Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Melvin Iszley Collection
Date(s)
- 1885-1985 (Creation)
Extent
10 boxes
Name of creator
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Melvin Iszley Collection consists of documents from several Northwest railroads, including maps, plats, engineering drawings, and timetables from the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the Spokane, Portland and Seattle, the Burlington Northern, and several other railroads, and operating manuals for a variety of diesel locomotives.
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 Melvin Iszley. Accrual W2014-46 received 11/05/2014. Accrual W2015-12 received 04/08/2015. Accrual W2015-16 received 05/03/2015. Accrual W2015-21 received 06/10/2015. Accrual W2015-39 received 09/01/2015. Accrual W2016-02 received 01/05/2016. Accrual W2016-39 received 07/19/2016. Accrual W2017-16 received 02/04/2017. Accrual W2017-82 received 11/22/2017. Accrual W2018-35 received 05/17/2018.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2014-46, W2015-12, W2015-16, W2015-21, W2015-39, W2016-02, W2016-39, W2017-16, W2017-82, W2018-35.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
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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)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)