Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Guide to the New York Central Railroad Valuation Negatives

Summary

Collection ID:
NMAH.AC.1072
Creators:
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company
New York Central Railroad Company
Dates:
1914-1923
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
12 Cubic feet
36 boxes
Repository:
The collection consists of photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railroad dating from 1914 to 1923.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Collection consists of over 3,500 photographic negatives relating to a valuation study of the New York Central Railway. These materials include images of bridges, structures, stations, railroad cars, and other subjects. Certain negatives also capture glimpses of everyday life including families outside of company-owned housing, railroad employees at work, busy city scenes, advertisements, automobiles, and in some cases, the surveyors at work. The negatives begin with valuation survey number twenty-seven and end with 145. These negatives date from 1914 to 1923 with the bulk dating from 1916 to 1921. The negatives are arranged sequentially according to their valuation survey (VS) numbers, which denote specific geographic areas along the railway lines. Geographic locations were identified using copies of valuation survey maps from the Pennsylvania State Archives.

Arrangement

Arrangement
The collection is arranged into one series.

Administration

Author
Jade D'Addario, Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, and Justine Thomas
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Grand Trunk Western Railroad Company donated the collection in 1986.
Custodial History
Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007 by the Division of Work and Industry.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Jade D'Addario, intern, 2014; Anne Jones, volunteer, 2014; Eva Buchanan, intern, 2017; Stephanie Haeg, intern, 2017; Karalyn Glos,intern, 2018; Austin Knox, intern, 2018; and Justine Thomas, intern, 2018; supervised by Vanessa Broussard-Simmons, supervisory archivist.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Collection is opened for research. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Preferred Citation
New York Central Railway Valuation Negatives, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.
Conditions Governing Use
Collection items available for reproduction. Smithsonian Institution owns rights. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Related Materials
Materials in the Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Grand Central Terminal Collection (NMAH.AC.1071)
Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (NMAH.AC.0060)
James Forgie Papers (NMAH.AC.0986)
Clayton M. Hall Collection of Railroad Photographs (NMAH.AC.1168)
Foundation Company Records (NMAH.AC.0974)
Thomas Norrell Railroad Photographs Collection (NMAH.AC.1174)
John H. White, Jr. Railroad Reference Collection (NMAH.AC.0523)
Interstate Commerce Commission Locomotive Inspection Reports (NMAH.AC.0241)
Railroad Trade Literature (NMAH.AC.1136)
Cummings Structural Concrete Company Records (NMAH.AC.0218)

Keywords

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