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            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>Preliminary Inventory of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four Railroad) Ohio Land Acquisition Deeds, 1836-1941
                    <num>SPEC.RARE.0197</num>
                </titleproper>
                <author>Finding aid prepared by Belle Teesdale</author>
            </titlestmt>
            <publicationstmt>
                <publisher>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</publisher>
                <address>
                    <addressline>1858 Neil Avenue</addressline>
                    <addressline>Columbus, OH, 43210</addressline>
                </address>
                <date>2017 April</date>
            </publicationstmt>
            <seriesstmt>
                <p>Establishes a new collection &amp; faid needs to be reviewed and published; New cat record needed</p>
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            <creation>This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit
                <date>2017-05-01T12:00-0400</date>
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            <langusage>English</langusage>
            <descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules>
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            <unittitle>Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four Railroad) Ohio Land Acquisition Deeds</unittitle>
            <unitid>SPEC.RARE.0197</unitid>
            <repository>
                <corpname>Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections</corpname>
            </repository>
            <langmaterial>
                <language langcode="eng"/>
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            <physdesc>
                <extent>0.61 Cubic feet</extent>
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            <unitdate>1836-1941</unitdate>
            <abstract id="ref6" label="Abstract">In June 1889, the Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company was formed, also know as Big Four Railroad or abbreviated to CCC&amp;StL. This railway company primarily ran through the midwestern states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four Railroad) Ohio Land Acquisition Deeds specifically relates to the deeds and land acquired from seven Ohio counties from during the late 19th to early 20th century.</abstract>
            <physdesc id="ref7" label="Physical Description">(1) card box</physdesc>
            <langmaterial id="ref25" label="Language of Materials">English</langmaterial>
            <origination label="creator">
                <corpname rules="rda" source="naf">Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company.</corpname>
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        <arrangement id="ref8">
            <head>Arrangement of Materials</head>
            <p>This collection is unprocessed. Materials are arranged in the order received.</p>
        </arrangement>
        <acqinfo id="ref9">
            <head>Acquisitions Information</head>
            <p>RARE.2017.0013: purchase, 2016 September</p>
        </acqinfo>
        <prefercite id="ref11">
            <head>Preferred Citation</head>
            <p>[identification of item], Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (Big Four Railroad) Ohio Land Acquisition, SPEC.RARE.0197, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University</p>
        </prefercite>
        <accessrestrict id="ref12">
            <head>Access to Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection are available for use, but may be used in the Thompson Library Special Collections reading room only.</p>
        </accessrestrict>
        <userestrict id="ref13">
            <head>Use of Materials</head>
            <p>Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright, and are made available for research and educational purposes. In general, the OSU Libraries do not own the copyright for materials from our collections and cannot grant copyright permissions for these materials. The user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status. If copyright protection applies, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exceptions to the law. Works in the public domain are not protected by copyright and do not require permission to use.</p>
        </userestrict>
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            <head>Processing Information</head>
            <p>This collection is unprocessed.</p>
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            <head>[Biographical/Historical] Note</head>
            <p>In June 1889, the Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway Company, the Cincinnati Indianapolis St Louis and Chicago Railway Company, and the Indianapolis and St Louis Railway Company, consolidated to create the The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company. The company is also known as the Big Four Railroad and abbreviated to CCC&amp;StL. The Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St. Louis Railway Company was a railroad company in the Midwestern United States whose primary routes were in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.</p>
        </bioghist>
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            <head>Scope and Contents</head>
            <p>302 deeds (306 envelopes) and ordinances sent from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway to acquire specific pieces of land in the Ohio counties of Champaign, Seneca, Sandusky, Delaware, Clarke, Union, Butler.</p>
        </scopecontent>
        <controlaccess>
            <corpname rules="rda" source="naf">Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company. -- Archives</corpname>
            <subject source="lcsh">Counties--Ohio--History</subject>
            <genreform source="aat">Deeds</genreform>
            <genreform source="aat">Ordinances</genreform>
            <subject source="lcsh">Railroads--United States--History.</subject>
        </controlaccess>
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                <did>
                    <unittitle>Accession No. RARE.2017.0013</unittitle>
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                        <extent>0.61 Cubic feet</extent>
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                    <unitdate>1836-1941</unitdate>
                </did>
                <scopecontent id="ref5">
                    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
                    <p>302 deeds (306 envelopes) and ordinances sent from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway to acquire specific pieces of land in the Ohio counties of Champaign, Seneca, Sandusky, Delaware, Clarke, Union, Butler.</p>
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                    <did>
                        <unittitle>22 deeds and ordinances from Butler County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717001" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1871-1928</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref19" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>77 deeds and ordinances from Champaign County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717002" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1918-1932</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref20" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>60 deeds and ordinances from Clarke County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717003" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1846-1941</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref21" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>24 deeds and ordinances from Delaware County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717004" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1852-1872</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref22" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>62 deeds and ordinances from Sandusky County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717005" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1848-1897</unitdate>
                    </did>
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                <c02 id="ref23" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>9 deeds and ordinances from Seneca County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717006" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1836-1851</unitdate>
                    </did>
                </c02>
                <c02 id="ref24" level="file">
                    <did>
                        <unittitle>44 deeds and ordinances from Union County</unittitle>
                        <container id="cid4717007" type="Box" label="Mixed materials">Accession No. RARE.2017.0013.001</container>
                        <unitdate>1851-1913</unitdate>
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