Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
George Werkema Collection
Date(s)
- 1958-2008 (Creation)
Extent
1,859 photographs
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The George Werkema Collection consists of photographic slides of Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) subjects and photographic slides of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects, some taken by Mr. Werkema and some from other sources. Some of these images are cross referenced to successor companies, such as the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, or to other related railroads. Subjects include railroad equipment, railroad stations, railroad bridges and other structures, and railroad tracks taken in locations across the western United States.
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 on access.
Physical access
Technical 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
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Northern Pacific Railroad Company Subjects: http://admin.pnrarchive.org/sites/databases/Collection%20Descriptions/NPIndex-GeorgeWerkemaCollection.pdf
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects resides in the the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Association. Ownership of Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) subjects resides in the Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by George Werkema. Accrual W2010-02 received 08/31/2010.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2010-02
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Also recorded in the Jackson Street Roundhouse Access Database as Acession 345, Accrual 1.
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Sources used
Archivist's note
Gary Tarbox for Northern Pacific Railroad items. November, 2021
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)