Michael M. Harrington Papers, 1853-1955
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Summary Information

Title: Michael M. Harrington Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1853-1955

Creator:
  • Harrington, Michael, 1880-1961
Call Number: Wis Mss VE

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (3 archives boxes including 24 volumes, and 3 flat boxes)

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Papers of Michael M. Harrington, a railroad worker and collector of railroad memorabilia. Correspondence deals with Harrington's position as chief dispatcher for the Milwaukee Road and his efforts to collect memorabilia. Collected letters include material on routine matters and arguments over rates. There is considerable material relating to hauling lumber and supplies for the John Arpin Lumber Company of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. In addition, the collection contains agreements on rights of way; transcripts of litigation; bonds; pocket diaries kept by Harrington; and late nineteenth and early twentieth-century time books, records, and policy statements of the Milwaukee Road.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis000ve
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