Northern Pacific Railroad Company materials

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Reference code

US WaBuPNRA D0142-004

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Series

Title

Northern Pacific Railroad Company materials

Date(s)

  • 1959-1968 (Creation)

Extent

40 35mm slides

Name of creator

(1939-)

Biographical history

Alden M. Raney is a railroad enthusiast and photographer who documented railroad activity in the Pacific Northwest between 1950 and 1990.

Content and structure elements

Scope and content

Documents, photographs, engineering drawings, maps, artifacts and other materials associated with the Northern Pacific Railroad Company.

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Conditions governing access

Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information on access.

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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

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Custodial history

Ownership of Northern Pacific Railroad Company subjects in the Alden M. Raney Collection resides in the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society.

Immediate source of acquisition

Alden M. Raney, W2015-43 received 09/30/2015, W2015-47 received 10/14/2015.

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Existence and location of originals

The original photographic slides are at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive.

Existence and location of copies

Digital copies at http://research.spshs.org/

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Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013

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