Gerald Skillman Collection

Identity elements

Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0075

Level of description

Collection

Title

Gerald Skillman Collection

Extent

4 documents

Name of creator

(1940-)

Biographical history

Gerald (Jerry) Skillman worked as a Dispatcher for the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railroad (SP&S) in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington, and as Manager of Transportation for the Burlington Northern Railroad Vancouver and Seattle, Washington.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

The Gerald Skillman Collection is comprised of 4 unused train sheets (Dispatchers Record of Train Movement sheets) from the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Oregon Trunk Railway, and Oregon Electric Railway.

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 Gerald Skillman. Accrual W2013-33 received 10/09/2013.

Accruals

W2013-33

Description control element

Rules or conventions

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

Access points

Subject access points

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