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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
John and Ivar Aspebakken Collection
Date(s)
Extent
4 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
John I. Aspbakken (born 1955) is the son of Ivar Aspebakken. Ivar Aspebakken (1921-2009) was born in Biristrand, Norway on October 11, 1921. As a young man he worked on various fox farms and served in the Norwegian military. In 1948 he immigrated to the United States. He worked on wheat farms near Williston, North Dakota and Froid, Montana. In 1953, he married Marit Nordheim, from ?yer, Norway. In 1955, they moved to the Missoula, Montana area, where Ivar hired on for the Northern Pacific Railway. In 1969, he was transferred to Spokane, Washington, where he worked as a roadmaster for the Burlington Northern Railroad until his retirement in 1985. He was a member of the Northern Pacific Railroad Historical Society.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The John and Ivar Aspebakken Collection is comprised of 8 mm film on railroad subjects, track profiles, maps, tonnage charts and ephemera for the Burlington Northern, and track profiles for the Fort Worth and Denver, and Colorado Southern railroads. It includes digital copies of the track profiles.
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 Robert Hutchison. Accrual W2015-42 received 09/14/2015. Accrual W2016-74 received 12/02/2016. John Aspebakken has indicated there may be additional accruals.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2015-42, W2016-74
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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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
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)