Guide to the Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc.,
Historical Collections:
ACL—SAL—CSX Depot, Dothan, Alabama, Records, 1908-1984
Record Group/Accession 030-04-0424

Date processed:  2005
 

Repository Information

Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture
Troy University--Dothan Campus
P.O. Box 8368
Dothan, AL  36304

Website:  http://dothan.troy.edu/archives

Ph:  334-983-6556 x-327
E-mail:  Archivist Dr. Martin T. Olliff  <
molliff@troy.edu>

Administrative Information

Permanent Accession Size:  ca. 24 cubic ft.

Organizational History:  Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc. (DLF), was founded in 1976 with a three-part mission:  to operate Landmark Park as a museum recreating farm life in the Wiregrass as it existed circa 1900, to create programs to explore the natural history of the Wiregrass region, and to act as a local historical society by coordinating local history work and collecting artifacts and archival collections that document the area’s people.  DLF has had 3 Executive Directors, operates under an 18-member Board of Directors, and employs both full-time and part-time employees.  Since 1993, it has acted as the home of the Alabama State Agricultural Museum.

Historical Sketch:  In 1907, the Atlantic Coast Line Railway (ACL) built a passenger and freight depot in the “Dixie” district of Dothan, Alabama, approximately at the intersection of St. Andrews St. and Powell St., near downtown.  This building is adjacent to the “Standpipe,” a pipe-shaped water tower bearing the words, “City of Dothan.”  This station served the ACL and its successors, the Seaboard Atlantic Line and CSX, until it closed ca. 1984.  CSX gave the depot to the City of Dothan, which in turn gave it to Dothan Landmarks Foundation.  In 2004, Dothan Landmarks Foundation returned the depot to the city’s Wiregrass Transportation division which had received a grant  to remodel the depot as its headquarters.  In April 2004, the Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture worked with Dothan Landmarks Foundation to acquire and preserve these depot records.

The ACL created operational divisions that were responsible to the Superintendent of Terminals at the Jacksonville, FL, hub.  At the Dixie Depot, those reflected in the surviving records were the Terminal Superintendent (Station Master), the Trainmaster, the Yardmaster, and the Property Protection Department (which also reported separately to the Acting Chief of Property Protection at ACL headquarters).

Scope/Content:  This collection documents activity of the various divisions of the ACL depot in Dothan, AL, 1908-ca.1984, though most of the materials reflect the period 1940-1960.  The collection consists of dossiers, forms, and files; publications including rule and safety books, bulletins, equipment specification, and labor agreements; artifacts; and photographs.  One of the most significant parts of the collection is the Agreements/Contracts sub-subseries of the Division Files series, Roadmaster subseries, described below.

Organization and Arrangement:  The Dixie Depot Records are organized into 5 Series, with subseries as described:  [note: Click linked title to jump to that series' file-level inventory]

Series 1—Administrative Files:  General files that appeared to the processor to have been maintained by the Station Master or did not fit obviously into any other division’s files.

Subseries 1—Office Files:  87 folders.  Various forms, reports, bills, and informational files keeping track of the day-to-day business of the Depot.  Arranged alphabetically by topic.

Subseries 2—Shipment / Freight Claims:  14 folders.  Notices of shipment of goods, claims from shippers for damaged freight, freight department bulletins, and waybills.

Subseries 3—Operation / Safety Rules:  47 folders.  Manuals and instruction books of operating rules for ACL, SAL, and CSX..

Subseries 4—Equipment / Specification Files:  24 folders.  Specification manuals and sheets for various pieces of equipment and rolling stock.

Subseries 5—Labor Agreements:  27 folders.  Union contract and associated paperwork. 

Subseries 6—Personnel Files:  46 folders.  Dossiers, seniority lists, examination reports, rosters, duty assignments.  Many restricted by AWHC because of privacy concerns.

Series 2—Division Files

Subseries 1—Property Protection:  82 folders divided into 2 sub-subseries—Files by Officer Name and General Subject Files.  Document investigations, procedures, laws, accidents that pertain to property protection for the railroad.

Subseries 2—Trainmaster:  65 folders.  Memos, reports, correspondence, reference materials, bulletins, conductors’ reports pertaining to the running of trains through the Dothan District.  Arranged by type of document.

Subseries 3—Roadmaster:  182 folders.  Reports, memos, reference materials, checklists, daily books, train orders, correspondence, and contracts with specifications regarding the maintenance and use of the right-of-way.  Arranged into 3 sub-subseries:  Files by Roadmaster name, Track Files, and Agreements/Contracts (date span, 1908-1982).

Series 3—Artifacts:  5 items.  Three-dimensional articles used around the depot.

Series 4—Oversized Materials:  59 folders.  Reports of Materials Used and Section Foreman Checkrolls, too large to fit in standard box.

Series 5—Professional Diaries/Calendars:  Pocket logbooks kept by trainmasters and roadmasters recording incidents of interest.

Cite as:  Dothan Landmarks Foundation, Inc., ACL-SAL-CSX Depot Records, 1908-1984, RG030/Historical Collections, Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture, Troy University--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Donor:  William Holman, Executive Director, Dothan Landmarks Foundation

Donor website/E-mail:  <http://www.landmarkpark.com/>;  wmholman@landmarkpark.com

Processor and Date:  T. Bernath, K. Chabliss, M. Olliff;   February 2005.

Access:  Open per donor agreement

URL:  http://dothan.troy.edu/archives/inventories/030_rrdepot.htm

INVENTORY

Series 1:  Administrative Files

File I.D.

SubSeries

File Label

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04-0424

-001

-001

Admin: Office Files

Blank Forms  [Folder 1 of 2]

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04-0424

-001

-002

Admin: Office Files

Blank Forms  [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-001

-003

Admin: Office Files

Envelopes & File Folders - Company [Samples]

030-

04-0424

-001

-004

Admin: Office Files

Roadway Forman's Daily Labor, Materials & Equipment Book

030-

04-0424

-001

-005

Admin: Office Files

Abrasive Saw - Dothan, Al., 3-23-83

030-

04-0424

-001

-006

Admin: Office Files

Activities, 1957

030-

04-0424

-001

-007

Admin: Office Files

Advertisement - American Railroads Present "The Railroad Hour"

030-

04-0424

-001

-008

Admin: Office Files

Ballast, 1984

030-

04-0424

-001

-009

Admin: Office Files

Bills for Incidental Service, Sept. 1974-Dec 1975  [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-001

-010

Admin: Office Files

Bills for Incidental Service, Sept. 1974-Dec 1975  [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-001

-011

Admin: Office Files

Claims

030-

04-0424

-001

-012

Admin: Office Files

Color Print - United Aircraft TurboTrain

030-

04-0424

-001

-013

Admin: Office Files

Communications - Radios

030-

04-0424

-001

-014

Admin: Office Files

Communications - Telephone Service  [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-015

Admin: Office Files

Communications - Telephone Service  [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-016

Admin: Office Files

Communications - Telephone Service  [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-017

Admin: Office Files

Data Processing - Records Management

030-

04-0424

-001

-018

Admin: Office Files

Eureka Club - Initation Ceremony

030-

04-0424

-001

-019

Admin: Office Files

Expenses  [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-020

Admin: Office Files

Expenses  [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-021

Admin: Office Files

Expenses  [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-001

-022

Admin: Office Files

Ice Purchases

030-

04-0424

-001

-023

Admin: Office Files

Insurance

030-

04-0424

-001

-024

Admin: Office Files

Interchange

030-

04-0424

-001

-025

Admin: Office Files

Joint Facilities Terminal

030-

04-0424

-001

-026

Admin: Office Files

Joint Operations - Western Union

030-

04-0424

-001

-027

Admin: Office Files

Legislation - Local, State, & Federal

030-

04-0424

-001

-028

Admin: Office Files

Liberty Mutual - Vehicle Accident Reporting Procedures

030-

04-0424

-001

-029

Admin: Office Files

Map - Georgia Senority District

030-

04-0424

-001

-030

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Feb. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-031

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for March 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-032

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for April 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-033

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for May 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-034

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for June 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-035

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for July 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-036

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Aug. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-037

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Sept. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-038

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Oct. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-039

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Nov. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-040

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Dec. 1982

030-

04-0424

-001

-041

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Jan. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-042

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Feb. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-043

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for March 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-044

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for April 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-045

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for May 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-046

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for June 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-047

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for July 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-048

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for August 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-049

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Sept. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-050

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Oct. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-051

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Nov. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-052

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Dec. 1983

030-

04-0424

-001

-053

Admin: Office Files

Material Reports for Jan. 1984

030-

04-0424

-001

-054

Admin: Office Files

Report of Materials Received

030-

04-0424

-001

-055

Admin: Office Files

Miscellaneous

030-

04-0424

-001

-056

Admin: Office Files

"On the Track of Some Good Teaching Aids?"

030-

04-0424

-001

-057

Admin: Office Files

131  [Cross Ties / Relay Cross Ties]

030-

04-0424

-001

-058

Admin: Office Files

Owners Manual - Ford 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 Series Tractor - 1971

030-

04-0424

-001

-059

Admin: Office Files

Passenger Traffic Department

030-

04-0424

-001

-060

Admin: Office Files

Paving - Dothan, Alabama

030-

04-0424

-001

-061

Admin: Office Files

Personal Injury Report - Instructions

030-

04-0424

-001

-062

Admin: Office Files

Policies - Miscellaneous  [Files 27, 28, 29]

030-

04-0424

-001

-063

Admin: Office Files

Proposed Motor Vehicle Replacement - 1984

030-

04-0424

-001

-064

Admin: Office Files

Political Activities

030-

04-0424

-001

-065

Admin: Office Files

Public Relations

030-

04-0424

-001

-066

Admin: Office Files

Pullman Cars

 

 

 

 

 

 

030-

04-0424

-002

-001

Admin: Office Files

Bumper Stickers & smaller stickers

030-

04-0424

-002

-002

Admin: Office Files

Roadway Materials Inventories

030-

04-0424

-002

-003

Admin: Office Files

Purchase Receipts - J.W. Moncus

030-

04-0424

-002

-004

Admin: Office Files

Purchases - RR Materials

030-

04-0424

-002

-005

Admin: Office Files

Rates

030-

04-0424

-002

-006

Admin: Office Files

Real Estate

030-

04-0424

-002

-007

Admin: Office Files

Requisitions

030-

04-0424

-002

-008

Admin: Office Files

Roadway

030-

04-0424

-002

-009

Admin: Office Files

Seaboard System Railroad - Line segment Codes - Corbin Division - 1985

030-

04-0424

-002

-010

Admin: Office Files

Seaboard System Railroad - Stationery & Miscellaneous Office Supplies Catalog

030-

04-0424

-002

-011

Admin: Office Files

SCL - List of Stations & Intechange Junction & Road Codes

030-

04-0424

-002

-012

Admin: Office Files

Station Services - Agents     [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-002

-013

Admin: Office Files

Station Services - Agents     [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-002

-014

Admin: Office Files

Solicitations

030-

04-0424

-002

-015

Admin: Office Files

Transportation Comic Books - "The Wheel of Progress" (1 copy) & "Railroads Deliver the Goods" (4 copies)

030-

04-0424

-002

-016

Admin: Office Files

Trucks - New Insurance Company / Credit Cards / Log Books

030-

04-0424

-002

-017

Admin: Office Files

Vendor Accounts [Random Sampled at 10% to Reduce Bulk]   [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-002

-018

Admin: Office Files

Vendor Accounts [Random Sampled at 10% to Reduce Bulk]   [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-002

-019

Admin: Office Files

Vendor List

030-

04-0424

-002

-020

Admin: Office Files

Water Supply

030-

04-0424

-002

-021

Admin: Office Files

Yard Service

030-

04-0424

-002

-022

Admin: Ship/Frght

Shipments   [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-023

Admin: Ship/Frght

Shipments   [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-024

Admin: Ship/Frght

Shipments   [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-025

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Claims   [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-026

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Claims   [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-027

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Claims   [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-028

Admin: Ship/Frght

Bulletins - Freight Claims Department, 1954-1958  [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-002

-029

Admin: Ship/Frght

Bulletins - Freight Claims Department, 1954-1958  [Folder 2 of 3]

 

 

 

 

 

 

030-

04-0424

-003

-001

Admin: Ship/Frght

Bulletins - Freight Claims Department, 1954-1958  [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-003

-002

Admin: Ship/Frght

Bulletins - Freight Claims Department, 1963-1971 

030-

04-0424

-003

-003

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Waybills  [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-003

-004

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Waybills  [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-003

-005

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Waybills  [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-003

-006

Admin: Ship/Frght

Freight Waybills - Non Seaboard Lines 

030-

04-0424

-003

-007

Admin: Op/Safety

Books / Operating Rules / Atlantic Coastline Railroad, 1926 / Seaboard Coast Line, 1967 / Seaboard Coast Line, 1981

030-

04-0424

-003

-008

Admin: Op/Safety

Car Service II

030-

04-0424

-003

-009

Admin: Op/Safety

CSX Collection - Operating Rules, 1980-81

030-

04-0424

-003

-010

Admin: Op/Safety

Hand-Out / additions & Changes to SSR Operating Rules Book

030-

04-0424

-003

-011

Admin: Op/Safety

Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Dept. of Transportation - 1978 - Tariff No. 32

030-

04-0424

-003

-012

Admin: Op/Safety

Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Dept. of Transportation - 1979 - Tariff No. BOE-6000

030-

04-0424

-003

-013

Admin: Op/Safety

Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Dept. of Transportation - 1980 - Tariff No. BOE-6000-A

030-

04-0424

-003

-014

Admin: Op/Safety

Hazardous Materials Regulations of the Dept. of Transportation - 1981 - Tariff No. BOE-6000-B

030-

04-0424

-003

-015

Admin: Op/Safety

Instruction Books  [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-003

-016

Admin: Op/Safety

Instruction Books  [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-003

-017

Admin: Op/Safety

Instructions for Rail Transport of Solid Rocket Motor Components [post 1965]

030-

04-0424

-003

-018

Admin: Op/Safety

Instructor's Guide for Conducting Rules Classes

030-

04-0424

-003

-019

Admin: Op/Safety

Railway Line Clearances, including Weight Limitations… - 1970

030-

04-0424

-003

-020

Admin: Op/Safety

Report of Operational Tests, 1979-1981  [Folder 1 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-003

-021

Admin: Op/Safety

Car Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

030-

04-0424

-004

-001

Admin: Op/Safety

Report of Operational Tests, 1979-1981  [Folder 2 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-004

-002

Admin: Op/Safety

Report of Operational Tests, 1979-1981  [Folder 3 of 3]

030-

04-0424

-004

-003

Admin: Op/Safety

Rule Meeting, 5/7/1981

030-

04-0424

-004

-004

Admin: Op/Safety

Rule Meeting, 1982

030-

04-0424

-004

-005

Admin: Op/Safety

Rules Class / Rules Meeting, 1978

030-

04-0424

-004

-006

Admin: Op/Safety

Rules Class / Rules Meeting, 1979

030-

04-0424

-004

-007

Admin: Op/Safety

Rules / Regulations    [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-008

Admin: Op/Safety

Rules / Regulations    [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-009

Admin: Op/Safety

Rulings     [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-010

Admin: Op/Safety

Rulings     [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-011

Admin: Op/Safety

Southeastern Demurrage and Storage Board

030-

04-0424

-004

-012

Admin: Op/Safety

Southern Weighing & Inspection Bureau - Instructions for the Care of Track Scales & the Weighing of Carload Freight, 1972

030-

04-0424

-004

-013

Admin: Op/Safety

Standards - Whistle Post, Concrete Whistle Post, Whistle-Post for Station Signal

030-

04-0424

-004

-014

Admin: Op/Safety

Surprise Checks / Miscellaneous     [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-015

Admin: Op/Safety

Surprise Checks / Miscellaneous     [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-016

Admin: Op/Safety

Test Book / Mechanical Examination of Fireman & Enginemen  [five booklets]

030-

04-0424

-004

-017

Admin: Op/Safety

Train Services    [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-018

Admin: Op/Safety

Train Services    [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-019

Admin: Op/Safety

Travel Safety Guide and Road Atlas - 1977

030-

04-0424

-004

-020

Admin: Op/Safety

Books / Safety Committeeman's Suggestion Book [Blank] / Safety Rules for Train, Engine & Yard Employees [2 copies] / Caution Card

030-

04-0424

-004

-021

Admin: Op/Safety

Freeman, W.A.   [Folder 1 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-022

Admin: Op/Safety

Freeman, W.A.   [Folder 2 of 2]

030-

04-0424

-004

-023

Admin: Op/Safety

Lost Time Per Injury

030-

04-0424

-004

-024

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety    [Folder 1 of 5]

030-

04-0424

-004

-025

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety    [Folder 2 of 5]

030-

04-0424

-004

-026

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety    [Folder 3 of 5]

030-

04-0424

-004

-027

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety    [Folder 4 of 5]

030-

04-0424

-004

-028

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety    [Folder 5 of 5]

030-

04-0424

-004

-029

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety Books Issued / New Rule Books - 1980

030-

04-0424

-004

-030

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety Items - Corrected Dothan - Yard

030-

04-0424

-004

-031

Admin: Op/Safety

Safety 1983 - We Take Pride

030-

04-0424

-004

-032

Admin: Op/Safety

System Safety Meeting - Minutes - May 28, 1957 [27th Annual Meeting)

 

 

 

 

 

 

030-

04-0424

-005

-001

Admin: Equip/Spec

Books - Diesel Engines

030-

04-0424

-005

-002

Admin: Equip/Spec

Index of Roadway & Track Standards [Roadmaster's Office]

030-

04-0424

-005

-003

Admin: Equip/Spec

Inventory 1962

030-

04-0424

-005

-004

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 1 - Box-Caboose [Yellow cover]

030-

04-0424

-005

-005

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 1 - Box-Caboose [Green cover, possible revised edition]

030-

04-0424

-005

-006

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 2 - Hopper, Gondolas, & Tank Cars [Orange cover, 1969 revisions]

030-

04-0424

-005

-007

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 2 - Hopper, Gondolas, & Tank Cars [White cover, 1976 revisions]

030-

04-0424

-005

-008

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 3 - Flat & Pulpwood  [Green cover]

030-

04-0424

-005

-009

Admin: Equip/Spec

Freight Equipment Data Book No. 3 - Flat & Pulpwood  [Tan cover, 1977 revisions]

030-

04-0424

-005

-010

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, 1974 reissue   [Tan cover]

030-

04-0424

-005

-011

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, post-1975

030-

04-0424

-005

-012

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, post-1980

030-

04-0424

-005

-013

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book & Wrecking Cranes, 1968

030-

04-0424

-005

-014

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, Changes/Revisions [Folder 1 of 4]

030-

04-0424

-005

-015

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, Changes/Revisions [Folder 2 of 4]

030-

04-0424

-005

-016

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, Changes/Revisions [Folder 3 of 4]

030-

04-0424

-005

-017

Admin: Equip/Spec

[Freight Equipment] Diesel Data Book, Changes/Revisions [Folder 4 of 4]

030-

04-0424

-005

-018

Admin: Equip/Spec

Locomotives - Braking

030-

04-0424

-005

-019

Admin: Equip/Spec

Condensed [Roster] of Equipment - 1954, 1966, 1967, 1974 

030-

04-0424

-005

-020

Admin: Equip/Spec

Condensed [Roster] of Equipment -  1975-1977 

030-

04-0424

-005

-021

Admin: Equip/Spec

Condensed [Roster] of Equipment -  1978-1980 

030-

04-0424

-005

-022

Admin: Equip/Spec

Railway, Roadway, Track Standards - Quick Reference   [Roadmaster's Office]

030-

04-0424

-005

-023

Admin: Equip/Spec

Signals & Crossings

030-

04-0424

-005

-024

Admin: Equip/Spec

Track Scales

030-

04-0424

-005

-025

Admin:  Labor

Agreements - BRAC & UTE

030-

04-0424

-005

-026

Admin:  Labor

Arbitration Cases

 

 

 

 

 

 

030-

04-0424

-006

-001

Admin:  Labor

Fire [title from original storage box]      [Folder 1 of 6]

030-

04-0424

-006

-002

Admin:  Labor

Fire [title from original storage box]      [Folder 2 of 6]

030-

04-0424

-006