Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Elmer Smoak Collection
Date(s)
- 1917-1990 (Creation)
Extent
75 books, 1 box
Name of creator
Biographical history
Elmer Smoak was born in Anthony, Florida in 1922. He completed his elementary and high school education in Florida. After two years at the University of Florida he drove across the United States to work the summer on a Forest Service crew in the Blue ... »
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Elmer Smoak Collection consists mainly of operating manuals for railroad locomtoives and their components. Additional materials on railroad operations, principally by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, are included.
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.
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
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Barbara Smoak, executor of the Elmer Smoak estate. Accrual W2013-16 received 06/05/13.
Accruals
W2013-16
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)