Christisen Railroad Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection contains employee timetables, images of locomotives, instructional materials for the use and maintenance of locomotives, periodicals devoted to railroads, public timetables, union information, and some miscellaneous materials. The collection dates from the 1880s to the early 1990s.
Processed by Sheri Kleinwort, 2005 addendum by Mohhamad Shawaqfeh
Dates
- 1880-1990
Creator
- Christisen, D. M. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.
Extent
11.00 Linear Feet
Photographs in Series II other_unmapped
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records for the Milwaukee Road, Amtrak, and the B&O railroads, with some materials from the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern (EJ&E), the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), the Nickel Plate Railroad (NKP), and Acheson, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) lines from the 1880s to the early 1990s.
Method of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the University of Iowa Libraries by D. M. Christisen between 2002 and 2005. The collection was donated in memory of Locomotive Engineers H. L. Christisen and Glenn Linn, employees of the Milwaukee Road.
- Accident reports
- Advertisements
- Amtrak
- Archives (groupings)
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
- Brochures
- Catalogs (documents)
- Centerville (Iowa)
- Central Railroad of New Jersey
- Certificates
- Charts (graphic documents)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Company
- Correspondence
- Diagrams
- Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway
- Instructional materials
- Leaflets
- Maps
- New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
- Pamphlets
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Printed ephemera
- Railroad companies
- Railroads
- Scale drawings
- Scrapbooks
- Sketches
- Slides (photographs)
- Sound recordings
- Timetables
Creator
- Christisen, D. M. (Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository
Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City IA 52242 IaU
319-335-5921
319-335-5900 (Fax)
lib-spec@uiowa.edu