Anonymous Collection

Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0146

Level of description

Collection

Title

Anonymous Collection

Date(s)

  • 1891-2011 (Creation)

Extent

  • 7 books
  • 3 boxes
  • 4 maps
  • 1 photograph
  • 5 videotapes

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Biographical history

No information available.

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Scope and content

The Annonymous Collection amalgamates materials from multiple donors and includes: Accrual W2011-14: 1 book of engineering drawings of Westinghouse #6 Engine and Tender (E.T.) Locomotive Brake Equipment and 1 book of engineering drawings of Westinghouse #8 E. T. Locomotive Brake Equipment, Accrual W2012-21: 1 book, "Steam Boilers" by E. M. Shealy, published by the University of Wisconsin in 1912, and 1 photograph, "Union Pacific Railroad Hangman Creek Trestle Spokane, Washington taken by Richard Hashagen. Accrual W2014-63: 1 box of newspaper clipping of advertisements for railroad travel. Accrual W2015-19: 1 water color by Howard Fogg. Accrual W2015-36: 4 maps of the Oregon Trunk Railway near Wishram, Washington, books on the Pullman Company, various railroad rule books. Accrual W2015-37: 5 VHS tapes on The Power of Milwaukee #261; The Best of 1985; Chicago Steam Celebration/ MILK #261; Union Pacific's 6900 Diesels; Riding the Rails, #4449, #261 Rebuild, Steamtown Grand Opening, The New Georgia Railroad. Accrual W2015-50: "Hillyard Drawings" of Great Northern Railway structures from the 1940's and 1950's. Accrual W2016-17: Great Northern, Nothern Pacific track profiles and plats in western Washington, Russell Company maps of Sedro-Woolley, Washington and Bellingham, Washington, and a Burlington Nothern system map. Accrual W2017-53: a topographical map of Butte, Montana from 1897. Accrual W2017-77: a Nothern Pacific demurrage from Prosser, Washington for 1941-1946, 3 maps of the Lester, Washington area, a book of electrical drawings for the Nothern Pacific's Lester, Washington headquarters. Accrual W2017-87: The Milwaukee Road Instruction Book for Class EP-2 Locomotives and a book "The Walschaert and Other Modern Radial Valve Gears for Locomotives", 1916, by W. W. Wood.

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Conditions governing access

Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.

Languages of the material

  • English

Scripts of the material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Finding aids

Printed finding aids for some accruals in the "Annonymous" accession folder.

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive unless otherwise noted. Ownership of Accrual W2015-50 resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by annonymous donors. Accrual W2011-04 received 11/29/2011. Accrual W2012-21 received 09/15/2012. Accrual W2014-63 received 09/2014. Accrual W2015-19 received 50/20/2015. Accrual W2015-36 received 09/01/2015. Accrual W2015-37 received 08/24/2015. Accrual W2015-50 received 01/01/2015. Accrual W2016-17 received 03/02/2016. Accrual W2017-53 received 07/08/2017. Accrual W2017-77 received 11/07/2017. Accrual W2017-87 received 11/01/2017.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information

Accruals

W2011-04, W2012-21, W2014-04, W2015-19, W2015-36, W2015-37, W2015-50, W2016-17, W2017-53, W2017-77, W2017-87, W2018-030, W2018-043, W2018-046, W2019-027, W2019-066, W2020-004, W2021-002, W2021-024

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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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