Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Jerome Shrader Collection
Date(s)
Extent
5 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Jerome (Jerry) Shrader was born on August 22, 1936 in Port Townsend, Washington. He graduated from Orting (Washington) High School in 1954. Shortly after graduating he went to work for the Milwaukee Railroad as a brakeman and conductor. He took a leave of absence from the railroad to serve in the U.S. Coastguard between 1959 and 1963. �As a radioman, he was assigned to a weather ship in the Pacific, a radio ship in Westport Washington, a radio station in Honolulu, and a buoy tender stationed in Seattle. �Anxious to get back to the railroad, he declined an offer to re-enlist. He had a great interest in collecting railroad-related items and taking pictures of people and the trains they worked on.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Jerome Shrader Collection is comprised of 5 boxes of books on railroad subjects and railroad ephemera.
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.
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 the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mary Anderson, executrix of the the Jerome Shrader estate. Accrual W2019-12 received 02/27/2019.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2019-12
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Notes element
Specialized notes
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
- Other Railroads (Subject)