Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Series
Title
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) materials
Date(s)
- 1937 - 1954 (Creation)
Extent
2 documents
Name of creator
Biographical history
Oscar Ethan Peterson Dec. 22, 1941- July 9, 2012. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Dec. 22, 1941, to Ruth (Rosolack) Peterson and Maj. Ethan Peterson. He was raised in Eau Claire, WI and graduated from Eau Claire's Memorial High School and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. A Telecommunications Engineer for over 40 years, his career encompassed the full range of telephone technology from party lines and operator switchboards in rural Wisconsin to fiber optics in California's Silicon Valley. He was an active member of the Tacoma Historical Society, the Great Northern Railroad Historical Society, and the Tacoma Northwestern Model Railroad where he was President.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (GN) items in the Oscar Peterson collection include GN timetables.
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 Railway Archives Reproduction Policy 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 Great Northern Railway Historical Society.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donor: Virginia Peterson. Accession W2014-28 received 06/30/2014. W2015-59 received 12/7/2105
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2014-28, W2015-59 no further accruals expected
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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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)