Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Russell Johnson Collection
Date(s)
Extent
38 equipment manuals, textbooks and rule books, 12 magazines and newspapers, 50 documents and miscellaneous small artifacts and printed ephemera, 2 boxes documents
Name of creator
Biographical history
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Russell Johnson collection includes 38 equipment manuals, textbooks and rule books, 12 magazines and newspapers, 18 time tables, track maps, employment documents and miscellaneous small artifacts and printed ephemera related to the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.), and Burlington Northern Railroad Company in addition to operating manuals for locomotives and other railroad equipment. The second accrual was 2 boxes of engineering drawing and miscellaneous documents from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company's Bellingham, Washington depot.
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
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donor: Carl Johnson. Accrual W2011-02 received 10/22/2011. Accrual W2017-78 received 11/08/2017.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
W2011-02, W2017-78
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)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.) (Subject)
- Northern Pacific Railroad Company (Subject)
- Other Railroads (Subject)