AHJ_ah12513 Inventory of the Robert P. Olmsted papers, 1948-2020 Robert P. Olmsted papers Processed by D. Claudia Thompson and Krist Jessup University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2013;2017

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson May 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Olmsted, Robert P. Robert P. Olmsted papers 1948-2020 12513 41.39 cubic ft. (58 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Photographic images and publications of railroads in the United States. Biography of Robert P. Olmsted

Robert P. Olmsted (1930- ) was a photographer and author who specialized in railroad scenes. With his wife, Carol, he authored many books featuring railroads throughout the United States.

 Scope and Content

The Robert P. Olmsted collection contains publications, prints, negatives, and slides showing railroad scenes in the United States. It also contains photoshoot journals and train timetables. Many of the views are of Union Pacific Railroad scenes. Images relate to both steam and diesel eras and to freight and passenger trains. The main geographic areas represented are Wyoming, including the Laramie rail yard, the Chicago area, and Kansas. Both black/white and color images are included.

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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There are no known other archival collections created by Robert P. Olmsted at the date of processing.

This material was received from Robert P. Olmsted from 2012-2021.

The collection was processed by D. Claudia Thompson, May 2013, Krist Jessup in May 2017, and updated by Jamie J. Greene in July 2019 and June 2022.

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 Access Terms Photography of railroads -- United States Railroads -- United States <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Business, Industry, Labor, and Commerce Railroads Container List Series I. Color Slides

1AMTRAK Box 1-21984 58AMTRAK (NM/AZ)1984-1995 1,4-5,7Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (AT&SF) 1-21960s-2005 58Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (AT&SF) - Ill,MO, KANS, OKLA, TEX, NM, AZ1967-1996 1Bevier and Southern (B&S)1957-1958 1Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) 1-21950s 4,7, and 58Burlington Northern (BN)/Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)1970-2008 1Canadian National Railway (CNR) 1-51958-1959 1Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)1958 1,4Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q) 1-151957-1960s 1Chicago Great Western (CGW) 1-3Undated 1,4Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW) 1-21955-1973 7Chicago and North Western (C&NW)Undated 58Chicago and North Western (C&NW) - ILL, IND1984-1996 7 and 58Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend (CSS&SB) 1-61963-1971 1Colorado Railroad Museum1961 1,5Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) 1-111958-1965 1Duluth Missabi and Iron Range (DM&IR) Steam Trip1958 1Eastern Railroad (B&O, C&O, GTW, WABASH)1960s 4East and New York Central (NYC)/PRR in ChicagoUndated 1Grand Trunk Western (GTW) 1-51960s 1Mexico City1960s 1Midland Coal Company Steam1962 1Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (SOO) 1-61960s 1,4Miscellaneous1958-2005 58Miscellaneous - Chicago1960-1992 58Miscellaneous - photos by Carol D. Olmsted1960-1979 58Miscellaneous - U.S.A1958-2005 7 and 58Miscellaneous Diesels, 1-31971-2003 58Miscellaneous Electric1961-1966 7Miscellaneous Steam, 1-2Undated 58Miscellaneous Steam (Canada)1958-1963 58Miscellaneous Steam (U.S.)1956-1958 1Mississipian Railway1963-1965 1Monon 1-21960-1971 1New Mexico1992 1Nickel Plate (NKP) Steam 1-4Undated 58Northeast, Massachusetts1950-1959 1Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)1955-1956 2,5,7Southern Pacific (SP) 1-1451990-1998 58Southern Pacific (SP) - AZ, 1-71991-1998 2-7Union Pacific (UP) 1-183:1984-2005 Box 4 58Union Pacific (UP), 1-4 - Steam, Big Boy-Laramie-box 1A, and turbines1950-2008 Series II. Negatives

8AMTRAK (Mostly Chicago and Texas)1971-1984 8ALCO1967 8Ann Arbor1964 8AT&SF1949-1989 9Atlantic Coast Line (ACL) (IHB, CWI, L&N)1962-1966 9B&O1962-1976 Book Projects: 9The 5:10 to Suburbia: Chicago's Suburban Railroads, 1960-19751960-1975 9An Acquaintance with ALCO1968 9Chicago's Passenger Trains: A Gallery of Portraits, 1956-19811956-1981 9The Diesel Years1973-1974 9The Green Machines: Burlington Northern1986 9Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio, (GM&O North)1976 and 1984 9Interurbans to the Loop: North Shore Line - South Shore Line1969 9Kansas Curve2007 9Locomotives, Limiteds and Locals1977 9Milwaukee Rails1979-1980 9MiscellaneousUndated 9More Green Machines: Burlington Northern1990 10No More Mountains to Cross: The Milwaukee Road1985 10Prairie Rails: Chicago & North Western Railway1979 10The Prairie Trains1989 10Railroading in Downtown Chicago, 1958-19691958-1969 10Remembering Midwestern ALCOs2000 10Rock Island Recollections1973-1982 10Santa Fe Trails Volumes 1&21987-1988 10Scenes from the Shore Lines: North Shore Line - South Shore Line1964 10Six Units to Sycamore: Chicago and Great Western in Illinois1982 10Trail of the Zeyphrs: the Burlington Route in Northern Illinois1969-1970 10Union Pacific Books1953-2011 10West End Rails: New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail1962-1992 10Of Zephyrs and Communters1950-1984 10-11Burlington Northern (BN)1970-1986 11Canadian National Railway (CNR) (Mostly Steam)1950s 11Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)1950s 11Central Vermont Railway (CV)1950s 11Chessie1980-1984 11-12Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q)1958-1970 12Burlington Route1969-1970 12Q 4960/5632 Steam Excursions1958-1966 12Chicago and Eastern Illinois (C&EI)/Chicago and Illinois Midland (C&IM)1962-1968 12Chicago & Great Western (CGW)1957-1968 Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee (CNS&M)1961-1963 13Stored Cars North Shore1963-1964 13Last Full Day of North Shore OperationsJanuary 20, 1963 13-14Chicago & North Western (CNW)1961-1985 14Chicago, South Shore, and South Bend (CSS&SB)1963-1981 14-15Denver and Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) (Diesel and Narrow Gauge)1958-1972 15Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern (EJ&E)1967-1981 15Grand Trunk Western (GTW)1960-1983 15-16Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (GM&O)1959-1973 16Illinois Central (IC)1950s-1984 24-26Kansas1996-2010 27Kansas with Corresponding Notebooks1998-2007 16Long Island Railroad (LI)Undated 16Mexico1962-1963 16-17Milwaukee Road (MILW)1965-1986 17Minneapolis, Northfield, and Southern (MNS)1972-1986 17Miscellaneous1965-1984 17Miscellaneous Steam1950s 18Missouri, Kansas, Texas (MKT)/Missouri Pacific (MP/MoPac)1972-1983 18Monon (MON) and some Illinois Lines1961-1970 18New England and Northeastern U.S.: 18Belt Railway Company of Chicago (BRC)1964-1973 18Boston and Maine (B&O)1954-1983 18Conrail (CR)1976-1984 18Erie Lackawana (EL)1962-1977 18Miscellaneous1950s-1960s 18New Haven (NYNH&H) (NH)1953-1964 18-19New York Central (NYC)1950s-1968 19Penn Central (PC)1969-1980 19Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)1950s-1967 19Nickel Plate (NKP)1950s 19Norfolk and Western (N&W)1974-1982 19Regional Transportation Authority1977-1984 19-20Rock Island (RI)/Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific (CRI&P)1964-1983 Wisconsin Rails: 1961-1982 20Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (SOO) 20Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific (DWP), Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range (DMIR), Green Bay and Western (GBW)1967-1981 21Southern Pacific (SP)1970-1984 21Southern Short Lines1962-1966 21Steam Excursions US and Canada1960s-1970s 22Toledo, Peoria, and Western (TP&W)1972-1983 22-23Union Pacific (UP) (Mostly Steam)1950s-1984 57Union Pacific - Arizona (35mm black and white negatives)2014-2016 22Virginian Electric1959 22Wabash (WAB)1963-1966 22Western Pacific (WP)1960 27-29Negatives with Corresponding Notebooks1986-2011 Series III. Contact Prints (3x5 and smaller)

Book Prints: 30The 5:10 to Suburbia: Chicago's Suburban Railroads, 1960-19751975 30An Acquaintance with ALCO1968 30The Big Guys: Union Pacific's Largest Locomotives, 1949-19771998 30Chicago's Passenger Trains: A Gallery of Portraits, 1956-19811984 30Corsicana and the Ennis Sub, SP/SSW in Texas1983 30The Diesel Years1980 30Four to Remember1993 30The Green Machines: Burlington Northern1986 30Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (GM&O) North1996 30Interurbans to the Loop: North Shore Line - South Shore Line1969 30Kansas Curve2007 30Locomotives, Local, and Limited1977 30Milwaukee Rails1980 30More Green Machinces: Burlington Northern1990 30The Peoria Way: Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad, 1968-19831984 30Prairie Rails: Chicago North Western Railway1979 30The Prairie Trains1989 30Railroading in Downtown Chicago, 1958-19692006 30Remembering Santa Fe1999 30Rock Island Rails: Images of Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, 1948-19901991 30Rock Island Recollections1982 30Santa Fe Trails Volumes 1&21987-1988 30Six Units to Sycamore: Chicago and Great Western in Illinois1982 30The Streator Connection, Where Conrail Meets the Santa Fe1981 30Trail of the Zeyphrs: the Burlington Route in Northern Illinois1970 30The Union Pacific Drama2003 30West End Rails: New York Central, Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central, Erie Lackawanna, Conrail1992 30Of Zephyrs and Communters1984 34Amtrak1971-1984 34Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe (AT&SF)1961-1983 43-44 and 55Baltimore and Ohio (B&O)1953-1958 40Bevier and Southern (B&S)1960 38Boston and Maine (B&O)1954-1983 39Burlington Northern (BN)1971-1984 44 and 55Canadian National1954-1960 44Canadain Pacific1953-1959 44Central Vermont Railway (CV)1954-1955 44Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O)1964-1980 32 and 55Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q)1956-1970 36Chicago and Eastern Illinois (C&EI)1962-1969 36Chicago and Illinois Midland (C&IM)1963-1965 39Chicago Great Western (CGW)1956-1969 33Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (MILW) (Milwaukee Road)1965-2010 41 and 55Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee (CNS&M)1960-1969 37Chicago and North Western (C&NW)1961-1979 41 and 55Chicago, South Shore and South Bend (CSS&SB)1960-1981 40Colorado and Southern (C&S)1960 38Conrail (CR)1964-1984 31Dakota Rail F's1986 44Demonstrators (EMD/Alco)1965-1967 35Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (D&RGW)1965-1972 31Duluth Missabi and Iron Range (DM&IR)1967-1974 40Duluth and North Eastern (D&NE)1962 41Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern (EJ&E)1967-1975 40"Flying Scotsman"1971 40,43-44, and 55Grand Trunk Western (GTW)1956-1974 39Great Northern (GN)/Northern Pacific (NP)1964-1974 44Great Western (GW)1960-1961 31Green Bay and Western (GB&W)1981-1982 36Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (GM&O)1963-1973 36,41,43Illionois Central (IC)1960-1975 37C&NW Alcos1975-1981 41Kansas City, Kaw Valley and Western Railway1959-1961 31Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)1983 40Mexico1962-1963 40Mexico Narrow Gauge1962 31Middleburgh and Schoharie Railraod (MN&S)1965-1974 40Midland Coal Company1966-1968 31Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie (SOO)1963-1976 44 and 55Miscellaneous1954-1969 41Miscellaneous Electric1965-1970 31Miscellaneous Southern1968-1982 44Miscellaneous Southern States1962-1970 40Mississipian Railway1962-1965 31Missouri, Kansas, Texas (MKT)1970-1983 44Missouri-Kansas-Texas RR/MoPac/Frisco1952-1983 31Missouri Pacific (MP) (MoPac)1951-1984 31Monon Railroad1966-1971 38,43New York Central (NYC)1963-1983 38Central of New Jersey (CNJ)1953-1964 38Delaware and Hudson1968 38Erie/Delaware, Lackwanna, and Western Railroad (DL&W)1955 38Lehigh Valley (LV)1955-1956 38Southern Railway (SOU)/Atlantic Coast Line (ACL)/RDG1953-1955 38Virginian Railway (VGN)1959 55Nacionalies de Mexico - Mexico City (NM)1962-1963 44Norfolk and Western (N&W)1967-1978 40Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. (NWS&W)1963 43Nickel Plate1953-1958 38Penn Central (PC)1969-1974 38,43, and 55Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)1950-1962 44Regional Transportation Authority/Metra1977-1983 40Reading Railroad (RDG)1963-1969 40Rio Grande1958-1965 35,42-43, and 55Rock Island (CRI&P RR)1948-1973 31St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (SLSF) (Frisco)1964-1970 42-43 and 55Santa Fe1949-1953 35Southern Pacific (SP)1965-1984 40Southern Railway (SOU)1967-1973 40Southern Short Lines1962 34Toldedo, Peoria, and Western (TP&W)1971-1983 35,42-43, and 55Union Pacific1948-1973 44Wabash (WAB)1952-1977 35Western Pacific (WP) and Miscellaneous West1965-1972 44Western Rails1965-1972 Series IV. 8X10 Prints

Book Prints: 45An Acquaintance with ALCO1968 45Arizona Crossing prints and books2015 56Arizona Crossing 2 prints and books2014-2016 45The Big Guys: Union Pacific's Largest Locomotives, 1949-19771998 56Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) 2020 book1996-2014 54Grains and Trains2010-2012 54Kansas Winters1997-2010 54Prairie Country1969-2010 45 and 53Atchison, Topeka, and Sante Fe (AT&SF)1948-2011 47 and 53Burlington Northern 1-51970-1999 53Burlington Northern Santa Fe, early (BNSF)1948-1970 53Chicago1950-1987 47 and 53Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy (CB&Q)1953-1970 46 and 56Chicago Great Western (CGW)1956-1968 47-48, 53 and 56Chicago and North Western (CNW)1956-2014 45Chicago and North Western Postscript1995-2005 45-46Chicago's Passenger Trains: A Gallery of Portraits, 1956-1981 1-41960-1988 53Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee (CNS&M)1962-1967 53Chicago South Shore & South Bend (CSS&SB)1962-1967 45Corsicana and the Ennis Sub, SP/SSW in Texas1981-1990s 48Eastern Railroads 1-21958-1988 46Echoes of Alco1965-1976 45Fast Running1952-2006 48Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio (GM&O) 1-31960-1983 46Kansas City1960-1998 45Kansas Curve1948-2007 45Kansas Harvests2000-2009 48Milwaukee Road (MILW)1980-1986 49 and 53Miscellaneous1935-2007 48Missouri, Kansas, Texas (KATY) - Missouri Pacific (MoPac)1982-1983 46Power for the Streamliners: Unions Pacific's E8A/E9A Fleet2008 46Railoading in Downtown Chicago, 1958-19692006 46Remembering Santa Fe1999 49 and 56Rock Island, 1-51952-2009 46 and 53Santa Fe1948-2005 53Santa Fe steam - Kansas1948-1953 46Slides Used in BooksUndated 46Small Towns, Big Trains, Prints and Books (Unpublished)2014 49 and 56Southern Pacific 1963-1983 49 and 53Steam1948-2012 47Trail of the Zeyphrs: the Burlington Route in Northern Illinois1970 49-50Union Pacific:2000-2013 Box 50, Folder 1 47The Union Pacific Drama2003 53 and 56Union Pacific - Kansas1963-2015 53Union Pacific steam and diesels - mostly Kansas1949-2013 47Union Pacific's Topeka Rails2012 47 and 53Western Railroads "Mountain Machines"1960-1990 50Winter Images1951-2010 47Winter Warriors1967-1984 Wyoming Photographs: 50Miscellaneous Wyoming photographs1951-1979 53Union Pacific - Laramie, Wyoming1951-2012 53Union Pacific - Nebraska/Wyo, "High Plains Runners" Dale Jct. East into Nebraska1951-2012 Series V. Time Tables

51Train Time Tables1953-1996 Series VI. Publications

58Artifact: Name plate, "Robert P. Olmsted, Meteorologist-Publisher"undated Books: 52"High Iron: A Book of Trains" by Lucius Beebe1938 52"Highball: A Pageant of Trains" by Lucius Beebe1945 52"Motive Power of the Union Pacific" by William Kratville and Harold E. Ranks - includes outline of book1958 52Publications by Robert P. Olmsted: 52"Grains and Trains," (unpublished)2013 52"Kansas Winters"2010 52"Prairie Country, Then and Now" by Robert P. and Carol D. Olmsted2011 52"Reflecting on Rain"2012