Delbert W. Loudermilk Railroad Collection

Collection — other: Boxes 1-4

Identifier: 500-AppMs 772

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of color slides, photographs, negatives, and a videotape relating to railroading. Major subjects are East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad, narrow and standard gauge (Johnson City and Elizabethton, Tenn.); Norfolk and Western Railroad (Bristol, Va., to West Jefferson, N. C.); Southern Pacific Railway (San Luis Obispo, Ca., and environs); and Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad (Cass and Ronceverte, W. Va.).

Dates

1947-2001
1947-1985
Other: Date acquired: 2007-10-25

Creator

Loudermilk, Delbert W. (Loudermilk, Delbert W., Jr.) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

2.00 linear feet

443 color slides, 440 photographic prints, 320 negatives, and 1 videotape. other_unmapped

4.00 Boxes

Additional Description

Arrangement

This collection is divided by format: color slides, 1950-1985; photographs, 1947-1962; negatives, 1948-1959; and a videotape.

Custodial History

The slides of D.B. Marion were acquired by Loudermilk from George Allison.

Method of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Delbert W. Loudermilk, Jr., in October 2007. Two additions were made by Loudermilk subsequently in November 2007 and March 2008.

Separated Materials

In Special Collections: The Cass Collection, vols. 1 and 2, by John Killoran (Scott Depot, W. Va.: Trackage Rights, 1982-1983); Logging South Cheat by George Deike (Youngstown, Ohio: Trebco, 1978); Train Pictures --Southwest Virginia, revised ed. (Appalachia, Va.: ABCD Printing, 1984).

In Appalachian Vertical File -- Railroads: A Century of Railroading in Crawford Notch by Edwin Robertson and Benjamin English (Robertson and English, 1975); The Lima Shays on the Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk Railroad Company by Kyle Neighbors (Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing, 1969); Your Train Ride Through History by W. E. Blackhurst (Parsons, W. Va.: McClain Printing, 1973).