NARA College Park

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION, COLLEGE PARK, MD
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740

Entry #1

Author: Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
Title: Records of the National Park Service (Record Group 79) 1785-1990. Record Group 79.12.1: Records of the Potomac Company.
Description: Textual records.
Summary: Proceedings of meetings of stockholders and company officers, 1785-1828. Letters sent, 1817-28. Letters received and reports, 1785-1828. Legal records, 1792-1828. Ledgers, “waste books,” and other records relating to stock transfers, 1785-1828. Financial records, 1822-28. Records relating to the Potomac and Shenandoah Navigation Lottery, 1810- 19. Financial ledger for Georgetown (“Daybook”), 1800-7.
Location: National Archives & Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Source: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/national_park_service_
rg079.html#79.12.1.
Additional Note: Copies of the following documents pertaining to the C&O Canal in Frederick County within Record Group 79 are held in the private collection of Pepper Scotto:
Record Group 79.12.1: Records of the Potomac Company
1. Entry #162: Correspondence and reports, 1785-1828.

Entry #2

Author: Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
Title: Records of the National Park Service (Record Group 79) 1785-1990. Record Group 79.12.2: Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company.
Description: Textual records.
Summary: Proceedings of stockholders' meetings, 1828-89, with index, 1828-83. Proceedings of meetings of the president and board of directors, 1828-90, with indexes. Subscription books, 1827-30. Lists of shareholders, 1829-37. Letters sent and received by the president and board of directors, 1828-89, with registers; by the Commissioner of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1835-42; and by the Chief Engineer, Assistant Engineer, and resident engineers, 1835-52. Letters sent by the receivership trustees, 1892-1938; by the treasurer, 1828-40, 1854-55; by the treasurer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Transportation Company, 1892-1904; and by the Canal Towage Company, 1903-18. Letters received by the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company and the Canal Towage Company, 1900-15. Legal records, 1828-1900. Deeds and other land title records, 1828-78. Field notebooks of surveyors and engineers, 1827-96. Bid schedules, 1836, 1841. Assessment books, 1828-33. Accounting records, 1828-41. Records of canal traffic, 1826-1923, consisting principally of registers of ascending and descending boats, 1873-77; records of tolls collected, 1845-92; records of boat registrations, 1851-74; and waybills and returns of waybills, 1872, 1878-87, 1893-1919. Cashbooks, ledgers, financial journals, registers of vouchers, and other financial records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company, 1828-90, and its receivers, 1890-1933; and of the Canal Towage Company, 1903-25. Debt certificates, 1848-77. Labor accounts, 1829-30. Payroll records, 1873-89, 1913-38. Accounts, 1828-1938. Miscellaneous legal records, 1916-26.
Location: National Archives & Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Source: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/national_park_service_
rg079.html#79.12.2.
Additional Note: Copies of the following documents pertaining to the C&O Canal in Frederick County within Record Group 79 are held in the private collection of Pepper Scotto:
Record Group 79.12.2: Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company
1. Entry #190: Letters received by the office of the president and directors, 1828-1877.
2. Entry #194: Letters sent by the office of the president and directors, 1828-1869.
3. Entry #219: Deeds and other land records concerning land titles, 1828-1878.
4. Entry #221: Records concerning land, 1828-1873.
5. Entry #227: Drawings and other records concerning construction (records for the area between Point of Rocks and Brunswick are missing).
6. Entry #300: Leases and other records, 1890-1938.

MAPS

Entry #3

Author: Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
Title: Records of the National Park Service (Record Group 79) 1785-1990. Record Group 79.12.2 Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Maps, 1826-1937. (Collected 1938-1940.)
Description: 116 maps.
Summary: From 1938-1940, the National Park Service acquired these historic maps, dated 1806(1826?)-1937, from other government agencies and private concerns. The National Park Service collected these maps to plan for the park development and to study the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal history. This series consists of manuscript and published topographic maps, land acquisition maps, canal route maps and canal facility location maps.
Location: Cartographic and Architectural Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-C), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Source: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/national_park_service_
rg079.html#79.12.2. AND http://www.archives.gov/research_room/arc/index.html.

Entry #4

Author: Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
Title: Records of the National Park Service (Record Group 79) 1785-1990 – Record Group 79.14 Cartographic Records (General) 1896-1990.
Description: 595 maps.
Summary: Includes the following in addition to other maps. National Parks and Monuments, published, 1906-90 (536 items). Battlefields, National Military Parks, and campaign areas, published, 1896- 1933 (11 items). Locations of parks and recreational areas in the United States, 1933-49 (8 items). Road, route, and highway maps, 1919-44 (4 items). Yellowstone National Park and adjoining forest reserve, 1905 (1 item). Cooperative (NPS-state parks) conservation work, 1934-35 (2 items). Park, parkway, and recreational area study maps, 1936-39 (16 items).
Location: National Archives & Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Source: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/national_park_service_
rg079.html#79.14

DRAWINGS

Entry #5

Author: Department of the Interior. National Park Service.
Title: Records of the National Park Service (Record Group 79) 1785-1990 – Record Group 79.12.2 Records of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. Architectural and Engineering Plans.
Description: 398 architectural and engineering plans.
Summary: Drawings and calculations for Paw Paw tunnel, 1836 (65 items). Drawings and calculations for canal sections 222-237, 314-316, and 318-323, 1836-41 (330 items). Construction plans for power station, dam, and railroad crossing, Williamsport, MD, 1922 (3 items).
Location: National Archives & Records Administration, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD 20740-6001.
Source: http://www.archives.gov/research_room/federal_records_guide/national_park_service_
rg079.html#79.12.2.