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Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

J. P. Tracy  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

6 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae

Published Name:

Parapholis incurva (L.) C.E. Hubb.

Barcode:

03895320

USNM Number:

1760702

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/307306740-6a58-4b1e-8378-2dae0a415ea4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15848307

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae

Published Name:

Leymus x vancouverensis (Vasey) Pilg.

Barcode:

03443946

USNM Number:

1760703

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/300952c02-2ffa-445b-af95-1f06043f7e69

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15980714

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Nyctaginaceae

Published Name:

Abronia latifolia Eschsch.

Barcode:

03644743

USNM Number:

1739997

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/391ed6d89-d3b7-46ea-b137-9bb91f114cc8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15081410

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Caryophyllaceae

Published Name:

Spergularia macrotheca (Hornem.) Heynh.

Barcode:

03618143

USNM Number:

1730377

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e1d8cb64-9840-4809-ad50-19912f8186f5

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15120126

Biogeographical Region:

40 - Indian subcontinent  Search this

Collector:

Seymour H. Sohmer  Search this

M. Jayasuriya  Search this

K. Eliezer  Search this

Place:

Ceylon. Badulla District, along railroad tracks at Ohiya railroad station., Uva, Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical

Collection Date:

2 Nov 1973

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Brassicales Brassicaceae Brassicoideae

Published Name:

Coronopus didymus (L.) Sm.

Barcode:

03580919

USNM Number:

2802265

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/37c13a386-e6da-4577-ba1e-b25625e8879a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15201667

Biogeographical Region:

78 - Southeastern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

Harry Ardell Allard  Search this

Place:

Broad Run near Railroad Station at Haymarket, Prince William, Virginia, United States, North America

Collection Date:

27 Jul 1952

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Apiales Apiaceae Saniculoideae

Published Name:

Sanicula canadensis L.

Barcode:

00404449

USNM Number:

2098525

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Flowering plants and ferns

DC Flora

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33fdf8619-2e9c-4139-9926-7fea3be01b3d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_2214302

Biogeographical Region:

40 - Indian subcontinent  Search this

Collector:

F. R. Fosberg  Search this

Min. Elevation:

1940  Search this

Place:

Ceylon. Nuwara Eliya District. 1 km. n.w. of Ambawela Railroad Station, 6 mi. s.s.e. Nuwara Eliya., Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical

Collection Date:

27 Mar 1968

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Apiales Apiaceae Mackinlayoideae

Published Name:

Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.

Barcode:

03071826

USNM Number:

2760817

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Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3306dd22f-be4a-47ae-91eb-928ad69c324b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14432935

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

J. P. Tracy  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

6 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Orobanchaceae

Published Name:

Orthocarpus faucibarbatus A. Gray

Barcode:

03917444

USNM Number:

1739996

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/396ae3cc6-5082-4455-875b-1a9b42e44cc9

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15629875

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Min. Elevation:

3  Search this

Place:

Waste land near railroad station, Eureka, Humboldt County., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Orobanchaceae

Published Name:

Orthocarpus faucibarbatus A. Gray

Barcode:

03917449

USNM Number:

1696088

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31a22ac12-e913-4191-beb0-33d9c94105f0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15639732

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Lamiales Plantaginaceae

Published Name:

Plantago maritima L.

Barcode:

03219055

USNM Number:

1739999

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31fa6634b-a615-4e27-bff1-4136054f83a0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_14751009

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County, Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Myrtales Onagraceae Onagroideae

Published Name:

Camissoniopsis cheiranthifolia (Hornem. ex Spreng.) W.L. Wagner & Hoch subsp. cheiranthifolia

Barcode:

01369924

USNM Number:

1739998

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Botany

Flowering plants and ferns

Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b5fc13cd-7a4f-4fed-bdc3-fe77ce4a5c40

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_12267955

Biogeographical Region:

76 - Southwestern U.S.A.  Search this

Collector:

S. K. Harris  Search this

Place:

Humboldt County. Salt marsh near railroad station, Eureka., Humboldt, California, United States, North America

Collection Date:

7 Jun 1936

Taxonomy:

Plantae Dicotyledonae Caryophyllales Amaranthaceae Salicornioideae

Published Name:

Salicornia ambigua Michx.

Barcode:

03536004

USNM Number:

1740000

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Data Source:

NMNH - Botany Dept.

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/39176486a-bca4-4191-881c-bbceb8fefc85

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhbotany_15037426

Creator:

Cummings, Robert A., 1866-1962  Search this

Names:

American Society of Civil Engineers.  Search this

Extent:

20 Cubic feet (36 boxes)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives

Research (document genres)

Photographs

Drawings

Glass negatives

Business records

Blueprints

Place:

Pittsburgh (Pa.)

Date:

1884-1952 and undated

Scope and Contents:

The Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records consists primarily of correspondence and business records documenting Robert A. Cummings' firm, consulting work, and participation in professional associations, especially the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1892-1893, circa 1900-1939; technical data and publications on soils testing, 1900-1939; and drawings, blueprints, and photographs and glass negatives of construction projects.

Series 1, Biographical, 1904-1936 and undated documents the professional life of Robert A. Cummings. There are three subseries within this series: Subseries 1, Cummings System of Reinforced Concrete, 1904-1930 and undated; Subseries 2, Professional Organizations, 1908-1936 and undated; and Subseries 3, Writings, 1908-1939 and undated. This series includes documents related to the Cummings System of Reinforced Concrete, including patents, photographs, and advertisements. The series also includes documents relating to professional organizations such as the Allegheny County Authority, the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the World Engineering Congress. Cummings was also a member of the Soils Committee for the American Society of Civil Engineers, and those documents are included in this series. Cummings wrote published and unpublished articles regarding concrete, soil, and construction methods. His writings are also included in this series.

Series 2, Operational Records, 1884-1952 and undated consists of six subseries: Subseries 1, Administrative, 1901-1948 and undated; Subseries 2, Correspondence, 1884-1952 and undated; Subseries 3, Contracts (for projects), 1902-1930 and undated; Subseries 4, Legal Materials, 1907-1916; Subseries 5, Financial, 1894-1921 and undated; and Subseries 6, Personnel, 1918-1921. This series contains the bulk of the information about Cummings' concrete business. Within this series are administrative materials that document the running of the business, including daily reports, bond and insurance papers, specifications, supply notes, field requisitions, and design notebooks. Also included is correspondence to and from Cummings. Recipients of the correspondence include company employees and corporations that did business with the company. A portion of the correspondence is divided topically into subjects such as soil sampling apparatus and barge claims.

The bulk of this series consists of contracts for projects on which Cummings worked. The majority of the projects consist of bridges, water tanks, commercial buildings, and retaining walls. Materials include correspondence, receipts from vendors, hand-written notes, accident reports, blueprints, sketches, and laboratory test reports on materials. The contracts are arranged by contract number as assigned by Cummings. The unnumbered contracts are listed alphabetically. The legal materials consist of documentation that relate to legal matters Cummings dealt with, including the lawsuits Robert Cummings vs. William J. Stewart, Alexander Melville vs. Robert Cummings, andLock Joint Pipe Company vs. Frederick Melber and Electric Welding Company. This series also contains financial and personnel records, including account books, bills, receipts, proposals, estimates, and business journals, as well as applications for employment, correspondence, and weekly progress reports.

Series 3, Subject Files, 1891-1949 and undated consists of correspondence, pamphlets, printed materials, and drawings. The topics within the subject files include soil testing and standards, roads, railroads, minerals, electricity, and concrete barges.

Series 4, Publications, 1887-1955, includes published material related concrete. The series is divided into two subseries: publications by title and publications by subject. Included are booklets, articles of incorporations, charters and by-laws, journals, and government publications. Some of the materials are in German or French.

Series 5, Photographs, 1902-1916 and undated includes 3" x 5", 8" x 10" and other various sizes of photographic prints. The series contains black and white and sepia toned prints. Some of the prints have been mounted onto cardboard or cloth, and some prints have tape on the corners. Some of the prints are annotated on the back. Most of the images are of construction sites in various stages of progress, the interiors of buildings being constructed, manufacturing equipment, and laborers working. Some of these images document early twentieth century methods of manufacturing, such as the use of rope pulleys.

Series 6, Photograph Negatives, undated includes about 75 photograph film negatives. The images in these negatives are primarily of construction scenes, including workers, equipment and work sites.

Series 7, Glass Plate Negatives, 1889-1918 and undated includes 8" x 10", 5" x 8", and 3" x 4" glass plate negatives containing images of bridges, slabs of concrete, construction scenes, the interiors and exteriors of hotels, and the interiors and exteriors of railroad stations.

Series 8, Lantern Slides, undated includes images of the work of the Cummings Structural Concrete Company on 4.5" x 5" glass slides. The images are of industrial machinery, construction sites, and workers.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into eight series.

Series 1: Biographical, 1904-1936 and undated

Subseries 1.1: Cummings System of Reinforced Concrete, 1904-1930 and undated

Subseries 1.2: Professional Organizations, 1908-1936 and undated

Subseries 1.3: Writings, 1908-1939 and undated

Series 2: Operational Records, 1884-1952 and undated

Subseries 2.1, Administrative, 1901-1948 and undated

Subseries 2.2: Correspondence, 1884-1952 and undated

Subseries 2.3: Project Contracts, 1902-1930 and undated

Subseries 2.4: Legal Materials, 1907-1916

Subseries 2.5: Financial, 1894-1921 and undated

Series 3: Subject Files, 1891-1970 and undated

Subseries 3.1: Alphabetical, 1891-1970

Subseries 3.2: Testing, 1904-1916

Series 4: Publications, 1887-1955

Subseries 4.1: By title, 1887-1953

Subseries 4.2: By subject, 1902-1940 and undated

Series 5: Photographs, 1902-1916 and undated

Series 6: Photograph Negatives, undated

Series 7: Glass Plate Negatives, 1889-1918 and undated

Series 8: Lantern Slides, undated

Biographical / Historical:

Robert Augustus Cummings (1866-1962) was a consulting civil engineer who worked primarily in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born in Norfolk, England and attended the Gresham School at Holt in Norfolk. He trained as a civil engineer with William J. Brewster in his offices, located in Westminster, London, England. During his early career, he worked as a surveyor and field examiner at the Ordinance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland before he relocated to Canada to conduct engineering work on the Grand Trunk Railroad. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, Cummings was employed as a general draftsman for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in Philadelphia. He worked later as a designer of heavy dredging machinery for the Bucyrus (Ohio) Steam Shovel and Dredge Company and as an assistant engineer of the Norfolk and Western Railroad in Roanoke, Virginia. Cummings established a firm as a civil and consulting engineer in Philadelphia in 1893 before relocating to Pittsburgh in 1899. He founded the Cummings Structural Concrete Company and the Electric Welding Company in 1900, and in 1902 he founded the Lehigh Valley Testing Laboratory, all of which were located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 1936, he partnered with his son in the consulting firm of Robert A. Cummings, Jr. and Associates.

During his career, Cummings worked on the design and construction of a variety of projects, including bridges, warehouses, filtration systems, private residences, machine shops, dry docks and piers, factories, dams, and locks. He additionally conducted railroad and land surveys, researched various types of cement, and designed rock, hydraulic, and elevator dredges. Cummings is best known for inventing the "Cummings System of Reinforced Concrete," in which iron or steel bars are embedded within a mixture of Portland cement, water, sand, and gravel or broken stone. As Cummings stated in a 1904 presentation to the Member Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, reinforced concrete "makes an excellent paint for preserving iron or steel, adhering to the metal very firmly and protecting it thoroughly against corrosion. It can easily be made water tight, and its durability is beyond question. These properties of cement mortar can be utilized in re-enforced concrete. This material is well adapted for molding into a monolithic structure, which does not disintegrate when subjected to shocks such as are produced by railroad trains and vibrates much less for a given load than structural steel. Correctly designed re-enforced concrete structures are not liable to sudden failures, as is the case with ordinary concrete, but gives warning by the falling off of the surface concrete long before the point of failure is reached."

Cummings belonged to a number of professional organizations, including the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Engineering Societies Library Board, the American Railway Engineering Association, the American Society for Testing Materials, and the Institution of Civil Engineers of London, England. He married Mary Eloise Hood on December 14, 1892, and had two children, Robert Augustus Jr. and Eloise Hood. Robert A. Cummings died on October 21, 1962, in Pittsburgh.

References

Cummings, Robert A. Presentation to the Member Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania, Meeting of Structural Section. November 22, 1904.

Hool, George A. Concrete Engineers Handbook, Data for the Design and Construction of Plain and Reinforced Concrete Structures. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1918.

Provenance:

Unknown.

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Rights:

Copyright held by the Smithsonian Institution. Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no gurantees concerning copyright restrictions. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Reinforced concrete  Search this

Engineering  Search this

Concrete construction  Search this

Civil engineering  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Research (document genres)

Photographs -- 1900-1950

Drawings

Glass negatives

Business records

Blueprints

Citation:

Cummings Structural Concrete Company Reocrds, 1884-1952 and undated, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0218

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Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8cc352bb7-f4b5-4c5d-9f0d-2441f3d219fd

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0218

Creator:

Human Studies Film Archives  Search this

Type:

YouTube Videos

Uploaded:

2018-05-17T20:19:02.000Z

YouTube Category:

Education  Search this

Topic:

Anthropology  Search this

See more by:

HSFAFilmClips

Data Source:

Human Studies Film Archives

YouTube Channel:

HSFAFilmClips

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:yt_b9wEm7XOF0E

Photographer:

Hieronimus, Henry M.  Search this

Collection Creator:

Garden Club of America  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35 mm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Hieronimus Garden (Arch Cape, Oregon)

United States of America -- Oregon -- Clatsop County -- Arch Cape

Date:

1996 Sep.

Collection Restrictions:

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Collection Rights:

Archives of American Gardens encourages the use of its archival materials for non-commercial, educational and personal use under the fair use provision of U.S. copyright law. Use or copyright restrictions may exist. It is incumbent upon the researcher to ascertain copyright status and assume responsibility for usage. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by Archives of American Gardens. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

Topic:

Gardens -- Oregon -- Arch Cape.  Search this

Seaside gardening  Search this

Railroads  Search this

Rock gardens  Search this

Miniature gardens  Search this

Trough gardens  Search this

Models and modelmaking  Search this

Dwarf conifers  Search this

Walls, stone  Search this

Commercial buildings  Search this

Collection Citation:

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

Sponsor:

A project to describe images in this finding aid received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care Initiative, administered by the National Collections Program.

Identifier:

AAG.GCA, Item OR040018

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Garden Images / Oregon / OR040: Arch Cape -- Hieronimus Garden

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Gardens

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb69aebe25b-14da-40ae-9d49-ad45b4d4f1a3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-aag-gca-ref10167

Collection Creator:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Collection Donor:

Bethlehem Steel Corporation  Search this

Container:

Box 67, Item 1204

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1915-11-19

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials / Series 2: Photographs / 2.3: Glass Plate and Film Negatives / 2.3.26: Film Negatives, #1-#2180

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep85d21903f-fec9-43df-82f2-cd0baba87682

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1007-ref1275

Collection Creator:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Consolidation Coal Company  Search this

Collection Donor:

Bethlehem Steel Corporation  Search this

Container:

Box 74, Item 662

Type:

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1912-10-19

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

Collection Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning intellectual property rights. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Collection Citation:

Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

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Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company photographs and other materials / Series 2: Photographs / 2.3: Glass Plate and Film Negatives / 2.3.4: #0460-#0677

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep820abef13-7164-4a2e-8ecf-c01ebe600672

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1007-ref1955

Creator:

Erie Railroad Company  Search this

Olevsky, Walter  Search this

Donor:

ConRail  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

57 Cubic feet (60 boxes, 97 map-folders)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Blueprints

Mechanical drawings

Tracings

Glass negatives

Photographs

Drawings

Date:

circa 1880-1980

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.

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

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)

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.

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Topic:

Railroads -- Buildings and structures  Search this

Railroads -- Employees  Search this

Railroads -- Rolling-stock  Search this

Railroad tracksdrawings  Search this

Railroad stations -- United States  Search this

Railroads -- 20th century  Search this

Railroads -- 19th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

Blueprints

Mechanical drawings

Tracings

Glass negatives

Photographs -- 19th century

Photographs -- 20th century

Drawings

Citation:

Erie Railroad Collection, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1082

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Erie Railroad Collection

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep867520079-bbe3-4fbe-9b75-cf3ba7872c37

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1082

Photographer:

Treloar, Elmer, 1902-  Search this

Collector:

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering  Search this

National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives

Date:

1970-1973.

Scope and Contents:

A collection of negatives of photographs documenting railroad stations in the United States and Canada. The majority of the negatives are of stations in the Midwestern U.S.

Arrangement:

Collection is arranged into one series and then arranged alphabetically by railroad.

Series 1: Negatives,

Biographical / Historical:

Railroad hobbyist and photographer who specialized in transportation subjects.

Provenance:

Purchased from Elsie Treloar in 1977 by the National Museum of American History, Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering (now called the Division of Work and Industry).

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Topic:

Railroad stations -- Canada  Search this

Railroad stations -- United States  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Citation:

Elmer Treloar Collection of Railroad Station Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1078

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Elmer Treloar Collection of Railroad Station Negatives

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep86a8b7f39-dfff-41b3-a9f5-f88cbb44ca69

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1078

Donor:

Merker, Walter H., Jr.  Search this

Creator:

PCC and St. L Railroad  Search this

Extent:

0.3 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Photographs

Date:

1925-1928

Summary:

The collection consists of photographic prints of railroad construction in Pierron, St. Jacob, and Collinsville, Illinois, from 1925-1927.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains photographs documenting the relocation of the main railroad line between Pierron and Collinsville, Illinois from 1925 to 1927. Photographs include views of stations, track and bridge and of a railroad accident. The collection is arranged sequentially by photograph number and then chronologically.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in one series by photograph number.

Biographical / Historical:

During the bustling age of railroad transportation in the late 1920s, Illinois became a focal point for railway construction. In earlier decades small corporations had built railroads connecting the state's borders, but by the late 1880s many of these companies had joined together into larger corporations. The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railroad was a combination of several railroad companies that merged for financial reasons. PCC and St. Louis was later absorbed into the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Provenance:

Collection donated by Walter H. Merker, Jr., on November 1977.

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 archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.

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.

Topic:

Railroad construction  Search this

Railroad stations -- United States  Search this

Railroad accidents  Search this

Railroad bridges  Search this

Bridges -- Illinois  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographs -- 1920-1930

Citation:

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad photographs (PCC and St. Louis), 1925-1928, Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.1079

See more items in:

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Photographs (PCC and St. Louis)

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep87680fb6f-8524-4f26-9a5d-4d60fe8c53a9

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-1079