Rutland Railroad Archives at Middlebury College

Introduction

     The Rutland Railroad Archives are part of the Special Collections of the Main Library at Middlebury College. The Archives contain photographs and other information for about 75 railroads in addition to the Rutland Railroad. Most of the material in the archives has been donated by members of the Rutland Railroad Historical Society and the archives include a great variety of resources: books, periodicals, photographs, maps, timetables, annual reports, legal proceedings, equipment inventories, stock certificates and newspaper clippings. The earliest item in the archives is an 1848 map of the route of the Vermont Valley Railroad. The archives are housed in an area that is climate controlled and protected from outside light. Users are requested to use pencils only and to wear gloves when handling photographs and negatives. Selected photographs and other resources are being digitized to make them available to a broad audience without having to visit the library. Books may borrowed through Inter-Library Loan and other material can be photocopied or digitized.

Hours

     To maintain a reasonable balance between security and accessibility, the material in the Rutland Railroad Archives is divided into two adjacent locations. Most of the books and periodicals are shelved in the Vermont Collection on the lower level of the Main Library, and all other material, such as photographs and manuscripts, is part of our Special Collections.

     Material in the Vermont Collection is accessible during normal library hours, as follows

     Material in Special Collections is accessible as follows:

    All library hours

Links

     Addison Railroad
          www.vuhs.org/arrhs
     Guide to the Rutland Railroad Archives
          midddigital.middlebury.edu/rutland_railroad/RRAGuide.htm
     MIDCAT (An online catalog to books and periodicals available at Middlebury College)
          biblio.middlebury.edu/search~S2
     100 of the Best Photographs of John Gardner, by Philip R. Jordan
           midddigital.middlebury.edu/rutland_railroad/411.pdf
     Railroad Photographs
          middarchive.middlebury.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Frrphotos
     Railroad Postcards (Sharing Vermont History project)
          midddigital.middlebury.edu/SharingVTHistory/Postcards/RR/RRPostCards.htm
      Railroad Postcards 
     Railroad Stocks and Bonds
          midddigital.middlebury.edu/SharingVTHistory/Ephemera/index.htm
     Remembering the Rutland
          users.rcn.com/jimdu4/
     Rutland Rail Road -- Interactive History Map
          sites.google.com/site/rutlandrailroad/home
     Selected images from the Poulin Collection of Rutland Railroad Photographs
          midddigital.middlebury.edu/rutland_railroad/RRAPoulinPhotos

Contact

     Reference or research questions relating to the Rutland Railroad Archives may be sent to the Curator of the Vermont Collection, Hans Raum, at Raum@middlebury.edu or by mail to Hans Raum, 211 Davis Family Library, 110 Storrs Avenue, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont 05753. Or you are welcome to call him at (802) 443-5493 during weekday hours.

Heaton Bullock Memorial Fund

     This fund was established in 1999 to provide support for archival conservation, digitizing and creating metadata for collections that have been donated to the Rutland Railroad Archives. Persons wishing to make a contribution to the fund may send a check made out to Middlebury College to the address given above. Middlebury College is a non-profit institution and donations to the College are tax deductible.

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