George Fischer Collection

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US WaBuPNRA D0342

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Title

George Fischer Collection

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5 binders, 6 boxes

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Accruals

W2020-021, E2021-006, W2022-29

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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.

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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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