Reuben Albert Kirk papers

Organized into the following series: I. Personal papers. II. Inter-County Building and Loan Association. III. Pennsylvania Railroad. III. Miscellaneous papers. Reuben Albert Kirk worked as a clerk for the General Superintendent of Transportation (later the Office of the Chief of Passenger Transpo...

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Main Author: Kirk, R. A., (Reuben Albert) (Creator)
Collection:Reuben Albert Kirk Papers
Collection Number:2159
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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100 1 |a Kirk, R. A., (Reuben Albert)  |e creator 
245 1 |a Reuben Albert Kirk papers  |f 1903-1953 
300 |a 0.2 Linear feet  |f 0.2 linear feet, 1 box, 55 items 
520 |a Organized into the following series: I. Personal papers. II. Inter-County Building and Loan Association. III. Pennsylvania Railroad. III. Miscellaneous papers. Reuben Albert Kirk worked as a clerk for the General Superintendent of Transportation (later the Office of the Chief of Passenger Transportation) from 1899-1953 and was treasurer of the Inter-County Building and Loan Association from 1923-1932. Charles Miller Schaeffer was Assistant Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Papers, 1903-1953, include materials relating to Kirk's activities as clerk and treasurer as mentioned above, the Treasurer Record book, certificate of incorporation, letters, patent and merger agreement between Pennsylvania Security Building & Loan Association and the Inter-County Building and Loan Association. The Pennsylvania Railroad material includes railroad passes, 1903-1953, an August 1947 issue of The Mutual Magazine, letters, a railroad menu from Prohibition, retirement mementoes, 1953. The Miscellaneous series includes information on Charles M. Schaeffer, a shorthand notebook of Kirk's and some personal souvenirs. 
541 1 |a Gift of Thomas A . Urbine, Jr.; 1978 acquired 
650 7 |a Banks and Banking--20th Century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Ephemera.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Pennsylvania Railroad--20th Century.  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Savings and Loan Associations--Philadelphia--20th century  |2 Local sources 
852 |a The Historical Society of Pennsylvania  |b Reuben Albert Kirk Papers  |l 2159