Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Haines, Henry S. (Henry Stevens), 1836-1923.
- Title
- Henry Stevens Haines Books, 1856; 1871-1872
- Call Number
- 3283-z
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- 2 volumes
Abstract Railroad engineer and executive. Records of Haines, including an operating log, 1856, for railroad runs from Wilmington, N.C.,
through the South Carolina low country, and between Montgomery, Ala., and West Point, Ga. The log includes records of mechanical
and track troubles, personnel, times of arrival and departure, and other matters. It also contains notes on philosophy and
German vocabulary by D.W. Haines, possibly a brother. The later volume contains private reports, 1871-1872, from Haines to
John Screven, president and receiver, concerning the financial and operating position of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad and
the Brunswick & Albany Railroad.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Alternate Form of Material
- Microfilm copy available.
- Acquisitions Information
- Purchase 1957
- Processing Information
- Processed by: SHC Staff
- Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Henry Stevens Haines Books, #3283-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company.
- Brunswick and Albany Railroad Company.
- German language--Study and teaching--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Haines, D. W.
- Haines, Henry S. (Henry Stevens), 1836-1923.
- Philosophy--Study and teaching--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Railroad trains--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Employees--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Finance--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Maintenance and repair--History--19th century.
- Railroads--Southern States--History--19th century.
- Screven, John.
Back to TopRelated Material
See also Arnold and Screven family papers (#3419), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
Back to TopBiographical Note
Railroad engineer and executive.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Records of Haines, including an operating log, 1856, for railroad runs from Wilmington, N.C., through the South Carolina low
country, and between Montgomery, Ala., and West Point, Ga. The log includes records of mechanical and track troubles, personnel,
times of arrival and departure, and other matters. It also contains notes on philosophy and German vocabulary by D.W. Haines,
possibly a brother. The later volume contains private reports, 1871-1872, from Haines to John Screven, president and receiver,
concerning the financial and operating position of the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad and the Brunswick & Albany Railroad.
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