UI Collection Guides -Commercial Documents Collection, 1837

Collection Overview
Biographical Note
Content Description
Administrative Information
Detailed Description of the Collection

GENERAL
2003 ADDENDUM
2007 ADDENDUM

Subjects

Guide to the Commercial Documents Collection

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Collection Overview

Date Span:	1837 - 1954
Creator:
Extent:	.25 linear feet.
Collection Number:	MSC0347
Repository:	University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary:	Stock certificates, bonds, and other financial documents.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: The Commercial Documents Collection was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Rendell. The donor of the 2003 addendum is unknown.

Preferred Citation: Commercial Documents Collection, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:	University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:	Special Collections Department University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:	319-335-5921
Curator:	Greg Prickman
Email:	lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:	http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc

The Commercial Documents collection includes a large number of illustrated stock certificates, most issued by railroads and dating from the 1840s into the early 1900s. Many are engraved with images of early locomotives or other railroad scenes. Most are blank certificates; few have any indication of ownership. The 2003 addendum includes information about various currencies, including a clipping about a three dollar bill issued in Iowa City in 1858.

Alphabetical Listing of Railroads Appearing in the Commercial Documents Collection

See also the 2007 addendum. The ledger book contains stock prices, but not the actual certificates.

Browse by Series:
Series 1: GENERAL
Series 2: 2003 ADDENDUM
Series 3: 2007 ADDENDUM

Series 1: GENERAL
Box 1:
Folder 1
1. Acceptance Banking Corporation, stock certificate - 1931
2. Adelphia Bank & Trust Company, stock certificate - 1929
3. Bay Ridge Company, stock certificate, undated
4. Beech Creek Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
5. Beech Creek, Clearfield & Southwestern Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
6. Buffalo Thousand Islands & Portland Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1890
7. Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1880
8. Canadian Southern Railway Company, second mortgage bonds - 1870
5 bonds
9. Carthage & Adirondack Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
10. Carthage, Watertown & Sackets Harbor Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1890
11. Central Dock & Terminal Railway Company, stock certificate - 1890
12. Central Union Station Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
13. Chicago & Canada Southern Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
14. Chicago, Indiana, & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1900
2 certificates
15. Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis Short Line Railway Company, stock certificate - 1900
16. Cia Mexicana De Petroleo La Esperanza, S.A., stock certificate - 1914
17. Cincinnati & Indiana Railroad Co., stock certificate, undated
18. Cincinnati & Southern Ohio River Railway Co., stock certificate - 1880
19. Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, stock certificate and bond certificate - 1860
2 stocks and 3 bonds
20. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis, & Chicago Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
5 certificates
21. Cincinnati, LaFayette & Chicago Railroad Co., stock certificate - 1870
2 certificates
22. Cincinnati Northern Railroad Co., stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
23. Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
5 certificates
24. Cincinnati, Wabash & Michigan Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
25. Cleveland & Erie Railroad, stock certificate, undated
3 certificates
26. Cleveland & Toledo Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1850, 1854, 1860
6 certificates
27. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, gold bond - 1900
3 certificates
28. Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1880
4 certificates
29. Cleveland, Painesville & Ashtabula Railroad Company, mortgage bond and stock certificate - 1850-1860
3 bonds and 3 certificates
30. Columbus, Hope & Greensburg Railroad, stock certificate - 1880
31. Columbus, Springfield, Cincinnati Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
32. Cornwall Bridge Company, stock certificate - 1890
33. D. M. Osborne & Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
34. Detroit, Delray & Dearborne Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1900
35. Detroit, Monroe, Toledo Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1850
3 certificates
36. District of West Philadelphia, stock certificate - 1853
37. Dolgeville & Salisbury Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
38. Dunkirk Allegheny Valley Pittsburgh Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1870
39. Dunkirk Warren & Pittsburgh Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
40. Erie & North East Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1850
2 certificates
41. Erie & Ohio Railroad, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
42. Fame Mutual Insurance Company, stock certificate - 1856
43. Fulton Chain Railway Company, stock certificate - 1900
44. Geneva, Corning & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
4 certificates
45. Gosudarstvennii, 500 ruble note [?]
46. Grand River Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
47. Harrison Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
48. Holbart Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1880
49. Hooverhurst & South Western Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1900
50. Illiana Coal Company, stock certificate, undated
3 certificates
51. Indiana, Illinois & Iowa Railroad Company, stock certificate & mortgage gold bond - 1890-1900
2 certificates, 1 bond
52. Iron City Land Company, stock certificate - 1871
53. Junction Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1870
54. Kanawha & Michigan Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
3 certificates
55. Kanawha & West Virginia Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
56. Keystone Cooperative Banking Association, stock certificate - 1929
Folder 2
57. Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
58. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company, gold bond certificate, undated
7 certificates
59. Lake Shore Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
60. Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1890
61. Lewiston Suspension Bridge Company, stock certificate, undated
62. Little Falls & Dodgeville Railroad company, stock certificate - 1900
2 certificates
63. Louisville, Jeffersonville Bridge Company, stock certificate, undated
3 certificates
64. Mahoning Coal Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
65. Meadow Brook Crushed Stone Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
66. McKeesport & Belle Vernon Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1880
67. Merchants Dispatch Transportation Company, stock certificate - 1871
68. Michigan Central Railroad Company, goals bond and mortgage certificate, undated
11 bonds and 5 certificates
69. Michigan Midland & Canada Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
70. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana, stock certificate - 1850
4 certificates
71. Mt. Holly, Lumberton & Medford Turnpike Company, stock certificate, undated
72. National Bank of Wilmington & Brandywine, stock certificate - 1880
73. National Stockyard Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
74. New Jersey Junction Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
75. New York & Northern Railway Company, stock certificate - 1880
7 certificates
76. New York & Ottawa Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
77. Niagara Falls Branch Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
78. Northern Indiana Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1850
3 certificates
79. Northern Liberties Railroad, loan bond - 1851
80. Northern Refrigeration Car Company, stock certificate, undated
81. Northern Refrigerator Line, Inc., stock certificate, undated
82. North River Construction Company, stock certificate - 1888
83. Ontario Pacific Railway Company, stock certificate - 1880
84. Owego Water Works, stock certificate - 1883
85. Peoria Eastern Railway Company, stock certificate - 1890
2 certificates
86. Phelps Motor Car Corporation, stock certificate, undated
87. Philadelphia, City of, bond - 1856, 1870, 1891
3 certificates
88. Philadelphia County Loan, bond - 1837
89. Pine Creek Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
90. Pittsburgh & Connellsville Railroad Company, mortgage certificate - 1858
91. Pittsfield & North Adams Railroad, stock certificate, undated
92. Plymouth, Kankakee & Pacific Railroad Company, mortgage bond, undated
93. Richmond, District of, bond - 1847
94. Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
95. Roselle & South Plainfield Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
96. St. Joseph, South Bend & Southern Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1901
97. St. Lawrence & Adirondack Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
3 certificates
98. Schoolcraft & Three Rivers Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
99. Scranton & Northeastern Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1800
100. Streator & Clinton Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
101. Susquehanna & Clearfield Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1880
102. Swan Creek Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
103. Syracuse, Chewango & New York Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
104. Syracuse, Geneva & Corning Railway Company, stock certificate, undated
105. Syracuse, Ontario & New York Railway Company, stock certificate - 1880
106. Syracuse & Utica Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
107. Toledo & Ohio Central, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
108. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Company, stock certificate, undated
109. Utica & Schenectady Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1840-1850
4 certificates
110. Wallkill Valley Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
2 certificates
111. Ware River Railroad Company, stock certificate, undated
112. West Branch Coal Company, stock certificate, undated
113. West Philadelphia Water Works, bond - 1853
114. West Shore & Ontario Terminal Company, stock certificate - 1880
2 certificates
115. Western Transit Company, stock certificate - 1880
116. Whitewater Railroad Company, stock certificate - 1890

Series 2: 2003 ADDENDUM
Box 1:
Clippings and currencies
"Three-Dollar Bills -- Iowa City Issued them in 1858." Iowa City Press Citizen, April 26 - 1961
"Fred Marckhoff Prepares Study on Nebraska Notes." Coin World, - 1962
Weissbuch, Ted. "'Florence Money': A Case Study in Wildcat Banking." Numismatic Scrapbook, September - 1962
Central Bank of Bolivia, 1000 Bolivianos - 1945
Confederate States of America, 5 Dollars - 1864, 1954
reprinted reproduction
Hungarian Fund, 1 dollar - 1852
Hungarian (?) Certificates, 1, 2, 5 Forint. - 1800-1899
reproductions
Bank of Florence (Nebraska). 1,2,3, and 5 dollars
Easton Branch Rail Road Corporation, stock certificate - 1855

Series 3: 2007 ADDENDUM
Box 2:
Ledger book with stock and bonds
Atchison Union Depot and Ry. Co.
Apishapa Coal Mining Co.
Burlington Cedar Rapids and Not. Ry. Co.
Chicago and Southwestern Ry.
Chicago Kansas & Nebraska Ry. Co.
Colorado Fuel Co.
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Union Transfer Co.
Central Trust Co. of New York
Des Moines and Fort Dodge Ry. Co.
El Reno Storage and Compress Co.
Gowrie Northwestern Ry. Co.
Kankakee & Seneca RR. Co.
Keokuk and Des Moines Ry. Co.
Kansas City & Topeka Ry. Co.
Kansas City Times Newspaper
Keokuk Union Depot
Kansas City Northwestern Ry. Co.
Leavenworth Depot and Ry.Co.
Minneapolis & Des Moines Ry. Co.
Pueblo Union Depot RR Co.
Rock Island & Peoria Ry. Co.
St. Joseph Stock Yard Co.
St. Joseph Union Depot Co.
St. Joseph & Iowa RR Co.
Union Elevator Co. Council Bluffs
Union Stock Yards Co., Topeka
United States Trust Co. New York
Union Pacific Ry. Co.
United States Bonds
Wisconsin Minnesota & Pacific Ry.Co.
Western Coal Mining Co.

This collection is indexed under the following subject terms.