Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Pacific Northwest Chapter National Railway Historical Society
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1955-
History
The National Railway Historical Society was formed in 1935 to preserve and document railroad history. The Pacific Northwest chapter was formed in 1955 in Portland, Oregon, and is one of more than 170 local chapters of the NRHS.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
D0202
Institution identifier
WaBuPNRA
Rules and/or conventions used
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Status
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
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Sources
Donor files at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive, Pacific Northwest Chapter of the National Railway Society website.