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1. Copeland railroad survey collection

   504 items. 504 maps and supporting text. 2 archival boxes 27 x 13 x 40 cm. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   H.H. Copeland and Son commissioned the materials that contain information about railroads in the United States from 1917 to 1958. The collection includes maps and data concerning railroad traffic density, tables on ton miles, freight density and traffic distribution, and other railway related tables and calculations. H. H. Copeland and Son were an investment house in existence from the late nineteenth century to around the mid 1950s. The materials were intended for their private use.

2. William J. Wilgus papers, 1856-1944

   30,000 items. 114 containers. 44.8 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Civil engineer. Correspondence, reports, financial documents, printed matter, blueprints, drawings, and maps documenting Wilgus's career as a railroad engineer and consultant in the United States Northeast and Midwest.