John W. Garrett Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.).  Division of Transportation
place: label: Place
content: Baltimore (Md.)
label: Place
content: Ohio River
label: Place
content: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
topic: label: Topic
content: Railroads
label: Topic
content: Repairing
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- Buildings and structures
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Gift of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. through Lawrence W. Sagle, Public Relations Representative, in 1997.
creator: label: Creator
content: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
label: Creator
content: Garrett, John W. (John Work), 1820-1884
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection is now part of AC1086, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Records.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Garrett, president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1858-1884, was born in Baltimore, Maryland July 31, 1820. After working for his father's financially successful commission business, during which time he invested heavily in the B. & O. Railroad, he was elected a director in 1855 and president in 1858. Under his leadership the railroad made history during the Civil War by carrying out the first military rail transport. During peacetime the railroad prospered with Garrett as president. He died September 26, 1884.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1850-1880
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Transportation (now Division of Work and Industry).
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0171
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Business records
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Chronological arrangement.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Robert Harding, 1985
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Business records -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Includes lists of rail accidents, production and distribution of locomotives, and engine repair costs; reports on locomotive power, cost and performance, and purchases of locomotives and cars; and correspondence relating to these and other matters, all 1850-1880. Most correspondence is to Garrett from railroad supervisory staff. Includes a history of the operation of the railroad during the Civil War and additional correspondence concerning Ohio River bridges, trestles, and tunnels.