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Williams, Elmer. Photograph album, 1939-1956 1946-1951.

Title: Photograph album, 1939-1956 1946-1951.

The collection consists of the family photograph album of Alaska Railroad engineer Elmer Williams. The collection consists of a xerographic copy of the original 39-page album, 286 black and white prints, 12 color prints, and 22 black and white negatives. Subjects of the photographs include family and friends, camping trips, parties, railroad personnel, scenes along the Alaska Railroad, train locomotives, and railroad depots and other buildings. The majority of the photographs are of Elmer Williams, his wife, and his daughter Phyllis. Alaska locations depicted include Anchorage, Fairbanks, Curry, Whittier, and Bear Valley. Specific places depicted in Alaska include the Curry Hotel, Alaska Railroad depots in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Whittier, and the Mountain View Store in Anchorage. There are also photographs of a rotary and a spreader snowplow used by the railroad. Several of the prints are of Elmer Williams' daughter, Phyllis. These include portraits and wedding shots, as well as others identified as having been taken in Corvallis and Crown Point, Oregon.

ArchivalResource: .25 cu. ft.298 photographs : b&w, col. ; 5 x 5 cm.-26 x 21 cm. + 22 photograph negatives.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60398056 View

Duke Ellington recordings collection

Title: Duke Ellington recordings collection

Recordings of Duke Ellington, American pianist, band leader, andcomposer, collected by Joseph Jeffers Dodge, jazz aficionado, artist, museum director, andHarvard University Class of 1940.

ArchivalResource: Sound recordings (33 linear feet) and accompanying materials (1 box).

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/mus00006/catalog View