local treasurer's report, land sales, etc.; after 1877 more detailed reports on forms, including cumulated reports at end of month and year, A few letters are included in some volumes. No reports for Nov.1881-Apr.1882, July 1889-Mar.1890, Feb.- Dec.1899 and Oct.1895-June 1896.

Box	Folder
1	1-4	Jan. 1866-Jan. 1871
2	5-7	Sept. 1871-Oct. 1875
3	8-10	Nov. 1875-Dec. 1877
4	11-13	Dec. 1877-Jan. 1880
5	14-16	Jan. 1880-Oct. 1881
6	17-19	May 1882-Jan. 1884
7	20-21	Jan. 1884-May 1885
8	22-23	May 1885-Nov. 1886
9	24-25	Nov. 1886-Apr. 1888
10	26-27	Apr. 1888-Jun. 1889
11	28-29	Apr.-Nov. 1890
12	30-31	Nov. 1890-Sept. 1891
13	32-33	Sept. 1891-Jul. 1892
14	34-36	Jul. 1892-Aug. 1894
15	37-39	Aug. 1894-Jul. 1897

Series 2: Machinery Department records, 1867-1914 - Call Number: IC 11 M2
The Machinery Department was located in Chicago, and was in charge of keeping track of engines and other equipment for the company.
Machinery Department's records are arranged in two subseries: In-letters and Inventories, 1867-1903; and In-letters concerning personnel rules, Dec.1893-Mar. 1914.

Sub-Series 1- In-letters and Inventories, 1867-1903 - Call Number: IC 11 M2.1
18 folders, mostly consisting of lists of equipment for Illinois Central and its subsidiary lines, with letters accompanying them.

Box	Folder
16	40		Cedar Falls & Minnesota (CF&M) rolling stock, 1867-1887
16	41		Chicago & Havana (C&H) division engineers, firemen and freight cars, [n.d.]
16	42		Chicago, Madison & Northern (CM&N) machinery and tools inventory, 1888
16	43		Dubuque & Sioux City (D&SC), Equipment Lists, 1887, 1891
16	44		Gilman, Clinton, & Springfield (GC&S) equipment, 1877
16	45		Havana, Rantoul & Eastern equipment inventory, 1887-1889
16	46		Dubuque & Sioux City (D&SC) inventory and description of personal property transferred to IC, Oct.1,1867
16	47		IC cars which were formerly D&SC cars, Nov. 2, 1883
16	48		IC miscellaneous equipment inventories, [n.d.] and 1884-1889
16	49		IC narrow gauge, 3 ft. Rolling Stock, stored at Rantoul IL, 1888-1889
16	50		IC Engine numbers, Sept. 24, 1896
16	51		IC: old Yazoo & Mississippi Valley (Y&MV) box cars renumbered with new IC numbers, 1901-1902
16	52		IC: Cars equipped, and remaining to be equipped with automatic couplers, Jun. 30,1898
16	53		IC: Cook journal cooler estimates and valuations, 1902-1903
16	54		IC: Rolling stock acquired with Mississippi & Tennessee (Miss&Tenn), 1888
16	55		St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute (StLA&TH) original equipment, with valuations (draft), Oct.1,1895
16	56		St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute (StLA&TH) equipment and property inventory, Oct. 1, 1895
16	57		Yazoo Delta equipment lists, 1899-1902

Sub-Series 2- In-letters concerning personnel rules, Dec.1893-Apr.1916 - Call Number: IC 11 M2.2
About 156 letters in 10 folders between officials about drafting and disseminating shop regulations, Sunday work, pensions, etc. Also included are posters from 1878, 1901, 1902, and 1911 that list the rules of the shop (oversize).

Box	Folder
16	58		1878
16	59		1893-1894
16	60		1896-1897
16	61		1898-1899
16	62		1900-1901
16	63		1902-1903
16	64		1905
16	65		1911
16	66		1912-1913
16	67		1914

Series 3: New York Office records, 1851-1911 - Call Number: IC 11 N1
The New York office of the Illinois Central was mainly in charge of administering the financial matters of the company. It is where the monthly meetings of the board of directors was held.
New York Office records are arranged into the following six series: Out-letters: Assistant Secretary's Office, Dec. 1882- Jan. 1911; Out-letters: Secretary and treasurer, Jan.1895-Jan.1907; In-letters : Secretary and treasurer, Jan. 1884-Dec. 1906; In-telegrams, 1878- 1907; In-letters, 1851-1887; and Petty Cash Receipts, 1864-1869, 1871.

Sub-Series 1 - Out-letters: Assistant Secretary's Office, Dec. 1882- Jan. 1911 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.1
About 135,000 letters in 136 letterpress copy books, mostly routine. Earlier volumes from President's Office to Nov.1897; after that date from secretary and assistant secretary, mostly about passes. Some volumes are of forms only, labelled "Advice Books,'' about passes or half-fare permits enclosed. Leased lines included. Volumes are numbered 19-158. Volumes 21 (Nov.1887-Jan.1888) and 30 (Aug.1891) are missing. Volume 20, Aug.1886-1887, contains a few letters from J.C.Clarke about annual meeting and election of Stuyvesant Fish. There is some overlapping of dates in volumes.

Box	Folder
17	68-70		Vols. 19, 20, and 22, Dec. 1882-Mar. 1890
18	71-72		Vols. 23-24, Mar.-Aug. 1890
19	73-74		Vols. 25-26, Aug. 1890-Jan. 1891
20	75-76		Vols. 27-28, Jan.-May 1891
21	77-78		Vols. 29, 31, May-Nov. 1891
22	79-80		Vols. 32-33, Nov. 1891-Feb. 1892
23	81-82		Vols. 34-35, Feb.-May 1892
24	83-84		Vols. 36-37, May-Oct. 1892
25	85		Vol. 38, Oct. 1892-Jan. 1893
26	86-87		Vols. 39-40, Jan.-Apr. 1893
27	88-89		Vols. 41-42, Apr.-Aug. 1893
28	90-91		Vols. 43-44, Aug. 1893-Jan. 1894
29	92		Vol. 45, Jan.-Feb. 1894
30	93		Vol. 46, Feb.-Apr. 1894
31	94		Vol. 47, Apr.-Jul. 1894
32	95		Vol. 48, Jul.-Sept. 1894
33	96		Vol. 49, Sept.-Dec. 1894
34	97		Vol. 50, Dec. 1894-Feb. 1895
35	98		Vol. 51, Feb.-Apr. 1895
36	99-100		Vols. 52-53, Apr.-Jul. 1895
37	101-102		Vols. 54-55, Jul.-Dec. 1895
38	103-104		Vols. 56-57, Dec. 1895-Apr. 1896
39	105-106		Vols. 58-59, Apr.-Sept. 1896
40	107-108		Vols. 60-61, Sept. 1896-Jan. 1897
41	109-110		Vols. 62-63, Jan.-Apr. 1897
42	111-112		Vols. 64-65, Apr.-Aug. 1897
43	113-114		Vols. 66-67, Aug.-Dec. 1897
44	115-116		Vols. 68-69, Dec. 1897-Mar. 1898
45	117-118		Vols. 70-71, Mar.-Sept. 1898
46	119-120		Vols. 72-73, Sept. 1898-Jan. 1899
47	121-122		Vols. 74-75, Jan.-Mar. 1899
48	123-124		Vols. 76-77, Mar.-Jul. 1899
49	125-126		Vols. 78-79, Jul.-Oct. 1899
50	127-128		Vols. 80-81, Oct. 1899-Jan. 1900
51	129-130		Vols. 82-83, Jan.-Apr. 1900
52	131-132		Vols. 84-85, Apr.-Jul. 1900
53	133-134		Vols. 86-87, Jul.-Oct. 1900
54	135-136		Vols. 88-89, Oct. 1900-Jan. 1901
55	137-138		Vols. 90-91, Dec. 1900-Mar. 1901
56	139-140		Vols. 92-93, Jan.-May 1901
57	141-142		Vols. 94-95, Apr.-Aug. 1901
58	143-144		Vols. 96-97, Jul.-Oct. 1901
59	145-146		Vols. 98-99, Oct. 1901-Feb. 1902
60	147-148		Vols. 100-101, Jan.-Jun. 1902
61	149-150		Vols. 102-103, Feb.-Jul. 1902
62	151-152		Vols. 104-105, Jun.-Sept. 1902
63	153-154		Vols. 106-107, Aug.-Dec. 1902
64	155-156		Vols. 108-109, Dec. 1902-Jan. 1903
65	157-158		Vols. 110-111, Dec. 1902-Mar. 1903
66	159-160		Vols. 112-113, Feb.-Apr. 1903
67	161-162		Vols. 114-115, Mar-Jun. 1903
68	163-164		Vols. 116-117, Jun.-Sept. 1903
69	165-166		Vols. 118-119, Sept.-Nov. 1903
70	167-168		Vols. 120-121, Oct.-Dec. 1903
71	169-170		Vols. 122-123, Dec. 1903-Jan. 1904
72	171-172		Vols. 124-125, Jan.-May 1904
73	173-174		Vols. 126-127, Mar.-Sept. 1904
74	175-176		Vols. 128-129, May-Oct. 1904
75	177-178		Vols. 130-131, Sept.-Dec. 1904
76	179-180		Vols. 132-133, Oct. 1904-Feb. 1905
77	181-182		Vols. 134-135, Dec. 1904-Apr. 1905
78	183-184		Vols. 136-137, Feb.-Jun. 1905
79	185-186		Vols. 138-139, Apr.-Sept. 1905
80	187-188		Vols. 140-141, Jul.-Nov. 1905
81	189-190		Vols. 142-143, Oct-Dec. 1905
82	191-192		Vols. 144-145, Dec. 1905-Feb. 1906
83	193-194		Vols. 146-147, Feb.-Jun. 1906
84	195-196		Vols. 148-149, May-Sept. 1906
85	197-198		Vols. 150-151, Jul.-Nov. 1906
86	199-200		Vols. 152-153, Oct. 1906-Sept. 1907
87	201-202		Vols. 154-155, Sept. 1907-Sept. 1910
88	203		Vol. 156, Sept. 1910-Jan. 1911

Sub-Series 2- Out-letters: Secretary and treasurer, Jan.1895-Jan.1907 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.2
About 23,000 letters in 23 letterpress copy books from the secretary, treasurer, assistant treasurer, and third vice-president, mostly routine.

Box	Folder
89	204-205		Vols. 1-2, Jan. 1895-Mar. 1896
90	206-207		Vols. 3-4, Feb. 1896-Jun. 1897
91	208-209		Vols. 5-6, Jun. 1897-Jul. 1898
92	210-211		Vols. 7-8, Jul. 1898-Sept. 1899
93	212-213		Vols. 9-10, Oct. 1899-Dec. 1900
94	214-215		Vols. 11-12, Dec. 1900-Sept. 1901
95	216-217		Vols. 13-14, Sept. 1901-Jul. 1902
96	218-219		Vols. 15-16, Jul. 1902-May 1903
97	220-221		Vols. 17-18, May 1903-Aug. 1904
98	222-223		Vols. 19-20, Aug. 1904-Jul. 1905
99	224-225		Vols. 21-22, Jul. 1905-Aug. 1906
100	226		Vol. 23, Aug. 1906- Jan. 1907

Sub-Series 3- In-letters : Secretary and treasurer, Jan. 1884-Dec. 1906 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.3
About 20,000 letters in 185 bound volumes, many from Chicago officials and Southern lines. Later letters also to the third vice-president. Volumes 6-8, 11 - 13, 16 - 17, 19, 44, and 88-115 are missing; no letters for Jun-Dec. 1886, Aug.-Oct,1887, Mar.-Apr., Aug.-Sept. and Nov.- Dec.1888, Jan.-Feb. 1891, or Feb. 1895-Apr. 1897.

Box	Folder
101	227-228		Vols. 1-2, Jan. 1884-May 1886
102	229-230		Vols. 3-4, Jan.-Jul. 1887
103	231-233		Vols. 5, 9, 10, Jul.-Oct. 1887l; Nov. 1887-Feb. 1888
104	234-236		Vols. 14, 15, 18, ; May-Jul. 1888 Oct.-Nov. 1888
105	237-238		Vols. 20-21, Dec. 1888-Feb. 1889
106	239-240		Vols. 22-23, Feb.-Apr. 1889
107	241-242		Vols. 24-25, Apr.-Jun. 1889
108	243-244		Vols. 26-27, Jun.-Aug. 1889
109	245-246		Vols. 28-29, Sept.-Nov. 1889
110	247-248		Vols. 30-31, Nov. 1889-Jan. 1890
111	249-250		Vols. 32-33, Jan.-Mar. 1890
112	251-252		Vols. 34-35, Mar.-May 1890
113	253-254		Vols. 36-37, May-Jul. 1890
114	255-256		Vols. 38-39, Jul.-Sept. 1890
115	257-258		Vols. 40-41, Sept.-Nov. 1890
116	259-260		Vols. 42-43, Nov. 1890-Jan. 1891
117	261-262		Vols. 45-46, Feb.-Apr. 1891
118	263-264		Vols. 47-48, Apr.-Jun. 1891
119	265-267		Vols. 49-51, Jun.-Sept. 1891
120	268-269		Vols. 52-53, Sept.-Nov. 1891
121	270-271		Vols. 54-55, Nov. 1891-Jan. 1892
122	272-273		Vols. 56-57, Jan.-Mar. 1892
123	274-276		Vols. 58-60, Mar.-Jun. 1892
124	277-278		Vols. 61-62, Jun.-Sept. 1892
125	279-280		Vols. 63-64, Sept.-Dec. 1892
126	281-282		Vols. 65-66, Dec. 1892-Feb. 1893
127	283-284		Vols. 67-68, Feb.-May 1893
128	285-286		Vols. 69-70, May-Aug. 1893
129	287-288		Vols. 71-72, Aug.-Oct. 1893
130	289-290		Vols. 73-74, Oct.-Dec. 1893
131	291-292		Vols. 75-76, Dec. 1893-Feb. 1894
132	293-294		Vols. 77-78, Feb.-Apr. 1894
133	295-296		Vols. 79-80, Apr.-Jun. 1894
134	297-298		Vols. 81-82, Jul.-Aug. 1894
135	299-300		Vols. 83-84, Sept.-Oct. 1894
136	301-303		Vols. 85-87, Nov. 1894-Jan. 1895
137	304-305		Vols. 116-117, May-Jun. 1897
138	306-307		Vols. 118-119, Jul.-Aug. 1897
139	308-309		Vols. 120-121, Sept.-Oct. 1897
140	310-311		Vols. 122-123, Nov.-Dec. 1897
141	312-313		Vols. 124-125, Jan.-Feb. 1898
142	314-315		Vols. 126-127, Feb.-Mar. 1898
143	316-317		Vols. 128-129, Mar.-May 1898
144	318-319		Vols. 130-131, Jun.-Jul. 1898
145	320-321		Vols. 132-133, Jul.-Sept. 1898
146	322-323		Vols. 134-135, Sept.-Oct. 1898
147	324-325		Vols. 136-137, Nov.-Dec. 1898
148	326-327		Vols. 138-139, Jan.-Feb. 1899
149	328-329		Vols. 140-141, Mar.-Apr. 1899
150	330-331		Vols. 142-143, May-Jun. 1899
151	332-333		Vols. 144-145, Jul.-Aug. 1899
152	334-335		Vols. 146-147, Sept.-Oct. 1899
153	336-337		Vols. 148-149, Nov.-Dec. 1899
154	338-339		Vols. 150-151, Jan.-Feb. 1900
155	340-341		Vols. 152-153, Mar.-Apr. 1900
156	342-343		Vols. 154-155, May-Jun. 1900
157	344-345		Vols. 156-157, Jul.-Aug. 1900
158	346-347		Vols. 158-159, Sept.-Oct. 1900
159	348-349		Vols. 160-161, Nov.-Dec. 1900
160	350		Vol. 162, Jan. 1901
161	351		Vol. 163, Feb. 1901
162	352		Vol. 164, Mar. 1901
163	353-354		Vols. 165-166, Apr.-May 1901
164	355-356		Vols. 167-168, Jun.-Jul. 1901
165	357-358		Vols. 169-170, Aug.-Sept. 1901
166	359		Vol. 171, Oct. 1901
167	360		Vol. 172, Nov. 1901
168	361		Vol. 173, Dec. 1901
169	362		Vol. 174, Jan. 1902
170	363-364		Vols. 175-176, Feb.-Mar. 1902
171	365-366		Vols. 177-178, Apr.-May 1902
172	367-368		Vols. 179-180, Jun.-Jul. 1902
173	369-370		Vols. 181-182, Aug.-Sept. 1902
174	371-372		Vols. 183-184, Oct.-Nov. 1902
175	373-374		Vols. 185-186, Dec. 1902-Jan. 1903
176	375-376		Vols. 187-188, Feb.-Mar. 1903
177	377-378		Vols. 189-190, Apr.-May 1903
178	379-380		Vols. 191-192, Jun.-Jul. 1903
179	381-382		Vols. 193-194, Aug.-Sept. 1903
180	383-384		Vols. 195-196, Oct.-Nov. 1903
181	385-386		Vols. 197-198, Dec. 1903-Jan. 1904
182	387-388		Vols. 199-200, Feb.-Mar. 1904
183	389-390		Vols. 201-202, Apr.-May 1904
184	391-392		Vols. 203-204, Jun.-Jul. 1904
185	393-394		Vols. 205-206, Aug.-Sept. 1904
186	395-396		Vols. 207-208, Oct.-Nov. 1904
187	397-398		Vols. 209-210, Dec. 1904-Jan. 1905
188	399-400		Vols. 211-212, Feb.-Mar. 1905
189	401-402		Vols. 213-214, Apr.-May 1905
190	403-404		Vols. 215-216, Jun.-Jul. 1905
191	405-406		Vols. 217-218, Aug.-Sept. 1905
192	407-408		Vols. 219-220, Oct.-Nov. 1905
193	409-410		Vols. 221-222, Dec. 1905-Jan. 1906
194	411-412		Vols. 223-224, Feb.-Mar. 1906
195	413-414		Vols. 225-226, Apr.-May 1906
196	415-416		Vols. 227-228, Jun.-Jul. 1906
197	417-418		Vols. 229-230, Aug.-Sept. 1906
198	419-420		Vols. 231-232, Oct.-Nov. 1906
199	421		Vol. 233, Dec. 1906

Sub-Series 4- In-telegrams, 1878-1907 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.4
About 10,000 telegrams in 68 bound volumes to officials in New York, mostly from New Orleans about Southern lines, but some, especially in later volumes, from Chicago and Iowa lines. None received during Jan.1906. Some overlapping of dates in the early volumes.

Volume
1			Nov. 23, 1876-Sept. 30, 1877
2			Jan. 1877-Aug. 1878
3			1878
4			1879
5			1880-1882
6			1880
7			1881
8			1882
9			1883
10			1884
11			1885
12			1886
13-14			1887
15-16			1888
17-18			1889
19-20			1890
21			1891
22-23			1892
24-25			1893
26-27			1894
28-29			1895
30-31			1896
32-35			1897
36-39			1898
40-43			1899
44-47			1900
48-51			1901
52-55			1902
56-59			1903
60-63			1904
64-67			1905
68			Feb. 1906-Dec. 1907

Sub-Series 5- In-letters, 1851-1887 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.5
About 1000 letters in 3 boxes, many concerning securities, London loan, earnings and expenses, construction, job applications, mail delivery, the Lake Front Case, the Civil War, Cairo affairs, correspondence between officials, Robert Benson & Co., bankers, and others. Mostly written during 1851-56 and 1862. Correspondents include R.B. Mason, W.P. Burrall, R. Schuyler, M. Ketchum, M.B. Edgar, Franklin Haven, J.S. Morgan, J.N. Perkins, W.H. Osborn, and W.K. Ackerman. Some highlights in the correspondence include the following:
1851: David Emmert on Springfield affairs; Alfred Dutch concerning Chicago Commercial Advertiser support; John Tillson on the London Emigration and Colonization Co., with circular [printed]; J.N.Alvord about the Ohio & Mississippi Telegraph Co.; Sidney Breese concerning right of way; James Grant on Chicago and Rock Island affairs; Telegram from Thomas Dyer announcing passage of Chicago ordinance allowing road to enter city, with reports of committee, copies of ordinance [printed] and letters from Mason Brayman and Mayor Gurney; also from Illinois Gov. A.C.French (May 14, 1851), Bronson Murray, Henry Grinnell, H.C.Long, A.S.White, Cyrus Edwards, S.D. Lockwood, Franklin Haven, Hiram Ketchum, John Moore, Robert Rantoul Jr. and others.
1852: T.B.Blackstone on land purchase; W.B.Archer on Illinois right of way; Telegram from Chicago mayor and many letters about entrance into city, employment of J.F. Joy, etc., with ordinances and meetings of City Council; G.B.Upton on Michigan Central (MC) loan; S.W.Hotchkiss on Northwestern Telegraph Co.; Petition of Galena citizens requesting termination at Galena and letters considering changing line (Apr. 16, 1852); Charles Gregoire on Dubuque lands; W.H. Bissell reporting General Land Office decisions; Stephen A. Douglas account; Memo on duties of officers.
1853: Advertisement of railroad frog [printed] with many letters on construction and equipment, including description of American Car Co. passenger cars and telegram about coal engine; John Campbell requesting land for college; Proposal to improve the Cairo property (Nov. 9, 1853); J.C.Caton on telegraph (Oct. 19, 1853) and Morse telegraph line along the railroad (Dec. 2, 1853); Telegram from T.B.Blackstone about strike; Telegrams, letters, and ordinances concerning Chicago sea wall (Sept. 17, 1853); Mail on Chicago Branch (Sept. 20, 1853); Letter concerning death of foreman Mr. Story killed by riotous construction crew (Dec. 16, 1853), written to R.B. Mason from J.B. Wyman; Circular of U.S. Treasury concerning foreign holdings of American securities [printed] (Sept. 21, 1853), with letter from the Secretary of the Treasury (Dec. 27, 1853).
1854: Letters from Thomas Sherlock, G.W. Jones, Alfred Guthrie and others concerning steamship connections between Cairo and New Orleans; from G.B.Upton on Michigan Central; R.B.Mason request for currency; Henry Tanner on brakes, with memo on legal claims; Telegram announcing first tram over LaSalle bridge; The Terre Haute and Alton connection; Shipments of engines; C.M.Dupuy on land; To editors of Chicago papers by "Nimrod" considering benefits to Illinois of I C, and Abraham Lincoln's candidacy for Senate; A petition from "Know-Nothing" concerning a station in Ashley, Illinois (Nov. 15, 1854); R.B.Mason on construction to date, (Nov.25, 1854); Letter from Wendell Phillips about stock.
1855: Alexander Hamilton Jr. and other attorneys considering litigation; Many letters on steamships, mail to New Orleans, steel, locomotives, consumption of coal, iron car, and visit of London stockholders. Printed proposal of US Mail on the Mississippi River (Oct. 20, 1855).
1856: E.B.Washburne and others on steamships, with report of Postmaster-General, Feb.9, and letter from William Thaw to J.P.Benjamin, Mar.31, titled "Exposition of the present condition and prospects of the Great Mississippi River Mail" [printed]; Manuscript chart of Arrival and Departures of Southern Mail by boat from Cairo (Feb. 6, 1856); John Reynolds on mail; C.P.Buckingham concerning Chicago warehouse; M.K.Jesup concerning locomotives; C.M. Dupuy reporting on lands ; Telegrams about floods; Letters and telegrams to W.H. Osborn from David Stuart in Washington DC, regarding Senate bill; Ordinance with the City of Chicago, concerning Breawater (Sept. 15, 1856).
1858: List of shareholders and bondholders on London books; Chicago depot questions; Land Dept. sales, from Silas Bent and others; R.P.Neely concerning the MissCen&Tenn; Receipt from C.V.S.Roosevelt: Coal rates.
1859: Letter from Richard Cobden reporting to London stock- holders (May 11, 1859); Telegrams about New Orleans flood.
1860: Coal engines on the Midland Railway, England; London and Basel brokers, including Robert Benson & Co., George Peabody & Co., and G.Courvoisier & Co.(Letters arriving on the ship "Arabia"); Report on New Orleans business by A.E.Burnside.
1861: Paul Cornel1 to W.H. Osborn on Hyde Park suburban service (Jan. 1861); Charges for carrying U.S. troops, and movements of men and supplies (Apr. 1861); letter from Charles Latimer, reporting the Illinois Central-owned ship the "Cheney" seized by "The Pirate of the Mississippi" (Sept. 1861).
1862: MC litigation; H.A.Peirce proposition on the sale of corn; Sturges, Buckingham & Co. elevators, Chicago; Statement of Freight and Passenger Earnings, detailing Army use (Jan. 25, 1862); Cotton and sugar beet seed distribution in northern states. Most of 1862 correspondence relates to stocks.
1864: Report on freight by Robert Forsyth. (Nov. 4, 1864)
1865: Letter about personal dividends from Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Jan. 25, 1865); Report from Asheville, NC; no mail, no scrip, etc.
1866: Requests of IC Relief Club.
1867: Letter from Sir Edward Cunard concerning freight.
1871: Internal revenue tax decision, with letter from Treasury Dept.
1872: Cairo litigation, by Sen.Lyman Trumbull; GC&S affairs; Income tax.
1876: Legal Dept. employees, and employment of B.F.Ayer; GC&S affairs.
1879: CStL&NO securities.
1881: Memo regarding construction of a second transfer steamer.
1882: CStL&NO insurance.
1886: Storm Lake, Ia. resort for excursions.

Box	Folder
200	422		[n.d.]
200	423-425		Feb.-Dec. 1851
200	426		Jan.-May 1852
200	427		City of Chicago Ordinance; Lakefront building by Illinois Central, (2 copies) Jun. 14, 1852
200	428-429		Jun.-Dec. 1852
200	430-433		1853
200	434-437		1854
201	438-441		1855
201	442-446		1856
201	447		Mar.-Apr. 1857
201	448-452		Jan.-Oct. 1858
201	453		Apr.-May 1859
201	454		Feb.-Dec. 1860
201	455		Jan.-Sept. 1861
202	456-464		1862
202	465		Aug., Sept., Nov., 1863
202	466		Feb., Nov. 1864
202	467		Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jan. 24, 1865
202	468		May, Jul-Sept. 1865
202	469		Apr. 1866
202	470		Oct. 1867
202	471		Jan. 1869
202	472		Jan. 1870
202	473		Feb., Oct.-Nov. 1871
202	474		Jan., May-Jun. 1872
202	475		Dec. 1873
202	476		Jan., Dec. 1874
202	477		Jul.-Sept. 1875
202	478		Jul.-Dec. 1876
202	479		Oct. 1879
202	480		Sept. 1881
202	481		Aug. 1882
202	482		Dec. 1885
202	483		1886-1887

Sub-Series 6- Petty Cash Receipts, , 1864-1869 1871 - Call Number: IC 11 N1.6
Receipts in 7 folders for small operational expenses incurred at the New York Office: newspaper subscriptions, post office box rental, groceries, and crackers and jam.
This subseries is an addendum to the original collection acquired by the Newberry Library in 1951, and is not listed or indexed in the 1951 printed guide by Mohr.

Box	Folder
202	484		1864
202	485		1865
202	486		1866
202	487		1867
202	488		1868
202	489		1869
202	490		1871

Series 4: Post Office Dept. In-letters, Sept.1876-Aug.1886 - Call Number: IC 11 P5.1
Mostly form letters in 1 volume (disbound and foldered) concerning notice of deduction in compensation for carrying mails due to failures and decreased appropriations, with a few copies of letters of protest from IC officials.

Box	Folder
203	491-496	Sept.1876-Aug.1886


Record Group 3: Reports, Legal, 1852-1969 - Call Number: IC 2
The Legal Reports record group is a very diverse amalgam, including not only legal reports but also Annual Reports of the company, statements and miscellaneous reports, contracts with vendors and other rail lines, tax papers, and documents on various subjects (Civil War settlements, Cairo, Illinois, the Chicago Lake Front, and the Tripartite Agreement with New Orleans, Jackson & Great Northern RR and the Mississippi Central and Southern Railroad Association). This record group also includes published material that may have been out of scope in any other record group: printed circulars, newspaper clippings, and papers used in preparing historical summaries of the Illinois Central RR.
Of note in this record group is a collection of scrapbooks kept by former administrator and President William K. Ackerman. These scrapbooks detail his family history and the history of early Chicago and Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.
Arranged by type of document and/or subject matter: Reports, Corporate Documents, Contracts, Military Accounts, Taxes, Legal Opinions and Litigation, Cario Affairs, Chicago Lake Front Affairs, and Circulars, Scrapbooks, and Histories.

Series 1: Annual reports to stockholders, unbound, 1853-1969; bulk 1900-1969; and bound volumes, 1852-1960 - Call Number: IC 2.1 and IC +2.1 [oversized]
Bound and unbound copies of the annual report issued to the stockholders by the directors of the Illinois Central RR. Mostly used as a yearly recap of the financial health of the company, in later years it also included publicity material such as human interest stories and photographs (from 1946 on; also, in 1953, they started publishing photographs in color).
Report years vary: 1852 dated Nov.20; 1853, Mar., Nov.10; 1854, Dec.9; 1856, Mar.19, Sept.3; 1857, Mar.l; 1858, Mar.17; 1859, Mar.16; 1860, May 16; year ending Dec.31, 1860-88; year ending June 30,1888-1916; year ending Dec.31, 1916-1969. Also included in the bound volumes: Communication to the shareholders by W.K. Ackerman concerning reports on the CStL&NO, Jan.18,1883, with reports by James Fentress and J.C.Clarke with 1883 report; Report of Committee on Rates, Revenues and Expenditures with 1890 report; Report of the delegates selected by the joint committee of British shareholders with 1877 report.
Boxes 1 and 2 are loose annual reports. Box +3 contain reports, 1852-1876, filed in oversized materials before the volumes of bound reports. After the bound volumes is a duplicate set of bound volumes, 1871-1950.
Annual reports from 1852-1910 are also available on microfilm.

Box	Folder
1	1	Annual report, Mar. 16, 1853
1	2	Report to Board of directors by a Committee of the Board [2 copies], Nov. 10, 1853
1	3	Report,and statement of financial conditions (including map of Railway Guide for Illinois, Jan.1.1855), Mar. 15, 1854
1	4	Annual report, 50th, year ended Jun. 30, 1900
1	5	Annual report, 52nd, year ended Jun. 30, 1902
1	6	Annual report, 53rd, year ended Jun. 30, 1903
1	7	Annual report, 54th, year ended Jun. 30, 1904
1	8	Annual report, 55th, year ended Jun. 30, 1905
1	9	Report submitted by the president, [56th], year ended May 16, 1906
1	10	Annual report, 57th, year ended Jun. 30, 1907
1	11	Annual report, 80th, year ended Dec. 31, 1929
1	12	Annual report, 81st, year ended Dec. 31, 1930
1	13	Annual report, 82nd, year ended Dec. 31, 1931
1	14	Annual report, 83rd, year ended Dec. 31, 1932
1	15	Annual report, 84th, year ended Dec. 31, 1933
1	16	Annual report, 85th, year ended ; and Summary and Statistical Section, Revised Dec. 31, 1934 Jun. 1, 1934
1	17	Annual report, 86th, year ended Dec. 31, 1935
2	18	Annual report, 87th, year ended Dec. 31, 1936
2	19	Annual report, 88th, year ended Dec. 31, 1937
2	20	Annual report, 89th, year ended Dec. 31, 1938
2	21	Annual report, 90th, year ended Dec. 31, 1939
2	22	Annual report, 91st, year ended Dec. 31, 1940
2	23	Annual report, 92nd, year ended Dec. 31, 1941
2	24	Annual report, 93rd, year ended Dec. 31, 1942
2	25	Annual report, 94th, year ended Dec. 31, 1943
2	26	Annual report, 95th, year ended Dec. 31, 1944
2	27	Annual report, 96th, year ended Dec. 31, 1945
2	28	Annual report, 97th, year ended Dec. 31, 1946
2	29	Annual report, 98th, year ended Dec. 31, 1947
2	30	Annual report, 99th, year ended Dec. 31, 1948
2	31	Annual report, year ended [1st proof] Dec. 31, 1949
2	32	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1950
2	33	Annual report, year ended [2 copies] Dec. 31, 1953
2	34	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1954
2	35	Annual report, year ended Dec. 31, 1957
2	36	Annual meeting report, [3 copies] May 1968
2	37	Annual report, ICRR and IC Industries, 1969
+3	38	Condensed statement of financial affairs, 1852
+3	39	Report,and statement of financial conditions (including map of Railway Guide for Illinois, Jan.1.1855), 1854
+3	40	1855
+3	41	Report and accompanying documents 1856
+3	42	1857
+3	43	1858
+3	44	1859
+3	45	1860
+3	46	1861
+3	47	1862-1863
+3	48	1864
+3	49	1865
+3	50	1866
+3	51	1867
+3	52	1868
+3	53	1869
+3	54	1870
+3	55	1876
+3	56	Duplicates, 1860-1861; 1863-1868

Series 2: Annual reports to stockholders, bound volumes, 1852-1960 - Call Number: IC +2.1

Volume
+1		1852-1870
+2		Facsimile, copy 1 1852-1870,
+3		Facsimile, copy 2 1852-1870,
+4		1871-1897
+5		1898-1903
+6		1904-1910
+7		1908-1928
+8		1921-1930
+9		1931-1940
+10		1941-1950
+11		1951-1960
+12		Special 10-year report by President Stuyvesant Fish, copy 1 1897,
+13		Special 10-year report by President Stuyvesant Fish, copy 2 1897,
+14		Annual and Special Reports, 1900-1904
+15		Annual and Special Reports, 1905-1909

Series 3: Report to shareholders by Joseph Fisher, Jun. 1858 - Call Number: IC 2.11
Reports on securities, right of way, property, construction, land sales, foreign agencies, foreign securities, contracts, etc.

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