Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2015-0106

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of items created and gathered by Ellsworth E. Williams, Jr., that detail the life of a station agent and freight terminal supervisor for the New Haven Railroad.

Dates

undated, 1923, 1925, 1940-1977

Access

The collection is open and available for research.

Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

Biography/History

The Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum was established on November 6, 1992, in Willimantic, Connecticut. The museum, run entirely by volunteers, is located off Bridge Street in downtown Willimantic, Connecticut, on the original site of the Columbia Junction Freight Yard. The museum consists of locomotives and rolling stock, as well as vintage railroad buildings and a six-stall roundhouse reconstructed on the original foundation.

Ellsworth E. Williams Jr. was born on January 11, 1933 and died on April 19, 1990. He was a field terminal supervisor (station agent) in Plainfield and later Norwich, Connecticut, for the New Haven Railroad and after 1969 for Penn Central and ConRail, and lived in Woodstock and Quinebaug, Connecticut.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (One box of correspondence, newspaper clippings, photocopies, photographic prints and publications.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The Collection consists of materials created and gathered by Plainfield, Connecticut, railroad station agent and field terminal supervisor Ellsworth E. Williams, Jr.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection was donated by the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in June 2015. The collection was previously owned by Ellsworth E. Williams's daughter who donated it to the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum in June 2014.

Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of materials pertaining to the railroads of southern New England, particularly the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the Reading Room desk.