Papers.

Title:

Papers.

Creator:

Mellen, Charles S.

Accession / Call Number:

M 1938-001

Object ID:

M 1938-001

Date:

1888-1922

Physical Description:

Ca. 6500 items in 5 boxes, 9 vols. 3 1/2 linear feet.

Scope and Content:

Railroad executive. Correspondence, 7 vols. letter books, 2 vols. diaries are compilations of daily schedules, 1913. Business affairs of the Union Pacific (1882-92), the New York, New Haven & Hartford, (1892-97 and 1903-13), and the Northern Pacific (1897-1903). See inventory. Correspondence relating to business affairs of the Union Pacific (1888-92), the New York, New Haven & Hartford (1892-97, 1903-13), and Northern Pacific (1897-1903) railroads, and diaries (Jan. - Aug. 1913) of Mellen's daily schedule. Includes information on competition among railroads of the Northwest, particularly the Northern Pacific and Great Northern; public hostility (1913) to the New Haven railroad; litigation resulting from Mellen's administration of the New Haven; and Mellen's friendship with Theodore Roosevelt. Correspondents include George B. Cortelyou, Charles H. Coster, John W. H. Crim, Edward H. Harriman, Daniel Lamont, Richard Olney, J.P. Morgan, and Theodore Roosevelt. Unpublished guide in the repository.

Subjects:

Railroads History. , Railroads New England History. , Railroads New Hampshire. , Maine Central Railroad. , Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913. , Interstate commerce Law and legislation United States.

People:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Level Description:

Item