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Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Boston Terminal Company Records
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NMAH.AC.1525
- Dates:
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1899-1936, undated
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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1 Cubic foot1 box, 6 map olders
- Repository:
Collection contains records including deeds, contracts, and blueprints documenting the work of the Boston Terminal Company.
Content Description
Content Description
Materials consist of deeds, contracts, and blueprints from the railroads that formed the Boston Terminal Company. These records relate to the work of the Boston Terminal Company in particular the South Union Station now known as the Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station. Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Arrangement
Arrangement
Collection is arranged in one series.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The Boston Terminal Company, formed in 1897 to develop South Union Station, was comprised of the New Haven Railroad, Boston and Albany Railroad Company, New England Railroad Company, Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, and the Old Colony Railroad Company. Officially now known as The Governor Michael S. Dukakis Transportation Center at South Station it was intended to provide a single terminal to service all these railroads.
Administration
Author
Vanessa Broussard-Simmons
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Immediate source of acquisition unknown; acquired prior to 1976.
Custodial History
Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Work & Industry in February 2022.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, archivist, 2023. Finding aid encoded by Audrey Willius, intern, 2023.
Using the Collection
Preferred Citation
Boston Terminal Company Records, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Related Materials
Related Materials
Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Railroads, NMAH.AC.0060
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Records, NMAH.AC.0071
Division of Transportation: Railroads' Engineering Data, NMAH.AC.0207
Division of Transportation Railroad Reference Files, NMAH.AC.0523
Frank H. Waring Papers, NMAH.AC.0895
Foundation Company Records, NMAH.AC.0974
Grand Central Terminal Collection, NMAH.AC.1071
New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, NMAH.AC.1072
Charles B. Chaney Jr. Railroad Photographic Collection, NMAH.AC.1167
Thomas Norrell Railroad Collection, NMAH.AC.1174
Railroad Station Historical Society Collection, NMAH.AC.1558
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Marcel Breuer Papers, 1920-1986, AAA.breumarc
Other Repositories
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way, G3761.P3 1828 .H3
Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Map of the Old Colony Rail Road with its branches and connecting roads, prepared under the direction of the Committee of Investigation, January 1850, S. Dwight Eaton, Engineer, G3761.P3 1850 .F4
Keywords
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
P.O. Box 37012
Suite 1100, MRC 601
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Business Number: Phone: 202-633-3270
Fax Number: Fax: 202-786-2453
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