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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Chuck Soule Collection
Date(s)
Extent
60 magazines, 5 mechanical drawings, 1 folder, 8 photos, 3 books
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The collection puts together educational booklets from Railway Educational Bureau, issues of the "Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette", station and bridge drawings, Northern Pacific forms and BN "West Chronicles", an NP Engine Facility Plat Map Book, 8 photos of derailment of tank cars with resulting fire, a drawing and request for passenger depot near Dryad, WA, a "Model Railroader" article from the January, 2002 issue on GN M-2 Class 2-6-8-0, a framed photo showing a pile driver, and 2 books: "Ships of the Inland Sea" and Sternwheelers up the Columbia", 12'x26" photo of Puget Sound Flouring Mill workers in front of mill and Stadium Telegraph Office. A Boland Photo E1388-Tacoma-180 degree photo.
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Conditions governing access
Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information on access.
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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
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Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive
Immediate source of acquisition
Donor: Chuck Soule. W2013-36 received 04/06/2013, W2015-26 received 07/15/2015, W2015-45 received 09/29/2015, W2016-38 received 07/19/2016, W2016-81 received 09/12//2016, W2017-52 received 07/18/2017, W2017-64 received 09/13/2017, W2018-32 received 05/16/2018
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2013-36, W2015-26, W2015-45, W2016-38, W2016-81, W0217-52, W2017-64, W2018-32
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Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
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- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Union Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)