CAROLINA, CLINCHFIELD, AND OHIO RAILROAD RECORDS
1899-1983
(predominantly 1909-1954)

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, TN 37614-0138

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BOX AND FOLDER LIST

Original Acquisition:

Series I, MINUTE BOOKS, 1899-1962, Boxes 1-15.

This series consists of the corporate minute books, 1899-1962, of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway and related companies. These include Certificates and Articles of Incorporation, Board of Directors listing, by-laws, minutes of all board meetings, and, in appropriate cases, dissolution statements. Corporate histories as of June 30, 1916 with accompanying diagrammatic charts are included for the Black Mountain Railway, the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway, the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio of South Carolina Railway, and the Clinchfield Northern of Kentucky Railway. (Diagrammatic charts have been removed and are listed in accompanying index.) Also included is one volume containing charter records for all companies. Information contained is name of company, state and date of chartered, principal office and place of business, stock information meetings of stockholders and directors, names of present directors, officers, and stockholders. Minute books are arranged alphabetically by corporate names and chronologically by volume.

Box 1

1. Minute Book - Appalachian Highway Company #1 (includes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws), 1911-14.
2. Minute Book - Appalachian Highway Company #2, 1914-15.
3. Minute Book - Altapass Inn Company, 1912-25.
4. Minute Book - Buck's Creek and Catawba River Railroad #1 (included Articles of Incorporation), 1905-06.

Box 2

1. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #1, April 21, 1910-November 21, 1910.
2. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #1, November 21, 1910-November 13, 1911.
3. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #1, November 13, 1911-April 14, 1916.
4. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #1, April 14, 1916.

Box 3

1. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #2, April 18, 1916-April 26, 1926.
2. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #2, November 9, 1926-June 17, 1941.
3. Minute Book - Black Mountain Railway Company #2, May 14, 1942- March 30, 1955.
4. Corporate History of the Black Mountain Railway Company as of June 30, 1916.

Box 4

1. Minute Book - Cape Fear Terminal Railway Company, 1899-1903.
2. Minute Book - Carolina Company of North Carolina (includes Articles of Incorporation; Statement of Purpose to build tunnels, erect and maintain buildings and property for railroads), January 1902-September 1906.
3. Minute Book - Carolina Company of Tennessee (includes Articles of Incorporation), July 1905-May 1922.
4. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume II, March 7, 1908-May 18, 1908.
5. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume II, May 18, 1908-June 4, 1908.

Box 5

1. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume III, June 1908-December 1908.
2. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume IV, December 22, 1908-June 26, 1909.
3. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume IV, June 26, 1909-January 19, 1910.
4. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume V, February 1910-March 1911.
5. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VI, October 26, 1911-May 31, 1912.
6. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VI, May 31, 1912-March 20, 1913.

Box 6

1. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VI, October 1911-September 1914.
2. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VII, October 15, 1914-March 16, 1916.
3. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VII, March 16, 1916-February 15, 1917.
4. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VII, March 8, 1917-April 17, 1919.
5. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VIII, May 13, 1919-June 24, 1920.
6. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, Volume VIII, June 24, 1920-October 6, 1921.
7. Corporate History of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway as of June 30, 1916.

Box 7

1. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, June 23, 1920-May 10, 1921.
2. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, May 12, 1921-October 13, 1921.
3. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, October 13, 1921-December 28, 1922.
4. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, January 11, 1923-June 12, 1924.
5. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, June 12, 1924-November 13, 1924.

Box 8

1. Minute Book - Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of Kentucky (includes Articles of Incorporation), March 1, 1909- May 31, 1922.
2. Corporate History of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina as of June 30, 1916.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Agreements, March 1, 1920- September 16, 1920.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Agreements, September 16, 1920- August 7, 1922.
5. Minute Book - Clinchfield Northern Railway (includes Articles of Incorporation), September 1, 1911-May 31, 1922.
6. Corporate History of the Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky as of June 30, 1915.

Box 9

1. Minute Book - Elkhorn Southern Railway #1 (includes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws), October 1, 1906-March 31, 1909.
2. Minute Book - Elkhorn Southern Railway #2 (includes dissolution), March 31, 1909-December 31, 1922.
3. Minute Book - Interstate Mercantile Company (includes Organization and Incorporation), November 1906-November 1906.
4. Minute Book - Kingsport Southern Railway (includes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws), August 1906-November 1906.

Box 10

1. Minute Book - Lick Creek and Lake Erie Railway Company (includes Articles of Incorporation), March 1902-July 1937.
2. Minute Book - McCabe and Company (includes Articles of Incorporation) November 1906-March 1907.
3. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company (includes Articles of Incorporation).

Box 11

1. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Kentucky (includes Articles of Incorporation, Journal Entries April 1902-October 1902), April 1902-May 1902.
2. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of North Carolina (includes Articles of Incorporation), June 1901-May 1922.
3. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of North Carolina #1, December 1905-June 1908.

Box 12

1. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of North Carolina #2, June 1908-May 1922.
2. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Tennessee (includes Articles of Incorporation), April 1902.
3. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Tennessee #1, August 1906-October 1914.
4. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Tennessee #2, December 1906-December 1921.

Box 13

1. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Virginia, April 1902.
2. Minute Book - South and Western Railway Company of Virginia
(includes Articles of Incorporation, first mortgage February 1, 1908), January 1905-March 3, 1908.
3. Minute Book - Southport Harbor Company, 1912-57.

Box 14

1. Minute Book - Southport Harbor Company (includes Articles of Incorporation), 1957-62.
2. Minute Book - Spartanburg Land Company (includes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws), July 1912-May 1953.
3. Minute Book - Spartanburg Land Company.

Box 15

1. Minute Book - Spartanburg Northern Railway (includes Incorporation to dissolution), October 1905-May 1909.
2. Minute Book - Unaka Traction Company (includes Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws), August 1908-November 1903.
3. Corporate Charter Records - All companies.

First Addendum:

Series I, MINUTES, 1905-1967, Boxes 258-266 and Boxes 298-299 oversized.

Series I consists of corporate minute books and miscellaneous loose minutes of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad and related companies including the Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky, the Cumberland Corporation, the Elkhorn Southern Railway, the Kingsport Southern Railway, the South & Western Railroad of North Carolina and the South & Western Railroad of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Correspondence and proxy material is included. The series is broken down into two subseries: Subseries I-A, Minute Books and subseries I-B: Miscellaneous Loose Minutes. The materials are arranged chronologically.

Subseries I-A, Minute Books, 1905-1967, Boxes 258-265 and Boxes 298-299.

This subseries consists of bound minute books of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railroad and related companies including the Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky, The Cumberland Corporation, the Elkhorn Southern Railway, the Kingsport Southern Railway, the South & Western Railroad of North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. The minute book of Blair Realty Company and minutes of the first meeting of the Cumberland Corporation's board of directors are also included. The minute books are arranged first, alphabetically by corporation name and second, chronologically. The bound minutes are nearly duplicated in the photocopies of minutes in Series I of the original acquisition; therefore, that series should also be consulted.

Box 258

1. Blair Realty Company Minute Book, Volume 2, January 10, 1944- March 7, 1947.
2. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 1, January 26, 1905-December 22, 1908.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 2, March 2, 1909-December 28, 1911.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 3, January 15, 1912-December 17, 1914.
5. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 4, January 19, 1915-December 13, 1917.
6. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 5, January 10, 1918-December 9, 1920.

Box 259

1. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 2, March 7, 1908-June 22, 1908.
2. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 3, June 27, 1908-February 2, 1911.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 4, February 2, 1911-December 14, 1916.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 5, January 11, 1917-December 9, 1920.
5. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 6, January 13, 1921-December 28, 1922.

Box 260

1. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 7, January 11, 1923-December 18, 1924.
2. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 8, December 18, 1924-December 6, 1934.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 9, January 3, 1935-December 19, 1939.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 10, March 21, 1940-December 16, 1940.
5. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 11, March 24, 1941-December 19, 1946.
6. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 12, March 27, 1947-December 20, 1951.
7. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 13. May 13, 1952-June 17, 1958.

Box 261

1. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Minute Book, Volume 14, September 16, 1958-April 17, 1965.
2. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of Kentucky Minute Book, March 18, 1909-April 7, 1909.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina Minute Book, Volume 2, March 23, 1936-December 19, 1946.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of South Carolina Minute Book, Volume 3, March 27, 1947-December 20, 1961.
5. Clinchfield By-Product Coke Corporation Minute Book, Volume 1, January 13, 1920-April 16, 1925.
6. Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky Minute Book, Volume 1, October 2, 1911-December 27, 1935.

Box 262

1. Clinchfield Northern Railway of Kentucky Minute Book, Volume 2, March 23, 1936-December 19, 1939.
2. Clinchfield Railway Syndicate Proceedings Minute Book, July 9, 1920-April 27, 1925.
3. Cumberland Corporation Minute Book, Volume 1, June 5, 1906- May 11, 1908.
4. Cumberland Corporation Minute Book, Volume 2, May 12, 1908- October 15, 1914.
5. Cumberland Corporation Union Trust Company vs George L. Carter and Clinchfield Corporation, Volume 1, 1905.
6. Cumberland Corporation Union Trust Company vs George L. Carter and Clinchfield Corporation, Volume 2, 1905.
7. Cumberland Corporation Union Trust Company vs George L. Carter and Clinchfield Corporation, Volume 3, 1905.

Box 263

1. Cumberland Corporation Papers relating to Cumberland Syndicate and Cumberland Corporation, Volume 4, 1906.
2. Cumberland Corporation Agreements, Mortgages and Leases, Volume 5, 1906-1910.
3. Cumberland Corporation, Andy's Ridge Coal Case, Volume 6, ND.
4. Cumberland Corporation, Proposed Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Leases, Seabound Papers, Volume 7, 1910.
5. Cumberland Corporation, Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway of Kentucky, Elkhorn Corporation, Volume 8, 1908.
6. Cumberland Corporation, Miscellaneous papers, Volume 9, 1906- 1910.
7. Cumberland Corporation, Law Memoranda, Volume 10, 1907.

Box 264

1. Cumberland Corporation Minute Book, volume 2, December 14, 1910-June 12, 1916.
2. Elkhorn Southern Railway Minute Book, October 4, 1906- March 16, 1911.
3. Kingsport Southern Railway Minute Book, August 1, 1906- March 16, 1911.
4. Kingsport Southern Railway, South and Western Railroad Minutes, December 3, 1906-May 26, 1908.
5. South and Western Railroad Declaration and Petition, April 17, 1908.

Box 265

1. South and Western Railroad Declaration and Petition, (damaged), April 17, 1908.
2. South and Western Railroad of North Carolina Minute Book December 1, 1905-November 15, 1909.
3. South and Western Railroad of South Carolina Minute Book and Declaration and Petition, April 17, 1908-May 9, 1921.
4. South and Western Railroad of Tennessee Minute Book, August 1, 1906-November 28, 1906.
5. South and Western Railroad of Virginia Minute Book, Volume I, January 26, 1905-March 6, 1908.

Subseries I-B, Miscellaneous Loose Minutes, 1928-1955, Box 266.

This subseries contains minutes of the annual meetings of the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railroad and its subseries. Correspondence and proxy material also is included. The files are arranged chronologically.

Box 266

1. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1922-16.
2. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1928.
3. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1929.
4. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1930.
5. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1931.
6. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1932.
7. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1933.
8. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1934.
9. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1935.
10. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1936.
11. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1937.
12. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1938.
13. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1939.
14. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1940.
15. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1940.
16. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1941.
17. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1942.
18. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1943.
19. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1944.
20. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1945.
21. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1946.
22. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1947.
23. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1948.
24. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1949.
25. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1950.
26. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1952.
27. Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway Annual Meetings, Loose Minutes, 1955.