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Collection
Title
Bob Heirman Collection
Date(s)
- 1905-2016 (Creation)
Extent
4 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert J. (Bob) Heirman was a life-long resident of Snohomish, Washington. Born to Everett and Hazel Heiman in Everett, Washington. Atttended the Fobes School fromt eh 1st-8th grades then graduated from Snohomish High School in 1951. He always had a love of trains and followed in his father's footsteps. Bob started working for the the Great Northern Railway as a fireman in 1951. He went through his railroad career vever missing a day from work. He retired from the Burlington Northern Santa Railroad in 1994 after a 43 year career. Author of "A Railroad Runs Through It: Reflection from Everett to Darrington", on his experiences as a Northern Pacific Railroad locomotive engineer in northwestern Washington state and two other books.
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Scope and content
The Bob Heirman Collection consists of equipment manuals, rule books, timetables, personnel records including seniority lists, ephemera, approximately 30 photographs, maps and published books and magazines. Railroads covered include principally the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern, and other Railroads including the Camas Prairie; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; and Seattle and International Railway for the period between 1905 and 2016.
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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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Technical access
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
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Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Accrual W2015-01 donated by Bob Heirman, received 01/14/2014, delivered by Kent Sullivan. Accrual W2018-10 donated by Clara Heirman, executrix of the the Robert Herman estate, received 02/21/2018.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2015-01, W2018-10
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Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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Name access points
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)