George Werkema Collection

Northern Pacific chair car 889 on the Puget Sound & Snoqualmie Valley Railroad as car 46 in N...Burlington Northern 592 waits on a service track at St. Paul, Minnesota in 1971.Burlington Northern 187 waits on the diesel shop ready track in Auburn, Washington, in 1970.Burlington Northern 1906 at the Saint Cloud, Minnesota, freighthouse in 1978.Burlington Northern 5613 parked at Pasco, Washington, roundhouse in 1970.Burlington Northern 5617 at diesel shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1970.Burlington Northern 5617 at diesel shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1970.Burlington Northern 5619 parked at the diesel shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1970.Burlington Northern 5619 parked at the diesel shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1970.Burlington Northern 5620 parked at the diesel shop in Denver, Colorado, in 1970.
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Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0036

Level of description

Collection

Title

George Werkema Collection

Date(s)

  • 1928-2008 (Creation)

Extent

1,859 photographs

Name of creator

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 ... »

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

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.

Accruals

W2010-02

Notes element

General note

Also recorded in the Jackson Street Roundhouse Access Database as Acession 345, Accrual 1.

Description control element

Rules or conventions

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

Archivist's note

Gary Tarbox for Northern Pacific Railroad items. November, 2021

Access points