Scope and Contents note
The collection consists of designs and plans made for the Southern Pacific Railroad and minor railroad lines in Oregon and California, 1908-1918; the Minarets & Western Railroad, Fresno, California, and the Sugar Pines Lumber Company, Madera, California, 1921-1926. It also contains documents and correspondence on the Itabira Railroad project from 1929 to 1935. From 1943, the files consist of records of privately contracted engineering projects for the California Oregon Power Company, G. F. Atkinson Company, and other projects.
Dates
- 1908-1954
Creator
- Russell, Thomas O. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access note
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use note
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical Note:
Thomas O. Russell was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and came to Oregon in 1909. He was a designer and builder of railroad lines and railroad facilities. From 1929 to 1935, Russell was chief engineer for the Companhia Itabira do Brasil, working for Percival Farquhar, planning the Itabira Railroad.
Extent
27 linear feet (23 containers)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Thomas O. Russell was a designer and builder of railroad lines and railroad facilities. He moved to Oregon in 1909. From 1929 to 1935, Russell was chief engineer for the Companhia Itabira do Brasil, and planned the Itabira Railroad. The collection consists of designs and plans made for the Southern Pacific Railroad and minor railroad lines in Oregon and California as well as documents and correspondence on the Itabira Railroad project. From 1943, the files consist of records of privately contracted engineering projects for the California Oregon Power Company, G. F. Atkinson Company, and other projects.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of Mrs. Thomas O. Russell in 1962.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
- Architectural Drawings Subject Source: Archiveswest
- California Oregon Power Company
- Companhia Itabira do Brasil
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Designs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- G. F. Atkinson Company
- Itabira Railway
- Maps Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Minarets & Western Railroad
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Plans Subject Source: TGM II, Genre and physical characteristic terms
- Railroads -- Brazil -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- California -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads -- Oregon -- Design and construction Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Russell, Thomas O.
- Southern Pacific Railroad Company
- Sugar Pine Lumber Company
- Transportation Subject Source: Archiveswest
- Title
- Guide to the Thomas O. Russell papers
- Status
- Revise Description
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Vida Germano
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
