Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Charles F. Intlekofer Collection
Date(s)
- 1953-1980 (Creation)
Extent
- 5 boxes photographs
- 2 boxes documents
Name of creator
Biographical history
Chuck was born in 1917 in Waukon, Iowa. He received his Civil Engineering degree from Iowa State University in 1940 and went on to work at the Great Northern Railroad. Chuck volunteered for the Navy in 1943 and became a Naval Officer, serving with the Seabees in Newfoundland and the South Pacific. In all, Chuck served three years during WWII, coming home in 1946. After the war, Chuck went back to work at the Great Northern Railway and he and his wife Lucille would live in St. Paul, Minnesota, Minot, North Dakota, and eventually Seattle, Washington, where Chuck became Director of Engineering for the Seattle region of the Burlington Northern Railroad.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Charles Intlekofer Collection is comprised of some 5,000 photographs taken between 1953 and 1980 of Great Northern subjects. It also includes 3 boxes of Great Northern business files, documents and newsletters, with extensive documentation of Great Northern Authorizations for Expenditure 22053, 34418, 6416 and 11246.
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
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society (#306).
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Lucille Intlekofer, executrix of the Charles Intlekofer estate. Accrual W2014-08 received 03/26/2014.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2014-08
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Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)