Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of photographs, blueprints, drawings, and reports that document the construction, maintenance, and repair of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from Sausalito, California to Eureka, California.
Dates
- 1908-1974
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company Records is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Charles Apfelbaum on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2001.
Arrangement
Organized into three series: I. Photographs, 1931-1971. II. Drawings and Blueprints, 1908-1974. III. Other Records, 1914-1962.
Extent
5.34 Linear Feet ((16 boxes) + 5 rolls)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records consist of photographs, blueprints, drawings, and reports that document the construction, maintenance, and repair of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad from Sausalito, California to Eureka, California.
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad runs between Marin and Humboldt Counties in California, much of it following the course of the South Fork of the Eel River. It was founded in the late nineteenth century as a joint venture of the Sante Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads. Portions of the railroad remain in operation in 2012.
Processing Information
Former call number: Uncat MSS 119
Collection are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, competing priorities, and whether or not further accruals are expected. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.
This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and minimal organization, in 2012.
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or previous custodian. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during initial processing.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) -- California -- 20th Century
- Eel River (Calif.)
- Humboldt County (Calif.)
- Landslides -- California
- Marin County (Calif.)
- Mendocino County (Calif.)
- Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company
- Pacific railroads
- Photographic prints -- California -- 20th Century
- Photography of railroads -- California
- Railroad bridges -- California -- Design and construction
- Railroad bridges -- California -- Maintenance and repair
- Railroad construction workers -- California -- Pictorial works
- Railroad engineers -- California
- Railroad engineers -- California -- 20th Century
- Railroad tracks -- Maintenance and repair
- Railroad tunnels -- California -- Design and construction
- Railroad tunnels -- California -- Maintenance and repair
- Railroads -- California -- Design and construction
- Railroads -- California -- Maintenance and repair
- Sonoma County (Calif.)
- Trinity County (Calif.)
- Title
- Guide to the Northwestern Pacific Railroad Company Records
- Author
- by Lisa Conathan
- Date
- 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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