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Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group Collection
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Held at: Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
The Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group was a special interest group specializing in the history of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
This collection includes railroad related materials collected by the Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group (PRR ERG). Items in the collection include timetables, books, magazines, articles, memorabilia, posters, blueprints, track layouts, right of way and track maps, and political and topographical maps of some areas. There are also a number of posters, prints and calendars. Series 6: Maps/Plans is organized by region, as defined by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1964: the Eastern Region, Central Region and Western Region.
The collection is arranged into 9 series as follows:
Series 1: Timetables, 1837-1982
Series 2: Books (including miniature books and pamphlets), 1830-1969
Series 3: Magazines, 1936-1984
Series 4: Articles, 1936-1984, undated
Series 5: Memorabilia, 1881-1985, undated
Series 6: Maps/plans, 1858-1977, undated
Series 7: Posters, 1946-1984, undated
Series 8: Atlases, 1903, undated
Series 9: Photographs, 1876-1993, undated
Placed on deposit by Michael Burshtin, President, PRR Eastern Region Group, in 1987.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared in February 1998 by Matthew S. Hopper.
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2019 by Samuel Chun, student assistant, and Courtney Smerz, Collection Management Archivist.
Organization
- Pennsylvania Railroad
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
- ConRail
- Amtrak
- Baldwin Locomotive Works
- Long Island Rail Road
Subject
- Railroad
- Pennsylvania Station (New York, N.Y.)
- William H. Gray, III, 30th Street Station (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Place
- Publisher
- Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
- Finding Aid Author
- Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
- Finding Aid Date
- April 2024
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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The Pennsylvania Railroad Eastern Region Group Collection is on deposit with the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor has not assigned their rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Collection Inventory
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[2 copies]
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[6 copies]
[2 copies]
[8 maps]
[6 maps]
[12 sheets]
[2 sheets]
[4 sheets]
3 copies