MALSCE- What Railroad Records Are Available at the National Archives?

Friday, September 15, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Zoom Video Webinar

This webinar will provide a description of what railroad records are available at the National Archives. When Mike Sullivan retired from “Iron Horse” three years ago and PanAm decided not to replace him, area surveyors lost a great resource for finding all sorts of records for Boston & Maine Railroad in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and other parts of New England. Since then, MALSCE leaders have been looking for other possible information sources and have found the one person who probably knows more about the railroad records at the National Archives than anyone else.

David will familiarize the participants with the Valuation Act of 1913 and the subsequent activities of the Interstate Commerce Commission’s (ICC’s) Bureau of Valuation. David will cover the different series of valuation records at the National Archives, their relationship to land surveying, and the procedures concerning access to these records.