Richard S. Joslin Collection of the Mount Washington Cog Railway, 1840-2008

Title:

Richard S. Joslin Collection of the Mount Washington Cog Railway, 1840-2008

Creator:

Joslin, Richard S.

Accession / Call Number:

2016.128

Object ID:

2016.128

Date:

1840-2008

Physical Description:

5 boxes and 5 oversized folders ; 2.19 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The Richard S. Joslin Collection of the Mount Washington Cog Railway consists of original documents and photocopies of materials pertaining to Sylvester Marsh, the Marsh family, the Mount Washington Cog Railway, and the history of cog railways. These materials were collected by Richard S. Joslin, the great-grandson of Sylvester Marsh, and date from 1840 to 2008. This diverse collection of materials includes family correspondence, Marsh genealogy, estate papers, wills, maps, broadsides, VHS tapes, ephemera, an extensive postcard collection of railroads around the world, photocopies of articles, photographs, and proofs of Richard S. Joslin's book, Sylvester Marsh and the Cog Railway. Many of the photocopied items contain Joslin's notes in the margins. While this collection provides an overview of the family, Marsh's businesses, and the Mount Washington Cog Railway, it primarily shows Joslin's process and research in creating his book. This includes materials such as his research notes, lectures, and a number of contracts for image use from museums and institutions. Sylvester Marsh is the most represented Marsh in this collection, but other family members for which papers or photographs are present include his wife, Cornelia Hoyt Marsh; her father, Lumas T. Hoyt; and Marsh's children, Frank, Mary, Sylvester Jr., Jessie, Harriette, and Cornelia. Sylvester Marsh's papers include both personal and professional records, including correspondence, newspaper clippings, and patented designs. Photographs and prints of the Marsh family, relatives, and friends are included, as well as images of the Mount Washington Cog Railway, hotels, and Marsh's other business ventures, such as Marsh's Caloric Grain Dryer. For more information on the materials in each series, see the series scope and content notes below.

Subjects:

Advertising , Authors , Business , Correspondence , Education , Engineering , Engineers , Estate , Families , Genealogy , Grain--Drying , Hotels , Inventors , Lectures and lecturing , Maps , Mountains , Obituaries , Passports , Patents , Portrait photography , Postcards , Rack-railroads , Railroad engineering , Railroad trains , Railroads , Tourism , Travel , Wills

Locations:

Africa
Australia
Austria
Boston, MA
Brazil
Bretton Woods, NH
Cambridge, MA
Campton, NH
Chicago, IL
Chile
China
Colorado
Concord, NH
France
Germany
Godfrey, IL
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Littleton, NH
Monson, MA
Mount Washington, NH
New York, NY
Panama
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Venezuela
Vietnam
Wales
Waverly, OH
White Mountains, NH
Winchester, MA

People:

Aiken, Walter, 1831-1893 , Hoyt, Lumas T., 1784-1877 , Joslin, Richard S. , Marsh, Cornelia H., 1826-1920 , Marsh, Cornelia, 1861-1950 , Marsh, Harriet H., 1870-1947 , Marsh, Jessie A., 1864-1924 , Marsh, John Franklin, 1845-1877 , Marsh, Mary, 1846-1905 , Marsh, Sylvester, 1803-1884 , Marsh, Sylvester, Jr., 1856-1877 , Riggenbach, Niklous, 1817-1899 , Stoddard, Harriet N. , Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

Organizations:

Hoyt family
Joslin family
Marsh family
Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway
Fabyan House
Green Mountain Cog Railway
Green Mountain House
Monson Academy
Monticello College
Mount Washington Cog Railway
Mount Washington Hotel & Resort
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tip-Top House
Twin Mountain House
White Mountain House

Credit Line:

Gift of Richard S. Joslin.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS62153_Joslin_Richard_S._Collection_of_the_Mount_Washington_Cog_Railway_2016.128.pdf