Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company Records, 1920s-1990s

Collection Number: 05768

Collection Title: Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company Records, 1920s-1990s

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Size	88.5 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 36,000 items)
Abstract	Business records of the Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company, short-line railroad that runs from Raeford, N.C. to Laurinburg, N.C., and its subsidiaries including the Red Springs & Northern Railroad, Robeson County Railroad, Fairmont & Western Railroad, Franklin County Railroad, Nash County Railroad, Yadkin Valley Railroad, and Saltville Railroad (in Virginia). Records include correspondence, board minutes, financial and legal files, reports and photographs of railroad accidents, records of track repair and maintenance, permitting and Authority for Expenditure (AFE) documents, and other administrative and financial papers.
Creator	Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company
Curatorial Unit	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Language	English

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Restrictions to Access: Box 59 closed pending curatorial review.

Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.

Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], in the Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company Records #5768, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information: Received from Margaret Goode and Ann Borden Thomas in December 2017 (Acc. 103296).

Sensitive Materials Statement: Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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Encoded by: Laura Smith

Processed by Nicole Cvjetnicanin and Rebecca Stubbs, March 2019

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Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company.
Railroads--Southern States--Records and correspondence.

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The Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Co. (L&S) is a short-line railroad that runs from Raeford to Laurinburg, N.C. It was incorporated on March 1909 by N.G. Wade, D.M. Flynn, J.F. McNair, J. Blue, A.L. James, and J.A. Jones. J.F. McNair served as its first president until his death in 1927. The railroad has primarily been used for hauling freight, though the business has offered passenger and mail service during its history. L&S has also included several subsidiaries in North Carolina, including the Red Springs & Northern Railroad, Robeson County Railroad, Fairmont & Western Railroad, Franklin County Railroad, Nash County Railroad, Yadkin Valley Railroad, and Saltville Railroad (in Virginia). The company also operates a railroad car shop, a track maintenance crew for hire, and a large fleet of rail cars for leasing to other railroads. In 1998, L&S was sold to Gulf & Ohio Railways.

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The collection consists of the business records of the Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company and its subsidiaries, including correspondence, board minutes, financial and legal files, reports and photographs of railroad accidents, records of track repair and maintenance, permitting and Authority for Expenditure (AFE) documents, and other administrative and financial papers.

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Box 1	Annual reports, 1950s-1970s
Box 2	History, 1980s-1994
Box 3-4 Box 3 Box 4	Accident reports, 1942-1972
Box 5	Various correspondence, 1909-1912
Box 6	Correspondence from the Bureau of Accounts; Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC); locomative repairs, 1920s
Box 7	Financial statements, 1950-1970
Box 8-9 Box 8 Box 9	ICC, 1910s-1941
Box 9	Recordkeeping book, 1916
Box 10	Blueprints, etc., 1910s-1924
Box 11	Recordkeeping books, 1920s
Box 12	Undated photographs
Box 13	Photographs, 1891-1997
Box 14	Stock certificates, 1909-1963
Box 15	1900s-1910s
Box 16	1910s
Box 17	1909-1912
Box 18	1909-1912
Box 19	1911-1912
Box 20	1909-1913
Box 21	1909-1915
Box 22	1909-1918
Box 23	1914-1917
Box 24	1918
Box 25	1919
Box 26	1910s-1920s
Box 27	1920s
Box 28	1920s
Box 29	1921-1922
Box 30	1920s
Box 31	1920s-1930s
Box 32	1930s
Box 33	1930s
Box 34	1930s
Box 35	1930s
Box 36	1930s
Box 37	1930s
Box 38	1930s
Box 39	1930s
Box 40	1930s
Box 41	1930s
Box 42	1930s
Box 43	1930s
Box 44	1930s-1940s
Box 45	1940s
Box 46	1940s
Box 47	1940s
Box 48	1941-1942
Box 49	1940s
Box 50	1940s-1960s
Box 51	1950s
Box 52	1970s
Box 53	1970s-1980s
Box 54	1970s-1980s
Box 55	1970s-1980s
Box 56	1980s-1990s
Box 57	1980s-1990s
Box 58	1970s-1980s
Box 59	Payroll, 1937-1979 Closed pending curatorial review.
Oversize Volume SV-5768/1	Reports to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Bureau of Valuation, circa 1920s-1960s
Oversize Volume SV-5768/2	Atlantic Coastline Railroad Company Records of Property Changes, Roadway Completion Reports, and other related papers, circa 1930s-1960s

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Oversize volumes: SV-5768/1-2

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Collection Number: 05768 Collection Title: Laurinburg & Southern Railroad Company Records, 1920s-1990s