Collection #
M 0883

 

 

witt w. hadley, Jr.
collection, 1893–2000

Collection Information

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Contents

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by

Emily Castle
July 2006

 

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

COLLECTION INFORMATION

VOLUME OF
COLLECTION:

1 manuscript box, 2 photograph boxes, 2 boxes 35 mm. slides

COLLECTION
DATES:

1893–2000

PROVENANCE:

Robert Bracken, Frankfort, IN, August 2005

RESTRICTIONS:

None

COPYRIGHT:

 

REPRODUCTION
RIGHTS:

Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE
FORMATS:

 

RELATED
HOLDINGS:

 

ACCESSION
NUMBER:

2005.0317

NOTES:

 

BIOGRAPHiCAL SKETCH

Witt Hadley grew up in Indianapolis and graduated from Shortridge High School.  He lived in Illinois during his professional life and retired to Florida.  He collected railroad memorabilia since he was a child.  He published a catalog and sold reproductions of his images by mail order.  He died of liver cancer in 2001.

Sources:

Materials in collection

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection consists mainly of photographs and slides from Witt Hadley’s collection.  There is one box of manuscript items which includes Hadley’s last mail order catalog, booklets from various railroads, and Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigations Lines from 1893.  The photographs and the slides are arranged in the order Hadley had them, by subject.  The images include stations in Indiana, Illinois, and other Midwestern states.  There are also diesel, electric, and steam locomotives.

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

CONTAINER

Diesel freight trains, 1969–83

Visual Collection: Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1

Diesel freight trains, 1968–93

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 1

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.0150–1.0243

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 1

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.0244–1.0278

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 2

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.0279–1.03

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 3

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.03-1s–1.0316

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 4

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.0316-1–1.0338

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides
Box 1, Bin 5

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.034–1.0393

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides
Box 1, Bin 6

Diesel freight trains, 1960s–70s
Slides 1.0394–2.022

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides
Box 1, Bin 7

Steam freight trains, 1938–41

Visual Collection: Photographs.
Box 1, Folder 2

Diesel and electric passenger trains, 1939–80

Visual Collection: Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 3

Diesel and electric passenger trains, 1985–93

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 2

Chicago suburban trains, 1969–76

Box 1, Folder 4

Chicago suburban trains, 1977–91

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 3

Passenger diesel trains, 1970s–80s
Slides 3.0324–3.0385

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 8

Passenger diesel trains, 1970s–80s
Slides 3.0386–3.05

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 9

Passenger diesel trains, 1970s–80s
Slides 3.0501–3.0552

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 10

Passenger diesel trains, 1970s–80s
Slides 3.0561–5.5007

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 11

Passenger steam trains, 1938–80

Visual Collection: Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 5

Illinois stations, ca. 1960s

Visual Collection: Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 6

Illinois stations, 1967–94

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 4

Illinois stations, 1970–77
Slides 6.16–6.1632

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 12

Illinois stations, 1970–77
Slides 6.1633–6.1663

35 mm. Slides,
Visual Collection:
Box 1, Bin 13

Illinois stations, 1970–77
Slides 6.1664–6.1691

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 14

Illinois stations, 1970–78
Slides 6.1696–6.16131

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 15

Indiana stations, 1939–80

Visual Collection: Photographs,
Box 1, Folder 7

Indiana stations, 1968–93

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 5

Indiana stations, 1966–76
Slides 6.17–6.1718

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 16

Indiana stations, 1966–76
Slides 6.1719–6.1732

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 17

Indiana stations, 1966–76
Slides 6.1732–6.1753

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 18

Indiana stations, 1966–76
Slides 6.1754–6.1773

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 19

Indiana stations, 1966–80
Slides 6.1774–6.1791

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 1, Bin 20

Indiana stations, 1966–80
Slides 6.1793–6.17116

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 1

Indiana stations, 1966–80
Slides 6.17118–6.17141

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 2

Indiana stations, 1952–75
Slides 6.17142–6.17165

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 3

Indiana stations, 1963–75
Slides 6.17166–6.17188

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 4

Indiana stations, 1967–82
Slides 6.17189–6.1721

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 5

Indiana stations, 1976–86
Slides 6.17211–6.17228

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 6

Indiana stations, 1965–85
Slides 6.17230–7.2630

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 7

Indiana stations, 1970–88
Slides 7.2630-3–7.3401

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 8

Indiana stations, 1970–77
Slides 7.3401–7.0024

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 9

Kentucky stations, 1992–97

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 6

Michigan stations, 1991

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 7

Minnesota stations, 1982

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 8

Chicago & North Western stations, 1968–76
Slides 7.0805–7.0931

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 10

Milwaukee and Soo Line stations, 1968–78
Slides 7.03–7.0616

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 11

Milwaukee and Burlington Northern stations, 1968–78 Slides 7.0619–7.1017

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 12

Burlington Northern and Norfolk & Western/Wabash stations, 1968–75
Slides 7.1018–7.1458

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 13

Rock Island stations, 1974–78
Slides 7.1508–7.16

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 14

Monon Society Excursion Train, 1992

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 9

Boxcars and cabooses, 1942–88

Box 1, Folder 8

Boxcars and cabooses, 1977–92

Visual Collection:
Color Photographs
Box 1, Folder 10

Cabooses, 1973–84
Slides 9.4002–9.4038

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 15

Cabooses, 1958–88
Slides 9.4039–9.41

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 16

Steam engines, 1938-42

Box 1, Folder 9

Steam engines, 1945–77
Slides 9.5011–10.5035

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 17

Diesel engines, 1960–88
Slides 11.0109–11.1002

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 18

Diesel engines, 1960–88
Slides 11.1004–17.0314

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 19

Wisconsin Central and Central Pacific engines,
1971–88, Slides 17.0315–20.2405

Visual Collection:
35 mm. Slides,
Box 2, Bin 20

Photograph catalog, Oct. 2000

Box 1, Folder 1

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Company, Time Table No. 23, 1967

Box 1, Folder 2

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, timetable, 1983

Box 1, Folder 3

Monon Route, timetables, 1928–64

Box 1, Folder 4

Travelers’ Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigations Lines in the United States and Canada, June 1893

Box 1, Folder 5

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