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By Sarah Osorio
Collection Overview
Title: A. M. Traugott Photographs and Papers on the Virginian Railway, circa 1900s-1948
Predominant Dates:1900s-1920s
ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-235
Primary Creator: Traugott, A. M. (1882-1954)
Extent: 11.0 Folders
Arrangement: Arranged by record type. Photographs are arranged by size.
Date Acquired: 00/00/0000
Subjects: Railroad companies, Virginian Railway, West Virginia--Social life and customs
Forms of Material: Annual reports, Biographies (documents), Booklets, Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Magazines (periodicals), Organizational charts, Photographs, Postcards, Scrapbooks
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Circa 1900s-1930s photographs and a scrapbook featuring the Virginian Railway, primarily in West Virginia. The photographs depict trains, railroad tracks, bridges, tunnels, and housing construction. There are also photographs depicting railroad construction workers as well as family photographs. The collection also includes postcards, correspondence, and clippings of A. M. Traugott, along with a 1947 annual report, 1933 magazine feature, and 1938 organizational chart of the Virginian Railway Company.
Biographical Note
Albert Maser Traugott was born on July 31, 1882 in Rochester, New York. He began his career in railway service in 1898, joining the Deepwater Railway Company, precursor to the Virginian Railway, in 1903. Traugott worked his way up to Chief Engineer for the Virginian Railway in 1927 and served in that capacity until 1947. He married Myrtle Perkins on November 6, 1920 in Mercer County, West Virginia. Traugott lived in Norfolk, Virginia for approximately 35 years until his death on January 1, 1954. He was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Sargeant Memorial Collection
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
Use Restrictions:
The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Source:
Unknown
Preferred Citation:
A. M. Traugott Photographs and Papers on the Virginian Railway, MSS 0000-235, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.
Processing Information:
Processed August 12, 2020.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1],
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- Box 1
- Folder 1: Annual Report, The Virginian Railway Company, 38th Annual Report, 1947
- Folder 2: Booklet, Sam R. Pennington's Feature Stories Magazine, Virginian Railway Feature, Historical and Biographical, 1933 June
- Volume 2, Number 1.
- Folder 3: Clippings, 1920-1938
- Clippings include obituaries for Henning Fernstrom (1932) and Margaret Dickson Fernstrom (1920), a train wreck near Ingleside, West Virginia on May 24, 1927, and engineering updates for the Campostella Bridge in Norfolk, Virginia in May 1933.
- Folder 4: Correspondence, E. C. Minter Coal Company, Inc. to A. M. Traugott, 1920-1948
- Folder 5: Correspondence relating to A. M. Traugott, 1912-1943
- Folder 6: Photographs, Virginian Railway (Folder 1 of 3), circa 1900s-1920s
- Folder 7: Photographs, Virginian Railway (Folder 2 of 3), circa 1900s-1920s
- Includes one photograph of May 24, 1927 train wreck near Ingleside, West Virginia.
- Folder 8: Photographs, Virginian Railway (Folder 3 of 3), circa 1900s-1930s
- Folder 9: Postcards, Virginian Railway, circa 1910s
- Includes two postcards with correspondence, one written by J. C. Myrick and the other written by "J. C. M."
- Folder 10: Organizational Chart, The Virginian Railway Company, 1938 March 7
- Folder 11: Scrapbook, Family Photographs and Virginian Railway Construction, circa 1900s-1910s
