Name/Title
Conductor's Train BookEntry/Object ID
x.628Scope and Content
A conductor's train book with records ranging from May 1901 to December 1901. The cover is made of paper board, with leather binding, 4" x 8.5." The book contains information on trains under a conductor's care during different trips, kept in charts, including the kinds of cars being pulled, rail lines taken, train car numbers, point of departure, destination, whether the train was loaded or empty, and the condition of different parts of the train. Each entry also contains the date, which train employees were working, which engine was used, and various remarks. Each entry is form S.T.-27, railroad company not specified. There are also brief notes and mathematical work written on the inside covers and blank pages.Collection
Permanent CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Book, RecordNomenclature Sub-Class
Administrative RecordsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Record keeping, Records (Information), Books, TrainsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1901 - 1901Archive Size/Extent
4" x 8.5" in one legal size file folderArchive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1901 May-1901 December
Date(s): 1901/05-1901/12
Date(s) Assembled: 1901 May-1901 December
Copy/Orig/Other: Original