Identity elements
Reference code
US ILfC SC/088
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
William Crosby Papers
Date(s)
- 1940-2000 (Creation)
Extent
Four boxes. .4 linear feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
William Crosby worked with Elliott Donnelley to preserve Shay steam locomotives at the Illinois Railroad Museum and at the La Porte Indiana Historic Steam Society. Crosby made home movies of Donnelley's western railroad trips.
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Scope and content
The collection contains files, photographs, 8mm films and publications relating to railroads and railfans.
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in the early 2000s by Marianne Crosby of Glencoe, IL.
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Name access points
- Crosby, William S (Subject)
- Donnelley, Elliott (Subject)