Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Advertising Department
Scope and Content of the Collection
Materials include administrative files, advertising copy, press kits, budgets, and subject files relating to the promotion of the railroad. There are also advertisements for the railroad produced by the department, and news clippings about the CB&Q. The Department was also responsible for maintaining the scrapbooks of promotional material (see CB&Q 32.81, Boxes 93-100) and clippings (see CB&Q 32.81, boxes 100-102), the printed ephemera (see CB&Q 32.9), and the photograph albums (see CB&Q A-5-3).
Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
This finding aid describes additions to the original deposit of records inventoried in the Guide to the Burlington Archives in the Newberry Library, 1851-1901 (Chicago: Newberry Library, 1949).
Dates
- Creation: 1850s-1960s
Creator
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
Language
Materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records are the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections at reference@newberry.org.
History of The Advertising Department
The CB&Q’s Advertising Department worked in close connection with its General Passenger Traffic Department in creating public timetables and other promotional printed material to boost ridership on the trains. The department was also the liaison with the press, creating press releases and fielding requests for information about the railroad and its history.
Extent
3.4 Linear Feet (4 boxes and 2 oversize boxes)
Abstract
Administrative files, advertising copy, press kits, budgets, and subject files relating to the promotion of the railroad. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.
Organization
Papers are organized in the following series:
- Series A-2-1: Administrative Files, 1890s-1960s
- Boxes 1-3; +1
- Series A-2-2: Clippings, 1850s-1960s
- Box 4; +1-2
Collection Stack Location
4a 40 7, 4a 21 2
Provenance
Deposit of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Company, 1943, with subsequent additions, 1948-onward. Ownership transferred to Newberry Library by Burlington Northern Company, 1975.
Processed by
Martha Briggs, Alison Hinderliter, Lisa Janssen, Kelly Kress, Emma Martin, Andrew Olofsson, and Pamela Olson, 2014.
Subject
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Advertising Department, 1850s-1960s
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Alison Hinderliter and Kelly Kress
- Date
- ©2014.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org