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A Guide to the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Records, 1907-1919
Scope and ContentsFive 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. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted Use RestrictionsNo use restrictions Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationVicksburg, Shreveport, and Pacific Railway Records, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Detailed Description of the Papers
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