Library Record
Metadata
Title |
Maurice Callahan correspondence, 1910-1947 |
Author |
Callahan, Maurice, 1870-1956 |
Year Range from |
1910 |
Year Range to |
1947 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Control Number |
02516 |
Call Number |
MS 61-132A |
Physical Description |
1 folder (8 items) |
Summary |
Donated by: unknown Access: Access to this collection is unrestricted. Abstract: Collection contains eight letters of business correspondence from 1910, 1934 and 1947; includes a newspaper article about an abandoned railroad near Raquette Lake. Catalog Terms: Callahan, Maurice, 1870-1956 Fulton Navigation Company Raquette Lake Steamboat Company Raquette Lake Transportation Company Railroads--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains Correspondence Biographical Note: Maurice Callahan was a pioneer promoter for the growth and development of the Adirondacks, particularly the Central Adirondacks, where he was the director of steamboat and railroad lines from the 1900's to the 1930's, and also the first and only president of the First National Bank of Old Forge, N.Y., from its inception in 1917, until its merger with Oneida National Bank and Trust Company of Utica in 1955. Maurice Callahan was born in Warren County, New York, to parents Thomas and Ellen Callahan, July 18, 1870. At the age of 19, Callahan became a telegraph operator under William West Durant. In 1903, at the age of 33, Callahan became the Superintendent and Director of the Steamboat lines: Raquette Lake Transportation Company and the Fulton Navigation Company. In the winters, to remain profitable, the navigation companies operated as Callahan and Sperry, an ice harvesting business. "In this capacity as Superintendent of those boat lines, Mr. Callahan became windely known to the great and near-great who visited these resort regions as "Captain Callahan." He was a friendly and engaging personality," as recalled in the newspaper, Adirondack Echo, January 27, 1956. Callahan operated the railroad lines, the Fulton Chain Railroad and the Raquette Lake Railway Co., concurrently with the steamboat lines, while also creating the First National Bank of Old Forge, N.Y. in 1917. As the railroad and steamboat lines succumbed to greater infrastructure in the Adirondacks as the result of the increased use of the automobile, Callahan's employment with the navigation companies came to a close; however, he remained with the First National Bank of Old Forge until he retired at the age of 84. After a year-long battle with illness, Maurice Callahan died at his home, January 22, 1956. Scope and Content Note: Collection contains eight letters of business correspondence from 1910, 1934 and 1947; includes a newspaper article about an abandoned railroad near Raquette Lake. Container List: Folder 1 Correspondence between Callahan and J. C. Irwin: -- Concerning an article Callahan wrote about the Adirondack Arrow and William West Durant [1934] Correspondence between Callahan and Charles A. O'hara concerning a shipment [1910] Letter from A. W. Wright about the railroads with newspaper clipping [1947] |
Search Terms |
Callahan, Maurice, 1870-1956.; Fulton Navigation Company.; Raquette Lake Steamboat Company.; Raquette Lake Transportation Company.; Railroads--New York (State)--Adirondack Mountains.; Correspondence.; |
Collection |
Adirondack Experience Library |