Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Alfred E. Michon Collection
Date(s)
- 1966-1996 (Creation)
Extent
3 boxes of documents, ephemera and photographs
Name of creator
Biographical history
Alfred E. (Ted) Michon was president of the Colorado & Southern, the Fort Worth & Denver, the Bangor & Aroostook, and the Canadian American Railroad. He had more 25 years experience in senior marketing and strategic planning positions with both Burlington Northern and Union Pacific railroads. Michon played an active role throughout his career in leading railroad merger and acquisition activity both as a corporate executive and as a consultant. Most recently, he managed BNSF Energy Department during the buildup of the Powder River Basin coal boom, developing and implementing policies for the lucrative market. He developed similar policies in the Grain and Grain Products sector for both BN and UP. Michon also advised reformation efforts of several the state-owned and state-subsidized railway enterprises, including within Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Uzbekestan, the former Soviet Union and Russia, and Bulgaria.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Alfred E. Michon Collection includes documents produced by the Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), Burlington Northern Railroad Company, Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway and Northern Pacific Railroad Company and other railroads between 1966 and 1996. Also included in the collection are a wide variety of railroad ephemera from a variety of railroads and 25 photographs on the shipping of coal from the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information on access.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Reproduction Policy for further information.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership of Accrual 2013 resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society. Ownership of Accrual W2016-26 Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Evie Michon, executor of the Alfred E. Michon estate. Accrual W2013-12 received 05/12/13. Accrual W2016-26 received 05/18/2016.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2013-12, W2016-26
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Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)