Samuel M. Vauclain papers
A Guide to the Collection
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Creator: |
Vauclain, Samuel M. (Samuel Matthews), 1856-1940. |
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Samuel M. Vauclain papers |
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Inclusive Dates: |
1856-1940
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Abstract: |
Samuel Matthews Vauclain was a lifelong employee of the Baldwin Locomotive Works Company. He was a locomotive manufacturer, inventor, salesman, and international businessman. One of his many achievements was the invention of the compound locomotive in 1889. The collection contains business and personal notebooks, business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, charts, and sketches. Approximately 90% of the collection concerns Vauclain's business career with the other 10% pertaining to his personal life. Of the business papers about half relate to Baldwin Locomotive Works' foreign affairs.
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Accession No: |
A1980.0220 |
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Extent: |
15 boxes (15 linear feet) |
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Language: |
Material is in English |
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Repository |
DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University |
In 1832 Mathias Baldwin constructed the “first practical locomotive built and run in Pennsylvania” with the help of a railroad mechanic named Andrew Constant Vauclain. By 1856 Vauclain had risen to become a roundhouse foreman for the Pennsylvania Railroad. With the promotion came an increase in pay, but it also forced Vauclain to separate from his family. In February 1856 he left hi s children and his wife, Mary A. Vauclain, who was five months pregnant, and he relocated to Altoona, Pennsylvania. Shortly after the birth of a son, Samuel, she moved the family from Port Richmond to Altoona, the center of Pennsylvania Railroad Company operations and the place of Samuel M. Vauclain’s rearing and education.
Samuel Matthews Vauclain (May 18, 1856 – February 4, 1940) gradually acquired his father’s taste for locomotives and quickly ascended from the lower ranks of the railroad production community to become a locomotive manufacturer, inventor, salesman, and international businessman. When he turned 16 S. M. Vauclain decided not to attend college and, with his father’s help, found employment in the repair shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The next year he signed a four-year indenture contract with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. When the period of indenture ended in 1877, Vauclain was promoted to Assistant Foreman. The $150-200 per month salary allowed Vauclain to provide for a family, and on April 17, 1879, Vauclain married Annie Kearney of Altoona.
At the age of 24 Samuel Vauclain was earning a decent salary and living with his wife in a newly constructed home outside of Altoona. Vauclain's big opportunity came when he was offered a position as engine inspector for sixty locomotives being constructed at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia. Vauclain impressed the employers at the plant with his attention to detail. Thus, when a position fell vacant in 1883 for the general foreman of the 17th Street shops, Vauclain was offered the job. From that day in 1883 until the end of his life in 1940, Samuel Vauclain worked for the Baldwin Locomotive Works Company.
Vauclain moved up the promotion ladder quickly at Baldwin Locomotive Works. He soon became Superintendent of the 17th Street Shops. Later he was hired as the Superintendent of Equipment, and by the age of 30 Vauclain was the General Superintendent of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. In January 1896 Vauclain was asked to become a member of the board of directors.
During his early years at the Baldwin Locomotive Works Vauclain also engineered locomotive engine prototypes and first of a kind electrical machinery. He was one of the first men to apply to processes of heavy equipment and in 1889 Vauclain invented the compound locomotive. Also in 1902 he performed developmental work on the balanced compound.
Vauclain’s hard-working attitude and inventive spirit earned him the position of Vice President in 1911. As V.P. and later Senior V.P. (1917), Vauclain was responsible for the sale of locomotive engines and locomotive parts to Allied nations during World War I. His performance in Europe was exemplary and in May 1919 after Alba Johnson’s Death, Vauclain was appointed president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works. As president Vauclain continued to negotiate sales of locomotives with near-bankrupt European countries.
By 1929 Vauclain had witnessed the construction of the 60,000 locomotive built by Baldwin. With the onset of the Great Depression he organized the cross-country trek of the “Prosperity Special.” Nonetheless, with his wife’s health ailing, Vauclain decided to resign as President of the Baldwin Locomotive Works at the age of 73. He was appointed the Chairman of the Board and served in that position until his death in 1940. At the time of his death, Baldwin Locomotive Works was enjoying its most prosperous period. Just 16 years later all work was suspended.
Vauclain performed many duties outside of his business environment. Samuel and Annie Vauclain parented six children; two, Sam, Jr., and Constance, died at an early age. Samuel Vauclain was a faithful member of the Republican Party and also a member and/or director of over 50 other organizations. Vauclain received his numerous honorary degrees, decorations, and awards, and was president of the Bryn Mawr Children’s Hospital. He and Annie most enjoyed gardening at their “Broadlawn” estate in Rosemont, Delaware County.
The Samuel M. Vauclain Collection consists of approximately 15 cubic feet of material which dates from 1872 until 1938. Within the collection there are business and personal notebooks, business correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, charts, and sketches. Approximately 90% of the collection concerns Vauclain's business career with the other 10% pertaining to his personal life. Of the business papers about half relate to Baldwin Locomotive Works' foreign affairs.
The collection includes a copy of Vauclain's indenture contract with Pennsylvania Railroad, correspondence and photographs with European heads of state, correspondence concerning domestic and foreign business, propaganda on the "Prosperity Special," numerous speeches and magazine articles, and sketches and correspondence concerning Vauclain's innnovations.
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Arrangement of the Collection |
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The collection is organized into ten series: |
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Series I: Notebooks and Journals, 1876-1920 |
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Series II: Reports on Foreign Production, circa 1920 |
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Series III: Correspondence Concerning Foreign Business and Foreign Sales Reports, 1919-1928 |
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Series IV: Correspondence and Reports of Domestic Sales, 1919-1928 |
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Series V: Orders, Estimates, and Other Business Records, 1910-1928 |
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Series VI: Baldwin Locomotive Works correspondence with New York, Boston, and Other Offices, 1876-1938 |
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Series VII: Employment Memorabilia, Speeches, and Correspondence, 1893-1936 |
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Series VIII: Advertisements and Clippings, 1891-1928 |
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Series IX: Photographs, Drawings, Portraits, and Illustrations |
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Series X: Oversize Materials, 1883-1912 |
Access to Collection:
Collection is open for research use.
Publication Rights:
Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the DeGolyer Library.
Copyright Statement:
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries' online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms. |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Pennsylvania Railroad |
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Mechanical engineers--United States |
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Railroads--United States--History |
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Locomotives, Compound |
Papers and printed material of Samuel M. Vauclain, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
The business and personal papers of Samuel M. Vauclain were given to the DeGolyer Foundation by the family of Samuel M. Vauclain, III in 1963. The DeGolyer Foundation’s assets were donated to Southern Methodist University in 1974 and became part of the DeGolyer Library Manuscript Collection.
Prepared by Alexander H. Lorch III, 1997
Cynthia Franco, 2006
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Vauclain, Samuel M. and Earl Chapin May
Steaming Up!: the Autobiography of Samuel M. Vauclain
(New York: Brewer & Warren, 1930). DeGolyer Library Call Number TJ140.V3A3 1973.
Smith, Marvin W.
Samuel M. Vauclain (1856-1940) Courageous Pioneer Believer in America!
(New York: Newcomen Society of North America, 1952). DeGolyer Library Call Number TJ140.V3S6 1952.
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Detailed Description of the Collection
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Series I: Notebooks and Journals, 1876-1920 3 boxes |
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Algebra Book, "Comments on the System and Shop Practices", Business Journals, and Newspaper Clippings |
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Algebra Book |
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"Comments on the System and Shop Practices" |
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Business Journal |
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Business Journal |
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Business Journal |
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Business Journal |
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Business Journal |
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Newspaper Clippings, Personal Notebook, Production Notebooks 1886-1913 |
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Business Journal |
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Personal Notebook, 1882 |
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Production Notebooks, 1886-1891 |
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Production Notebooks, 1892-1896 |
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Production Notebooks, 1897-1901 |
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Production Notebooks, 1902-1906 |
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Production Notebooks, 1907-1909 |
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Production Notebooks, 1910-1913 |
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Production Notebooks, Locomotive Journals, and Various Other Notebooks and Journals |
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Production Notebooks, 1914-1916 |
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Production Notebooks, 1917-1918 |
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Production Notebooks, 1918-1920 |
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Notebooks and Locomotive Journals |
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Notebooks and Locomotive Journals |
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Notebooks and Locomotive Journals |
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Notebooks and Reports |
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Notebooks |
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Notebooks |
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Series II: Reports on Foreign Production, circa 1920 1 box |
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Reports on Foreign Production |
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Reports and Illustrations on Southeast Asia, the Pacific, and Russia |
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Reports and Illustrations on Europe, Siberia, Cuba, and Poland |
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Extracts from Minutes of a Foreign Sales Department Meeting and Reports on South America and Europe |
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Foreign Business Correspondence Concerning Russian Oil |
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Report of Oil in the Caucasus |
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Persian Caucasian Reports |
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Various Business Correspondence Concerning the Caucasian Railway |
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Financial Statements and Various Correspondence Concerning the Trans-Caucasian Railway |
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Report of Messrs, Danglards and Gruber of Their Study of the Trans-Caucasian Railway in Connection with the Export of Oil from Baku |
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Report of Messrs, Danglards and Gruber of Their Study of the Trans-Caucasian Railway in Connection with the Export of Oil from Baku |
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Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Telegrams, and Other Documents Concerning Persia |
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Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Telegrams, and Other Documents Concerning Persia |
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Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Telegrams, and Other Documents Concerning Persia and the Persian Railway |
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Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Telegrams, and Other Documents Concerning Persia and the Persian Railway |
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Correspondence and Other Documents Concerning Persia and the Persian Railway |
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Journal Concerning Business with the Trans-Caucasian Railway |
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Business Letters from M. Bunting and George Emerson Concerning Manchuria and the Trans-Siberian Railway |
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Series III: Correspondence Concerning Foreign Business and Foreign Sales Reports, 1919-1928 2 boxes |
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Correspondence Concerning Foreign Business and Reports Concerning Foreign Sales |
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Eight Page Letter Written in Kashmir, India to Samuel Vauclain from William Crozier |
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Correspondence Concerning Business in Rumania |
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Correspondence Concerning Samuel Vauclain's Trip to Poland, Rumania, and Serbia |
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Correspondence Concerning Rumania, Poland, and Russia |
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Documents Related to the Nationalization of the Mexican Railways |
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Correspondence Concerning Norway, 1921 |
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Foreign Correspondence Concerning Persia |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Letters and Business of the Foreign Sales Department |
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Correspondence Concerning Business with the Swiss Government |
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Letters from Samuel Vauclain to F. de St. Phalle and Further Notes from Samuel Vauclain to St. Phalle |
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Letter to Charles G. Hawley from Samuel Vauclain |
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More Correspondence Concerning Foreign Business and Reports Concerning Foreign Sales |
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Foreign Sales Notifications |
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Foreign Sales Orders |
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Foreign Sales Orders |
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Foreign Sales Reports |
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Foreign Sales Reports |
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Correspondence Concerning Orders Received |
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Foreign Sales Orders |
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Foreign Sales Department |
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Foreign Sales Reports |
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Foreign Sales Reports |
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Foreign Sales Reports |
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Foreign Sales Orders |
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Foreign Sales Correspondence Concerning Remington Arms Company and Russian Business |
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Correspondence Concerning a Trip to Europe and a Confidential Memorandum |
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Unidentified Letter Addressed to "My Dear Ned" Concerning a Trip to Bucharest |
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Correspondence and Other Information Concerning Cuba |
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Telegrams to Vauclain in Bermuda |
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Barter Situation with Eurasia |
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Correspondence Concerning Argentine State Railways |
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Locomotives Completed and Weekly Reports of Eddystone Plant |
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Correspondence Concerning the Remington Arms Company, Eddystone Plant, and Munitions Production |
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History of Eddystone |
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Various Correspondence Concerning Eddystone Munitions Corporation and the Eddystone Ammunition Corporation |
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Architectural Blueprints of Buildings at Eddystone, PA. |
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Correspondence Concerning Midvale Steel Co. and Unfinished Orders |
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Correspondence and Drawings Concerning Midvale Steel Comapny |
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Correspondence of the Midvale Company |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Agreements of Incorporation |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works General Bulletins |
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Correspondence of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Domestic Sales Department Orders for Steam and Electric Locomotives |
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Series IV: Correspondence and Reports of Domestic Sales, 1919-1928 1 box |
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Correspondence and Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Correspondence Concerning Domestic Sales Orders |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Domestic Sales Department |
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Series V: Orders, Estimates, and Other Business Records, 1910-1928 1 box |
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Correspondence and Reports Concerning Orders Received, Shop Orders, Estimates, Extra Work, Employment, Traffic Dept., Drawing Room, Misc. Business |
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Value of Orders |
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Value of Orders |
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Value of Orders |
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Foreign and Domestic Sales' Weekly Estimates |
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Value of Orders |
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Foreign and Domestic Sales' Monthly Estimates |
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Foreign and Domestic Sales' Monthly and Weekly Estimates |
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Correspondence with A.B. Ehst Concerning Estimates and Orders |
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Correspondence of C.A. Bourgeois, Shop Works Manager, Concerning the Shipment of Locomotives |
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Shop Reports Including a "List of Railroad Inspectors at Baldwin Locomotive Works" |
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Shop Rules - 1910 |
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Reports of the Extra Work Dept. |
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Employment Applications and Comments - 1919 |
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Compensation Act Expenses |
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Inquiry from Pennsylvania State University Regarding Apprentices at Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Liberty National Bank Survey |
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Weekly Reports of the Traffic Department |
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Payroll and Number of Employees |
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Transportation Data and Payroll Information for Cabinet Meetings |
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Weekly Reports of the Traffic Department |
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Weekly Reports of the Traffic Department |
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Correspondence Concerning the Drawing Room |
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Material and Supply Department Record for 1920 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1919 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1920 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1921 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1922 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1923 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1924 |
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Miscellaneous Business Correspondence - 1925 |
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Series VI: Baldwin Locomotive Works correspondence with New York, Boston, and Other Offices, 1876-1938 1 box |
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Correspondence between Baldwin Locomotive Works, the New York and Boston Office, and Other Companies |
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Three Telegrams and One Letter Concerning William F. Drysdal of Worthington Pump Company |
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New York and Boston Office Weekly Reports |
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New York and Boston Office Weekly Reports |
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New York and Boston Office Weekly Reports |
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New York and Boston Office Monthly Reports |
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New York and Boston Office Monthly Reports |
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New York Office Monthly Reports |
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New York Office Monthly Reports |
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Locomotives and Extra Parts Completed and Shipped |
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Total Expenditure for 1914 |
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Business Correspondence Concerning the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad Co. |
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Statement Showing the Amount of Business Secured from the Reading Railroad and the Amount of Freight Paid to this Railroad for the Years 1919 - 1925 Inclusive |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works - Standard Steel Works Co. Report |
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Minutes of the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Baldwin Locomotive Works Board of Directors |
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Annual Reports of Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works and the Depression of the 1930's |
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Correspondence Concerning Southwark Foundry Co. |
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Correspondence Concerning the Weir Auxiliary Machinery Co. and the Manufacture of their Products by Southwark Foundry Co. |
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Correspondence Concerning the Canadian Locomotive Company |
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Correspondence Concerning the London Underground Goods Railways |
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First Annual Report to the Stockholders of the Union Oil Company |
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Correspondence between J. Kruttschnitt of Southern Pacific Railroad and Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Letter to Standard Steel Car Company |
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Correspondence to Commonwealth Steel Company |
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Correspondence with Standard Steel Works Company |
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Correspondence between Vauclain and U.S. Treasury Department |
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Correspondence between Vauclain and U.S. Treasury Secretary David Houston |
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Correspondence with the U.S. Navy |
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Correspondence with the U.S. War Department Concerning the Destruction of the Ammunition Plant in November 1915. |
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Correspondence with the U.S. War Department Concerning National Defense Day |
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Handwritten Letters |
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One Letter from S.M. Vauclain to Theodore Ely, June 11, 1883 |
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Handwritten Report of S.M. Vauclain to Charles Parry |
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Handwritten Letters Addressed to S.M. Vauclain |
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Correspondence between Sir Hiram Maxim and S.M. Vauclain |
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Handwritten Letter from S.M. Vauclain to John H. Converse of Lehigh Valley Railroad |
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Summons and Lawsuit Filed by Francis King vs. Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Letter of Congratulations to S.M. Vauclain from George H. Emerson on His Being Appointed President |
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Letter Recommending the John Scott Medal be Awarded to S.M. Vauclain |
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Sixty-Ninth (?) and Seventy-Second Birthday Greetings to Vauclain |
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Meeting Minutes and Announcement of S.M. Vauclain as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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Miscellaneous Baldwin Locomotive Works' Side Business in Chinese Silk |
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Correspondence between S.M. Vauclain and Pennsylvania Railroad |
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Correspondence between Sewall and S.M. Vauclain Concerning Harvard Economic Suggestions |
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Letter from S.M. Vauclain to A.B. Johnson and Others Concerning the Construction of Locomotives for Europe during World War I |
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Report of President Vauclain to the Board of Directors |
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Miscellaneous Correspondence |
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Letter from S.M. Vauclain to His Wife |
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Letter of Inquiry from J.N. Cru to S.M. Vauclain about Bryn Mawr |
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50 |
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Correspondence between S.M. Vauclain and Daniel Willard, President of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad |
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51 |
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Correspondence between S.M. Vauclain and Andrew Fletcher, President American Locomotive Company |
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52 |
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Letter to Mrs. Thomas Wheelwright about Madeira-Mamore Railway |
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53 |
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Correspondence between C.R. Gray of Union Pacific Railroad and S.M. Vauclain |
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54 |
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Correspondence between Baldwin Locomotive Works and New York Central Railroad Company |
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55 |
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Correspondence Concerning the International Conference of American States |
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56 |
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Visitors to Baldwin Locomotive Works from the College of Engineering at Cornell University |
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Series VII: Employment Memorabilia, Speeches, and Correspondence, 1893-1936 1 box |
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Folder |
| 10 |
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Employment Memorabilia, Speeches, and Correspondence |
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1 |
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Letter from Victor Veiga to S.M. Vauclain Concerning the Performance of Four Mikado-Type Locomotives |
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2 |
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Queen & Co. Invoice to S.M. Vauclain |
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3 |
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Log of the "Philadelphia" with Samuel Vauclain and Party to the South and Southwest |
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4 |
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Letter to Alba Johnson from Undetermined Source |
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5 |
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"Drew's Diary" |
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6 |
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Speeches - Part I |
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7 |
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Speeches - Part II |
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8 |
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Speeches - Part III |
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9 |
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Speeches - Part IV |
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10 |
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"My Earliest Recollections of Railroading" |
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11 |
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Address by Vauclain to Members of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts |
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12 |
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Menu for the Get Together Banquet of the Sales Department |
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13 |
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Invitation to the First Trip of the Seaboard Air Line Railways - Miami Extension |
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14 |
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Letter to Judge Kennesaw "Mountain" Landis Regarding the Nomination of Governor Frank Lowden for President of the U.S. |
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15 |
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Personal Employment Memorabilia of Samuel Vauclain |
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Series VIII: Advertisements and Clippings, 1891-1928 1 box |
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Folder |
| 11 |
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Advertisements, Newspaper Clippings, Magazines on Industry & Technical Innovations |
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1 |
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Various Documentation Pertaining to Individual Locomotives |
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2 |
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Documents Pertaining to the Turbine Locomotive Built for German State Railways |
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3 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Correspondence Concerning Diesel Locomotives |
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4 |
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Correspondence Concerning "Split Cab" Engines |
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5 |
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Description and Diagram of a Wheelan By-Pass Valve |
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6 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Correspondence Concerning Rhythmic Diagrams |
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7 |
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Report on Compound Locomotive No. 595 |
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8 |
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Letter Concerning Boiler Explosions |
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9 |
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Locomotive Test Papers |
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10 |
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Report of an Oxy - Acetylene Cutting Test |
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11 |
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Letter from John Nicholson |
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12 |
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Correspondence Concerning Slide Valves |
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13 |
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Correspondence Concerning the Automatic Lock Nut |
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14 |
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Southern Pacific Two-Flow Engine Changes |
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15 |
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Correspondence between Baldwin Locomotive Works and Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company |
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16 |
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Letters Concerning James Vauclain, Inventor |
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17 |
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Sketch and Correspondence Concerning the Coleman Pump |
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18 |
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"The Great Value of the Avery Process" |
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19 |
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Correspondence Concerning Engine #60000 |
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20 |
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Report on Performance of 1950 Class Engines of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe |
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21 |
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Parts' and Engines' Measurements |
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22 |
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Innovations - Telephone |
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23 |
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Fuel Conservation |
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24 |
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Correspondence Concerning Fireboxes |
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25 |
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Innovations - Jacob's Equalizer |
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26 |
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Blueprint of U.S. Metallic Packing Rings for Piston Rods |
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27 |
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The Baldwin Locomotive Works - Internal Combustion Locomotives, Record No. 85 |
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28 |
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Newspaper Clippings, Magazine Articles, and Letters to S.M. Vauclain |
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29 |
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Letter from S.M. Vauclain to Bernard Baruch |
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30 |
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Magazines Reporting on Industry and S.M. Vauclain |
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31 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Advertisements |
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32 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Advertisements |
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33 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works' Advertisements |
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34 |
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"Coming Events" Newsletter and Letter from the Editor to S.M. Vauclain |
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35 |
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Girard's Letter and Girard's Column in Wall Street Journal Pertaining to Baldwin Locomotive Works |
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36 |
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Propaganda and Newspaper Reports Concerning the "Prosperity Special" |
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37 |
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Prosperity Special Newspaper Clip-outs |
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38 |
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Letter Written by S.M. Vauclain while Aboard the Prosperity General in the Southwestern United States |
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Series IX: Photographs, Drawings, Portraits, and Illustrations 1 box |
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Folder |
| 12 |
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Photographs, Drawings, Portraits, and Illustrations |
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1 |
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Dry Glass Plate Photograph Negative of a Young Samuel Vauclain |
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2 |
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Sketch of Driver Wheels and Axles |
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3 |
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Photographs of the Plant and Plant Employees |
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4 |
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Photographs of Railroad Track and Scenery |
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5 |
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Photograph of S.M. Vauclain and Charles E. Keck, President of New York Rotary Club |
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6 |
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Framed Sketch of a Baldwin Compound Locomotive Engine |
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7 |
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Photograph of the "Puffing Billy" Engine |
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8 |
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Photographs Labelled "The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A." |
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9 |
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Newspaper Clippings of Vauclain and His Family |
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10 |
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Photographs of Locomotive Engines |
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11 |
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Shop Photographs |
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12 |
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World War I - U.S. Navy Photographs |
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13 |
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Warsaw Photographs |
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14 |
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Framed Silk Woven Portrait of "The First Train" |
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15 |
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Photographs of the Shop and Detail Parts |
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16 |
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Letters and Photographs from Goerge Haggerty to Vauclain |
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17 |
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Photographs of Eddystone |
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18 |
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Unidentified Photograph of an engine, three workers, and four dignitaries |
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19 |
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Commonwealth Steel Co. Photographs |
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20 |
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Five Blueprint Drawings of Baldwin Engines |
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21 |
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Book of Engine Photographs |
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22 |
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Photographs of a Mexican Electric Car and a Letter from Vauclain to His Daughter |
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23 |
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India Photographs |
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24 |
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Photographs of Shop Machinery and Detail Parts |
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25 |
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Photograph of Mathias William Baldwin |
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26 |
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Photographs of Diesel and Steam Engines |
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27 |
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Photographs Before and After the Ammunition Depot Explosion on November 5, 1915 |
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Series X: Oversize Materials 2 boxes |
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| Box |
Folder |
| 13x |
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Oversize Material |
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1 |
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Photograph of Machinery |
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2 |
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Airplane View of Baldwin Locomotive Works Plant at Eddystone |
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3 |
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Two Photographs of Historic Engines |
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4 |
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Caricature Drawing of William P. Henszey |
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5 |
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Two Photographs of the Erecting Shop |
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6 |
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Russian Chart |
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7 |
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Charts and Graphs Concerning Locomotive Construction |
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8 |
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Baldwin Locomotive Works 1912 Calendar |
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9 |
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Compound Engine Figures |
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10 |
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Letter from S.M. Vauclain to Burnham, Williams & Company |
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11 |
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German Newspaper Clipping on the Prosperity Special |
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12 |
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Advertisement for the Prosperity Special in Campbell, Texas |
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13 |
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Detail Blueprints |
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14 |
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Drawing of Prosperity Special by F. Wilkinson |
| Box |
Folder |
| 14x |
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Oversize Material |
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Newspaper Clippings in a Bound Journal |
| Box |
Folder |
| 15x |
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Oversize Material |
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Newspaper Clippings in a Bound Journal |
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