Railway Collection

Repository: Derry City Council, Archives and Genealogy Service

Identity Statement

TitleRailway Collection
Archive ReferenceDCC/MSS14
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/railway-collection
Creation Datesc1870s-1990s
Extent Mediumc300 items including photographs, framed items, maps, reports, accounts, newspaper cuttings and files

Context

Creator(s): Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland); Belfast and Northern Counties Railways; County Donegal Railways; Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway; London, Midland and Scotland, Northern Ireland Railway

  • Administrative History ↴

    Various railways operated within the city area and the collection, which has been donated over a period of time, includes material relating to the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland), the Belfast and Northern Counties Railways, County Donegal Railways, Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, London, Midland and Scottish, Northern Ireland Railway.

  • Archival History ↴

    The majority of the items may have come directly from council offices whilst photographs and printed items may have been donated.

  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Donation/Official Transfer

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland); Belfast and Northern Counties Railways; County Donegal Railways; Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway; London, Midland and Scotland, Northern Ireland Railway ↴

    A collection of items relating to the various railways operating within the city area, includes material relating to the Great Northern Railway Company (Ireland), the Belfast and Northern Counties Railways, County Donegal Railways, Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway, London, Midland and Scottish, Northern Ireland Railway. The collection includes a large photographic collection, numerous printed journals, booklets and rule-books plus various correspondence files, and legal deeds. The collection also includes documents relating to American railway companies, in particular those of relevance to a legal case concerning bonds in the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad.

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    All items retained permanently

  • Accruals ↴

    Further accruals are expected

  • Arrangement ↴

    The collection is arranged as follows:
    1. Photographs / Framed items
    2. Printed material
    3. Collection of files
    The files (3.1-3.3, 3.11) remain in their original order, containing a brief index and chapter headings.
    4. Railway Commission
    5. Railway Commissioners
    Collection of annual reports (first, second, third) of the Railway Commissioners, under the Regulation of Railways Act (1873) 1874, 1875, 1877
    6. Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway Company
    Report of the Directors and Statement of Accounts.
    31 December 1954
    7. Collection of account books
    1900-1929, 1916-1930, 1920-1925
    8. Londonderry and Moville Light Railway
    Collection of documents relating to the Londonderry & Moville Light Railway, includes correspondence and legal deeds.
    9. Carndonagh Railway
    Collection of documents relating to the Carndonagh Railway includes correspondence and legal deeds.
    10. City of Derry Tramways Company
    11. Strabane and Letterkenny Railway
    12. Donegal Railway extension to Ballyshannon
    13. Great Northern Railway Company
    20. Atlantic and Great Western Railroad
    Files consisting of correspondence and legal deeds relating to the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, the reorganisation scheme and a fraudulent case against holders of Second Mortgage Bonds. Items remain in their original order.

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions Open
Conditions Governing ReproductionReproduction is at the discretion of the archivist
Creation Datesc1870s-1990s
Extent Mediumc300 items including photographs, framed items, maps, reports, accounts, newspaper cuttings and files
Material Language ScriptEnglish
Characteristics Tech ReqNo special characteristics or requirements
Finding Aids Descriptive list Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

There are no Allied Materials

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteList adapted by Natalie Milne
Rules/ConventionsISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottawa: International Council on Archives, 2000. National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names. Chippenham: National Council on Archives, 1997. UK Archival Thesaurus (UKAT)
Date of Descriptions41699