Winfield W. Robinson railroad collection, M2026
Dates
- Creation: 1831 - 1997
Creator
- Robinson, Winfield W. (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Biographical note
Winfield Washburn Robinson was a member of the first group of men organized as the New York State Police in the fall of 1917. By 1918 he had been promoted to commander of Troop G in Troy, New York and in July 1919 he became commander of Troop A in Batavia, New York. He retired in 1944 and lived in Batavia for the rest of his life.
According to Albert Kurek in "Here Come the Troopers", Captain Robinson apparently worked a number of jobs prior to joining the police including the New York Central Railroad and the Continental Fire Insurance Company. His exact position with the New York Central is unknown, but his love of the railway may have started there. He authored at least twelves articles for the "The Railway and Locomotive Historical Society Bulletin" between 1935 and 1943. Charles B. Robinson (possibly a relative of Winfield), was an Engineer on the New York Central and Hudson River Railway in 1873, and a potential source for a valuable personal history of the men who served the railroads. He can be seen in a photograph in box 5 folder 411. Captain Robinson's rich collection came to Colgate in 1962.
Kurek, Albert S. "Captain Winfield W. Robinson," in Here Come the Troopers: New York State Troopers 1917-1943 (AuthorHouse, 2007) 54.
Extent
3.6 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
- Series 1. Addison and Northern Pennsylvania Railway, 1882-1888
- Series 2. Adirondack Railway, 1980
- Series 3. Albany and Susquehanna Railroad, 1854-1863
- Series 4. Albany and West Stockbridge Railroad, 1842
- Series 5. Allegany Central Railroad, 1881-1883
- Series 6. Arcade and Attica Railroad, 1880-1972
- Series 7. Tonawanda Valley and Cuba Railroad, 1881-1886
- Series 8. Attica and Buffalo Railroad, 1943
- Series 9. Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, 1869
- Series 10. Bradford, Eldred and Cuba Railroad, 1885-1886
- Series 11. Bradford, Bordell and Kinzua Narrow Gauge Railroad, 1895
- Series 12. Buffalo, Attica and Arcade Railroad, 1902-1912
- Series 13. Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, 1901-1913
- Series 14. Buffalo, Cayuga Valley and Pine Creek Railroad, 1900-1950
- Series 15. Buffalo, Saint Mary's and Southwestern Railroad, 1899
- Series 16. Buffalo and Susquehanna Railroad, 1898-1954
- Series 17. Canajoharie and Catskill Railroad, 1831
- Series 18. Catskill and Tannersville Railway, 1900-1916
- Series 19. Catskill Mountain Railroad, 1885-1941
- Series 20. Chateaugay Railroad, 1879-1903
- Series 21. Chatham and Lebanon Valley Railroad, 1852-1900
- Series 22. Corning, Cowanesque and Antrim Railway, 1873-1892
- Series 23. Dansville and Mount Morris Railroad, 1891-1917
- Series 24. Central New England Railway, 1871-1937
- Series 25. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, 1870-1940
- Series 26. Delaware and Hudson Railroad, 1865-1930
- Series 27. Delaware and Northern Railroad, 1911-1942
- Series 28. Delaware and Ulster Railroad, 1983
- Series 29. Delaware and Otsego Railroad, 1887-1901
- Series 30. Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley and Pittsburgh Railroad, 1873-1914
- Series 31. Erie Railroad, 1851-1940
- Series 32. Fall Brook Railway, 1892-1909
- Series 33. Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversville Railroad, 1867-1989
- Series 34. Genesee and Wyoming Railroad, 1891-1948
- Series 35. Hartford and Connecticut Western Railroad, 1871-1916
- Series 36. Hoosac Tunnel and Wilmington, 1890-1937
- Series 37. Ithaca, Auburn and Western Railroad, 1876-1890
- Series 38. Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railway, 1913
- Series 39. Kaaterskill Railroad, 1882-1901
- Series 40. Kanona and Prattsburg Railway, 1892-1926
- Series 41. Lackawanna and Pittsburgh Railroad, 1882-1887
- Series 42. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, 1869-1914
- Series 43. Lehigh and Hudson River Railway, 1882-1976
- Series 44. Lehigh Valley Railroad, 1888-1976
- Series 45. Lehigh and New England Railroad, 1895-1961
- Series 46. Philadelphia, Reading and New England Railroad, 1898
- Series 47. Pennsylvania, Poughkeepsie and Boston Railroad, 1887-1895
- Series 48. Long Island Railroad, 1864-1997
- Series 49. Newburgh, Dutchess and Connecticut Railroad, 1877-1907
- Series 50. New Jersey Midland Railway, 1874-1880
- Series 51. New York, Auburn and Lansing Railroad, 1900-1914
- Series 52. New York Central Railroad, 1860-1959
- Series 53. New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, 1860-1914
- Series 54. New York, Chicago and St Louis Railroad, 1886
- Series 55. New York City and Northern Railroad, 1878-1887
- Series 56. New York and New England Railroad, 1873-1895
- Series 57. New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad, 1888-1914
- Series 58. New York, Ontario and Western Railway, 1880-1957
- Series 59. New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1893-1902
- Series 60. New York and Oswego Midland Railroad, 1866-1879
- Series 61. New York West Shore and Buffalo Railway, 1880-1885
- Series 62. Otis Railroad, 1899-1916
- Series 63. Pennsylvania and New York Canal & Railroad Company, 1867-1888
- Series 64. Pennsylvania Railroad, 1900-1968
- Series 65. Pittsburgh, Shawmut and Northern Railroad, 1899-1947
- Series 66. Pittsburgh and Western Railroad, 1899-1911
- Series 67. Poughkeepsie and Eastern Railway, 1866-1907
- Series 68. Rhinebeck and Connecticut Railroad, 1878
- Series 69. Rochester and State Line Railroad, 1878 June 10
- Series 70. Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, 1861-1913
- Series 71. Silver Lake Railway, 1886-1910
- Series 72. Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad [Pennsylvania], 1890-1920
- Series 73. Skaneateles Short Line Railroad, 1940-1981
- Series 74. Springville and Sardinia Railroad, 1878-1886
- Series 75. Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad, 1881-1901
- Series 76. Tioga Railroad, 1857-1885
- Series 77. Tionesta Valley Railway [Pennsylvania], 1879-1942
- Series 78. Ulster and Delaware Railroad, 1875-1932
- Series 79. Unadilla Valley Railway, 1890-1915
- Series 80. Utica, Ithaca and Elmira Railway and Cazenovia, Canastota and DeRuyter Railway Companies, 1881
- Series 81. Wabash Railroad, 1898-1915
- Series 82. Wallkill Valley Railroad, 1874-1889
- Series 83. Wellsville and Buffalo Railroad, 1916
- Series 84. Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad, 1889-1900
- Series 85. Stock certificates, 1860-1960
- Series 86. Transit Inter-urban railroads, elevated railroads and horse cars in New York State, 1860-1920
- Series 87. Documents for and against the construction of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, 1920-1955
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Winfield W. Robinson railroad collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Emily Hutton-Hughes, Lora J. Davis, Lisa King, and Allyson Smally
- Date
- July 7, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Colgate University Libraries Repository
13 Oak Drive
Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology
Colgate University
Hamilton New York 13346 United States US
315-228-6175
315-228-7934 (Fax)
