Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
David Abbott Collection
Date(s)
Extent
4 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
A member of the Great Northern Railway Historical Society and donor.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The David Abbott Collection holds Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection 369.1 with documents relating to the avalanche at Wellington, Washington on March 1, 1910 on the Great Northern, documents on the Great Northern Railway's right-of-way through Anacortes, Washington and a track profile of the Great Northern between Lewiston, Idaho and Kingston, Montana. It also includes 27 copies of the Great Northern Railway employee newsletter "Talking It Over", 26 copies of the Burlington Nothern employee newsletter "BN News" and 72 copies of the Great Nothern Railway Historical Society magazine "Goat".
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
Digital inventory of Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection 369.1 in accession folder.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by David Abbott to the Great Nothern Railway Historical Society and maintained at the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. Accruals received by the GNRHS on 07/10/2013 and 10/01/2015.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2015-48
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Accession W2015-048 is also recorded in the Jackson Street Roundhouse Access database as Accession 369, Accrual 1.
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)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)