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Record Group Number: 900000
Series/Collection Number: N2003- 8
Creator: Morris, Joan Perry, 1935-
Title, Dates: Florida railroads research papers, 1952-1989.
Amount: .50 cubic ft.
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Organization/Arrangement: Arranged by type of record (i.e. correspondence and notes).
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Summary:     This collection contains correspondence, maps, notes, and reports related to "The Story of the Florida Railroads" by George W. Pettengill, Jr., published in the Railroad and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin No. 86 (July 1952). Most of the collection comprises correspondence between Florida Photographic Archivist Joan Morris and Historian John Allen concerning corrections needed to Bulletin No. 86, and the general history of Florida railroads. The Railroad and Locomotive Society used much of the research material in this collection in making corrections to locomotive rosters of the Florida railroads in Bulletin No. 86, which the society republished in May 1998 to include these corrections.
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Publication Note: The 1952 and 1998 versions of the The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin, No. 86 "The Story of the Florida Railroads,"  are available at the State Library of Florida in both the circulating collection and the Florida Collection.
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Subject Access Fields: Morris, Joan Perry, 1935-
History Societies, etc.
Railroads Florida
Transportation Florida
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