Inventor Name
Shay, Ephraim
Repository
Bentley Historical Library
University of Michigan
1150 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2213
734-764-3482
http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/
Physical Description
4 linear ft. and 1 outsize folder.
Summary
Diaries and other documents relating to Shay’s Civil War military service; correspondence concerning business affairs and locomotive construction, miscellaneous deeds, contracts, mortgages, and tax materials; also biographical notes on Shay and his invention, including paper by Lucille K. Boyden relating to a railroad museum in North Carolina where use of the Shay locomotive is illustrated, and photographs.