Finding Aid for the Harold Lee Hamilton papers, 1935-1975
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UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Harold Lee Hamilton papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1975
Collection number: 1535
Creator:
Hamilton, Harold Lee, b. 1890.
Extent:
2 oversize boxes.
Abstract: Collection includes reports, speeches, memos, newsclippings, photographs and books related to the history of the Electro-Motive
Division of the General Motors Corporation and the history of the Diesel locomotive on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Harold Lee Hamilton papers (Collection Number 1535). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of material relating to the development of the diesel engine.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Harold Lee, Hamilton, b. 1890
Diesel motor---History---Archival resources
Container List
Box 1
Record of 25th Anniversary Celebration, Electro-Motive Division - General Motors Corporation
October 24, 25, 25, 1947
Physical Description: Oversize leather-bound volume in slipcover.
Scope and Content Note
Includes pasted-in reports, speeches, memos, newsclippings and b/w photographs related to the history of the Electro-Motive
Division of the General Motors Corporation and the history of the Diesel locomotive on the occasion of its 25th Anniversary.
Box 2
Line drawing of Locomotive in desert scene by Rainey Bennett
1947
Physical Description: Framed and matted.
Scope and Content Note
Signed "For H.L. Hamilton..."
Box 2
Line drawing of Locomotive in train station by Rainey Bennett
1947
Physical Description: Framed and matted
Scope and Content Note
Signed "For H.L. Hamilton..."
Box 2
The American Heritage History of Railroads in America by Oliver Jensen
1975
Physical Description: Oversize hardbound volume with dust jacket.
Box 2
General Motors Executive Conference
1948
Scope and Content Note
Hardbound volume containing name index of members, and photographs of conference participants.
Box 2
Booklet entitled "Commemorating the Leadership of Harold L. Hamilton in the successful Application of the Internal Combustion
Engine to the Propulsion of Mainline Trains on American Railroads"
1956
Box 2
Booklet entitled "The Elmer A. Sperry Award for 1957"
1957
Box 2
Color print of "World's Most Powerful Diesel Locomotive --- Union Pacific's 6900 Centennial Locomotive"
undated
Box 2
Color print of "'Big Boy,' The World's Largest Steam Locomotive"
undated
Scope and Content Note
Subtitled "Union Pacific Railroad operated 25 of these giant mallet type, 4-8-8-4, locomotives over the mountain grades of
western United States in freight service. Numbered in the 4000 series, the 'Big Boys' reigned supreme in a long list of successful
steam power on the U.P."
Box 2
Dawn of the Diesel Age by David Dietz
1935
Physical Description: Hardbound book published by the Scripps-Howard Newspapers.
