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Into the past: Down 45 years of railroad track

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2092

Scope and Contents

Portion of a typescript paper written by Lois Reed Bryant for a college class, HST 377, Oregon History, in May 1943, possibly at the University of Oregon. The first page is labeled "Part Two" and gives a brief introduction; Part One of the paper is not present. The rest of Part Two of the paper, titled "Into the Past: Down 45 Years of Railroad Track," consists of quoted excerpts from a book, "Forty Years a Locomotive Engineer," written by Bryant's father, J. Harvey Reed, about his railroad career. The paper includes brief remarks by Bryant before some of the excerpts, as well as two hand-drawn illustrations that mimic illustrations in the book.

Dates

  • Creation: 1943 May

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

Extent

0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folderĀ in shared box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Portion of a paper written by Lois Reed Bryant for a college class on Oregon history; it consists primarily of quoted excerpts from a book, "Forty Years a Locomotive Engineer," written by Bryant's father, J. Harvey Reed, about his railroad career.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Reed College, 1974.

Existence and Location of Copies

The extracts were originally published as "Forty Years a Locomotive Engineer" by J. Harvey Reed, in 1912.

Related Materials

The third edition of J. Harvey Reed's "Forty Years a Locomotive Engineer" (published by C. H. O'Neil, Prescott, Washington, 1915) is held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, call number 385.0924 R324f 1915.

Title
Guide to "Into the Past: Down 45 Years of Railroad Track"
Status
Completed
Date
2012; revised 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Oregon Historical Society Research Library Repository

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