William Kajdzik Collection

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US WaBuPNRA D0051

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Title

William Kajdzik Collection

Date(s)

  • 1894-2010 (Creation)

Extent

3 boxes, 1 document, 6 catalogs, 8 books, 25 artifacts

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Scope and content

The William Kajdzik Collection includes a framed poster of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Railroad & Transportation Auction catalogs, #22-74 inclusive, a 1894 Poor's Manual and 1 1929 Poor's Manual, four books: Reading Company Freight Train Symbol Book #20, Ein Jahrhundret Schweizer Bahnen, The Official Guide March 1949, and Curved-side cars (Cincinnati Car Co.), One copy of Handlan-Buck MFG-Railroad Miners', Machinists' and Lumber-mill Supplies catalog, 25 Railroad lanterns, 1 Handlan-Buck book of photos of company and employees. 1 disk of photos. See http://admin.pnrarchive.org/sites/databases/Collection%20Descriptions/Lajdzik%20collection.pdf

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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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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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Ownership resides in the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

Immediate source of acquisition

Donor: William Kajdzik. W2013-05 received 03/20/2013, W2013-41 received 12/11/13, W2014-49 received 11/08/2014, W2015-59 received 12/26/2014, W2016-36 received 06/21/2016, W201-40 received 12/27/2016, W2016-72 received 09/03/2016, W2017-02 received 01/03/2017

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W2013-05, W2013-41, W2014-49, W2014-59, W2016-35, W2016-40, W2016-72, W2017-02

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

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