Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Virgil Koon Collection
Date(s)
Extent
Several boxes of documents
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Virgil Koon Collection is comprised of photographs and several home-made particle board scrapbooks including photos of bridges, building the railroad, cabooses, coal docks, the Jamestown, North Dakota roundhouse and yard, Great Northern Railway steam locomotive #1417 circa 1905, a Galloping Goose, the "Minnetonka" steam locomotive, the "William Crooks" steam locomotive, old timers, Q class steam engines, 1907 crew at Sheyenne North Dakota, Sentinel Butte work train, snowplows, steam locomotive #1606, wrecks, roundhouses, Missouri River boats, a lady fireman, Mandan Railroad pictures, section men, engineers, Ronald Nixon letters, switchers, and Midland Continental..
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Ownership resides in the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association except where otherwise noted.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Virgil Koon
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
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Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013