Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Dan Perkins Collection
Date(s)
- 1967-1973 (Creation)
Extent
15,000 photographs
Name of creator
Biographical history
Daniel R. Perkins was born in South Bend, Washington to Paul and Eva Ford Perkins. He worked for the Burlington Northern, later in real estate investing. He moved to Eugene, Oregon and married Betty Brown in 1980.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Dan Perkins Collection integrates some 15,000 photographic slides taken by Daniel Perkins between 1966 and 1973 of Pacific Northwest railroad subjects, chiefly equipment. Railroads covered include the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Spokane, Portland and Seattle, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Union Pacific, and Pacific Coast.
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.
Physical access
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
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Betty Perkins, executrix of the Dan Perkins estate. Accrual W2014-45 received 10/18/2014, delivered by Mike Butterfield.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2014-45
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
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
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Pacific Coast Railroad Company (Subject)
- Union Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)