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Southern Railway Historical Association Collection of Southern Railway President's Files: Samuel Spencer, 1905

LMS2003.009

Provenance: The Southern Railway Historical Association loaned these records in 2003.

Single photocopies are available for research purposes only for a nominal fee. A list of applicable fees can be found here.

Sallie Loy and volunteers processed these papers in 2006 - 2007.

Description: This series consists of correspondence and business files of Samuel Spencer, President of Southern Railways, 1894 – 1906.

The Southern Museum, in association with the Smithsonian Institution, is a premier metro Atlanta museum, featuring exhibits on Civil War and locomotive history. The Southern Museum is home to the General locomotive, stolen during the Civil War's Great Locomotive Chase; a reproduction of the locomotive assembly line from the Glover Machine Works; weapons, uniforms and every day items of Civil War soldiers; and the Jolley Education Center that features train history, hands-on activities for children and Georgia's French Gratitude Train.

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