Swatara Railroad Papers
name: label: Author
content: Swatara Railroad Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture
label: Author
content: Donaldson, William
label: Author
content: Swatara and Good Spring Railroad
label: Names
content: Good Spring Railroad
place: label: Place
content: Pennsylvania -- 19th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Coal mines and mining -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Railroads -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania
label: Topic
content: Anthracite coal industry -- 19th century -- Pennsylvania
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Author
content: Swatara Railroad Company
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture
label: Author
content: Donaldson, William
label: Author
content: Swatara and Good Spring Railroad
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content: Swatara Railroad Papers
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Swatara and Good Spring Railroad was incorporated in 1831 with Judge William Donaldson as president. Renamed the Swatara Railroad in 1841, it was one of several lines connecting the First Pennsylvania anthracite coal field via waterways to the East Coast. Until 1848 it was powered by horses and was extended and rebuilt periodically. In 1863, Donaldson sold his interest in the Swatara to the Philadelphia & Reading Co., which renamed it the Good Spring Railroad.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cubic foot (3 vertical boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1805-1894.
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: This collection was transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Agriculture (now Division of Work and Industry), October 17, 1987.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0272
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Financial statements
label: Type
content: Receipts
label: Type
content: Correspondence
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Don Darroch, 1988
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Financial statements -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Receipts -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Correspondence -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Documents relating to the business of the Swatara Railroad Company of Danville, Pennsylvania and particularly of its president, "Judge" William Donaldson. Includes receipts, bills, contracts, operating statistics, financial statements and correspondence, filed chronologically by year.