Identity elements
Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Wade J Stevenson Collection
Date(s)
- 1940-circa 1985 (Creation)
Extent
5454 photographs, 7 reels of movie film
Name of creator
Biographical history
Wade Stevenson’s collection, reportedly numbered at some 25,000 photographs, was taken over the many years he worked for various railroads from approximately 1940 to the 1980’s. At the end of his railroad career, he worked for the Milwaukee Road in Othello, Washington as a machinist's helper. According to a 1961 article in “The Milwaukee Road Magazine” published for their employees, Wade had contributed dozens of photos for “Trains”, “Railroad Magazine”, and a book “Western Trains”. He died April 12, 2006, in Othello.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The portion of the Wade J Stevenson Collection in the custody of railroad historical associations affiliated with Railroad Archives Online is comprised of prints and negatives of Great Northern Railway equipment and locations, movies of Great Northern Railway Historical Society meetings, Northern Pacific Railroad equipment and locations, and, prints and negatives of Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway equipment and locations.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
For Northern Pacific and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway photographs, please see Section VII of the Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive Collection Management Policy for further information.
For Great Northern Railway photographs, please see Please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society Collection Management Policy for further information.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
For Northern Pacific and Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway photographs, please see the Pacific Northwest Railway Archives Reproduction Policy for further information.
For Great Northern Railway photographs, please see the Great Northern Railway Historical Society 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
The Wade J Stevenson estate donated this collection to the Milwaukee Road Historical Association, which in turn donated applicable portions to several other railroad historical associations, including the Great Northern Historical Society, Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway Historical Society. Each association maintains the portion of the materials in its custody.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated by Milwaukee Road Historical Association to the Great Northern Railway Historical Society, the Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association and the Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Historical Society, apportioned according to the subject matter of the photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Very few of Wade Stevenson's photographs had notes or captions, and much of the information included has been provided by subject matter experts in the various railroad historical associations after examination of the photographs.
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013