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Union Pacific Historical Society collection, 1870-2014

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Union Pacific Historical Society
Title
Union Pacific Historical Society collection
Dates
1870-2014 (inclusive)
Quantity
381.94 cubic ft. (376 boxes) + 169.82 GB
Collection Number
10713
Summary
Materials about the Union Pacific railroad collected by a private historical society.
Repository
American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming
American Heritage Center
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Ave.
Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY
82071
Telephone: 3077663756
ahcref@uwyo.edu
Access Restrictions

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

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Union Pacific Historical Society was founded September 1, 1984 in Denver, Colorado to collect, organize, distribute, and publish information relating to the operation and equipment of the Union Pacific Railroad. It was an independent non-profit organization that preserved the history of the Union Pacific Railroad from it's beginning in 1862 to present time. The society was not supported by, or affiliated with the Union Pacific Railroad other than the preservation of its history.

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Content Description

The collection contains digitized images of Union Pacific diagrams and drawings of steam locomotives; issues of "Info" magazine (1971-2000), a monthly publication distributed to Union Pacific employees; Union Pacific publications for training, rules, policies, and regulations; newsletters, diagrams and drawings, track charts, timetables, and reports; photographs, slides, and negatives of trains; books about the Union Pacific; and a Union Pacific Railroad collection created by Lou Schmitz that contains subject files, diagrams and drawings, Union Pacific railroad publications, engineer books and notes, forms, maps, directories and guides, condensed profiles, and photographs and slides.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Copyright Information

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Restrictions on Use

Statement on Potentially Harmful Language and Images Found in Collections

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Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Alternative Forms Available

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of select material from this collection are available at https://digitalcollections.uwyo.edu/luna/servlet/uwydbuwy~107~107.

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Administrative Information

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by the Union Pacific Historical Society at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from the Union Pacific Historical Society from 2000-2024.

Processing Note

The collection was processed by Jamie J. Greene in November 2015 and updated in May 2017, April 2018, January 2019, May 2020, February 2024, December 2025 and by Alexandra Cardin in June 2022.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

Container List

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Subject Terms

  • Locomotives
  • Railroad cars
  • Railroads--West (U.S.)

Corporate Names

  • Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen (U.S.)
  • Union Pacific Corporation
  • Union Pacific Railroad Company--History

Geographical Names

  • West (U.S.)--History

Form or Genre Terms

  • Diagrams
  • Employees' manuals
  • Operating manuals
  • Slides (photographs)

Processed by Jamie J. Greene
2015

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