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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual

 Record Group
Identifier: CB&Q-A-5

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Scope and Content of the Collection

Primarily photographs, but also some original cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Photographs depict the railroad company in a variety of ways: as documentary shots showing life along the railroad; as records of the men and women who worked for the railroad; and as images used by the railroad’s advertising department to promote the railroad to the public. The artwork is mostly original editorial cartoons collected by the company, although there is some original artwork used to design the Burlington Zephyr brochures, and other miscellaneous paintings. Audio recordings consist of blue transcription discs created by R.C. Overton, historian for the CB&Q, and transcripts of radio programs promoting the Burlington Zephyr.

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

  • approximately 1852-1975

Creator

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.

Extent

51 Linear Feet (93.5 boxes, 13 oversize boxes, and 1 flat file folder)

Additional Description

Abstract

Photographs, cartoons, drawings, and paintings, and two boxes of audio media of oral histories, interviews, Burlington Route chapter readings by its author, and radio programs. Forms part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records.

Organization

Papers are organized in the following series
Series A-5-1: Granger Country Photographs, 1947-1948
Boxes 1-39
Series A-5-2: Executives / Employees Photographs, 1852-1970
Boxes 40-48; +1-+2; Flat File Drawer 3
Series A-5-3: Advertising Photographs, 1850s-1972
Boxes 49-92; +3-+11
Series A-5-4: Aurora Laboratory Photographs, 1898-1905
Box 93
Series A-5-5: Miscellaneous Photographs, 1898-1965
Boxes 94
Series A-5-6: Artwork, 1888-1975
Boxes 94; +12
Series A-5-7: Audiovisual, 1934-1961
Boxes 94; +13

Collection Stack Location

4a 37 2-4, 4a 21 3, 4a flat files

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.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Inventory of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Records - Photographs, Artwork, and Audiovisual, ca. 1852-1975
Status
Completed
Author
Alison Hinderliter and Kelly Kress
Date
©2014.
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts Repository

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