Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Lowell Messman Collection
Date(s)
- 1946-1994 (Creation)
Extent
4 boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lowell Messman was born on September 11, 1935 in Sand Point, Idaho and died on October 26, 2016 in Edmonds, Washington. He worked for the Great Northern and Burlington Northern Railroads.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Lowell Messman Collection includes documents, booklets and pamphlets, and artifacts, chiefly from the Great Northern and Burlington Northern, dating between 1946 and 1994.
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
Inventory spreadsheets located in Messman accession file.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Cascade Rail Foundation.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mary Messman, executrix of the Lowell Messman estate. Accrual W2016-58 received 10/13/2016. Accrual W2017-74 received 10/25/2017. Accrual W2019-07 receive 02/06/2019.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2016-58, W2017-74, W2019-07.
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
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
- Burlington Northern Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)