Bjarne Overlie Collection

Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0049

Level of description

Collection

Title

Bjarne Overlie Collection

Date(s)

  • 1959-1973 (Creation)

Extent

Motion picture film

Name of creator

(1908-2009)

Biographical history

Born in Pasco, (Wash.) in 1908, Bjarne was the first of six children to Norwegian immigrants who met and married in the U.S. His father, an employee of the Northern Pacific Railroad, uprooted the family and moved them to eastern Montana, where he filed a ... »

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

The Bjarne Overlie Collection includes motion picture film of Northern Pacific Railroad Company track improvement projects and Bjarne Overlie's personal expense diaries between 1959 and 1973.

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.

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

Acquisition and appraisal elements

Custodial history

Ownership resides in the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Association.

Immediate source of acquisition

Donated by Earl Overlie, son of Barnie Overlie. Accrual W2012-34 received 07/22/2012.

Accruals

W2012-34

Description control element

Rules or conventions

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

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