Collection of railroad miscellany, 1913-1955.

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Collection of railroad miscellany, 1913-1955.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77821967

Miller's collection consists of railroad memorabilia, the bulk of which are official PRR publications issued to him in connection with his job. They include work rules for clerical employees, safety pamphlets, traffic department brochures, rules of the Employees Provident and Loan Association and the Mutual Benefical Association, and handbooks for an employee training course in elementary electricity for railroad workers. There are also issues of THE PENNSYLVANIAN, an employee magazine of the Clerks Association of the Operating Dept., Pennsylvania Railroad System - Eastern Region (1924-1931), and one number of the PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.

0.3 linear ft.

Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8203574

Hagley Museum & Library

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