Conductor's Train Book

Name/Title

Conductor's Train Book

Entry/Object ID

x.628

Scope 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 Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book, Record

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Administrative Records

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Record keeping, Records (Information), Books, Trains

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1901 - 1901

Archive Size/Extent

4" x 8.5" in one legal size file folder

Archive 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