Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Martin Evoy Collection
Date(s)
- 1893-1935 (Creation)
Extent
Artifacts, photographs, documents, books
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Martin Evoy Collection is comprised of paint samples for Great Northern Railway buildings and cars, drawings of signal parts and assemblies, time tables, audio descriptions of railway equipment and buildings, track profile drawings for various divisions, a copy of "Railroad History #143", standard signs discription book, published manuscripts (orignals), 1 copy of "The Saint Paul Daily Pioneer" newspaper which incudes the local railroad timetables, a folder discribing the new Cascade Tunnel, a track laying record for the Great Northern Railway, a book on the Libby Dam and Great Northern Railway line relocation, Dec 1917 report for relocation and electrification for Cascade Tunnel, 2 Western Star passenger train baggage tags, delay reports for August, 1927, a copy of Standard Signal Plans book, book of Condensed History of the Great Northern, Operation and Maintenance Manual for Flathead Tunnel, valuation docket May 12,1893, valuation dockets 1905-1907, 5 railroad logo plaques, and a lantern, books, slides, black and white photos, film strips of depots and maintenance buildings and research materials, including paint color samples and other miscellaneous items.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection Management Policy for further information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society 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 Great Northern Railway Historical Society except where otherwise noted.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Martin Evoy
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
1.4.11.1.2 & 1.4.11.1.3 prints 1.4.27.1.1 & 1.4.27.1.2 books and misc at 1.4.11.2.3 & 1.1.3.3 & 1.1.3.4 & 1.1.2.1 & 1.1.2.5 & 1.1.4.4 & 1.4.12.1.1 & 1.4.12.2.6 & 1.4.12.1.3
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