Collection #

SC 2784

Joseph F. Gilbreath
Papers, 1877–1915

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

Processed by

Emily Castle
February 2006

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION:	1 folder, 1 artifact
COLLECTION DATES:	1877–1915
PROVENANCE:	Betty Goss, Indianapolis, IN, November 2005
RESTRICTIONS:	None
COPYRIGHT:
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS:	Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS:
RELATED HOLDINGS:
ACCESSION NUMBER:	2006.0063
NOTES:

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Joseph F. Gilbreath was employed by the Indianapolis Union Railway as a conductor. The Indianapolis Union Railway Company was founded in the early 1850s. The company operated fourteen miles of track known as the Belt Railroad, and connected to Union Passenger Station, which was also owned by the company. Over one million freight cars were handled annually over the Belt Railroad. It was the first switching railroad to be built in the country, and transferred freight from factory switches to all roads.

Sources:

Indianapolis in 1915: Part X. Indiana County History Preservation Society, 2006 [cited 16 February 2006]. Available from World Wide Web: (http://www.countyhistory.com/marion/indy/59.htm)

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists of a mix of papers collected by Joseph F. Gilbreath. Included are Gilbreath’s railway conductor credential certificate, receipts, a letter, a deed, and a recipe. There are also printed items which include an obituary, theater card and flier two small facsimile copies of the Chicago Sunday Telegram, and a sample copy of Family Fiction Weekly.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS	CONTAINER
Papers, 1877–1915	Folder 1
Indiana Pioneer Association, Ribbon, 1885	Artifacts: R 2114

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