Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Mark Gelhaus Collection
Date(s)
- 1885-1994 (Creation)
Extent
12 boxes
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Mark Gelhaus Collection includes documents, timetables, operating instructions, equipment manuals, maps, equipment registers, photographs and sound recordings produced between 1885 and 1994. Railroad represented include the Northern Pacific, Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Milwaukee Road, Great Northern and other railroads. Many of these materials were accumulated by Michael D. Gelhaus and Al Bennett.
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
Paper listings of accrual materials in Gelhaus accession folder.
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Mark Gelhaus. Accrual W2016-63 received 12/02/2016. Accrual W2017-92 received 12/29/2017. Accrual W2018-54 received 09/02/2018.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2016-63, W2017-92, W2018-54
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)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Union Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)