Library Guides: Transportation: Railroads, Ships and More: Home

Introduction

This is an introductory guide to unique collections about railroads, boats, ships, planes and transportation-related issues, as available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections. If you have any questions and/or need assistance finding information, please contact Archives & Special Collections staff and/or the Western Libraries Reference Desk.

Click on the tabs above for suggested resources about:

Trains and Railroad History
Ships, Boats and Waterbourne Transit
Aviation
Roads and Highways

Image of L. Guy Mecklem's 1907 dirigible flight at Seattle's Luna Park. From the L. Guy Mecklem Collection, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.

Western Libraries Catalog

Western Libraries online catalog contains information about a wide variety of published and archival sources. If you have any questions and/or need assistance finding information, please contact Archives & Special Collections staff and/or the Western Libraries Reference Desk.

Collections of General Interest (Center for Pacific Northwest Studies)

AL Swift Congressional Papers
Housed at WWU's Center for Pacific Northwest Studies.
CPNWS Map Catalog
Searchable catalog containing item-level description of maps housed at the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies
CPNWS Pamphlet Collection
Published documents pertaining to various social, economic, political, and historical issues in the Northwestern United States and British Columbia.
CPNWS Photograph Catalog
Metcalf (Jack) Papers
Congressional files housed at WWU's Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. Include extensive files issues and legislation relevant to ground transportation and aviation.

Transportation: Railroads, Ships and More

Introduction

Western Libraries Catalog

Collections of General Interest (Center for Pacific Northwest Studies)

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