urn:taro:utexas.cah.00320A Guide to the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Records, 1907-191912/17/2003Encoded in XMetal 2 by Telesa Rountree according to instructions in TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions.Descriptive SummaryVicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway1907-1919Materials are written in English.AR 2002-1655 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at AustinFive manuscript and partially printed business ledgers, 1907-1919, recording the financial transactions involved in running the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway.Scope and Contents

Five business ledgers, 1907-1919, record the financial transactions involved in running the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway. Tracked across a dozen years are the costs of superintending rolling stock, buildings, bridges, and track positions including yard firemen, yard brakemen, yard switch tenders, road freight firemen, road freight brakemen, and road passenger firemen-all positions divided into the separate designations "white" and "colored." The varied statements of accounts contain information on the operation, physical maintenance, staffing, expenses, income, losses, and profits of this southern railroad system.

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Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Records, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Index TermsVicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Southern Railway SystemDetailed Description of the Papers Inventory4L431Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Statements of Account 1907-19084L429Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Statements of Account 1910-19114L432Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Statements of Account 1911-19124L430Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Statements of Account 19184L428Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Co.Statements of Account 1919