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F. L. Howard Collection on Steam Locomotives

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 18

Scope and Contents

The F. H. Howard Collection on Steam Locomotives was compiled by Frederick Howard and contains photographs, articles, and correspondence regarding the history of steam locomotives.

Dates

  • Creation: ca. 1930s-2004

Creator

Access Information

Collection is open for research.

Copyright and Use Information

Copyright held by Purdue University. Consult with Purdue University Archives and Special Collections prior to reproduction of materials.

Extent

0.226 Cubic Feet (One half-width legal-size manuscript box)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Acquisition Information

Materials donated by Anne Lowndes on April 19, 2006.

Related Publications

The books in this collection were separated from the collection and placed in the library's book collection for easier researcher access.

Steam's Finest Hour by David P. Morgan, Kalmbach Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1959.

In the Traces: Railroad Paintings of Ted Rose by Ted Rose, edited by Thomas H. Garver, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, Indiana, 2000.

Fired by Steam by Geoffrey Wheeler, The Promotional Reprint Company Ltd., Smithbooks, Canada, 1987.

The Georgian Locomotive by H. Stafford Bryant, Jr., Weathervane Books, New York, ca. 1962.

World's Greatest Steam Locomotives by Eugene L. Huddleston, TLC Publishing, Lynchburg, Virginia, 2001.

The Steam Locomotive: Its Theory, Operation, and Economics by Ralph P. Johnson, Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1945.

Guide to North American Steam Locomotives by George H. Drury, Railroad Reference Series No. 8, Kalmbach, 1993.

North American Steam Locomotives: The Mountains by Jack Farrell, Pacific Fast Mail, 1977.

North American Steam Locomotives: The Berkshire and Texas Types by Jack Farrell, Pacific Fast Mail, Edmonds, WA, 1988.

North American Steam Locomotives: The Northerns by Jack Farrell, Pacific Fast Mail, 1975.

Processing Information

Materials have been rehoused into acid free boxes and folders. Some photographs have been placed in sleeves for preservation purposes. Scrapbook pages have been removed from binder and placed in archival folders.

Subjects

Collecting Areas

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
F. L. Howard Collection on Steam Locomotives
Status
Completed
Author
Sammie Morris and Sara Pettinger
Date
2025-06-23
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English
Edition statement
Second edition. Collection description first completed on February 8, 2008.

Revision Statements

  • 2025-06-23: Collecition identifier updated to MSS 18 from 0000flh1 and collection description updated by Sara Pettinger.

Physical Storage Information

Repository Details

Repository Details

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