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Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)John M. Jackson, Archivist
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The collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report, Ms2009-043, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report was purchased by Special Collections in 2009. The document had been part of a larger group of railroad-related materials compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer (see "separated material" section).
The processing and description of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report commenced and was completed in March 2009.
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad was created in 1911 as a reorganization of the failed Chattanooga Southern Railway. Placed in receivership in 1922, the TA&G was purchased and its name changed to the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. The 92-mile line spanned from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Gadsden, Alabama and was purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971; a northern portion of the line today (2009) is leased from Norfolk Southern and operated by the Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway.
This collection contains an annual report on the operations of the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad, compiled for the Interstate Commerce Commission's Division of Statistics for the year 1917. Submitted by company auditor and assistant treasurer D. E. Hedges, the report tabulates statistics on the company's operations, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Also included are the names of officers and a brief background of the company. The collection also contains a few loose documents which had been inserted in the report.
See the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044 , also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.
The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report was acquired as part of a larger collection of railway-related material that had been compiled by a collector, then sold to a dealer. In the course of processing, the stock certificate was removed to a separate collection.
The acquisition of which these certificates were a part also included the following collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:
Chapman J. French Papers, Ms2009-034
Mine Hill & Schuylkill Haven Railroad Stock Certificates, Ms2009-035
New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-036
Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, Ms2009-037
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Receipts, Ms2009-038
Raleigh Coal & Coke Company Rail Spur Drawing, Ms2009-039
Reed Island Iron Company Receipts, Ms2009-040
Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet, Ms2009-041
Sullivan Railroad Company Stock Certificate, Ms2009-042
Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Annual Report, Ms2009-044
The guide to the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railroad Annual Report by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).