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Paul Meyers Railroads & Railroading Collection, 1936-1970
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Meyers, Paul, 1900-1985
- Title
- Paul Meyers Railroads & Railroading Collection
- Dates
- 1936-1970 (inclusive)19361970
- Quantity
- 5.18 cubic feet, (11 boxes)
- Collection Number
- MS-007
- Summary
- Railroad-related material and ephemera with a special focus on the Great Northern Railway, collected by Tacoma railroad enthusiast Paul Meyers.
- Repository
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Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room, Special Collections & Archives
1102 Tacoma Avenue South
Tacoma, WA
98402
Telephone: 2532922001
nwr@tacomalibrary.org - Access Restrictions
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This collection is open for research.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Paul Meyers was an avid collector of railroad miscellanea, with a special focus on the Great Northern Railway. He was born in Leavenworth, Washington in 1900 and took his first railroad job at 12 years old as a water boy for a section gang. He spent 49 years working for the Great Northern Railway in a variety of different positions, and retired in Tacoma as general agent for freight and passenger service in 1966. He was also a member of the Tacoma City Planning Commission and was active in city clubs such as Tacoma Rotary, Tacoma Elks, and the Tacoma Executive Association. Paul Meyers died in Tacoma on August 11, 1985 at the age of 85.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Materials mostly relate to the Great Northern Railway and include newspaper clippings and photocopies; papers regarding the consolidation of the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, Burlington, and SP&S Railway Companies; memos; statistics; advertisement brochures and postcards; maps; history booklets; magazine issues; informational brochures and books about trains; train register and operation books; histories; speeches; Great Northern Railway annual reports; photos; timetables; train engineering books; etc. This collection does not include any of Paul Meyers’ personal papers.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
Paul Meyers Railroads & Railroading Collection; MS-007; box [ ]; Northwest Room Special Collections, Tacoma Public Library, Tacoma, WA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Railroads--History--20th century
Corporate Names
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)
- Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)--History--20th century
Geographical Names
- Tacoma (Wash.)
Finding aid prepared by Jean Fisher
2014
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
