Milwaukee Railroad traveling freight agent sales kit
Collection
Identifier: ACCN 2795
Scope and Contents
The Milwaukee Railroad traveling freight agent sales kit contains unbound memos, letters, circulars, and large maps. Included is a large broadside with illustrations of automobile carriers, sales circular for piggyback freight car, map of Milwaukee Road system, three refrence maps for Terre Haute Division Report by James N. Sites about nationalization, blueprint map of Milwaukee Railroad improvements near Grand Coulee, corrected Milwaukee Railroad map on vinyl, railroad map of 1976, photos contained in glassine sleeves along with corresponing descriptions, and other various memoranda, forms, and maps.
Dates
- 1959-1976
Creator
- Milwaukee Railroad (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Conditions Governing Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Biographical Note
This kit originally belonged to Howard J. Pressin who began working for the Milwaukee Road in 1949 starting in Great Falls, Montana, and then transferred to the traffic department in Portland, Oregon in 1955. From ticket clerk he was promoted to chief clerk in 1959, and then became the city freight and passenger agent in Portland in 1960. He later moved to Spokane, Washington, and by 1964 was actively pursuing shippers in large industries relying on rail to nove their freight in the Inner-mountain West.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (1 oversize box)
Abstract
The Milwaukee Railroad traveling freight agent sales kit (1959-1976) consists of a folio leather valise vase that contains correspondence, maps, and various other advertisements pertaining to the sale of different freight cars.
Arrangement
Documents within the valise case have been maintained in their original order and arrangement.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Ken Sanders Rare Books in 2014.
Processing Information
Processed by Esabelle Khaosanga in 2015.
Creator
- Milwaukee Railroad (Organization)
- Title
- Inventory of the Milwaukee Railroad traveling freight agent sales kit, 1959-1976
- Author
- Finding aid created by Esabelle Khaosanga
- Date
- © 2014 (last modified: 2020)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City Utah 84112 United States
801-581-8863
special@library.utah.edu