Object Details
sova.nmah.ac.1082
- Creator
- Erie Railroad Company
- Olevsky, Walter
- Donor
- ConRail
- Collector
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
- National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
- Topic
- Railroads -- Buildings and structures
- Railroads -- Employees
- Railroads -- Rolling-stock
- Railroad tracksdrawings
- Railroad stations -- United States
- Railroads -- 20th century
- Railroads -- 19th century
- Provenance
- Originally collected by the National Museum of American History's Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering's reference collection. In 1978, 668 glass plate negatives documenting Erie railroad stations were purchaed from Walter Olevsky; in 1987 drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constituted the Consolidated Rail Corporation were donated; and in 2007, two cubic feet of photoprints and nine cubic feet of archival records were transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center.
- Creator
- Erie Railroad Company
- Olevsky, Walter
- See more items in
- Erie Railroad Collection
- Biographical / Historical
- The Erie Railroad was founded in 1832 by large group of investors from the Southern Tier Counties of New York. Among these investors, businessman Eleazar Lord had been among the originators and later became the first president of the company. The railroad's construction took place from 1832 to 1851 with a seven-year pause between 1842 and 1849. At the time of its completion, the Erie Railroad was the largest railway system in the United States, both in length, 446 miles, and in gauge, six feet. Thanks to its tracks span from New Jersey to Illinois and itsabove-average gauge, it could transport larger cargo. Throughout its history the company underwent numerous bankruptcies and merged with several companies. The first merger was in 1960 with the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad creating the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. The second was in 1976 when the once-again bankrupt company merged with five other lines to create Conrail. Source Allegany County Historical Society, Andover, New York https://www.alleganyhistory.org/culture/transportation/railroads/erie-railroad/1060-the-erie-railroad (Last accessed on Decemeber 3, 2019)
- Extent
- 57 Cubic feet (60 boxes, 97 map-folders)
- Date
- circa 1880-1980
- Ownership and Custodial History
- Transferred to the Archives Center by the Division of Work and Industry in 2007.
- Archival Repository
- Archives Center, National Museum of American History
- Identifier
- NMAH.AC.1082
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Blueprints
- Mechanical drawings
- Tracings
- Glass negatives
- Photographs
- Drawings
- Citation
- Erie Railroad Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
- Arrangement
- The collection is divided into seven series. Series 1: Photographs Series 2: Glass Plate Negatives Series 3: Lists Series 4: Subject Files Series 5: Specifications for Bridges, Buildings and Terminals Series 6: Drawings Series 7: Bridge Notebooks
- Processing Information
- Collection processed by John Benko, intern, 2019; supervised by Alison Oswald, archivist. In 2019, some drawings were deaccessioned to the Industrial Archives & Library in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
- Rights
- Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
- Genre/Form
- Blueprints
- Mechanical drawings
- Tracings
- Glass negatives
- Photographs -- 19th century
- Photographs -- 20th century
- Drawings
- Scope and Contents
- Collection consists of six hundred sixty-eight (668) glass negatives relating to the Erie Railroad. Subjects include stations, train cars, railroad employees, employees' recreational activities, ferries, construction, street scenes, and resort hotels; drawings of structures built by the various railroads which, at the time of the donation, constituted the Consolidated Rail Corporation. Included are linen tracings, blueprints, and mechanical copies; and two cubic feet of photoprints made from negatives in the Erie Railroad Collection.
- Restrictions
- Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at [email protected] or 202-633-3270.
NMAH.AC.1082
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- Record ID
- ebl-1503513436748-1503513436750-0
