Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Phil Beach Collection
Date(s)
- 1891-2000 (Creation)
Extent
54 documents, 693 photographs, 16 books, 53 magazines
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Phil Beach Collection materials focus primarily on the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and its successor, the Burlington Northern Railroad Company, with addition materials covering the railroad industry as a whole. Documents include annual reports, timetables, accident investigation reports, employee rule books, Official Guides and Railway Operating Equipment guides. Photographs are primarily of Northern Pacific and Burlington Northern subjects. Also included are books on railroad subjects and a variety of railroad and model railroad magazines.
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 on access.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive 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 Phil Beach. Accrual W2013-01 received 01/09/2013. Accrual W2015-33 received 08/19/2015. Accrual W2016-61 received 01/09/2017. Accrual W2017-08 received 01/17/2017. Accrual W2017-17 received 02/14/2017.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2013-01, W2015-33, W2016-61, W2017-08, W2017-17
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)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)