Major Railroad Archival Collections
Item
Title
Major Railroad Archival Collections
Description
Major railroad archival collections at the Nebraska State Historical Society and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to be cataloged are as follows. Union Pacific Railroad Collection: Relates to all aspects of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and its business activities, including corporate, legal, and public relations; engineering; railroad construction; and locomotive design. Chicago Burlington and Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad--Lines West Collection: Includes specific field books, maps, drawings, and other materials from 1869-1950s relating to land development in Nebraska. Charles Kennedy Railroad Collection: Includes annual reports of most railroads across the United States, and state railroad commission reports from 1826-1980. Val Kuska Collection: Documents the CB&Q Railroad Company's efforts to attract settlers and improve agricultural practices in Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas. It also relates to rail traffic in the 1900s. Developed by a colonizing agenda and agricultural development agent for the CB&Q railroad. Among these collections are several thousand photographs, advertising posters, scrapbooks, and time tables.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1826 - 1950
Spatial Coverage
Railroad archival materials in the collections are for rail lines mostly west of Chicago; however, the Charles Kennedy Collection is national in scope.
Extent
1700 linear feet
2100000 objects
Institution
Collaborating Institution
Identifier
Primary Contact
Katherine Walter
Request
$208,500