Red River Valley Railroad Historical Society Collection
Inventory: Collection 630

BOX FOLDER DESCRIPTION DATE
    Material Relating to the Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Strike in 1936  
1   Correspondence  
  1 C. P. Couch Sept. 1936
  2 C. P. Couch Oct. 1936
  3 C. P. Couch Nov. 1936 – May 1937
  4 C. P. Couch u.d.
  5 N. Johnson Sept. 1936
  6 N. Johnson (1) Oct. 1936
  7 N. Johnson (2) Oct. 1936
  8 N. Johnson u.d.
  9 N. Johnson Nov. 1936 – June 1937
  10 P. Sippel Sept. 1936 – June 1937
  11 List of Men Molested, Injured or Killed Nov. 1926
  12 Miscellaneous Correspondence July 1936, May 1937, March 1938
  13 Miscellaneous Documents Nov. 1936
2   Newspaper Clippings  
  14 September 18, 1936 (Pre-strike)  
  15 September 19, 1936 (Strike Date)  
  16 September 20-22, 1936  
  17 September 23, 1936  
  18 September 24, 1936  
  19 September 25-29, 1936  
  20 September 29, 1936 (Hustler wreck)  
  21 September 30, 1936  
  22 October 1-15, 1936  
  23 October 16-31, 1936  
  24 October 19, 1936 (Women attack train crew)  
  25 November 3, 1936 (Guard aboard hustler killed)  
  26 November 5, 1936 (2 killed/2 injured near Winnfield)  
  27 November 1-15, 1936  
  28 November 19, 1936 (Tampered switch causes derailment)  
  29 November 16-30, 1936  
  30 Newspaper Clippings Not Related to Strike or Undated  
  31 Editorial Cartoon  
  32 Announcements / Advertisements  
2   Photographs  
  33 Dining car and Coach Bullet Holes Oct. 20, 1936
  34 Baggage car, Coach, Club Car Bullet Holes Oct. 24, 1936
  35 Engine 392 Bullet Damage (Osborne killed) (w/negatives) Nov. 5, 1936
    Louisiana & Arkansas Railway Contracts  
  36 Ivory Handle Company
(for Hardwood Logs, Bolts and Blocks)
Nov. 26, 1910
  37 Hope Lumber Company
(for Rough Lumber)
Oct. 5, 1911
  38 Hope Lumber Company
(for Yellow Pine Logs)
Sept. 11, 1916
On Shelf      
    Large ledger book containing records of Texas and Pacific Railway right-of-way and land acquisitions circa 1880 to 1910. Covers transactions in several Louisiana parishes (Caddo, Natchitoches, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. John the Baptist, Ascension, Assumption), the City of New Orleans and Miller County Arkansas.

Includes transactions involving General Grenville M. Dodge.