NTDMG183 Guide to Hal Riegger papers Riegger (Hal) papers Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen; updated by Sara Szobody in 2024. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives 1990
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-02. Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Hal Riegger papers Riegger, Hal, 1921- MG 183 1 cubic feet 1981-1986 Research files, including newspaper and journal articles, maps, correspondence, oral history tapes and transcripts, and photographs, pertaining to Riegger's book, The Camas Prairie: Idaho's railroad on stilts (1986). English . 1

Collection is open for research.

The research materials for his book The Camas Prairie: Idaho's Railroad on Stilts (Edmonds, Washington, Pacific Fast Mail, 1986), were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Hal Riegger in May 1987 (MA 1987-19).

The majority of the material in this record group was in labelled folders or envelopes; while these headings were preserved, a series order was imposed during processing.

The first series contains background material on the railroad and includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, illustrative items such as time tables, and annual reports, journal articles, maps of Northern Pacific lands (the parent company of the Camas Prairie), track laying records and a souvenir of a 1960 passenger excursion from Lewiston to Grangeville.

The second series contains a large number of photographs of trains, engines, and bridges. These are arranged alphabetically by the collector. Some collectors have only their own photographs, while others added photographs of other collectors to their own collections. For this reason there is a small amount of duplication in the folders. Some folders also contain correspondence concerning the identification of photographs. Many of the photographs are copies. Photographs used in the book are identified on the verso with the chapter and photograph number within the chapter, e.g. 2-12 is chapter 2, the 12th photograph.

The final series contains permits allowing Riegger on railroad property, track profiles, and tapes of oral history interviews with retired Camas Prairie employees; transcripts of these tapes are also included.

Hal Riegger earned his B.S. and M.A. degrees at the New York State College of Ceramics and Ohio State University. He taught ceramics for a number of years, and wrote three books on the subject.

His interest in trains dates back to his childhood and a set of Lionel O gauge trains formerly belonging to his aunt. He has been active in the field of rail history and model railroading. He is a member of the NMRA and has served on its standards committee. He was involved with the founding of Ntrak, the N scale modular system. He lives in the Sierra foothills of California.

Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.

Photocopies of newspaper and journal articles, maps, correspondence, oral history tapes and transcripts, and a large collection of photographs dealing with the Camas Prairie Railroad, one of America's most scenic and fascinating railroads. With headquarters in Lewiston, one line ran northwest to Ayer, Washington, while one of the three Idaho lines went to Grangeville, another to Stites, both east and south of Lewiston, while the fourth line ran east and north to Headquarters.

Although the research material in this record group contains photocopies of material dating back to 1879, it was collected between 1981 and 1986.

Some of the materials in this collection were digitized and made into the Hal Riegger Papers, 1981-1986.

 Camas Prairie Railroad Co. Idaho--History Railroads Railroads Background Material Series I 1879-1986 Correspondence 45 items 1982-1985 1 1 Newspaper clippings 18 items 1960-1986 1 2 Illustrative/background material 24 items 1907-1982 1 3 Journal and other articles 42 items 1903-1984 1 4-5 Maps of Northern Pacific lands 32 items circa 1900-1984 1 6 Track laying records, Northern Pacific Railroad 1 item 1879-1945 1 7 Souvenirs 2 items 1960 1 8 Photographs Series II 1902-1984 Herb Banks 13 items 1902-1948 1 9 A.E. Bennett 15 items 1949-1952 1 10 Ken Brovald 37 items 1970-1984 1 11 Al Butler 13 items 1929-1955 1 12 Bruce Butler 13 items 1954-1960 1 13 Camas Prairie Railroad 36 items 1949-1976 1 14 Earl Cash 57 items 1920-1984 1 15-16 Bill Clem (Movie: Breakheart Pass) 6 items 1975 1 17 Gruber-Potlatch Collection 27 items undated 1 18 Phil Hastings 33 items 1950-1983 1 19 Dick Herman: Army Corps of Engineers 10 items 1962-1973 1 20 Dale Johnson 4 items circa 1910 1 21 Lewiston Tribune Photocopies 18 items 1984 1 22 Wally Meckstroth collection 7 items 1956-1958 1 23 Jim Morefield 10 items 1981-1982 1 24 Ron Nixon 49 items 1908-1953 1 25 Maynard Rikerd 32 items 1945-1984 1 26 Irvin Sullivan 3 items 1956 1 27 Todd Sullivan 39 items 1976-1984 1 28-29 Everett Watson 10 items 1983-1984 1 30-31 Will Whittaker 11 items 1941-1958 1 32 Winchester Museum 33 items 1915-1934 1 33 Dan Wayt 15 items undated 1 34 Other Items Series III 1968-1983 Permits to be on railroad property 3 items 1981-1983 1 35 Track profiles 2 items 1968-1981 1 36 Oral history tapes and transcripts 14 items 1983 1 37-38