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Title: Engine #1649, Reading Railroad
Date(s): 1930
Contributor(s): Reading Company (associated name)
Collection ID: Locomotives and views of Mauch Chunk contact photographs and negatives (Accession 1969.092)
Hagley ID: AVD_1969092_01L_031
Collection: Locomotives and views of Mauch Chunk contact photographs and negatives

Title: Engine #3020, Reading Railroad
Date(s): 1940
Contributor(s): Reading Company (associated name)
Collection ID: Locomotives and views of Mauch Chunk contact photographs and negatives (Accession 1969.092)
Hagley ID: AVD_1969092_01L_040
Collection: Locomotives and views of Mauch Chunk contact photographs and negatives

Title: Trainshed at Reading Terminal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1973-06
Contributor(s): Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. (photographer)
Collection ID: Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. collection of railroad negatives (Accession 2019.212)
Hagley ID: 2019212_Reading_PhilaReadTerm_001
Collection: Herbert Harwood Jr. Railroad and Transportation collection of photographic negatives

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by operatives of Pinkerton's National Detective Agency during investigation regarding the Investigating Committee
Date(s): 1875-07-06
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent)
Description: Expense account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. for services rendered and expenses incurred related to spying on the Legislative Committee. Expenses include items such as postage, transportation costs, cigars, tickets to various venues, 'treating' members of the committee, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_13
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Train at Reading Terminal next to MU cars
Date(s): 1967-05
Contributor(s): Short, R. S. (photographer)
Description: FP-7. Engine #900
Collection ID: Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. collection of railroad negatives (Accession 2019.212)
Hagley ID: 2019212_Reading_900P_FP7_001
Collection: Herbert Harwood Jr. Railroad and Transportation collection of photographic negatives

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Robert J. Linden to F. B. Gowen, 1879-11-26
Date(s): 1879-11-26
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses report on information gathered on trial witnesses at Harrisburg on 1879-11-24.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_19
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-03-17
Date(s): 1875-03-17
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence concerning the fire at the East Shaft on February 15, 1875.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_091
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-04-07
Date(s): 1875-04-07
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding payment for services.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_068
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Unsigned report from Philadelphia relating to trials at Harrisburg, 1880-03-06
Date(s): 1880-03-06
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator)
Description: Writer gives an account of his meetings with various people. Among others, names mentioned include Robert Graves, Salter, Thomas Ashton, D. C. Clarke, Samuel Huhn, George F. Smith, and Robert Gillespie.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_22
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Synopsis of report from Philadelphia relating to trials at Harrisburg
Date(s): 1880-03-06
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator)
Description: Writer gives an account of his meetings with various people. Among others, names mentioned include Robert Graves, Salter, Thomas Ashton, D. C. Clarke, Samuel Huhn, George F. Smith, and Robert Gillespie.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_21
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Ritual for Subordinate Lodges of the Universal Brotherhood
Date(s): 1864/1875, 1864, 1875
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Description: Detailed steps of the ritual taken by the Universal Brotherhood during their Introductory Ceremony.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_001
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-04-04
Date(s): 1875-04-04
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding evidence against Molly Maguire members who allegedly set fire to the shaft on February 15, 1875.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_064
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, H.B. Hanmore to Franklin B. Gowen, 1875-03-22
Date(s): 1875-03-22
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Hanmore, Howard B. (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding a connection with the Molly Maguires who may lead them to a clue.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_061
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: List of Murders, Attempted Murders, and Fires in the Schuylkill Coal Regions since August 14th, 1875
Date(s): 1875
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner)
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m1b_288
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Correspondence, Daniel McCarthy to J. S. Snyder, 1876-09-04
Date(s): 1876-09-04
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), McCarthy, Daniel (correspondent), Snyder, J. S. (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding O'Donnell, James McAllester, Peter Cherry, Patrick Casserly, John Durm, John McCann, and James Kerrigan.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: molly_m_051
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Services rendered and expenses incurred by Pinkerton's National Detective Agency on special operation
Date(s): 1877-03-24
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent)
Description: Service and expense account to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. for operations between 1876-12-01 to 1877-03-17. Expenses include items such as room accommodations, postage, transportation costs, laundry, 'treating' suspects to drinks or meals, and other incidentals.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_02
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-04-15
Date(s): 1875-04-15
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses a continuation of the report of William McC., who is operating among the coal miners at St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. The report primarily details local union activities and the state of the labor strike, and the report includes the time period from to 1875-04-02 to 1875-04-13.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_09
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Robert J. Linden to F. B. Gowen, 1880-09-22
Date(s): 1880-09-22
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses statement of Ned Curley, who is serving a sentence at Eastern Penitentiary for the murder of John Gunning in 1876. Curley spoke with Robert J. Linden regarding the murder of Thomas Dougherty, who was killed in 1874, and other crimes. Curley denied any knowledge on the whereabouts of fugitives.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_24
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Service and expense account for investigations regarding Molly Maguires from 1878-07-28 to 1878-09-26
Date(s): 1878-10-21
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Account lists items such as room and board accommodations, transportation costs, newspapers, telegraph costs, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_16
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-03-02
Date(s): 1875-03-02
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses the report of William McC., who is operating among the coal miners at St. Nicholas, Pennsylvania. The report primarily details local union meetings and includes the time period from to 1875-02-13 to 1875-02-26.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_03
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1876-06-05
Date(s): 1876-06-05
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses list and description of accused murderers and fugitives from Schuylkill County who were members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians or the Molly Maguires.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_15
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Service and expense account for Molly Maguires operations from 1878-02-03 to 1878-03-02
Date(s): 1878-03-02
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (associated name)
Description: Account for multiple operatives to be paid by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co. Account lists items such as room and board accommodations, transportation costs, telegraph costs, and other incidental expenses.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_10
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Robert J. Linden to F. B. Gowen, 1880-01-29
Date(s): 1880-01-29
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses report of operative John Green, who was sent to Welland, Ontario to identify a suspect arrested there believed to be William Love, wanted in connection with the murder of Thomas Gwyther. Green's report concludes that the arrested person was not Love, but a stone cutter named Maguire whose employer was willing to bail for any amount.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_04_18
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-06-16
Date(s): 1875-06-16
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent), Linden, Robert J. (Robert Jay), 1835-1904 (associated name)
Description: Communication encloses the report of operative Robert J. Linden, who has been assigned to investigate men suspected of committing depredations on company roads. The operative is at Shenandoah City, Schuylkill County, Pa., and is awaiting an opportunity to make arrests in the case. The report covers 1875-05-24 to 1875-06-14 and includes details on miners' attitudes toward the current strike.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_02_11
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

Title: Allan Pinkerton and Benjamin Franklin to F. B. Gowen, 1875-08-07
Date(s): 1875-08-07
Contributor(s): Reading Company (former owner), Pinkerton's National Detective Agency (originator), Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889 (correspondent), Pinkerton, Allan, 1819-1884 (correspondent), Franklin, Benjamin, 1830-1901 (correspondent)
Description: Communication encloses a continuation of the report of operative, A. T. L., on the Investigating Committee, and the report runs from 1875-07-13 to 1875-08-03.
Collection ID: Reading Company records (Accession 1520)
Hagley ID: 1520_1001_03_01
Collection: Reading Company records, Pinkerton Detective Agency file

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