Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
George Fischer Collection
Date(s)
Extent
5 binders, 6 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The George Fischer Collection includes Great Northern Railway photos in the Cascade Mountains, an 1890 Great Northern Railway timetable, a 1936 Great Northern Railway report information, annual reports for the Great Northern Railway and Milwaukee Road, photographs of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway and Great Northern Railway documents.
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":http://pnrarchive.org/PNRA%20Reproduction%20Policy/Pacific%20Northwest%20Railroad%20Archive%20Collection%20Management%20Policy.pdf for further information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the "Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy":http://pnrarchive.org/PNRA%20Operating%20Documents/Reproduction%20Policy-PNRA.doc 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.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by George Fischer. Accrual E2021-006 recorded at Jackson Street Roundhouse as Accession JRSH381.2, subsequently transferred to Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive as Accrual W2020-021, received 9/17/2020. Accrual W2020-029 received 06/06/2020. Accrual E2014-004 (JSRH 381.1) is recorded as being located in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society archives at the Jackson Street Roundhouse, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2020-021, E2021-006, W2022-29
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Portions of the George Fischer Collection are stored at the Jackson Street Roundhouse, Saint Paul, Minnesota and portions at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, Burien, Washington. Jackson Street Roundhouse Accession Number 381. Accrual 1 and Accrual 2 are recorded as at the Jackson Street Roundhouse as JSRH 374.1/E02014-004 and JSRH 374.2/E2021-006.
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
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)