Contains correspondence, notes, daybooks, and other materials relating to the Kane family's involvement in railroad development in McKean County, including the Philadelphia and Erie Railroad, the Kinzua Viaduct Railroad, the New York and Erie Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Materials date from between 1856 and 1932.

Contains correspondence, insurance policies, and other documents related to Kane's business dealings. Includes information on land sales, his service on various boards, and other matters. Materials date from between 1846 and 1884.

Typewritten letter signed, from Thomas A. Roberts to Thomas L. Kane, Jr., no present plans to build a station at Kane, 1 p., 10 November 1897.

Typewritten letter signed, from Thomas A. Roberts to Thomas L. Kane, Jr., James E. Cook requests a certificate stating at what part of his anatomy his arm amputation was made, 1 p., 4 December 1897.

Typewritten letter signed, from Thomas A. Roberts to Thomas L. Kane, Jr., request that James E. Cook’s certificate be directly delivered to Roberts, 1 p., 11 December 1897.

Typewritten letter signed, from Thomas A. Roberts to Thomas L. Kane, Jr., the company is unwilling to relinquish any of their land holdings in Kane, 1 p., 29 December 1897.

Big Level & Kinzua Railroad Company Day Book, 20 August 1900 - 4 May 1904, hardbound, 200 pp. (138 pp. blank), company went into receivership on 1 June 1903 (see p. 40 note).

Buffalo, Bradford & Kane Railroad Company Minute Book, 6 January 1904 - 8 June 1932, hardbound, 300 pp. (248 pp. blank), also includes loose page listing stockholders and their shares, 12 July 1906.

Cross-reference to Series XI: Railroad Maps. See Box 58 Folders 5- 11, Box 60 Folders 10-15, and Box 61 Folders 1-14.

Letter from S.S. Spencer to Thomas L. Kane. Mr. Lowry invites Kane and his wife to the meeting of the Board of the Marine Hospital of Pennsylvania, 25 October 1869.