Other articles, engineer's coveralls, three pieces of initialed rail track, four railroad spikes, envelope of railway society membership cards, small, black notebook listing Southern Railway engineers and firemen 1874-1940, ribbon indicating number of Tennessee men in the Union Army, Southern Railway ash tray, lapel pin, and buttons, two railroad pencils, a N & W RY key, and two oil cans
This collection houses a large assemblage of American locomotive photographs, railroad timetables, newspaper clippings, magazines, books, and such other pieces of railroadiana as engineer's coveralls, pieces of track, oil cans, spikes, pencils, and a lapel pin. The approximately 500 unusual books that were initially a part of this collection have been removed and cataloged into the Rare Books collection.
Dates
- 1903-1968
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
From the Collection: 9 Linear Feet (4 record boxes, 1 half box, 8 flat boxes)
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository