The collection consists of maps, atlases, photographs, pamphlets, booklets, real estate appraisals and other property records, bridge lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and timetables, almost exclusively documenting the history of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, and its predecessor railroad lines, particularly the portions of the...
Show moreThe collection consists of maps, atlases, photographs, pamphlets, booklets, real estate appraisals and other property records, bridge lists, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and timetables, almost exclusively documenting the history of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, and its predecessor railroad lines, particularly the portions of the railroad that ran in Connecticut. The maps include blueprint copies of many of those
that were created for the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1915 by the New Haven Railroad, known as the valuation series. The photographs series is an extensive set of images of virtually every railroad station and depot in Connecticut, plus many images of town and city views and of other railroad structures such as roundhouses and freight yards.
Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries
The collection was donated by Leroy Roberts in the years between 1989 and 2012.
[Item description, #:#], Leroy Roberts Railroad Collection. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.
Leroy Roberts is a resident of Meriden, Connecticut, and an avid historian and collector of photographs, documents and memorabilia of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, particularly the portion of the railroad that ran through the state of Connecticut. He was an employee of Pratt & Whitney's Tool Division.
Collection of maps, photographs and other documents focusing on the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and its predecessor railroad lines, particularly those that ran in Connecticut.
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