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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biographical / Historical
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Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Use
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Baldwin Locomotive Works records
Creator:
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Identifier/Call Number: M0015
Identifier/Call Number: 1427
Physical Description:
5.5 Linear Feet
(11 containers)
Date (inclusive): 1854-1925
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of E. Morton Grosser, 1960. The copy slides are a gift of the California State Railway Museum, 1987.
Biographical / Historical
The Baldwin Locomotive Works was a Philadelphia-based steam locomotive production firm founded in 1831, producing locomotives
for railroads around the world. They later merged with the Lima-Hamilton Corporation around 1950-1951 and became the Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton
Corporation.
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Page from catalog record: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082933
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item] Baldwin Locomotive Works Records, M0015, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Related Materials
The Baldwin records are part of Stanford's extensive holdings related to railroads and transportation. One may survey related
material in our catalog's
Hopkins Tranpsortation Library
Scope and Contents
This collection represents a small portion of the records of the Philadelphia steam locomotive production firm known as the
Baldwin Locomotive Works. The materials include ledgers, specification books, and drawings for construction and decoration
of locomotives, as well as publications of the company. One book deals with the railroads of South America.
The material was donated in 1960 by E. Morton Grosser, a professor in the Department of History at the time. The collection
also includes 436 copy slides (done in 1985) of paint books numbers 1 and 2; however these books (sometimes referred to as
the Book of Styles) have been digitized and are viewable on Searchworks here: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082933
Conditions Governing Use
These materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Railroads -- History
Manufacturers' catalogs