President's Correspondence, 1900-1934
This series includes letters detailing day-to-day operations of the company from 1900 to 1923. Topics include: finances, stocks and bonds, personnel, railroad and sugar business, politics, land acquisitions, strikes, and the 1917 revolution.
Dates
- 1900-1934
Use and Access to Collection
This collection is open to the public and must be used in the Special Collections reading room. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.
Special handling is required for folded oversized blueprints throughout collection. Many files and documents are brittle, fragile, and dirty. There are also many folded oversize blueprints throughout the boxes, in addition to those removed and housed in map cases.
The majority of the records are dated over 75 years ago and are therefore not restricted for content or personal information that is present. Please contact the Collection Curator for more information.
Extent
81.00 Linear Feet
Processing Information
Limited processing work was done on this collection in 1988. Some materials in this series were rearranged into chronological order and given new box numbers: A, AA, A14, and B. The correspondence in those boxes was divided into the categories of bound letters and loose letters. The bound letters are volumes of letterpress correspondence in chronological order are in boxes with a single letter (Box A and Box B). Loose letters, from files coded with letters CR (Cuba Railroad) and a file number, have been arranged in numerical order and are now in boxes marked with two letters (Box AA and Box AA 14).
Library Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives
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