User Information
Historical Background
Scope and Content Note
Box and Folder Listing
Cataloging Information
Processed By:
Paul Brockman
6 January 1992 and 11 March 1996
VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 6 manuscript boxes, 3 boxes of visual materials.
COLLECTION DATES: 1883-1982
PROVENANCE: Jennifer Hehman, 68 N. Burke Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, 46234, 19 September 1991, 11 September 1992, 30 August 1993.
RESTRICTIONS: None
REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.
ALTERNATE FORMATS: None
RELATED HOLDINGS: Kauffman/Monon Collection (M 376)
ACCESSION NUMBERS: 91.0727, 92.0908, 93.0638
Donald T. Hehman was apparently a dispatcher with several railroads including the Chicago and Eastern Illinois, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Pennsylvania, and the Union Pacific. He resided and worked around Terre Haute, Indiana, from the 1930s to the 1960s. He was also a collector and historical researcher in the area of railroad history, particular interests in the Milwaukee Road, interurbans and train accidents.
Source: Information from collection.
The collection contains operational and historical items regarding railroads, and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul (Milwaukee Road) in particular. Milwaukee Road materials includes Hehman's personal and related records, 1926-1963, manuals, 1917-1967, dispatches and operator's information, 1918-1968, train schedules, 1941-1966, magazines and publications, 1921-1969, accident reports, 1954-1969, clearance orders, 1957 and 1967, and related general information, 1921-1967.
Also included are general railroad records and historical research compiled by Hehman.
Materials comprise Interstate Commerce investigations of railroad accidents, 1922-1955, employee safety and benefit manuals, 1938-1967, timetables, 1907-1966, and general railroad publications, 1908-1968. The collection also contains Hehman's correspondence and research notes regarding railroad history. Also contained in the collection are scrapbooks compiled by Hehman on railroad history. Items in the scrapbooks include newsclippings, original records and correspondence, printed items, and photographs, 1922-1966. Subjects of the scrapbooks include the Terre Haute Division of the Milwaukee Road, train routes, interurbans, and train wrecks.
In addition to photographs in the scrapbooks, there are several hundred loose visual items including Hehman's original photographs, and original and copies of historical railroad related visuals. Subjects of the visual materials include engines, interurbans, tracks and stations, bridges, accidents, and banquets and awards, 1910s-1960s. There is also a vinyl record honoring the Milwaukee Road.
BOX 1: Milwaukee Road Materials, 1917-1968
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Hehman's Personnel Records, 1938-1963
2 Hehman's Membership Cards, Calendars, & Related Materials, 1926-1959
3 Milwaukee Road, Manuals, 1917-1936
4 Milwaukee Road, Manuals, 1940-1967
5 Milwaukee Road, Manuals, 1950-1962
6 Milwaukee Road, Dispatchers & Telegraph Operators Information, 1918-1968
7 Milwaukee Road, Train Orders & Reports, 1940-1968
8 Milwaukee Road, Train Schedules, 1941-1966
9 Milwaukee Road, Chicago to Puget Sound (Illustrated Book), n.d.
10 Milwaukee Road, Freight Equipment Manual, 1966
11 Milwaukee Road, Improvement Budget, 1956
BOX 2: Milwaukee Road Materials, 1921-1969
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Clearance Orders, 1957
2 Clearance Orders, 1967
3 Railroad Yard Mine Jobs, 1944
4 Milwaukee Road Magazine, 1938-1969
5 Milwaukee Road Publications, n.d.
6 Milwaukee Road, Engineer's Schedules, 1913 & 1929
7 Milwaukee Road, Condensed Profile, Terre Haute Division, 1950
8 Milwaukee Road, I.C.L. Merchandise Schedules, 1953
9 Milwaukee Road, Accident Reports, 1954-1956
10 Milwaukee Road, Accident Reports, 1957
11 Accident Reports (Wires), 1966-1969
12 Milwaukee Road, General Information , 1933-1969
13 Milwaukee Road, General Printed Materials, 1921-1967
14 (PC) Vinyl Recording "Hiawatha Centennial March"/ "On the Old
Milwaukee Road" (See: M1978.2.R3 H6)
BOX 3: Railroad Records & Historical Materials, 1883-1969
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Railroad History Materials, 1936-1969
2 ICC Rules & Monthly Accidents, 1922-1955
3 ICC Investigation, 1944
4 Exam, Transportation Dept., C.T.H. & S.E. Railroad, n.d.
5 Railroads, Employee Safety & Benefits, 1939-1967
6 Notebooks, 1948 & n.d.
7 Morse Telegraph Club, 1966-1967
8 Right of Way Notebook, n.d.
9 Railroad Timetables, 1907, 1915, 1937
10 Railroad Timetables, 1883-1963
11 Railroad Timetables, 1933-1966
12 Right of Ways Blueprint, Sullivan Co., n.d.
BOX 4: Railroad Research & Historical Materials, 1894-1982
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Railroad History, Correspondence, & Notes, 1894-1982
2 "A Synopsis of the Terre Haute Division, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co.," 1965
3 History of the Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, Feb., 1965
4 Research, Railroad Locomotive Characteristics & Time Tables, ca. 1926-ca. 1938
5 General Railroad Publications & Related Materials, 1953-1982
6 Evansville & Richmond Railroad, Way Bill, 1894
7 Railroad History, Research & Writings, 1966
8 Railroad Newsclippings, 1908-1968
9 Engine Information, 1920, 1963, n.d.
10 Railroad Cars, 1961-1966 & n.d.
BOX 5: Railroad History Scrapbooks, 1922-1966
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Railroad Scrapbooks, 1963-1964 (Routes), Folder 1
2 Railroad Scrapbooks, 1963-1964 (Routes), Folder 2
3 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 1
4 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 2 (also VC, Box 7, Folders 7-9)
5 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 3
6 Scrapbook, Interurbans & Train Wrecks, 1936-1963
7 Scrapbook, 1922, 1966, n.d.
8 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 1
9 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 2 (also VC, Box 7, Folders 10-11)
10 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 3 (also VC, Box 7, Folder 12)
BOX 6: Railroad Publications, 1934-1969
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Railroad Publications, 1934-1954
2 Railroads, General Printed Materials, 1946-1969
3 Rules & Manuals, 1934-1951
4 Railroad Officials, 1962
5 Railroad Magazine,1962, 1966
6 Howell, Along the Line: Interurbans to Clinton, 1967
7 Pinkepank, Diesel Spotter's Guide, 1967
8 U.S. Railway Guide, 1868 (1968 Reprint)
9 Railway Age, 1967
10 Kentucky Railway Museum, n.d.
BOX 7: (VC) Photographs, 1916-1966 & n.d.
FOLDER CONTENTS
1 Engines & Accidents, 1918, 1938, n.d.
2 Photograph Album, 1916-1918
3 Banquets & Awards, 1940-1962
4 Engine (8" X 10" Print), n.d.
5 Office Photographs, ca. 1949-1950
6 "Scrapbook," Interurbans, n.d.
7 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 2 (A) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 4]
8 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 2 (B) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 4]
9 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Folder 2 (C) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 4]
10 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 2 (A) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 9]
11 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 2 (B) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 9]
12 Scrapbook, Railroad History, Terre Haute Division, Milwaukee Road, 1965-1966, Folder 2 (C) [Photographs Removed from Box 5, Folder 10]
13 Olympian Transcontinental Train Miniature Photographs, 1.75x 2.5
BOX 8: (VC) Railroad and Related Photographs, Black & White (4" X 6") and Smaller
BOX 9: (VC) Railroad and Related Photographs, Colored (4" X 6") and Smaller
MAIN ENTRY: Hehman, Donald T.
SUBJECT ENTRIES: Hometowners (Musical group)
Hiawatha centennial march
On the old Milwaukee Road
Chicago, Milaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company--songs and music
Railroads--Songs and music
Railroads--Indiana--History--Sources
Railroads--Indiana--Terre Haute--Train dispatching
Railroads--Indiana--Terre Haute--Employees
Railroads--Indiana--Terre Haute--Timetables
Railroads--Indiana--Terre Haute--Trainmen's manuals
Railrods--Indiana--Photographs
Railfans--Indiana--Terre Haute
Railroads--Collectors and collecting--Indiana--Terre Haute
Terre Haute (Ind.)