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1Title:  Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee Records     
 Creator:  Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee 
 Dates:  1911-1915 
 Abstract:  The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholder's Protective Committee was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, on November 1, 1911, by Clevelanders George Bishop, John Garfield, William Mather, J.R. Nutt, and John W. Platten, to devise a plan to end the receivership of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad. The collection consists of correspondence and publications (bound in one volume), pertaining to the Committee's efforts to gain shares of stock, and to court cases against the Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company. 
 Call #:  MS 4075 
 Extent:  0.20 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company Stockholders' Protective Committee | Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Company | Wabash-Pittsburgh Terminal Railway Company | Railroads -- United States
 
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2Title:  Walter B. Wright Scrapbooks     
 Creator:  Wright, Walter B. 
 Dates:  1840-1936 
 Abstract:  Walter B. Wright was an African American porter who advanced to the positions of chief clerk in the purchasing department and secretary to Daniel W. Caldwell, Samuel R. Callaway and W. H. Caniff, presidents of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern and New York, Chicago and St. Louis railroads. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, railroad passes, correspondence, photographs, miscellany regarding railroad companies and employees, black people and other miscellaneous subjects, an autograph by James A. Garfield, and correspondence with Caldwell and other railroad magnates. 
 Call #:  MS 4048 
 Extent:  0.83 linear feet (2 containers and 1 oversize folder) 
 Subjects:  Wright, Walter B., 1852-1939 | Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company | New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad | African Americans | Railroads -- United States | Railroads -- Employees
 
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