Claude E. Harris Papers
Scope and Contents
Collection contains a 79 pages hand written acount telling of Hughes everyday experiences and hazards of being a trainman; wrecks, derailments, weather conditions; "the trouble and grief that train and engine crews have in getting over the road." Includes photorgraphs of a model of a Colorado Midland No. 9 engine and tender made by Hughes.
Dates
- circa 1948
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Copyright
All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from material in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis.
Biographical / Historical
Claude E. Harris (1876-1974) was a fireman and engineer on the Colorado Midland, first standard-gauge railroad through the Colorado Rockies.
Extent
1 box : (79 leaves) ; .25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, Claude E. Harris, 1948.
ALTERNATE TITLE:
Memoirs of the Colorado Midland
- Locomotive engineers -- Colorado -- Biography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Locomotive firemen -- Colorado -- Biography. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Memoirs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Mountain railroads -- Colorado. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Railroads -- Colorado -- Accidents. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
