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In
pursuit
of
SRHA's
mission,
we
have
acquired
a
significant
body
of
original
material
that
will
benefit
historians,
modelers,
academics
and
other
researchers
in
the
years
to
come.
This
material
includes
the
Southern
Railway
Presidents'
Files,
original
and
microfilm
copies
of
equipment
and
structure
drawings,
photographs,
and
other
documents
chronicling
the
nearly-100
years
of
Southern
Railway's
existence.
The association's archives are in the Museum of
Southern Museum of Locomotive and Civil War History in Kennesaw, GA.
Over
the past few years, the staff at the Southern Museum have worked hard to clean
up and catalog the collection. As they have completed sections of work,
they have created finding aids, which they post on their website. These
are a very useful way to search through the collection.
Click Here to go to the Southern Museum's Archives
webpage.
There are still more documents that haven't been cataloged, so check in
occasionally to see what's been recently added.
The
SRHA
archive
has
already
benefited
Southern
Railway
historians
through
articles
in
TIES
magazine,
and
through
reference
books
published
by
SRHA
and
others.
Click here to see some of the publications that are
available from SRHA.
Additional
articles
and
books
are
presently
in
preparation.
We
look
forward
to
the
day
when
the
archive
material
is
available
more
widely
--
in
a
dedicated,
climate-controlled
facility.
Click
here
for
more
information
on
the
agreement
between
SRHA
and
the
Museum
of
Civil
War
and
Locomotive
History.
For
Those
Interested
in
Donating
Materials
to
the
SRHA
Archive:
Please
drop
our
Archives
Director,
George
Eichelberger
an
e-mail
and
discuss
your
options
with
him
at Archives@SRHA.net. Please note that SRHA
cannot assess the value of any donated materials. This is a rule set
by the IRS. The donor will have to conduct an assessment if interested in
applying for a tax deduction.
Archives Work Sessions:
SRHA conducts work sessions approximately
every other month. The schedule is posted on the SRHA home page.
Anyone is welcome to attend, member or not. We use these sessions to clean
documents for cataloging, scan drawings, maps, and photographs for publication,
and sort through the unprocessed documents to prepare them for cataloging.
These sessions are generally informal. We typically start work at 9:30 and
end around 4 pm.
A
Note
to
persons
searching
for
Employee
Records:
SRHA
does
not have
any
Southern
Railway
employee
records
in
our
archives.
It
is
recommended
that
you
contact
the
U.S.
Railroad
Retirement
Board,
which
you
can
contact
at
844
North
Rush,
Chicago,
IL
60611
(312)
751-4500,
or
on
the
web
at
The
U.S.
Railroad
Retirement
Board
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